Would you help a poor single-user Friendica server admin out and boost this post?
Boosting will increase the number of servers my server federates with.
Thanks!
EDIT: that is probably not exactly how it works, but it kinda depends on which of the myriad of ActivityPub servers is seeing the boost, and I haven't checked all of them on how they decide what to pull in. For sure, having someone follow an account on the friendica server will have that friendica server push updates to the server of the follower, but other than that? Who knows 😀
Thanks for the overwhelming amount of boosts anyway, and thanks to those following 😀
@SuperMoosie As long as the instance is not explicitly blocked or muted, I believe the whole Fediverse should be able to federate with you automatically.
User interaction with the server tends to increase the cache.
The users of the instance should therefore be able to be found automatically via hashtag search, hashtag following and explicit following.
I think, but please correct me if I'm wrong, at least Mastodon will start pulling in posts from an account that has had interaction with any of its users, including boosting. I read that on the internet so it must be true!
Are you sure you want to end your plea for engagement with a quote associated with cynicism towards the thing you are claiming is true?
[Unfortunately, that kind of mangled meaning is associated with AI-generated statements. Also, you could have looked up this stuff to verify it, but apparently you didn't. Hmmm.]
Yep, I've got some fedibuzz relays I subscribe to, but I think those are one-way only. And I've subscribed to fedi-relay.gyptazy.com. Any others I should check out that you can recommend?
I clicked on your link at @gmc But my instance is very protective, and lots of sites are blocked. I can also find you on friendica through a browser, but I only see followers, not post counts. friends.chasmcity.net/profile/…
It's the weird way posts slowly populate through the network. Different people see different post counts depending on their hosts connections and bounces.
I enjoy being sheltered here, but post miscounts are annoying.
I am not sure if this also works for Friendica, but might be worth checking. There is this relay created by @astro that I think helps bringing content to you: relay.fedi.buzz/ Not sure if it is useful bringing your content around as well. It is in my list of things to do some day 😀
I'm subscribed to a number of hash tags on the fedibuzz relay indeed, works great to pull in content. I've also 'donated' tokens for both my Mastodon and Friendica server, which helps them pull in my content as well and distribute it again.
If you go to fedi.buzz/ then on the top-right you'll see a little banner that asks for donating a token, which goes here: fedi.buzz/token/donate - basically, if you give them a token, they can query your server for content and throw that in the mix for those that subscribe to the relay.
I’m playing a bit with the platform and I’m creating events, the only problem I see is that they are private so I’m not able to share them in other platforms (like mastodon - am I saying a stupid thing?). I’m doing g something wrong? There is a way to share them/ a post on the other platforms?
@fosca when you create an event click on share this event (bottom of the pop-up), and a permissions tab will appear allowing you to make the event public or private/limited.
Ik ben er inmiddels achter hoe je een groep maakt in Friendica. Even gecopypasted uit het Engels, met dank aan @Erik van Schaaik :
"To create a group like Facebook, you have to make an entirely new account on Friendica, then switch it to a Group account in the settings. You can use the same email address as your personal account".
"In Friendica, you can create sub-accounts under your main account. These can function as groups. By giving your sub-account a clear name, everyone will immediately know what the discussions are about.
SWITCHING BETWEEN ACCOUNTS If you have one or more sub-accounts, you can easily switch between your main and sub-account:
Click on your avatar in the top right corner. Select ‘Accounts’ and choose the desired account.
CREATING A SUB-ACCOUNT Click on your avatar in the top right corner. Go to ‘Settings’. In the left menu, click ‘Manage Accounts’. Click the hyperl
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Ik ben er inmiddels achter hoe je een groep maakt in Friendica. Even gecopypasted uit het Engels, met dank aan @Erik van Schaaik :
"To create a group like Facebook, you have to make an entirely new account on Friendica, then switch it to a Group account in the settings. You can use the same email address as your personal account".
"In Friendica, you can create sub-accounts under your main account. These can function as groups. By giving your sub-account a clear name, everyone will immediately know what the discussions are about.
SWITCHING BETWEEN ACCOUNTS If you have one or more sub-accounts, you can easily switch between your main and sub-account:
Click on your avatar in the top right corner. Select ‘Accounts’ and choose the desired account.
