Fediverse News (fediversenews) group

• Display file attach button in the comment editor if OCAP access is enabled in the privacy settings (off by default)
• Location support for inbound activities
• Fix encoding issue when editing items in wiki, cards and articles apps

1. Backup your data
2. Execute util/udall

• Refactored system notifications
• Improved channel import handling
• Fixed open redirect issues

1. Backup your data
2. Execute util/udall

1. Backup your data
2. Make sure that the sodium PHP extension is installed and enabled
3. Make sure that either the bcmath or gmp PHP extension is installed and enabled
4. Make sure that the intl PHP extension is installed and enabled
5. Execute util/udall

Happy 14th Birthday #Friendica!

• The .htaccess file has been updated to fix an issue with recent Apache versions
• Require sodium PHP extension
• Require bcmath or gmp PHP extension
• Require intl PHP extension
• Versions < 9.0 will not be able to decrypt encrypted messages composed in version 9.0 in the UI
• Poke and Mood apps removed
• Removed smiley button addon
• Removed smiley_pack addon
• Removed emojione addon (use the emoji addon instead)
• Removed fediwordle addon (use the fediquest addon instead)
• Individual connection filters need manual intervention (e.g. replace http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share with Announce when filtering repeats)  

1. Backup your data
2. Make sure that the sodium PHP extension is installed and enabled
3. Make sure that either the bcmath or gmp PHP extension is installed and enabled
4. Make sure that the intl PHP extension is installed and enabled
5. Execute util/udall

@thenexusofprivacy @fediversenews
I don't think anyone had a problem with Wordpress, or Tumblr potentially federating. Facebook/Meta is a known quantity, and I think that's the reason for this reaction.

Several years in the making, GitLab is now very actively implementing #ActivityPub! 🙌

https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/11247

The end-goal is to support AP for merge requests (aka pull requests), meaning git.alice.dev can send a merge request to gitlab.com/Bob/project.git

First bite-sized todo on the implementation path there is ‘subscribe to project releases’.

Smart move by #GitLab; through ActivityPub they’re getting a distributed version of GitHub’s social layer.

@fediversenews #fediverse #GitHub #git

The developer of Sync, a popular Reddit app for Android, has confirmed that they're building 'Sync for Lemmy'.

The developer confirmed it on Reddit here: https://old.reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy/comments/14ee1ul/sync_for_lemmy_is_happening/

You can track it in the new Lemmy community here: https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

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Though most instances are very small (in user count), the large instances are very large by comparison. The result is that the 20-30 largest instances host around half of all the users of the fediverse.

This graph is a cumulative percentage of all users starting with the largest instance and descending. By 20th largest, we've got 50% of all users. Mastodon.social hosts ~16%! The top 10 get you ~40%. Note that this includes 2 large japanese instances (mstdn.jp+mastodon.cloud)
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I’m guessing this journalist isn’t paid by #oligarchs to promote oligarch-owned #socialnetworks.

“I, for one, didn't have a hard time navigating, and neither was it confusing when it came to "tooting" a post instead of "tweeting" it. The options for the desired action that appear for posts on your feed are pretty much replicated from #Twitter”

The Twitter alternative - #Mastodon | Express Tribune

@fediversenews #socialmedia #journalism

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2414707/the-twitter-alternative-mastodon

Jay Graber, CEO of Bluesky, believes that Bluesky can do three things better than Mastodon:

1. Account portability
2. Global discovery
3. Curation / moderation

Having used both services, I don’t believe Bluesky has proven that its approach is superior—yet.

Because it only has one node right now, that limits its proof of scale.

https://www.theverge.com/23686778/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-interview-decentralized-social-media-twitter-mastodon

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@atomicpoet @fediversenews Web0 is more accurate ;) https://web0.small-web.org/

Automattic, the company behind WordPress is now the official author of the ActivityPub plugin. This is pretty big news, since it allows every WordPress website to be a potential fediverse server.

In this piece I take a look at the potential impact on #fediverse culture, zooming in on how tagging your WordPress posts makes them show up when you search for a specific hashtag here on the fediverse.

How do you think this will change the fediverse?

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Read at: https://fediversereport.com/wordpress-on-the-fediverse/

The developer of #owncast (@gabek) is starting a project to document how all software in the #fediverse actually federates with each other. Check it out at https://fedidocs.org/about/

This should make it easier to understand how every software project actually interoperates!

@fediversenews

https://social.gabekangas.com/notice/ATWTqMHBpRQm8yF1e4

@atomicpoet @ivory @mammoth @fediversenews That’s because, unlike Mammoth, Ivory is not VC-funded. Tapboys just make a useful tool instead of trying to capture enough people on their own service so they can monetise them and carry out a successful exit (sell the company so their investors can turn a profit).

PS. The only time you can stop VC-funded startups is before they scale (grow) and obtain network effects. So the best time not to use Mammoth was yesterday. The second best time is today.

📰 NEWS 📰

@Flipboard is joining the Fediverse.

Not only are they starting their own Mastodon server, not only are they adding Mastodon functionality...

The service itself is integrating with ActivityPub.

Engadget speculates that Flipboard, itself, could be centred around ActivityPub.

https://www.engadget.com/flipboard-is-leaning-into-mastodon-and-away-from-twitter-160036103.html

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@helge @fediversenews @Stark9837 Interoperability is the key: "Fediverse is a collection of interoperable social networks".

- Are you on Fediverse?
- Yes, here's my account: @user@server.org

Some say that Matrix and E-mail are also part of the Fediverse, but I don't think that such broad definition is useful.