#socialhome — Public Fediverse posts

https://social-home.io/

#HomeAssistant #socialhome #Family #datasovereignty #privacy #SelfHosting

NOTE: This is a repost from the Fediverse-City Matrix Room.

I meant to post on the progress that @toddsundsted has been making on kristec.

You can also checkout this ambitious project itself at:

https://github.com/toddsundsted/ktistec

I've been thoroughly impressed with all of the publishing features of his Fediverse server.

Some of the shortcomings, if that's how you choose to view them, might be that it's essentially a smolweb server leveraging noSQL and an accounts database that trusts all users as literal admins.

But if you're looking to self-host, and your primary interest is in publishing your own material on the #Fediverse, then this may be just the thing you've been looking for.

I cannot atest to the veracity of his claims because I haven't actually installed or tested its capabilities, but it's indeed a laundry list of features I've been hoping to see - leaving that Twitter style cloning of communications in the past, like I've been hoping for.

So for those interested, if you're impressed with the capabilities that #PieFed and #Mitra and #Socialhome bring to the table then here's a fourth initiative that is both visionary and inciteful in it's ambitions.

Your thoughts, observations?

#tallship #FOSS #kristec #Star_Trek #Fediverse #ActivyPub #publishing

2 great federated and open source LinkedIn alternatives:
1. https://nolto.social
2. https://socialhome.network

Here are my profiles:
1. https://nolto.social/profile/rik
2. https://socialhome.network/u/rik

#opensource #fediverse #federation #mastodon #digital #DigitalSovereignty #nolto #socialhome #LinkedIn @murena @e_mydata @nolto @hq

The first on even offers LinkedIn data import:

I would also be in favor of Fediblock for instances where this behavior is rampant.

Hallo zusammen,

https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-1867-a911-21d2-310418287856

"The real breakthrough of the year was when we split the UI into one screen for long-form published content and a separate social feed for everything else — which also allowed us to create an interface for publishing short-form content.

Suddenly, we could see a path to your personal website becoming the single source of your identity on the social web."

https://activitypub.ghost.org/the-story-so-far/

Exactly! This is the insight that @jaywink and his team built into #SocialHome;

https://socialhome.network/

#fediverse

The overall experience it really frustrates me...

What I am trying to say is that Mastodon/Twitter/X like intercommunication works very poorly with Friendica. #Friendica works great with #Diaspora, #Hubzilla, #SocialHome, and itself of course, in few words with the first wave of open-source social networks.

The #FartingMode threading pushed by #Mastodon doesn't suite me, every day I find less interesting the interaction between Friendica & Mastodon, while I use Mastodon even lesser than Diaspora.

Diaspora is an agonized desert but it still looks the saner social network to me...

@lianna

I see, for the same reason I stopped using titles in Friendica because it converts your post in links that Mastodon users must click to read.

I was happier when it was mainly #Diaspora, #Friendica, #Hubzilla & #SocialHome, really #Mastodon screwed up the Fediverse... 😖

• Pleroma or, better yet, its fork Akkoma.
• Misskey or, better yet, one of its forks such as Firefish, Iceshrimp, Sharkey or Catodon.
• GoToSocial.
• Socialhome.
• If you're daring, Friendica. Or (streams).
• If you're really daring, and you need an absolute Swiss army knife, Hubzilla.

In case anyone is still curious, a SocialHome page looks like this;

https://jasonrobinson.me/u/jaywink/

Jaywink is the founder of the project and still a core dev.

I guess @atomjack was not cool with me linking to their SocialHome as a demo, because AFAICT the account has vanished since I did. Sorry about that!

#ActivityPub #SocialHome

"what if GeoCities but with social networking?"

https://aeracode.org/2023/04/29/refactor-treat/

Exactly! In case anyone is curious, a SocialHome page looks like this;

https://socialhome.network/p/185edd76-ef5e-4b07-936c-25fd1884f49c/.

I picked this account because the instance is the first thing that came up when I did a web search for "SocialHome", and this account appears to be the most actively used one right now. Hope that's OK @atomjack!

#SocialHome

I was reading a blog about abandoned Takahē devs plans today and this bit ...

"While it'll focus on microblogging at first, I also want to provide some other 'homepage' functionality that allows our profile pages to act as someone, or something's, home on the web."

https://aeracode.org/2023/04/29/refactor-treat/

... reminded me of SocialHome. Haven't heard much from you since Feneas wound up @jaywink. I see SH sites are still in use, are you still working on it?

#fediverse #ActivityPub #SocialHome

@FinchHaven @DrPen

Oh my, lolz. With specificity, I recommend you checkout the archives in the Fediverse City Matrix community where so many Fediverse lead devs share, and then there's dozens of news articles and blog posts I've covered over the years with respect to #Fediverse, #ActivityPub, and #FOSS daemons in general.

