I chatted with @evan about the good old days of the #fediverse ☺️
#ostatus #activitypub #statusnet #identica #openmicroblogging #wordpress
I chatted with @evan about the good old days of the #fediverse ☺️
#ostatus #activitypub #statusnet #identica #openmicroblogging #wordpress
Fediverse-Protokolle
Um sich miteinander austauschen zu können, müssen sich Instanzen im #Fediverse untereinander verstehen können. Dazu dient ein standardisiertes #Kommunikationsprotokoll für den Austausch von Daten zwischen Computern bzw. Prozessen (hier also den einzelnen Instanzen bzw. Servern), die in einem Rechnernetz (hier im Allgemeinen das #Internet) miteinander verbunden sind (verteiltes bzw. föderiertes System).
Anno 2024 kommt hierzu gern und häufig das #Protokoll #ActivityPub zum Einsatz.
Allerdings war das in der Anfangszeit des Fediversums noch nicht so. Die #OpenMicroBlogging-Spezifikation wurde im Jahr 2008 veröffentlicht und dann ab 2010 als #OStatus weitergeführt. Auch ActivityPub hieß zunächst einmal #ActivityPump. Im Januar 2018 gab das #W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) den ActivityPub-Standard frei und empfiehlt ihn seither für dezentrales Teilen von Inhalten.
Historisch wäre auch noch #Diaspora zu erwähnen. Die Fediverse-Plattform #Friendica spricht übrigens mehrere Protokolle.
Bleiben wir bei ActivityPub: Das Protokoll spezifiziert sowohl Server-zu-Server- als auch Client-zu-Server-Kommunikation. Hierbei ist zu beachten, daß sich die Instanzen im #Fediverse via Server-zu-Server-Kommunikation unterhalten. Mit einem Client oder einer App auf ein Konto auf einer #Instanz zuzugreifen, wäre ein Anwendungsfall für die Client-zu-Server-Kommunikation. Hier setzt aber zum Beispiel die #Fediverse-Plattform #Mastodon auf eine eigene Implementierung, die #Mastodon-#Client-#API, die zum Teil auch von anderen Plattformen zumindest teilweise unterstützt wird.
Da es sich bei ActivityPub um einen offenen Standard handelt, kann jeder Mensch oder jede Organisation eigene #Software implementieren, um am #Fediverse teilzunehmen. Die Instanz mastodonium.de läuft etwa auf #Mammuthus, einer eigenen Implementation des Autors dieser Zeilen.
Zum weiteren Schmökern sei auf folgende #Wikipedia-Artikel hingewiesen:
◾ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus
◾ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
◾ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netzwerkprotokoll
◾ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium
◾ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(Software)
Happy 17th Year Anniversary #Fediverse social network!
Always strong! 🎊🎉🎂🍻🎆🥳🤹🏽
( #FediverseDay #SNS #SocMed #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #OpenMicroBlogging #OStatus #ActivityPub #Laconica #Identica #Web3 )
Happy 17th Year Anniversary #Fediverse social network!
Always strong! 🎊🎉🎂🍻🎆🥳🤹🏽
( #FediverseDay #SNS #SocMed #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #OpenMicroBlogging #OStatus #ActivityPub #Laconica #Identica #Web3 )
Happy 17th Year Anniversary #Fediverse social network!
Always strong! 🎊🎉🎂🍻🎆🥳🤹🏽
( #FediverseDay #SNS #SocMed #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #OpenMicroBlogging #OStatus #ActivityPub #Laconica #Identica #Web3 )
This is my first #Mastodon-powered fediverse server. _^
That means, https://aleph.land is one of the first and oldest Mastodon-based #Fediverse instance. _~
I occasionally log in here to keep it alive because this is historical and memorable for me. During this time, and before Mastodon was released, I was running my own Fediverse instance powered by #Hubzilla.
Back then, the protocol of the fediverse was #OpenMicroBlogging then #OStatus; #AcitivtyPub came years later.
Today, we have another federated protocol: #ATproto which is powering The #ATmosphere network (#Bluesky is just one instance).
(PS. Max chars in Aleph.Land is 1024; and using the #GlitchSoc fork since it came out.)
You can check out my first ever post using Mastodon here: https://aleph.land/@yahananxie/28062
#MyFediverseJourney #SocialWeb #OpenSocialWeb #FederatedWeb #FederatedSocialWeb
@Tain05 Welcome to the #Fediverse network!
Firstly, don't forget to post your #intro (with that hashtag), as many fediverse users are following/watching that hashtag. You can also check: https://fediverse.info/explore/people
Secondly, don't be shy in using hashtags in your post and on your profile description. Hashtags will help big time in content discovery.
Now, the technical terms you might encounter, and hopefully won't get confused.
* There are different fediverse software available, for example #Mastodon is the one running on your instance. Each software offers a different set of features.
For example, there is #Firefish (flagship server at https://firefish.social) (bonus: you can attach more than 4 images); there is #Pixelfed (flagship server at https://pixelfed.social) which is geared towards sharing images (you can attach more than 4 images). There is also #BookWyrm (flagship: https://bookwyrm.social), think #GoodReads; and #PeerTube (think #YouTube and #Vimeo); or #Friendica #Hubzilla and #Streams; to mention a few.
* An instance is the same as a server. Each instance is running on one particular fediverse software.
* Different instances are interoperable and interconnected. They do this through the #ActivityPub protocol, which is a #WebStandard managed by the @w3c.
* There are also fediverse group services like https://chirp.social and https://a.gup.pe - Chirp Social allows for moderation but requires creating an admin account. Guppe groups doesn't offer moderation features, however, it is the easiest to create (in case you are interested in starting your own). Both are free-of-charge.
* There are also custom #frontend available. Some instances offer their own custom frontend. This is different from themes/skins. For example, this post, I sent it from the https://phanpy.social frontend for Mastodon. There is also https://trunks.social frontend also for Mastodon. Think #Twitter, but you're accessing it from #TweetDeck.
* There are also mobile apps available. Some can handle different fediverse software, some only made specifically for one particular fediverse software.
For some #history:
* The fediverse was born in 2008-05-18 when Evan Prodromou sent the first message “This is my first post”.
* The term “fediverse” was only coined on 2012-05-25 by Mark Eckenwiler. It was known originally as #Identiverse which was coined by Luke Slater on 2010-03-14.
* The current protocol, ActivityPub, was started on 2014-09-06 and only became a web standard on 2018-01-23. The first protocol was known as #OpenMicroBlogging which later was replaced by #OStatus in 2010-03-04.
For more links and resources:
1: Fediverse software list: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-apps
2: Fediverse apps: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-clients
3: Fediverse history: https://codeberg.org/ddfon/federated-sns/src/branch/main/fediverse-history.markdown
Again, welcome and glad you joined the Fediverse network!