julian

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2026-05-13 17:24:32 UTC

@npub1mv2…8ax2 I have a question for you... I'm seeing in [Are we HS2019 yet?](https://arewehs2019yet.vpzom.click/) that Peertube and Misskey both use your package: @peertube/http-signature
NodeBB currently rolls its own cavage-12 support but and I did some preliminary research into updating to the latest HTTP Signatures draft, but quickly got overwhelmed.
For a variety of reasons, but mainly to avoid NIH, I'd consider switching to a dependency.
My question is: does your library support verification for non-hs2019 signatures, or will I need to invoke your library in front, and fall back to existing cavage-12 verification otherwise?
I suppose, same question re: double-knocking.

2026-04-06 18:36:58 UTC

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by "can't handle" do you mean "still reliant on cavage-12"?
🙋‍♂️

2026-03-28 13:49:07 UTC

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a bit rich of the author to say that Bluesky needs to adopt long form text in order to not lose users.
I think Twitter, Snapchat, Vine, and Tiktok have proven beyond a doubt that a lot of people prefer short-form content.
I think a large part of Bluesky's user base is there because of the content limits, not in spite of them.
I wish it weren't true.

2026-03-26 16:17:16 UTC

Hi @npub17gp…7p4g I am looking to debug some potential federation issues between NodeBB and Peertube and I am wondering if there is a test server I can federate against.
Thanks!

2026-03-26 14:30:04 UTC

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Huge huge news. I love that we are seeing more events in the Asia-Pacific region.
I don't know if I can commit that date yet. Not sure I can get away from my family for both this _and_ FediCon! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

2026-03-24 20:14:20 UTC

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, @npub1494…7psw says no groups federation yet, but the way is paved!
I'm happy to work with him on it when it's time 😎

2026-03-16 03:16:07 UTC

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> [@a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca](https://activitypub.space/user/a_gee_dizzle%40lemmy.ca) said in [Mastodon not federating to Lemmy?](https://activitypub.space/post/https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.ca%2Fpost%2F61858127):
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> So my question is, does anyone know what caused this and if so how I can fix it?
Mastodon doesn't know to send replies to the community for distribution to the rest of the threadiverse.
Long story short if you're not on the same instance as the community, Mastodon replies to you won't make it to the rest of the threadiverse.
I experimented with a hack to see if I could fix this. NodeBB works around this by including a hidden mention to the community that Mastodon will then pre-fill in the text box, and then the reply will make it in successfully. If you have a Mastodon account try to reply to this comment, the community will be pre-filled as a mention.
Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin will need to do this.
Does it work? **Yes**
Are we supposed do it? **Technically no**, it's easier to blame Mastodon for not doing it right.
Should we do it? **Probably, yes.**
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@npub1dje…x0zv @npub17g6…xrv5 @npub1ask…fnkx @npub18kp…mrcf I tested this. It works perfectly fine. We can implement this today and remove it when Mastodon supports threadiverse conversations better (I'll try to make that happen.)

2026-03-15 15:47:39 UTC

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the spec for that is found in [FEP 1b12](https://w3id.org/fep/1b12)
Lemmy, Piefed, NodeBB, and Mbin support this.
Sites like Flipboard and WordPress support federating those kinds of activities.

2026-03-15 03:07:36 UTC

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are you federating `Announce(Create(Note))`?
Out of the threadiverse implementations only NodeBB understands `Announce(Note)`
cc @npub1vm0…3lyd

2026-03-10 14:08:24 UTC

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very interesting to see, nice work on the Python lib!
Any chance we could have the blog be exposed as a Group actor, announcing posts by the author (a Person)?
Then it would be compatible with threadiverse implementations as well.

2026-02-27 15:58:26 UTC

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I am disappointed but not at all surprised that a couple respondents develop on ATProto because of hazing and perceived unwelcome atmosphere on the fediverse in general.
Those kinds of people (the ones who gatekeep and haze) are why we can't have nice things.
Instead of an environment where I can build and feel comfort in the protocol's technical merit, I am instead frustrated by another protocol's success. Juvenile, I know.
I refuse to further platform those people.

2026-02-25 14:53:28 UTC

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hard to gauge where to draw the line, but that is not what @npub1764…nuj0 is suggesting.
There are DNI lists of varying severity, from "worst of the worst" to "all that plus a couple more you probably want"
But the key here is a sensible default and administrative choice. Nobody is forcing anything on anybody here.

