2026-05-25T08:49:25Z https://yabu.me Gregory https://yabu.me/npub1rtewnlga64lev2tmhk25r89cfyzpum8gkpwx6rz583am74dczuqqg6q99n https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/909/172/original/c8f4511dede32ad7.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/909/172/original/c8f4511dede32ad7.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvry2k2mlw97jlszy97s0wlw48dm6y7yeauaejvd0yjly9m3drdtczyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqtgfzzg I did it. #Smithereen 1.0 is officially out now. Only took me 6.5 years from an idea to something I can proudly call a stable release.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/614/866/422/305/225/original/00a9a8be3d4227b3.png"> <br/> 2026-05-21T22:15:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0chtwz6x5dmumrsf9zxjyn4a7jeg5ffkeu44j502gfd3srn3suszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqpxr8kz Wanted to check out #Smithereen? Well, now you can! I&#39;ve just set up a demo server that lets you sign up for a temporary account to play around:<br/><br/><a href="https://try.smithereen.software">https://try.smithereen.software</a><br/><br/>#activitypub #mastodev<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/518/143/685/986/602/original/dbc8f45951c7ba32.png"> <br/> 2026-05-04T20:20:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uz8je9multjk6z5fdtuelmuvmd85rds5wgglpkuvd7y4xqjkurgzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq78u7jm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfywdc0lpu07n4dt2nyfd4x5p85nh3eznedqxw0kl5dpjt6hjfesc6ycy8y'>nevent1q…cy8y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>technically it&#39;s not part of the ActivityPub spec, it&#39;s a Mastodon extension, but most other fediverse software implements it as well 2026-04-27T15:26:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl6xndr63uqklr858lwrchhzvst7hf69j6amrzywp20p8rzm502qzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqnqpjqj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvyefc374t3pcr7ruyzzcatvudyrckkst3f0qwrnhwu3fs8kx8ysdvsdwt'>nevent1q…sdwt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s a total of 202617 users in my database, so with 12250 having emojis in their names, that makes it 6%. Assuming the selection of users my server knows about is representative of the fediverse as a whole, of course<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/477/328/079/854/763/original/9f9fdb5fe5f7c955.png"> <br/> 2026-04-27T15:18:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvyefc374t3pcr7ruyzzcatvudyrckkst3f0qwrnhwu3fs8kx8yszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq9257hu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp8nej39rtyxnv0xfsjtkd4fgt4vnm39h3cw8ft42xf9sr2rnmh5q3zsl6v'>nevent1q…sl6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you made me wonder which percentage of fediverse users actually has at least a single custom emoji in their name 🤔<br/>I have a feeling that it&#39;s less than 10%, but there&#39;s only one way to find out 2026-04-27T15:11:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4pmhf4cw5u8rm26mfjdtp6k2jf6frsupy7setegyyz4q2p3jwaszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq8pnmdz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsguxcaj6lpj0x92hv6hq4d7smz8rsh7znwlhvnj2y2jyghwj4fj7qrlxcjz'>nevent1q…xcjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not sure if it&#39;s a good idea. Sure it will make some names neater, but you may also lose important information that way. 2026-04-27T15:07:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqc9842yn6pruejxxpp5chgxndchjkaxycrxp80jkhh4ganhyk7rqzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqzcvreg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftjkpx5ay8mjlylm0uczatf3ffkl5vmcnhjpu69fjkvax0f9qeycz7es6n'>nevent1q…es6n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but you just keep saying the same things over and over again with slightly different words, what&#39;s the point? 🤔 2026-04-27T14:38:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7dyeeyvrarprmmu4h80943styr37axkyfamx5whtasfk5y4x9yszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqg0rs9y #Smithereen now reloads outdated actor objects when fetching reply threads, so these kinds of situations should become a thing of the past<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/445/325/248/807/855/original/7bbf1159b5e456fa.png"> <br/> 2026-04-21T23:38:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8m46e8yxm0rzjqa57ghyx0ngkr2e4zpawj4mcfmhh9vvzeqn2fgszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqfhd0yj #Smithereen has a proper website now: <a href="https://smithereen.software">https://smithereen.software</a> 2026-04-07T05:13:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2nxf5j0gsemkh8jl0euww4wpg5dsk369as8ps5n7x426tznqljuszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq5525cy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw86gcremt9fx2uplsqaglp0pmamr075tyeax3evulrl340caxuts97dc3v'>nevent1q…dc3v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh I wish I was able to come and talk about the history of VKontakte and how that led to me starting Smithereen. Russia is one of the few countries where Meta genuinely failed to take over the majority of social media usage, and VK took a lot longer to become terminally enshittified.