But real quick, I can offer a couple of nuggets for you to take a look at and evaluate for yourself...

Android:

- Relatica is one of the finest clients for Friendica, not to take my recommendation lightly because I rarely recommend any client specifically designed for a single platform.
- Fedilab is IMO, perhaps the best, supporting your deprecated mastoSilo, #PeerTube, #Pixelfed, #Pleroma, and most other Fediverse platforms and their families of forks.

If the devil is in the details, then translation leveraging via #LibreTranslate, lightning fast cross boosting/liking/bookmarking/scheduling, quote posting, dynamic character count limits per account/server, multiple input methods and just way too much to list.

A few years back when many apps were getting booted from the playstore, the trust of their userbases eroding for their crippleware practices when several of them, and most notably tusky, hard coded blocked lists of Fediverse servers that their users could not log onto. This violated truth in advertising laws and it's water under the bridge now but the stain remains, and #Fedilab was almost singularly the app that refused to violate the spirit of #FOSS or alienate users. Get it at F-Droid.

Web:

- Without a doubt the best experience is almost universally the native web UI. Some exceptions do exist, and have even spawned entire Fediverse server projects. This is unfortunately why I don't use the excellent platform #GoToSocial very often, although I like it, and I no longer use Takahē much nowadays either since they dropped their excellent web UI.
- Phanpy is a fav of many #Mitra users, although I can't use it because it breaks webfinger addresses through what @cheeaun calls "short usernames", often rendering identification extremely problematic on a regular basis. I prefer the good looking native web UI for Mitra anyway, mitra-web, because Mitra is a privacy conscious publishing platform that does indeed natively support #Monero based subscriptions for anyone in the Fediverse (think substack or medium but respecting privacy - even anonymity) - I believe Ethereum support has already been completely dropped. Maybe you can still login that way. There's been quite a few specialized projects spawned from Mitra, perhaps not in small part due to it's stubborn commitment to only open standards, like FEP-ef61, along with #Streams - the bleeding edge in Fediverse technology, actively developed by the same dev that created #Friendica, arguably the oldest extant Fediverse platform 🙂
- I would be remis in my list if I didn't include Pinafore, once considered the most cross-server compliant client, but like anything built with frameworks that are replaced wholesale, the dev felt it just wasn't worth it to go through and completely modernize the entire base (there's a blog post about why).... Well, there's a lot of pretty little third rate semi-crappy clients nowadays, and a few top notch ones too. I'm only giving honorable mention to a few that I recommend you familiarize yourself with for grounding :)

I really like #SocialHome too, another full on Fediverse publishing platform, but the web UI is really the way to go.

On the publishing platforms in the Fediverse, the real beauty Stones when articles are boosted to other platforms that also support #Markdown, #LaTex, #MFM, etc. And of course they can also do whatever that shitty one trick pony 'mastopub' can, literally a cheap Twitter clone that strives to itself be the next deprecated monolithic silo (just check the list of Twitter cofounders on the board).

Desktop:

I'm only going to mention Sengi real quick here, there's a few, but here's a bit of advice from someone who's been administering #Linux servers since 1992 and #UNIX in general since the 80's - avoid snap and flatpaks and appimage unless you're rolling your own or there's just no choice for your skill level.

Depending upon your particular distro, look for usually a .deb or a .rpm package (you can thank me later, as you'll get the full featured experience as the dev intended that's the native package for your Linux distro).

Okay I kinda like Whalebird too, it's what I use for GoToSocial and I like it for #Misskey flavors too, including #Iceshrimp and #CherryPick🍒 is a fav in that family too.

I've tested very little of anything in Windows however, and completely, categorically dismiss anything Apple 🍏 that's Post-Woz 😜

If you have alterations related to historical aspects of any of these platforms or apps that long predate the existence of masto, feel free to hit me up and I'll see if I can't point you towards some good resources.

I hope that helps! Live long and prosper 🖖

#tallship #nomadic_identity #Fediverse_clients #Takahe

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امروز با پروژهٔ #سوشال‌هوم آشنا شدم. یک #نرم‌افزار_‏آزاد تحت AGPL که با #پایتون و #ویو نوشته شده و امکان راه‌اندازی یک شبکه اجتماعی آزاد و نامتمرکز رو فراهم می‌کنه که توش می‌شه با دست بازتری به تولید محتوا پرداخت. به زبان خودش، یک نمایهٔ اجتماعی نامتمرکزه.