2026-02-24 21:28:51 UTC

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being asked what types of fediverse apps he's excited about, considering that there is a lot of "this is *xyz* but federated"
Shoutouts to @npub14rp…za3l @npub1tlf…wz08 @npub17gq…8hhz (Emissary!)
Forums and threadiverse apps got shoutouts ad well.

2026-02-24 21:00:36 UTC

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Oh here's a hot take.
![1000012141.jpg](https://activitypub.space/assets/uploads/files/1771966817934-1000012141.jpg)
"To a large extent, media still thinks corporate social media matters, even if they were kicked off of X or Facebook" (paraphrased)
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2026-02-24 20:58:26 UTC

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Oh hey look!
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Evan reporting 43k+ independent servers operating as of today.
These open source projects get those larger organizations on to the fediverse.
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2026-02-24 20:47:22 UTC

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asks for a show of hands of people who have quit a social network and later gone back.
More than a few hands go up.
"And this is in a room of people who are really good at quitting social networks... and making their own"

2026-02-24 20:44:11 UTC

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![1000012138.jpg](https://activitypub.space/assets/uploads/files/1771965836355-1000012138.jpg)
Huh. Food for thought.
(The China flag later flips to an American flag)
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2026-02-24 20:40:41 UTC

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How corporate social media uses algorithmic feeds to make you stay on-platform
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2026-02-24 20:32:57 UTC

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After travel delays, @npub1764…nuj0 has made it to FediMTL!
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Wait, this presentation isn't about the fête d'hiver?
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2026-02-24 19:44:11 UTC

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going through many of the apps they've built for projects, institutions, papers, etc.
![1000012133.jpg](https://activitypub.space/assets/uploads/files/1771962249036-1000012133.jpg)
They all share a common thread, none of them talk about the fediverse, ActivityPub, Mastodon, Bonfire, etc.
They all also have split DMs away from the public feed. Heh 😏
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2026-02-24 19:21:47 UTC

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"What is the fediverse"?
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Oh boy. The language we use matters.
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2026-02-24 19:20:56 UTC

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about to lay on some hard truths about what normies think of the fediverse
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2026-02-24 19:18:32 UTC

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"[Gen Z] moving towards smaller, more meaningful societies"
Yes! Bring it on!
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2026-02-24 19:16:16 UTC

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Next up, @npub1fug…35hh talking about building community on the social web!
Fun fact, this was also the original title of my talk, but Saskia beat me to it!
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2026-02-24 18:46:09 UTC

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Back from lunch I regret to inform that I am not able to provide a good commentary on @npub1mmg…8kcg's presentation as I only barely passed Grade 9 French. 🥲
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2026-02-24 17:13:10 UTC

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making it clear that @npub1d2v…0l89 has an opportunity here to take a chunk of Patreon.

2026-02-24 17:07:12 UTC

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discussing how Canadian Civil is using Ghost to build their own Patreon alternative.
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2026-02-24 16:59:04 UTC

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A breakdown into how content creation is funded.
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(The secret funding source is Patreon btw)
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2026-02-24 16:53:52 UTC

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on Canadian Civil and the fediverse!
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2026-02-24 15:44:26 UTC

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Q: how should we grow the fediverse?
A: we should worry less about growth, and more about empowerment of the end user
@npub1urx…v0z4 "I am pro fediverse but I am more pro empowerment... The majority of people on the fediverse were somewhere else first. Then something bad happened."

2026-02-24 15:32:42 UTC

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[@npub1nm2…9yst@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/box464%40mastodon.social) is doing another live stream in parallel here:
https://mastodon.social/@npub1nm2…9yst/116125983228506874
I won't be able to talk about my own talk in real time, so check out that stream too!

