#fediversecustomfeeds — Public Fediverse posts

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This relay could even use the ActivityPub actor type "Feed".

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I think you could address this 'want' (for community feeds) by using relays.

A relay could represent a community.

And could selectively relay posts from specific users (across the Fediverse) that are part of that community.

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I remember some people years ago saying that — they wanted to "subscribe" to the "server live feeds" on community servers different from the one that they are on

This is a way of following & perhaps even joining a community without necessarily being on that server

Which for example is useful if you wanted to be part of more than one community but use the same account

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Some servers on the Fediverse represent a community.

Maybe a community of bird photographers, or a cognitive science community, or a community of open-source software developers, etc.

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I think what @light wants is a Fediverse Custom Feed (rather than a List).

RE: https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]ial/114162333801375136

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I have been talking about Custom Feeds for the Fediverse.

I will be setting up a demo server for Custom Feeds — so Fediverse developers can ad support for Fediverse Custom Feeds to their software.

(And have something to test again.)

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@reiver i built on #fedialgo to make a customizable feed algorithm that is pretty much how i interact with #mastodon these days. it's available as an #npm package.

here's the demo app: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed

this is what the demo app looks like:

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Creating a Fediverse Custom Feed —

From a programmer's POV, for creating a Fediverse Custom Feed —

The client-side app doesn't care how the content gets into a feed

I.e., it doesn't care what algorithm you did or didn't use to create a Fediverse Custom Feed

You (the program powering the Fediverse Custom Feed) provides content — and the client-side app displays it.

Just set Actor type="Feed".

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Fediverse Custom Feeds are a powerful technology!

And are one piece in creating a "plug-in" system for the Fediverse.

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The UI/UX part of a Fediverse Custom Feed is making apps understand what to do with a Actor type="Feed" actor.

For example — when the user "Follows" an Actor type="Feed" actor, then the app could make the content from that actor show up next to the home-feed, as an alternative feed.

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The Protocol part of a Fediverse Custom Feed is a new Actor Type — the "Feed".

We already have Actor Types:

• Application
• Group
• Organization
• Person
• Service

https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#actor-types

Add "Feed" to that list.

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A Fediverse Custom Feed is — part UI/UX and part Protocol.

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I don't always go on social-media.

But when I do I want Fediverse custom feeds.

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John Mastodon wants Fediverse Custom Feeds.

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🚨 Fediverse Custom Feeds

Let's make them exist!

Instead of having a single home-feed. You could have multiple feeds of your choosing.

For example—

Do you want a feed of just mutuals — you can do that with Fediverse Custom Feeds.

What about a feed showing just people you follow who do NOT post very often — you can do that with Fediverse Custom Feeds.

If fact, you can any kind of feed you can imagine.

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I submitted a Talk Proposal for a talk at FOSDEM 2025 to the FOSDEM organizers.

I have given talks at many conferences. But this is the first time I have submitted anything to FOSDEM.

I will see if it gets accepted or not.

This talk (if accepted) would fall under the Social Web track:

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/social-web/

The FOSDEM Social Web track is focused on the Fediverse, ActivityPub, etc.

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The Fediverse could have custom feeds.

Fediverse front-end client applications just need to add support for it.

(A custom feed could just be an actor that you can put along side the home-feed in the front-end UI.)

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