#social-web — Public Fediverse posts

Woot, a rave review by @thefulcrum 💞 on my blog post "Paradigm shift to the Prosocial web".

https://www.thefulcrum.dev/the-programmers-fulcrum-4-september-2026/

Thank you very much!

#SX #SocialWeb #ProsocialWeb #ActivityPub #fediverse

European Social Web..

https://european.social/

#socialMedia #europeanMade #privacy #European #socialWeb #privateMessaging

@eduzsh

I think perhaps you meant to reply to this toot: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/117206354772977259 ?

Yes, that is true. But the concept of #SOSS takes that into account, being adapted for today's reality. It brings an extension to the idea of "working in public" that is common in #FOSS, and introduces "working in commons". This #commons is a more value-aligned protected space, where participants take care of each other's needs, following #sustainability-first principles.

Service-orientation that comes with the paradigm shift to the #ProsocialWeb is not just technical in nature, but extends into social-cultural space, where people are focused to satisfy needs on the basis of value exchange. Within this environment a commons-based value #economy may emerge.

There are already very promising technologies on the #SocialWeb that may be foundations for such an economy, such as https://valueflo.ws and the #Bonfire project, that is working to support the #Valueflows specifications.

#Fediverse today consists of apps and app platforms. It is entirely app-centric.

Since fediverse (luckily) didn't attract much corporate attention yet, it is dominated by #FOSS culture, where people on the #SocialWeb are all "users" that are dependent on FOSS developers to serve their needs. Every dev focuses on their app features first and #interoperability second, leading to a patchwork of poorly integrated apps, and a janky overall experience. The app delivery model is not much different than Web 2.0.

A paradigm shift is possible, to a #SocialNetwork of apps and services, a service-oriented #fedi. The efforts around the #ActivityPub API can be the enabler of this shift.

In this new paradigm devs introduce solutions to a unified #SocialNetworking space, delivering new services to participants on the network. On top of a robust Protocol Layer they model social use cases in the Data Layer, integrating with services and building blocks already available.

https://coding.social/blog/prosocial-web

In a new white paper we develop graph representations of decentralized (heterogeneous) Social Web networks. We build primarily on the machinery of multilayer networks with their associated tensor representations.

We expand on the specialized subclass of so-called layer-disjoint networks as they offer powerful tools for modeling complex online interactions of Actors within distinct Communities.
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#activitypub
#atproto
#decentralization
#socialweb

https://www.openriskmanagement.com/towards_graph_calculus_for_decentralized_social_networks/

@silverpill @rimu @elle

I wrote a comment in the open issue on the 3-stage process, in the SWICG charters repo..

https://github.com/swicg/charters/issues/33#issuecomment-5470092604

#ActivityPub #SocialWeb #fediverse

What frustrates me most is that many people want a better digital world, but they are unwilling to try alternatives like Mastodon or running their own website.

People have become lazy. Everything has to be ready-made. You cannot have everything handed to you on a silver platter, life does not work that way.

The hardest challenge is getting people to unlearn the addictive patterns of an enshittified internet and move toward healthier habits and the decentralized web.

#enshittification #SocialWeb #decentralization #Fediverse #SocialMedia

#IndieMusic must embrace both the #SocialWeb and #ccmusic. Curators, who build community by helping normies find stuff they will love out of the endless options available on the web, are the key piece in this puzzle. They provide the human alternative to the Spotify algo that people are starting to realize they want. They can't do their work if they have to get approval from artists for every track.

RE: https://berlin.social/@kingconsult/117166395023066308

Only 5 weeks left to apply:

Will the @EUCommission 🇪🇺 fund a project for a european youth-friendly publicly-owned #SocialMedia platform?

What will it look like? Who will build it? 🤔

#Eurosky #Fediverse #Mastodon #ATProto #ATmospehre #OSWA #OpenSocialWeb #2MR #Youth #SocialWeb

It's hard for me to believe that very geeky people and those who have been online forever think that posts you can ignore here and never see (thanks to decentralization and no algos), are a bigger deterrent to adoption than obviously unwanted replies (even if you agree with the person making the annoying or worse comment) and not knowing which parts of the network you'll be able to access.

#SocialWeb #fediblockmeta

I've never plugged anything other than my own books before. But after I released my book GOOSE CREEK HOLLER, Goose Creek Candle Company kept popping up in searches. OMG. The best candles, easy shopping, perfect shipping. My new go-to for birthday gifts. Now, if they would only plug my book, ha! #candles #goosecreek #goosecreekcandlecompany #goosecreekholler #mastodon #video #video #gifts #gift #pillsbury #fragrances #scent #sophiajanehayden #author #authors #authorLife #commerce #businessgrowth #businessnews #retail #retailtherapy #bought #economic #price #ShopIndy #indieAuthor #indie #indieAuthors #fediverse #socialnetwork #socialweb #bookstodon #bookTok #books #bookReview #writersCoffeeClub #writer #writers #monday

1.2M people joined 2.1K Pixelfed servers and shared over 55M photos and videos!