2026-02-24 15:24:27 UTC

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: Data centers represent a centralization of power. We should be doing the complete opposite, this is what we're working on at the Spritely Institute

2026-02-24 15:22:48 UTC

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on Age Verification
* Relies on you no longer owning the hardware you run, with backdoors written in
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2026-02-24 15:12:56 UTC

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Reflecting on her article about How Decentralized Bluesky is, and asking introspectively whether ActivityPub can win big in the wake of ATProto's surging popularity.
Drawing parallels to Lisp vs UNIX.
"The fediverse has a lot of people who care about the ethics of the technology — we need to run with that."
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2026-02-24 15:04:41 UTC

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Christine Lemmer-Webber is up next!
Going completely slide-less today!
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2026-02-24 15:01:50 UTC

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Q: is it better to pick a fight with big tech, or is it better to build open alternatives?
Cory:
* references Trump wanting Greenland, and then volatility of his tarrifs
* if you plan assumes America is a market you can rely on, you're being naïve
* "we should be breaking all land speed records to get away from it [specifically, the dependency on the American SWIFT system]
* when Carney says the old world order is gone, **it's gone**
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2026-02-24 14:50:43 UTC

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Q: How can/should Canadian technologists sell escape hatches to other companies?
A: Cory reminding us about John Deere DRM'd tractors. John Deere bricked hundreds of tractors taken from the Ukraine by the Russians to Chechnya.
Cool from a cyberpunk POV but absolutely chilling when you realize that Trump tomorrow could order John Deere to trigger kill switches on every one of their tractors operating in Canada. (says Cory)

2026-02-24 14:42:44 UTC

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@npub1fdr…lvhs answering a question about Threads defederation, noting that it is "reactionary", and that the ones you hurt are the users, the "normie friends" you want to talk to.
The act of defederating from threads assumes that the people on Threads are the problem, not the fact that it's owned by Meta. (says Cory)
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2026-02-24 14:19:46 UTC

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This slide deck is absolutely bonkers, I love it.
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2026-02-24 14:18:02 UTC

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starting off with hard truths about how Canada sucks at regulating American tech
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2026-02-24 14:11:50 UTC

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introducing and welcoming us to the first edition of FediMTL!
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2026-02-24 13:51:01 UTC

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The venue, Le Ministère, is an intimate concert venue housed in a former bank.
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Super cool! The closest thing we have to that at home is a former bank turned shawarma joint. Still neat, but not the same 😏
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2026-02-24 13:44:54 UTC

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![1000012111.jpg](https://activitypub.space/assets/uploads/files/1771940628398-1000012111.jpg)
Doors open and the participants are starting to arrive.
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2026-02-24 13:38:19 UTC

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A balmy -13°C this morning in Montreal. 😅

2026-02-24 03:55:50 UTC

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Met up with @npub1036…dl9x for a mini Longformers reunion ✍️
Lots of discussion about Writefreely, NodeBB, WordPress, Ghost, contexts, group federation, and much more.
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2026-02-23 19:11:32 UTC

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do you have an API we can use? It'd be interesting to hook into your search results for fediverse search.

2026-02-23 18:52:26 UTC

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For the latest updates about FediMTL, follow @npub1hz0…vn0s
For all the chatter on all things FediMTL beyond what I post here in-thread, follow @npub1s7n…2yj8 which automatically boosts anything with the #FediMTL hashtag!

2026-02-23 16:45:16 UTC

Here we go!
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Since FediCon last year I try to do a livestream of the fedi events I go to. This is the start of the FediMTL livestream.
Let's see how well I can keep this up 😅
FediMTL streaming tickets still available! 50% off for fedi friends with code `SWF50` 😊
https://lepointdevente.com/billets/mns260224002?lang=en
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2026-02-18 21:38:52 UTC

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maybe there just hasn't been a lot of true R&D coming from me then 😩

2026-02-18 21:27:14 UTC

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I'm sorry you feel that way. I agree that I suppose there hasn't been a lot of _true_ R&D lately, though a lot of that could be we're just shipping with little fanfare.

2026-02-13 19:48:19 UTC

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that's exactly it. You're not responsible for others not understanding that when they post publicly, **their post is public**.
@npub15d0…8ktz

2026-02-13 19:03:04 UTC

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honestly? You should ignore the haters and not make this opt in. You're crippling its usability that way...

