While there's something to be said about the value of converging on existing efforts, shoring up support, and strengthening existing communities, each project brings different things to the table that are valuable.
Sometimes, these things only get as far as being experiments. nostr:nprofile1qqs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qy3hwumn8ghj7urjdau8jtt90pcx2unfd4jkuapwdah8yetwv3jhytnrdaks0duay6 mentioned to us in an interview that he has a list of like 90 different protocols / projects. The nature of decenteralized communication is itself decenteralized.
We're in the process of writing a big article that compares the strengths and weaknesses of ActivityPub, Nostr, and AT Proto, and are convinced that each comes with ideas the others should consider.
The author of "Protocols, Not Platforms", Techdirt's Mike Masnick, has joined the #Bluesky board of directors. His goal is to help the organization stay true to their original vision.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/08/mike-masnick-joins-bluesky/
The #MastodonForHarris campaign has raised close to $500,000 within two weeks of being live. It is probably the largest attempt for political organizing on the #Fediverse, and may provide a playbook for other efforts going forward.
We posted our very first Progress Report on OpenCollective today, that catches up with what we've been doing the past few months.
We have some big ideas, and talk about where our publication is going.
https://opencollective.com/wedistribute/updates/progress-report-july-2024
We've also set up our long overdue Thank You page here.
We posted our very first Progress Report on OpenCollective today, that catches up with what we've been doing the past few months.
We have some big ideas, and talk about where our publication is going.
https://opencollective.com/wedistribute/updates/progress-report-july-2024
NeoDB is a review system with some remarkable tricks up its sleeve, and may provide a way forward for decentralized content discovery.
Come hang out with us on our #Matrix space! We have a really chill and friendly community of users, designers, builders, and writers who are deeply invested in helping the #Fediverse and the wider #SocialWeb succeed.
Some people think that privacy, openness, and user consent are all at odds with one another. Here's a guide on how to navigate all three as a developer.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/07/fediverse-privacy-and-consent/
The development team behind ActivityPods released a new example app that's easy to get up and running, to help developers hit the ground running.
A beloved Lemmy event returns this year, and it's already off to a strong start! There's still plenty of time to participate.
In this guide, we go over tips and tricks for dealing with one of PeerTube's biggest headaches: fixing broken videos.
Nice! Openvibe now supports Bluesky in addition to Nostr and the Mastodon API! 🥳
This looks amazing! So many people focus on recreating existing services, when the trick is to let users pick and choose what form factors they actually want. nostr:note1p5s7kgh6jhq2zfpchdf4mwty3cf4fvgkqvtk35s408w464g4gzesyx2vdq
Huh, neat! The Mastodon API support in @openvibe now works with our #Akkoma instance. We can now post to ActivityPub and Nostr at the same time.
We apologize for the lack of updates. Our Chief Editor, nostr:nprofile1qqs0k30estfycmw64mgp9c5vy52t5us85zxdwwx49cn6tmmgyan8jqqpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3e8qmr9vfejucm0d5hsz9thwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2a3048vxfe, has been recovering from burnout for the past few weeks, and hasn't been able to get anything published. He's recovering, and continuing to work on new pieces.
We have a ton of great articles being written, and hope to return to our regular schedule very soon!
Regarding the Private DM's, we had to issue a retraction. Fediverse clients only started adopting federated edits relatively recently. Prior to that, people relied on "Delete & Redraft", which attempts to send a delete that may or may not go through, and hand the user the content for editing.
In this case, the DM was actually a Public post that accidentally had the wrong scope applied. The time and content matched up perfectly, and the delete request did not correctly remove the content from mastodon.social's cache. When Maven ingested posts, they did so from a public firehose endpoint for that server, rather than use federation as intended.
For #Nostr users and Podcasting 2.0 fans, you can find this episode on TrueFans: https://truefans.fm/decentered/666ab5363034c5521bf3c5d5
Today, we're sitting down to interview nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 for the #Decentered podcast! We're really excited to talk about #Nostr, his experience with building Nos and Planetary, and learn more about his personal story and vision for what is being built here and now.
Due to new info by the admin involved, we are formally issuing a retraction.
Maven did not, in fact, leak Private Mentions and make them public. What was mirrored ended up being a cached copy of a public post that was sent in error, then deleted under the infamous "Delete and Redraft" function.
The article has been updated to reflect this, front and center.