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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 1h

The GoToSocial post import tool, slurp, now supports BlueSky post and media imports, backdated and all. I even used a custom PDS.

I'll do a write up at some point.

The most suprising thing, which probably should not have been a surprise - all your BlueSKy […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 3h

My Obisdian entries have turned from home lab run books to dear diary entries for my mental health. It’s doing a good job with both. And sometimes they are related.

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

@box464 we started drafting a section on "how do boundaries federate" in this document: https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/boundaries.html

The short story is we interoperate with Mastodon's newly introduced canQuote and and GoToSocial's canReply/canLike/canAnnounce for general boundaries like […]

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

While this solves our problems, we are far from the only Fediverse project that could use some funding and we want to support the growth of the entire ecosystem.

So to give back to the open social web, we’re also donating $500,000 total to these incredible Fediverse-related projects 🎉 […]

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Fedify: ActivityPub server framework @fedify.hollo.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

### Announcement: AltStore becomes a financial contributor to Fedify

We're thrilled to announce that AltStore has become a financial contributor to Fedify! This generous support comes as part of AltStore's broader commitment to strengthening the open social web […]

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 21h

The creator of the alternative social platform Spoutible will be releasing a free tool next month called "Narratives" that monitors claims and rumours circulating online and applies a credibility rating. AI assisted.

https://spoutible.com/thread/46371487

#moderation

Christopher Bouzy on Spoutible

in a few weeks, the new https://botsentinel.com will launch, and the first FREE tool to be released is called "Narratives." The tool monitors emerging claims and rumors,

spoutible.com

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 21h

I thought Mastodon's quote post controls were extensive...these are "boundaries" that can be set in Bonfire for your posts. Not to mention the roll your own "Custom Boundaries". Mix and Match!

I question how these boundaries federate, are they honored across […]

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A user interface screen displaying advanced permissions and settings related to defining activity boundaries. Options include settings for public visibility, requests, and various actions like boosting, replying, quoting, tagging, and deleting objects.

The image shows a user interface for defining activity boundaries and general permissions. It includes options for setting visibility to public, managing advanced permissions such as request and reply settings, and features like boosting and following specific users or groups.

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 22h

Snoopy Lo-Fi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO2vlfJnYgk

#lofi #music

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Matthias Pfefferle @pfefferle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

RE: https://openchannels.fm/how-decentralized-social-platforms-grew-from-identica-to-modern-day-mastodon/

I chatted with @evan about the good old days of the #fediverse ☺️

#ostatus #activitypub #statusnet #identica #openmicroblogging #wordpress

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Yes it’s true, AltStore is joining the Fediverse 🥳

Developers can now federate apps, updates, and news alerts to the open social web via our custom Mastodon server, and all likes, boosts, and comments will appear natively in AltStore.

We plan to release this officially soon — but you can check […]

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d

"We believe that these kinds of user-generated, curated collections could help people to find their tribe more quickly when they join the Fediverse.

At the same time, envisioning a similar feature that prioritises user consent, and works across a constellation of independent servers, is no […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🔥 Did you know you can fully customize your Bonfire sidebar?
Pick the feeds you want, reorder everything, move sections around. Don't let the power of the default dictate your experience, make the interface adapt to your needs!
See the video: https://www.tella.tv/video/ivans-video-063e
And see […]

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unattributed @unattributed.gotosocial.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@box464 The best hint for starting to build a timeline that you are interested in is finding #hashtags that you want to follow. That will give you a lot of things that will generally fit your interests, and from there you can start pruning using mute and block as needed.

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

FediForum begins later today!

We're so excited to see all the cool things happening in the Fediverse and the wider Social Web.

If you're going to be showing off what you're working on, we wish you the best of luck. If not, we hope you have fun 🕺

#fediforum #fediverse #socialweb #mastodon

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Andy Piper @andypiper.org · 1d

Tell me about fall detection on Pixel Watch. Is this a useful feature for older people? How usable is the Watch in general? Any practical knowledge or experiences? Thanks 🙏🏻

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 1d

Your timeline is what you want it to be on fedi. You build it. You MOLD it, like a piece of clay. It takes time. It takes effort. You'll have to mute sometimes. You likely will have to block. Don't give up.

It's worth it. Art. Code. Gaming. Books. Pot Belly Pigs. Death Metal. Whatever your […]

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 2d

Checking out Bonfire's latest release. This Federation Status dashboard is pretty cool.

And get this - it's not just visible to admins - end users can see the same, just filtered to their OWN processes.

That's really helpful if you're trying to debug an […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

A dashboard for Federation Status, showing logs from failed federation attempts with other instances.

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@Gargron The objective of the task force is to improve the ActivityPub API and make it more usable for general-purpose social clients. I'm mining your comment for features you noted that are missing from the API, like search and autocomplete.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/issues

swicg/activitypub-api

ActivityPub API Task Force repository. Contribute to swicg/activitypub-api development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 3d

Speaking of LoFi music, here's LoFi Scooby Doo. I love the use of theremin in their version of the theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZERL3cvnw&list=RDrAZERL3cvnw&start_radio=1

#music #lofi

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wakest ⁂ @fedi.wake.st · 3d

added some new fediverse client apps and updated some of the listings on the Delightful Fediverse list today, its sort of a ridiculously long list!
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-clients

a loooong screenshot of a list that is not meant to be read

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 3d

Now that Glitch is gone, what is everyone using instead? Thinking of apps like Postmarks - single user federated apps.

#glitch

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Emelia 👸🏻 @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come: Data Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people-governed institutions rather than corporations.

https://blog.muni.town/personal-data-storage-idea/

个人数据存储的时代已经来临

Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come (blog.muni.town) 17:07 ↑ 111 HN Points

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 3d

I saw this and thought of several of my fedi friends. Hope this brightens a moment of your day!

#ibook #retrocomputing

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 3d

It worked! Basically Threads delivers it as a post coming from a server with a high character count. Looks like markdown is stripped but I’d need to do another test to be sure. I also forgot Threads has some kind of fediverse sharing cooldown where it won’t deliver to the fediverse for X minutes […]

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 4d

Threads now includes their long form text attachments to fediverse enabled posts. Gonna go login for the first time in a few weeks and try it out.

#fediverse #threads
https://www.threads.com/@shubhankar_91/post/DPWtTFwjp-M

Shubhankar Srivastava (@shubhankar_91) on Threads

We now support Fediverse sharing of long form text attachment

www.threads.com

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