#Socialhome

بالاخره یه پروژهٔ پایتونی به درد بخور دیدیم 😜

Found 10 new servers and 31 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

22,400 servers checked. 13,969,183 Total Users with 1,519,116 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

transfeminine.art a #akkoma server from France
uncertain.place a #socialhome server from Armenia
social.ckatt.de a #mastodon server from Germany
social.heckbrewing.com a #mastodon server from France
kapibala.icu a #misskey server from Hong Kong
fedi.davewinter.social a #mastodon server from France
kts.mv2k.com a #kitsune server from Germany
artwith.care a #gotosocial server from United States
misskey.akiken-lab.net a #misskey server from Private
driusan.net a #fedi9 server from United States

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer

@[email protected]

I just love #Socialhome. Inline images in the course of articles are so nice, and Markdown that renders as you write, so you have a feel of what your posts will look like once you hit the publish button.

The downside? Well, there's really no downside with respect to other Socialhome servers in the #Fediviverse, but when other platforms pick it up through #federation, most all of them place the (max of 4) photos at the bottom of the post:

Here's the original
https://socialhome.network/content/15090460/

Facebook är det dominerande sociala mediet och tillsammans med X det sociala medium där mest politik berörs. Högern dominerar på Facebook och gynnas av de algoritmer storföretaget Meta använder på sin sajt. Det är därför intressant för vänstern att börja se sig om efter alternativ till Facebook.

https://blog.zaramis.se/2024/04/02/alternativ-till-facebook-friendica-och-hubzilla/

@Teri_Kanefield

Hi Teri,

I'm writing you because I came across your blog site and thought you may be able to leverage the Fediverse in conjunction with your WordPress site's publishing horsepower.

As a #FOSS advocate with great enthusiasm for mass #Fediverse adoption, I'd like to suggest a couple of things for you to consider, and the following treatment can also benefit others who also have bridged over to the Fediverse that already have a WordPress installation, or have been looking to deploy one.

- First, that you think about establishing a Fediverse account other than that of a stock Mastodon instance. Sure, keep your @Teri\[email protected] account, just create another account for yourself on a platform that will afford you more options that can facilitate your creative freedom (let's not dissect that word, lolz) to publish posts that are in excess of a paltry 500 characters, along with things like Markup capabilities, Etc. Just a thought. ...

This leads into the next suggestion, ...

- Second, why not make that account your existing WordPress blog, where you already have a permanent, branded presence and readership? Let's supercharge your WordPress site by making it a full and complete publishing platform completely integrated with the Fediverse.

There's a couple of methodologies, but generally speaking, once you install the ActivityPub plugin any future blog posts are on the Fediverse as well as any other distribution channels you may already have (say, by virtue of having installed the JetPack Social plugin that propagates into the deprecated silo networks).

One method I can recommend is to follow this basic procedure to popularize your blog posts and gain followers - just like you probably have been with the mastodon.social account you already have:

1. ) If you've already created a new account on a more feature complete platform that's better suited for long form posting, inline images, Etc., like #Friendica, #Socialhome, any #Misskey or #Pleroma family fork platform, #Hubzilla, or #Mitra (They all have excellent Markdown support too); simply follow your #WordPress user account @<username>@terikanefield.com. If not, then simply follow your WordPress Fediverse user account from your existing masto account - which you should do anyway since I gather you have some respectable measure of followers.

2.) Everytime you publish a new news article / blog post on your WordPress site, you'll see it in your stream on your fediverse accounts.

3.) Boost each article from those accounts, your followers will see what you boost in their streams.

4.) encourage them to boost as well and/or comment - you'll see those comments in the reply section of each article on your WordPress site - Awesome!

5.) Now that you have followers of your WordPress user's Fediverse account you should be able to garner more direct interaction on your WordPress site, instead of having to post links to those posts from your mastodon.social account.

6. ) From your @<username>@terikanefield.com account at your WordPress site, you can now directly interact with your followers, even those who post replies/comments to your articles, whether or not they are a follower of yours.

I'm taking the time to write because I see that you have a relatively decent circulation and engagement between readers and your blog articles, and the more people that see you engaging with others in the Fediverse directly from your WordPress site, the more people are encouraged to Join the Fediverse.

I am, as stated in my profile and also leading in to this, a FOSS and Privacy Advocate.

So here's a couple of links, one to the plugin itself - it's easy to install and deploy. Another older one that's still relevant that shows you how to do the install, and I think that's about it. We'll see ;)

- WordPress ActivityPub Plugin - This is where you get the plugin
- HowTo with Video - Really simple, easy install, right from your WordPress admin panel
- JetPac Social - I'm definitely not a fan of this kind of engagement (with the privacy mining, deprecated, monolithic silo networks), but you do you - it can afford you with even greater reach through syndication, and if you write about the Fediverse, well, ... So much the better!
- You should also consider following the magnanimous @pfefferle - one of the primary authors of the #ActivityPub_Plugin.

I hope that helps! All the best!