<br/><br/>That and I&#39;d also talk about how I&#39;m extending ActivityPub too much. And that I have some ideas about decentralized global search.<br/><br/>Maybe next year... 2026-01-31T17:05:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrmj5ahathupta6txtw4r9yzgjqlyyakeq2c5q5hz2atkuemujf6czyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqrzhdxz I need opinions on #Smithereen API.<br/><br/>For notifications, which format would you prefer more, this <a href="https://smithereen.software/docs/api/methods/notifications.get/">https://smithereen.software/docs/api/methods/notifications.get/</a> or something even more deduplicated with `wall_posts`, `comments`, `photos`, and `board_topics` as separate arrays? Or maybe something else?<br/><br/>#activityPub #mastodev 2025-12-25T13:17:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswe00n26t5hy7vllmk7y32nkqr06u5mdvpmk35c74hdc3yg77f47qzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq3kczcp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswemkctp5jy22l62s5s39cdndkh9dpu6ff0u9egqh7ge5f3yms08ssa6f3a'>nevent1q…6f3a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/673/351/278/635/468/original/2f17e9b65973183f.png"> <br/> 2025-12-06T15:34:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswemkctp5jy22l62s5s39cdndkh9dpu6ff0u9egqh7ge5f3yms08szyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqkqrx2h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfrmceepv2uugzt277ayl7muxyjhm6ldrzcn23xl6r97rmkr7yhastgcx67'>nevent1q…cx67</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/673/342/296/835/183/original/a442d6396057ec4f.png"> <br/> 2025-12-06T15:32:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsws4hqyqqt4mygjjpxtazee8hxcp8fyl3qnvyk5rytxp3cvpu9edszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqpndmmm <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/406/142/299/719/362/original/b7b09a7ac2af4981.png"> <br/> 2025-10-20T10:59:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgl938reer3tvufd0j28w923dnwnhxak9zr2rwf9gvpmpwqqz0t3czyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqdcv8fu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqx2848k4e7vuwswp29h474c86vnu7gpdfxcuj47rxqd7fstvkcqq864jvd'>nevent1q…4jvd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>open-source products are much less likely to become user-hostile, simply because if that happens to something even somewhat popular, it gets forked 2025-09-12T15:44:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst8anzghdsjxn4y9363cqqzsu7nat6d64x0l9laz6eu7x24rtp6yqzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqfxz2dp <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/139/197/983/056/637/original/58f7942b999cfa4a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-03T07:32:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gch5hru3mz7d3m5hjcz49grcapxug0g08p5nt0ptd0amaxyl00qzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq7j34gx Bluesky is preparing to censor things in response to government requests.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/348/710/733/428/030/original/d07c13838323b7a2.png"> <br/> 2025-04-16T17:03:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfasm2cyhj2q3tgv4lq8h4h0dlz9mngh7nj6vqsvxf3j7psgyts7szyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqvl6069 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0y0tjj9a6yxtpdnxcftg4ftlgzyvdzatjdprkv5pklzvqe5lm6ucdygq0e'>nevent1q…gq0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we haven&#39;t completed that form yet. My understanding is that you have to just tick the boxes.<br/>&#34;Mastodon allows users to report child safety concerns in-app.&#34; — sure it does, you can submit a report with an appropriate comment to your instance staff.<br/>&#34;My app complies with all relevant child safety laws, and reports to regional and national authorities&#34; — not something that can really be enforced. Just box ticking for its own sake. 2025-03-06T22:09:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst8mufa7wqj3h44k8a8l93gzeqzw7juv05adye90tgczjqgjfl7jqzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqpz4tf5 #Smithereen updates:<br/>- Profile pictures are now photos. There&#39;s a new flow for updating your profile picture. After you&#39;re done selecting thumbnails, it gets saved into a special album and a &#34;{user} updated their profile picture&#34; post is created.<br/>- Photo tags are finished and federate between Smithereen servers. You can tag just names, but if you pick another user, they have to approve the tag.<br/>- You can rotate photos after upload. Including profile pictures!<br/><br/>#ActivityPub #mastodev<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/763/164/499/691/035/original/595279330360eb4e.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/763/164/651/297/602/original/19a0c7dedbe6e88f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/763/170/850/385/038/original/3dde4b88022d84ad.