2026-02-11 21:35:39 UTC

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No worries @npub1xse…lgk3 at this rate the asterism will be a font awesome icon by 2032! 😝
@npub1kqc…7wgd

2026-02-11 20:19:49 UTC

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Thanks for sharing, this is *huge* news! I've been using `share-nodes` and `circle-nodes` in NodeBB to represent fediverse stuff (or @npub1xse…lgk3's asterisms), but I will likely switch over to this once we update our FontAwesome library :tada:

2026-01-25 21:57:37 UTC

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That is actually super cool. I don't distinguish my replies by software (it's unnecessary info, _usually_), but it's pretty cool to see :)

2026-01-24 00:09:33 UTC

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I feel we're conflating vibe coding with plain AI usage as an assistant.
There's absolutely no pedagogical value to vibe coding.
cc @npub1fv2…cvt5 @npub16d5…u6mu

2026-01-22 23:46:34 UTC

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Hey @npub1xse…lgk3 thanks for the heads up! Looks pretty cool.
[@maxfield@z.org](https://activitypub.space/user/maxfield%40z.org) feel free to tag @npub1kaq…h860 for AP support questions!
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2026-01-16 16:40:05 UTC

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I did not think about this aspect (why would I, I have no idea who is a paid member of the W3C :laughing:), but this is a potentially concerning data point.
> There are only two organisations that are active in the fediverse that are a paid member of the W3C: Meta and the Social Web Foundation. With the Social Web Foundation also receiving funding from Meta, the company that built Threads now has more institutional standing in ActivityPub governance than any of the organisations actually building open fediverse software. Mastodon gGmbH, Framasoft, and others are not W3C members and cannot participate in the Working Group unless they are invited.
>
> This is by all accounts an extremely funny outcome for a network that aims to be independent of Big Tech’s power.
— @npub1l2k…6m2l
How this WG shapes up in the coming weeks will be interesting to watch :) Thank you for sharing this update.

2026-01-12 20:18:00 UTC

Threaded applications often have the need to move and remove content between groups/communities for curation purposes (i.e. resolving miscategorization, spam, etc.)
This is an extension of the [Resolvable Contexts](https://w3id.org/fep/7888) tree of FEPs.
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The FEP draft has been submitted for review. In the meantime, it can be viewed here: https://github.com/julianlam/feps/blob/fep-f15d/fep/f15d/fep-f15d.md

2026-01-12 02:07:37 UTC

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well, over promising builds hype and it is easier to sell promise than a product.
I only ever post when I have something concrete to show. It means I have less engagement, but it also means I never over promise.
It does not mean I am right. I think the right balance lies somewhere in between.
@npub1h44…akl9 @npub16d5…u6mu

2026-01-08 16:27:55 UTC

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it certainly doesn't matter a much as it's made out to.
Back in the day I remember when you registered for a hotmail account you could choose between several domains... it was entirely for vanity, but this is similar.
Obviously not the same because instance moderation rules and such matter more in social media, but still...
Vanity domains... The instance chooser is basically just that, and any attempts to ascribe additional importance to it is unnecessary.
[@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io](https://activitypub.space/user/jenniferplusplus%40hachyderm.io) @npub1xse…lgk3

2026-01-03 02:09:49 UTC

Is there interest in starting up a new server? I am incentivized to provide something for this niche (or perhaps not-so-niche) part of the fediverse.
It would be a forum. Running NodeBB. Not Mastodon.
As I understand it, the med-mastodon server shut down without warning. I don't know any other way to reach those users. Please boost for visibility 🙏

2025-12-23 16:59:08 UTC

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this would be a handy addition to activitypub.rocks...

2025-12-22 12:51:16 UTC

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you don't follow people on Lemmy and Piefed, you follow communities.
You can follow people from Mbin and NodeBB.
All four of those softwares use ActivityPub.

2025-12-14 16:10:25 UTC

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the Fediverse already has this.
It's called the threadiverse 😏

2025-12-11 16:37:32 UTC

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he responded to me via DM when I was talking about context relocation and removal FEPs. He finished off his reply with "I'm not part of your fediverse any more.", so I take it as a sign he's taking a break at minimum.

2025-12-09 04:58:54 UTC

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[liaizon@social.wake.st](https://activitypub.space/user/liaizon%40social.wake.st) hah welcome to the land where air traffic controllers are overworked, underpaid, and nobody who can do anything about it gives a crap.
Ah, what brings you to North America?

2025-12-09 01:33:10 UTC

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[iftas@mastodon.iftas.org](https://activitypub.space/user/iftas%40mastodon.iftas.org) [admin@hear-me.social](https://activitypub.space/user/admin%40hear-me.social) we get that crap a lot too, but we have a post queue that catches the first post for any account. (NodeBB, not Mastodon)
It does unfortunately increase workload, and spammers are starting to use AI to craft innocuous messages to get past manual detection, but it might be the next needed step.