#tallship

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@ILoveNumAn if you like diaspora, but lack of multi-columns is the only thing keeping you away, then you could also try @isaackuo 's #userstyle for it: https://userstyles.world/style/827/diaspora-multi-column
Another alternative you could consider is #Socialhome. Looks like @hq currently has open registrations, so you should be able to try it out easily at https://socialhome.network/

@mjj @lauren

I "Think", the last stats I saw related 3 million Threads users - 3 billion for Faceplant I think, and no idea for InstaSPAM, but as I understand it, you need an instaSPAM account to use for your Threads account, IIRC.

Regardless, Lauren, it's easy to filter out all Threads traffic from within your user account on most platforms - even masto. Look around on the Fedi or merely do a search on the Internet, but for those interested, I do remember seeing a few quick tuts in blogs for both masto and the Pleroma family of forks.

Whatever Fediverse platform you use (Hopefully something superior to masto), you can always go into the support chans for that product and ask. Most have a canned tutorial for those who wish to remove / block Threads from their streams.

I've even seen a tutorial for Soapbox/Rebased (applicable to all Pleroma forks I think) that circumvents any blocks that Threads may have placed on your Fediverse instance. That may be obsolete now, I dunno. I do think this workaround needs to be performed at the server level by your admin though, and not your own user account level.

Why don't I have this at my fingertips? Because I've really no intentions of blocking Threads traffic at this time and actually welcome those colonies of subjugated chattel into the Fediverse - I'm optimistic that we can encourage huge numbers of those people, previously assimilated by the borg, into creating Fediverse accounts for themselves on safe and quality platforms such as Mitra, Friendica, Hubzilla, the Misskey and Pleroma family of forks, Takahe, Socialhome, GoToSocial, Pixelfed, etc.

Note that masto is NOT part of that list above ;)

Friendica already has integrated support for seamless internetwork communications between ActivityPub, Diaspora, and the Bluesky networks, which you can turn on or off at anytime from your user account. So that's a major plus.

I hope that helps!

#tallship #FOSS #Fediverse #Mitra #Friendica #Takahe #Socialhome #GoToSocial #Hubzilla #Misskey #Iceshrimp #Sharkey #Pleroma #Soapbox #Akkoma #Pixelfed

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It sure would be nice if the inline images from #Socialhome servers were picked up as such by all of the other Platform #instances on the #Fediverse

I can haz #Cheezburgerz? 🍔

#tallship #FOSS #Inline_Images

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RE: socialhome.network/content/1c0a8144-3273-4d12-b2e0-a51649672e93/

@sashin One possibility which comes to mind: there are tools (e.g., ytdl, formerly youtube-dl), which can fetch media (both video and audio) from numerous sources and platforms.

Invidious presently searches for and returns content only from YouTube. It would be interesting if it would support multiple back-ends: YouTube, Peertube, and Vimeo come to mind, as well as podcasts generally.

One of the key challenges for audiences is in finding, discovering, and accessing content. DuckDuckGo currently offers a video search capability with the option of playing video directly from DDG itself. That's ... getting some portion of the way there.

@anildash has noted that "Wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical idea. I'd like to see that extended to video as well. Hell, I'd like to see it extended to Web content generally.

https://www.anildash.com//2024/02/06/wherever-you-get-podcasts/

See also #SocialHome as a similar concept in the social space:

https://socialhome.network/

@Shufei @freakazoid @yogthos @guigsy

#WhereverYouGetPodcasts #Podcasts #Federation #YouTube #FuckGoogle

@lrhodes Just trying to understand where you are coming from.

Is the issue about “because it's Bluesky” and not the bridge itself?

Let's change the scenario.

Let's say Bluesky also implemented ActivityPub side-by-side with ATproto (just like how #Socialhome implemented #diaspora side-by-side with #ActivityPub; or #Friendica / #Hubzilla / #Streams have their own protocols side-by-side with AP).

Is there still going to be an issue about it? Or, will it turn into “let's #fediblock Bluesky!”

If it is about “because it's Bluesky”, then the issue is similar to how some people don't want company X and company Y and company Z from implementing the W3C standard ActivityPub, otherwise, they'll fediblock them, correct?

In the case of bridges then, if someone creates a bridge between ActivityPub and, for example, LinkedIn, it should be “opt-in” by default because some users don't want to see their posts/replies within the LinkedIn network. And if LinkedIn later decides to implement ActivityPub, they will be fediblocked?

Thank you for clarifying!

I'm looking to expand my :Fediverse: #Fediverse experience since I follow almost entirely Mastodon accounts.

In particular, I'm looking to follow interesting Fediverse users, forums and sites (especially about music, art, or anything nerdy!) on:

#FunkWhale,
#Pixelfed,
#Libervia,
#Lemmy, #Kbin, and #lotide forums,
#Guppe groups,
#OwnCast and #PeerTube servers and channels, and
#Plume, #Streams, #WriteFreely, #Zap, and #SocialHome blogs.

Comment your suggestions and please #boost! :MOULE_Happy: