#social-web — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #social-web, aggregated by home.social.
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Influence is unavoidable. We only know about the world and what opinions and art exists because others tell us. We make choices re who to listen to and they make choices re what to say etc.
The question is whether that influence will be imparted upon us in good faith or in a selfish effort to manipulate us. And with most media, the money involved means it will be the latter. Only the #SocialWeb enables worldwide virality because a web of unpaid people chose to share it.
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Great that you found the lists useful. There are 2 other fediverse-related list in the delightful commons initiative.
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What Westerners are missing in the fight against Meta and Twitter is the Pacific-Asian (CJK, ASEAN) factor. No key persons and influential entities in the Open #SocialWeb are doing anything on this front—the largest market of Meta and Twitter.
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When you maximize the ability of humans to determine what info, ideas and art gets the most attention, I think you better society as quickly as possible. I trust us to collectively manage our selfish incentives well when power is widely distributed. Fully connected while not allowing anyone to be harassed into silence, must be our goal.
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In daily life, if you talk to someone, you have the right to remember what was said, right?
And if you don't possess photographic memory, you have the right to take notes, keep record, maintain a diary, yes?
And no one has the right to order you to forget your memories, or under normal circumstances to destroy your notes?
So if you have a single-person #fediverse instance, it is okay then to ignore #ActivityPub Delete requests to erase your memory of online public conversations you had with others?
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📚 Nächste Fediverse-Sprechstunde im Juni:
Thema: BookWyrm im FediverseDas Fediverse besteht aus vielen unterschiedlichen Anwendungen – und diesmal möchten wir gemeinsam einen Blick auf BookWyrm werfen. 😊
BookWyrm ist eine freie, föderierte Plattform für Bücherliebhaber. Dort kann man Bücher katalogisieren, Rezensionen schreiben, Lesefortschritte teilen und sich mit anderen Menschen über Literatur austauschen – natürlich dezentral und Teil des Fediverse. 📖✨
Für die kommende Fediverse-Sprechstunde würden wir uns sehr freuen, wenn sowohl Anwender als auch Instanzbetreiber von BookWyrm mit dabei sind und ihre Erfahrungen, Eindrücke und vielleicht auch Tipps mit uns teilen.
Gerade der Austausch aus der Praxis macht die Sprechstunden immer besonders spannend und hilfreich. 😊
📢 Bitte gern teilen!
Und falls jemand aktiv an der Gestaltung der Sprechstunde mitwirken möchte:
Einfach bei mir melden.#Fediverse #BookWyrm #FediverseSprechstunde #Föderation #OpenSource #SocialWeb #Friendica #Mastodon
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Apply for NLnet Open Social Fund Before June 1
A quick reminder that NLnet has an Open Social Fund specifically for projects that implement ActivityPub. They make grants of 5000 to 50000 euros. Their next proposal deadline is June 1, 2026. The proposal process requires just a few hours of work. It's definitely worth the time to get into this important program!https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/05/07/apply-for-nlnet-open-social-fund-before-june-1/
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If I follow my friends, but also big accounts like the NYTimes, on a social media platform with ads and algos, I have no idea what I'm expecting to see. First or ever. They could just never show you posts from who you follow, arguing their data says you don't really care about that stuff. I don't understand how anyone who has really thought about this would be fine with it. And you can't leave cause your friends are there. Are we only losing cause nobody takes it seriously?
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🔴 Watch the #2MR session »Media companies and journalists on the Open Social Web« now on #PeerTube:
👉 https://watch.2mr.social/w/wDGcBBhWiXRq1ToHZqs7SVstarring the great:
🔹@saskia ( @newsmast ), 🔹@cbollert (#podcast #radio https://detektor.fm #Leipzig)
🔹@pallenbergpresented by: @laurenshof from https://connectedplaces.online 🙏
➡️ #FollowThemAll ! #IfYouLike !
#Journalism #Journalismus #Rundfunk #Medien #Presse #Press #democracy #Demokratie #SocialWeb #Detektorfm #broadcast
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We're just getting started, and we want to share _your_ stories. Above all, we are a movement that puts people first.
If you have an idea or want to nominate someone, please reach out to our Community Director @haubles (Private Mentions open).
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We’re kicking off a new series: Community Spotlights.
Through these stories, we celebrate the people who make the #SocialWeb a wonderful place to connect.
Our first subjects are @Tzipporah & @Yehuda, the grandfather & grandkid duo that admin #TurtleIsland, a server focused on building community with Native/Indigenous people, other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) people, and allies.
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It has been an honor and delight getting to know @Tzipporah and @Yehuda over the past few months.
If you haven’t met them, they’re the grandfather & grandkid duo that co-admin #TurtleIsland, a server focused on building community with Native/Indigenous people, other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) people, and allies. To me, their story perfectly encapsulates the best thing about the fediverse and Mastodon: People coming together to build a place for themselves.
Read their beautiful story: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/05/community-spotlight-tzipporah-and-yehuda-of-turtle-island-social/
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Currently enjoying this talk from #FediMTL: https://video.fedihost.co/videos/watch/7ce7154d-ae02-465f-86aa-55070900451f
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People and organizations have deeply held values but the "space" where those entities argue for their viewpoints cannot if we're serious about having everyone's views being heard. It can also not allow people or organizations to be exiled or harassed into silence or leaving.
The conflict is in how we think of something like an open social media network or university. Is it a node or the facilitator of connection? A speaker or where the dialogue happens?
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@saskia from @newsmast present their solutions to find your community 👥
& how they build #local #apps within the #Fediverse for easy #community building in the #socialweb ✨
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Jetzt im Livestream vom 2MR-Festival auf https://2mr.social:
Marc-Uwe Kling:
#FunFacts – Fakten und Satire auf #Peertube
@marcuwekling
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Der #BundesverbandSmartCity ist heute mit @pattyluzina und @mdp auf dem #2MR Festival.
Jetzt im Livestream auf https://2mr.social:
„Vereint siegen – nicht getrennt unterliegen.“ – Wie wir uns das Netz zurückholen.
Prof. Martin Andree, Universität Köln, @martinandree
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🔗 Livestream: #2MR Konferenz
2MR ist ein Festival, das demokratiestärkende soziale Medien in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Kommunikationsprofis aus Wirtschaft, Kultur, Medien, Kommunen und Verwaltung zeigen, wie sie offene Netzwerke ohne Big-Tech erfolgreich nutzen.
Es gibt den ganzen Tag tolle Beispiele, wie dezentrale soziale Medien bereits heute genutzt werden✨
Den Livestream findet ihr unter:
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Ciao. Ho provato a usare FediProfile per i miei link social. Se siete interessati vi lascio il mio profilo: https://hub.vocalcat.com/emanuelecariati
Si tratta della versione nativa del social web di LinkStack. Il sito crea un profilo che ricondivide automaticamente i post pubblicati da diversi social.
La cosa interessante è che si puó seguire direttamente dal fediverso: @[email protected] -
Ads steal our attention from what we wanted to read, watch or listen to. We accept that to the degree we won't/can't pay for the content. But they paid to reach us and so compared to another business without marketing, they are skimping on quality or charging more.
Algos are similar. They play upon data they mined from us to push content we should like but also which they want us to see. More emotional than intellectual. We consume it instead of what we subscribed to or queued up.
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Please consider that journalists, politicians, activists, governments and maybe most media creators want to maximize their reach, even if you do not want to use social media in that way. And a lot of them would like that to be organic, once they recognize the Faustian bargain of corporate algos etc.
Also how many of your family members would not be welcome to honestly express their political and cultural opinions here?
We're squandering the potential of #ActivityPub.
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@imanijoy
Great support to making Mastodon move forward, with the help of the community willing to be involved in what "moving forward" can mean and not those barking.Be sure that the silent part of the people using Mastodon will love the result - well, after the time needed to get new habits, of course :-)