2025-11-28 04:44:27 UTC

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[hongminhee@hollo.social](https://activitypub.space/user/hongminhee%40hollo.social) that's wonderful! Have a fantastic time!
Unfortunately I won't be able to make it but please say hello to [liaizon@social.wake.st](https://activitypub.space/user/liaizon%40social.wake.st) for me 😝

2025-11-21 22:43:41 UTC

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[apps@toot.fedilab.app](https://activitypub.space/user/apps%40toot.fedilab.app) said in [We're building something for the Fediverse\.](https://activitypub.space/post/https%3A%2F%2Ftoot.fedilab.app%2Fusers%2Fapps%2Fstatuses%2F115589596177644807):
> Activity Connect bridges actors that can't communicate directly (blocked instances, different networks).
This... sounds potentially problematic at first pass.

2025-11-18 03:47:24 UTC

I remember it being massive news when Pebble made moves to resurrect. Now they're trying to forcibly take away the grassroots dev community that kept Pebbles **alive** after they were abandoned by the original company.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
https://rebble.io/2025/11/17/core-devices-keeps-stealing-our-work.html

2025-11-07 15:12:13 UTC

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[robertoarchimboldi@kolektiva.social](https://activitypub.space/user/robertoarchimboldi%40kolektiva.social) said in [It seems to me that lots of opinions about how to improve the fediverse miss the basic fact of federation\.](https://activitypub.space/post/https%3A%2F%2Fkolektiva.social%2Fusers%2FRobertoArchimboldi%2Fstatuses%2F115507982589521794):
> What does surprise me is that some people both want to take advantage of a distributed social media ecosystem whilst expecting uniformity of use.
It's the idea of having your cake and eating it too.
Lots of people will get very up in arms about privacy aspects of the fediverse that simply do not exist; they only think they do.
Those people wish to have the wide reach of an open decentralized social network, but at the same time only want sympathetic responses and for opposing viewpoints to not exist. Those two concepts are at odds with each other.

2025-10-30 22:53:10 UTC

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Mm, this pushed me toward installing Anubis for activitypub.space.
I set it up, and reloaded the nginx config... And I have no idea whether it's working or not lol
I'm not being challenged 🤔

2025-10-25 02:52:45 UTC

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[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca](https://activitypub.space/user/chris%40mstdn.chrisalemany.ca) The Doug Ford Reagan ad just played on the US network I'm watching.

2025-10-25 02:33:57 UTC

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[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca](https://activitypub.space/user/chris%40mstdn.chrisalemany.ca) wooooooo! 2-9!

2025-10-25 02:26:12 UTC

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[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca](https://activitypub.space/user/chris%40mstdn.chrisalemany.ca) bottom of the sixth, bases loaded!!

2025-10-17 15:24:29 UTC

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NodeBB v4.6.1 contains the fix so that if an avatar and cover photo are not set, they are not included in the ActivityPub actor data.

2025-10-17 14:25:53 UTC

[nutomic@lemmy.ml](https://activitypub.space/user/nutomic%40lemmy.ml) reported a federation issue with a NodeBB instance and we debugged it. It turns out Lemmy is unable to handle actors who have `image` or `icon` set to `null`.
Lemmy is taking steps to handle this ([source](https://github.com/LemmyNet/activitypub-federation-rust/pull/151), [source](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/6090)), and NodeBB will update its actor logic to omit properties without an avatar or cover photo set.

2025-10-07 18:53:46 UTC

Just wrapped up a session at FediForum where [snarfed.org@fed.brid.gy](https://activitypub.space/user/snarfed.org%40fed.brid.gy) and [quillmatiq@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/quillmatiq%40mastodon.social) discussed [FEP-fffd: Proxy Objects](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/fffd/fep-fffd.md) as a way to link disparate cross-network objects together.
I piped up that [rimu@piefed.social](https://activitypub.space/user/rimu%40piefed.social) and I were working on similar problems with cross-posting, though we were discussing this well within the confines of ActivityPub — cross-posting between threadiverse communities
We hadn't come up with any path forward yet, but the FEP notes some properties that we could use.
* `alsoKnownAs` to refer to a canonical post?
* An `url` array to show cross-posts?