Legit can't believe it sometimes.

Never give up and keep building, homies ❤️

#pixelfed #socialWeb #fediverse #millionsServed

Cellphone.

#illustration #cartoon #Digital #online #DigitalDetox #doomscroll #socialmedia #phoneaddiction #tech #technology #DigitalWellbeing #photo #SocialWeb #cellphone

I know my "federate with everybody except trolls" norm for fedi comes off as weird, but I haven't heard a good argument. especially when I then ask what social media should our nice conservative family members use. people just want to say fuck Nazis (cause yes it feels good) and virtue signal by opposing all conservatives here. except doing so helps the bad guy army grow IRL.

#fediblockmeta #SocialWeb

@spraoi @gumnos @evan

I feel the hidden question of the #poll is: Given the #technology base exists, can you just code against it at will? I.e. the tech #ethics question is asked. Where on one end of the spectrum we find the techbro / fossbro, and on the other end of the spectrum we are still learning what we should have there as an alternative to make a social web be social and keep it that way. As "social web" technology by itself offers zero guarantee of that.

#SX #SocialWeb #ActivityPub

Decided to hop on https://fedihood.social and see what it's like. Seems like a fun concept! Those of you who feel comfortable joining totally should (you can use a pseudonymous acct if you like).

It seems to be largely lacking in users still. I would love to see this thing take off in a real way!

#tech #activityPub #fediverse #socialWeb

Wow, what a year it's been, and it's only August. We moved houses, and sold our home of 25 years. I retired, and now spend more time photographing than in the 19880s when I started. (I was a much more loose canon in those days.) An inheritance had a lovely upside, I got to buy a mirrorless digital camera, the kind I've been dreaming about for 15 to 20 years. I've been so busy I have neglected all my online activities except for flickr and a bit of Tumblr.
Let's see how the rest of the year pans out.
https://daftsocial.com/s2art/
#SocialWeb #flickr #Tumblr #pixelfedau #daftsocial #microblogging #Neofinder #AffintyPhoto

What if it had been a big news day? Journalism on fedi instead of #bluesky would mean they'd all be on their own organization's servers. Like @mondoweiss or the @TexasObserver.

#SocialWeb

As week or so ago, I cut off 98% of Facebook and Instagram usage (I had fallen back into the habit due to needing to advertise something).

The biggest change has been how much more engaged I've been here + how much a better experience I've had!

No longer passively consuming, but instead producing, sharing, and chatting!

#socialMedia #mastodon #socialWeb #fediverse #instagram #Facebook

Wanting strong moderation on wannabe monopoly corporate social media platforms makes sense. They have a huge influence on society by deciding what to promote.

But we would never demand that from the open web. Being decentralized and lacking algos, there is no controlling it and it possesses no power to push anything in front of anyone. We wouldn't say there should be limits on who you link to or what sites a browser could reach.

Fedi admins don't understand this distinction.

#SocialWeb

Here is a #FeaturedServer for 🌎 Earth, 🦎 Earthlings, and their ⚖️ Advocates...

https://earth.law/about

Earth.Law is for:
📜 Environmental lawyers & policy-makers
🦋 Conservationists & ecologists
🔬 Scientists in related fields
📚 Educators and students of environmental studies
🎤 Activists & advocates

♻️ Hosted on a dedicated server in 🇫🇮 Helsinki and recognised by the Green Web Foundation for using renewable energy.

#CommunitySpotlight #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb

Free idea:

A Fediverse/Social Web front-end for YouTube. Kill the algorithm and the front page. You make an account on an instance, and that server handles delivering videos for you to click on.

They *could* do this in any way they want, but let's be honest, the best way to do it would be via community sharing. You can "boost" videos, and then all your followers can see those videos. You just follow people who tend to like the same kinds of videos as you. You can also directly follow the people you're subscribed to (like, the YouTube channel, not a Fediverse account), and get a consistent feed of all their uploads.

The people running it wouldn't need to handle hosting video content. They just cache metadata, and it should theoretically be quite similar to running a Mastodon instance. You don't even need to have a video player, you can just have a link that sends you to the official YouTube site.

Does this already exist? Last I heard, YouTube has pretty good support still for their APIs that let people do this kind of stuff.

#YouTube #PeerTube #SocialWeb #idea #tech #interoperability

“…the World Wide Web Consortium ( #W3C ) formally re-chartered the #SocialWeb Working Group (2026–2028). At the top of its agenda is a standard designed to make server #migration seamless: #LOLA (Live, #OnlinePortability ).
In this article, we examine how the LOLA specification works, why seamless account #portability is the missing pillar of the #openweb, and how it compares to alternative models like the AT Protocol's Personal Data Servers ( #PDS ).”
https://opensocialbiz.com/articles/right-to-leave-w3c-lola-fediverse-account-migration