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/763/176/931/694/005/original/f16979d945c8d123.png"> <br/> 2025-01-03T07:13:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2em9seretupkncuf0ren2qj303pd005v5s8r4vmcyrfvnvnf73yszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq2ljhar In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjelyls3w8latpe6p4lep30sec3ex8xj2dchtmg7tm36q5eq0s5g5s8z7x'>nevent1q…8z7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it must clearly be someone&#39;s promotion project 2024-12-13T19:16:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxkscy54vkrvcwll4gjfz60dplxll8k3svrlu2cnnu9secm7yhv8qzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqc6q8vq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst07yjc67xpkykae0ludgtjkdchxjj4hcj3aw5gy7u5287j7zm2dcyu60sr'>nevent1q…60sr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m pretty sure &#34;the most open operating system&#34; that is Windows-compatible would be ReactOS 2024-11-25T22:50:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswldvw0hgz52jlsrq4nrz35uwq0shphj8wmelq8uj6gxlghmt3edgzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq5veuhh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgt4qmz29acnsqv83srz3g945e0yzzu3q2cdkaj8ph0tu7afxzp3g4n89v5'>nevent1q…89v5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had it set to 30 seconds when I wrote the original article, but I since changed it to 5 minutes in Smithereen. Not because of the slow servers (didn&#39;t have any problems with those), but because Threads sends timestamps that are all over the place. 2024-11-13T22:59:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy4tnkedvthpdxzhs7u3yvhwtr22lkgytw8aqjs0p5wjws2djj9ngzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq5m4keq I finally translated my #ActivityPub tutorial to English: <a href="https://grishka.me/blog/activitypub-from-scratch/">https://grishka.me/blog/activitypub-from-scratch/</a><br/><br/>(several people at this year&#39;s FOSDEM asked me about this) 2024-11-13T21:30:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgydc3m2e5r9t46f8gjyw220shtx6nmgel83fy0v5dd997peggqtszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqpqtp76 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5aph757ww60tjr9y23syd8746c7wjh8fqskktx9ujhj2e8vc9ds0tw897'>nevent1q…w897</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but I&#39;ll keep confusing them because they&#39;re the same word in my native language 2024-11-13T18:28:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsycmwldt6zaxtq9d3dsdxmgpdtevgnjyljml5ffu2ha09ezl76qmszyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqy2gqah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6k78aqvxggq9gfrlacjw0l5gcm33v8ckdytnge0j65mghwy2scgc9065p'>nevent1q…065p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we didn&#39;t have the cart though. Usually the teacher asked the strongest guy in the class carry the TV into the classroom. 2024-11-09T17:06:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfum6w70vfxuy4rdfnght6d6vd4fwq35wsmrjgeuah9qtekgc89czyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsq5fd0g2 I wasn&#39;t posting much news about #Smithereen lately — fixing that!<br/><br/>The core functionality of photo albums is now done. You can create albums, upload photos, comment on them, and like them. It&#39;s all properly federated (between Smithereen servers only). There&#39;s a brand new photo viewing UI too. Two of them, actually, desktop and mobile.<br/><br/>Remaining features for 0.9 include:<br/>- &#34;System&#34; albums — profile pictures and saved photos<br/>- Tagging<br/>- Profile picture update posts<br/>- Groups feed<br/><br/>#activitypub<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/305/698/451/504/726/original/e4622fda9959c721.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/305/698/716/859/579/original/80da70466bde60c3.png"> <br/> 2024-10-14T12:09:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszc5tdy6dsla6fku5gk34nhg6rdacfuhe4qutve68dvffhp74w85czyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsquq9n2d People in the #fediverse development community are posting about &#34;SWF&#34; but this is the only thing I think about when I see that acronym<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/203/386/694/971/645/original/5a3e6e0d14e692a9.png"> <br/> 2024-09-26T10:30:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv78mnref2yz8xkc4qvqnnwsngq5plf4m27ed2gtlvjp2twvnft0qzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqk209fn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rjkvt8gfnzg8xza5nlxcjm4hwm5ndjqqtv4tcml7wjn3s6hdmcs6alvxn'>nevent1q…lvxn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know anyone who expects that Telegram chats are encrypted 2024-08-26T14:48:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq6qsygh9pgkq4cxudzvkk622yradgy3p509ftv47k2jedr56c4dczyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqyfl39g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznytltahgdua2zfdheprzmsgs86ujfm4xnzkpfvw6zu3xwjzazvg8y49yk'>nevent1q…49yk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s still up, <a href="https://friends.grishka.me">https://friends.grishka.me</a> 2024-08-03T00:51:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrz464mar7twtzw7jwvf3znlht4z4xlr3v3s2gyfhh90eapyzpe7gzyqd0960arh2hl93f0w7e2svuhpysg8nvazc9cmgv2s78h064hqtsqesftm2 I feel like I need to change the image sizes in #Smithereen. My idea with each size being 2x of the previous one is proving to be ever more of a pain in the ass. Thankfully, since I use imgproxy, it&#39;s only a matter of changing some code and the rest would &#34;just work&#34;.<br/><br/>Here are the image sizes Telegram and VK use.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/824/023/296/548/891/original/f9e7279e827a150d.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/824/028/478/634/044/original/2c1b993cb9a186d4.png"> <br/> 2024-07-21T10:34:51Z