2025-10-06 20:13:55 UTC

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[thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange](https://activitypub.space/user/thenexusofprivacy%40infosec.exchange) wow, thanks for the cliff notes — that's insane.
For all the positive press I read about Blacksky, and then to hear that ~~all of that was for naught~~ they are still vulnerable to the actions of Bluesky, is very unfortunate, but not entirely surprising.
cc [reiver@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/reiver%40mastodon.social)

2025-09-25 18:51:09 UTC

Mastodon has a concept called "pinned statuses", which is a special collection attached to a Person actor.
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#featured
It wasn't readily known how this collection is updated and federated (not without code achaeology), but [claire@social.sitedethib.com](https://activitypub.space/user/claire%40social.sitedethib.com) recently shared some additional info :smiley:
* The actor itself will issue an `Add` activity targeting the collection with the status in `object`.
* This activity is sent to all followers of the actor.
* No activity is sent if the actor has no **remote** followers.
* A `Remove` is sent when a pinned post is unpinned.
This is what the `Add` looks like:
```
{
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Add",
"actor": "https://example.org/users/testUser",
"target": "https://example.org/users/testUser/collections/featured",
"object": "https://example.org/users/testUser/statuses/115266412340579560"
}
```
The corresponding `Remove` is identical except for `type`, which is of course, `Remove`.

2025-09-25 12:56:50 UTC

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[elena@aseachange.com](https://activitypub.space/user/elena%40aseachange.com) could it be that you're editing an article that had never been federated before (aka predates the AP plugin)?
In that case the published update might be the first time a Mastodon instance sees it, and it might promote it to the top of the feed even if it's many years old?
[pfefferle@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/pfefferle%40mastodon.social) [johnonolan@mastodon.xyz](https://activitypub.space/user/johnonolan%40mastodon.xyz) [heathenstorm@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/heathenstorm%40mastodon.social)

2025-09-25 11:46:34 UTC

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[johnonolan@mastodon.xyz](https://activitypub.space/user/johnonolan%40mastodon.xyz) [pfefferle@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/pfefferle%40mastodon.social) [elena@aseachange.com](https://activitypub.space/user/elena%40aseachange.com) only for Articles?!
I haven't seen this myself but I don't edit my topics much after they're out there.

2025-09-25 03:44:34 UTC

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Hi [heathenstorm@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/heathenstorm%40mastodon.social), that's an interesting side-effect, but not one that I was aware of. It might be that it is a bug that lies on the WordPress side or the Mastodon side. This might be something [pfefferle@mastodon.social](https://activitypub.space/user/pfefferle%40mastodon.social) would be best to answer.
I will say this, though... that Mastodon has had a history of not supporting long-form text _well_. You can even get a feel of that now; inline images are missing even though the full text is available. This is by design because Mastodon is a **micro-blog**, and they have made some intentional UI decisions whose tradeoff is that full HTML display with inline images and such would ruin the effect.
We could debate endlessly about whether this is a net positive or not, but that's beside the point.
What I want to say is that we're in a sort of inflection point with regard to long-form text where Mastodon is taking small but meaningful steps toward better supporting long-form text. Part of that is allowing for Articles and summaries, and encouraging users to view the article on the WordPress site itself.
Remember that not even a year ago, Mastodon didn't even render summaries (or showed them as content warnings, or didn't accept HTML...)

2025-09-07 01:35:21 UTC

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Personally I think 1b12 doesn't need to be changed or hacked around. It doesn't specifically call for federating out deletes so I'd think any solution we come up with together would work *with* that FEP, not go against it.
cc [silverpill@mitra.social](https://activitypub.space/user/silverpill%40mitra.social) (if your app notifies you of new replies without a direct mention I'll stop tagging you too)

2025-09-06 20:09:12 UTC

Hey [rimu@piefed.social](https://activitypub.space/user/rimu%40piefed.social) question to you about post removal...
If a remote user posts to a local community, and the local mod deletes it (let's say it's spam of off topic), does the local community federate a delete out?
Technically you're not **deleting** the content, just removing it from the community.
Is there a different action Piefed takes?

2025-09-03 04:47:49 UTC

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Pinging [liaizon@social.wake.st](https://activitypub.space/user/liaizon%40social.wake.st) about this as this is his site I believe