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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 12h

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 […]

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Fedify: ActivityPub server framework @fedify.hollo.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

### 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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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

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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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@echo_pbreyer thank you for all your work on this!!!!!

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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🇪🇺YOU ARE AMAZING: ❤️ Your protest stopped #chatcontrol! I hear Germany isn't caving in; so there's no majority in the EU Council. Digital privacy is safe for now! Let's celebrate this huge success TOGETHER! 🎉
Details […]

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A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries colored according to their government's stance on ChatControl in 2025. The legend explains: Green stands for "Against", Blue for "Undecided", and Red for "In Favor".

The following countries are in favor (red): Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

The following countries are against it (green): Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

The following countries are undecided (blue): Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Romania.

At the bottom is the call to action: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 2d

Side point on #chatcontrol: When I worked on the law in the European Parliament, in the face of questionably legal, and highly problematic behavior by DG HOME, I prepared a whitepaper on why it was such a terrible Idea.

As it is in the public interest, I have decided to make that white paper […]

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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ @cryptadamist.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 15d

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#fedialgo v1.2.2 is deployed now. Has a switch that makes sure any #hashtags / users / etc. that you follow are displayed as filter options even if they don't meet the minimum number of recent toots threshold.

Also a bunch of bug fixes and small […]

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Emelia 👸🏻 @thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12d

> If you can’t leave without losing something important, the platform has no incentives to respect you as a user.

To the uninformed, this line in @danabra.mov's last article may seem like a dig at ActivityPub, but he actually nails it on the head: what we have now in the ActivityPub ecosystem […]

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26d

@eblu and one other thing I'd add to those who have been here for a while: please don't tell people "it's easy". There's a lot of stuff that's very confusing to a lot of people (including me!) that we''re just used to. I have much better luck setting expectations that yeah there's some stuff […]

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eblu @fedi.eblu.space · 26d

ok, I'm seeing people (maybe begrudgingly) poke around over here after bluesky made some not so great moderation decisions, so as a reminder to everyone that's been here: **_please do not act smug about this._** bluesky worked for them and mastodon is totally different. there isn't any "wrong" […]

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26d

Yeah, I wasn't trying to get into a debate on Bluesky's moderation policies in this post, just trying to highlight that Blacksky is able to take a different.

Some context though is that Bluesky moderation changed their guidelines to prohibit "glorifying violence" -- then ran amok and started […]

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26d

OK, thanks!

@andypiper @Mastodon

The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26d

just circling back here ... did this wind up happening?

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27d

This is what solidarity looks like

https://thenexusofprivacy.net/what-solidarity-looks-like/

(Part 2 of “Decentralization” and erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere)

@general @fediverse @fediversenews

#blacksky #bluesky #activitypub

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d

Today, we’re ready to show you the upcoming quote posts feature in more detail. We’ve put together a blog post with examples of how quote posts will work on Mastodon, ahead of early access on our own servers next week 💬 Full launch to come, in Mastodon v4.5 […]

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Michelle Hughes @megamichelle.a2mi.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d

So far, I've been mostly ignoring Bluesky, with the attitude "Wake me up when I can do Bluesky without doing business with Bluesky the company."

@jdp23 just woke me up!
https://thenexusofprivacy.net/what-solidarity-looks-like/

I'm using a private PDS run by a friend, and using it to log into […]

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27d

This is what solidarity looks like

https://thenexusofprivacy.net/what-solidarity-looks-like/

(Part 2 of “Decentralization” and erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere)

@general @fediverse @fediversenews

#blacksky #bluesky #activitypub

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · Sep 5

I'm really happy to see #piefed doing so well, and third-party apps are picking up API support for it.

Support your Fedi Devs.

https://piefed.social/donate

Donate

[Join us on chat.piefed.social!](https://piefed.social/post/970751)

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

Are you a moderator on the Fediverse? A server operator?

If so, you should definitely fill out the IFTAS Moderator Needs Assessment:

https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

Moderator Needs Assessment

## 2024 Fediverse Needs Assessment Last year we had over 130 responses representing over 200 servers. We’d love to hear from many more of you this year! Even if you are a one-person instance, your experience administering and moderating content is valuable information we can use to guide our resources and prioritise what we work on. The survey takes a few minutes, all answers are optional, only tell us what you’re comfortable sharing. **Take the 2024 Needs Assessment Survey**. ## 2023 Report Our work is directed by the needs of the communities we serve, and we conduct an open survey of administrators, moderators, and community managers to ascertain their needs and priorities. Read the latest IFTAS Moderator Needs Assessment Report (external link) Sign up to be notified of our next Needs Assessment Survey (external link)

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

I'm going to start using @[email protected] as my primary account. It'll take a while for followers to trickle over there, so I'll use this account to boost posts for the time being -- and I'll also check notifications and DMs here.

The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

It's like Gab, but they skipped the step of trying to federate and everybody defederating them.

Or maybe it's more like Truth Social.

Hey wait a second, I'm noticing a pattern here!

It's like Laurens says, authoritarian rulers seem to have a better grasp of current social media dynamics than […]

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · Sep 1

@alexia yeah really excellent work by Conjured Ink!

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Alexia @alexia.shrimp.starlightnet.work.ap.brid.gy · Sep 1

Shoutout to the Conjured Ink project for aggregating info on adult-friendly payment processors and writing software to let authors and artists take back control over their content

Really awesome project, I really hope to see it thrive in the future; I might contribute to it as well, not sure yet

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The Creative Bazaar

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · Aug 31

Hey friends!

The current spam wave is not abating despite the best efforts of many - it's getting to be a lot to keep up with.

Since mastodon.social is the source of most of the scam/spam/phishing accounts I'm seeing reported, we are going to put that instance into "Limit" status for a while […]

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