CREATING A SUB-ACCOUNT Click on your avatar in the top right corner. Go to ‘Settings’. In the left menu, click ‘Manage Accounts’. Click the hyperlink ‘Register an additional account’. Enter the following details: - Display Name: a name for the group (for instance: Make Love, Not War). - Nickname: a unique username (for instance: Lennon@friendica.world). - Password: enter the password of your main account (no new password required). - Do you want your main account to also participate in the group? Then choose ‘yes’ under ‘Include your profile in member directory’.
SETTING UP THE SUB-ACCOUNT AS A GROUP Log in to your new sub-account. Click on your avatar in the top right corner and go to ‘Settings’. Click ‘Account’ in the left menu. Click ‘Advanced account types’. Choose ‘Community Group’, then ‘Public Group - Restricted (Contact requests have to be manually approved)’. People cannot join the group automatically. When someone requests to join, you will receive a notification with an access request, which you can approve or deny.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS There are many more things you can add and settings you can set. Besides setting up a group, you can also configure your sub-account as a regular account or explore other options."
Bedoel je dat een groep aangemaakt kan worden zowel op basis van een nieuw account als vanuit een sub-account en iemand er lid van kan worden zowel met zijn originele account als met een sub-account, of dat voor een groep aanmaken en er zelf lid van worden per se eerst een nieuw account en vervolgens een sub-account (of twee?) moet worden aangemaakt?
Ik lees het als: een groep is ook een account, dus je maakt een totaal nieuw account aan dan wel een subaccount onder je originele account. De naam daarvan is je groepsnaam. Verder volg je de beschreven procedure.
@Erik van Schaaik Jij werkt al met een groep. Kun jij dit bevestigen?
Ik heb eigenlijk niet veel belang bij groepen. Mijn interesse ligt meer bij een community, waar je met elkaar over een bepaald onderwerp kunt praten, zoals Discord. Het gratis en open-source Revolt is daarvoor meer geschikt, maar dat moet nog een beetje groeien.
Miljardair en eigenaar van dagblad de Washington Post heeft een wijziging van beleid rond opinies afgekondigd. Niet langer moet het opiniekatern proberen alle zienswijzen een plek te geven.
What if you run a tourist resort in a nature reserve where you can't rely on local internet providers, so you have a subscription to Starlink with access to the internet 100 percent of the time? Would you unsubscribe to do the morally just thing or decide to keep always providing your guests with internet anyway? What if you're a tourist in such a resort and notice the owner has a subscription to Starlink? Would you decide not to return ever again because of that or would you be thankful for the guaranteed internet connection? reuters.com/business/us-could-…
I would definitely unsubscribe to #Starlink and rather read a book, news paper of magazine. I would return to the resort however. I can't blame a person for being ignorant (or can I?). BTW, same goes for #Tesla. I would never ever want to own a Tesla for several reasons but I wouldn't refuse a lift with a Tesla if it was offered to me.
Did you mean to say you would encourage your guests to read a book or magazine? As a guest, you can ask the owner why he has the subscription, enlighten him in case he's ignorant, and blame him for being immoral. I can't smile at people in the streets with big Primark bags because I know full well they are arseholes. Seeing them makes me sad and grumpy. Likewise, spending a whole holiday in the vicinity of an arsehole is not my cup of tea. You won't find me helping to sustain one, unless maybe there is no other way to stay in a unique place where I feel I need to be. Although... come to think of it, an owner with a monopoly doesn't need Starlink to compete and must therefore be the kind of utter jerk I really can't stand. I might not mind a lift in a very old Tesla, one that was bought before Elon M. put his arseholeship on full display, but I don't want to be in a car with the kind of arsehole that sponsored him aware of his true colours. All in all, I must admit we live in a difficult time to read a moral compass.
I used to post constantly to that #Friendica group. However, I am incredibly pleased with the moderation toolkit of #Piefed, so it only makes sense to use that software instead.
For those who don’t know, Piefed is a #Reddit-like platform – similar to #Lemmy and #Mbin – but I feel it has amongst the best community management tools of the federated Reddit-like platforms. So I am thrilled to be migrating an old community over to Piefed.
I used to post constantly to that #Friendica group. However, I am incredibly pleased with the moderation toolkit of #Piefed, so it only makes sense to use that software instead.
For those who don’t know, Piefed is a #Reddit-like platform – similar to #Lemmy and #Mbin – but I feel it has amongst the best community management tools of the federated Reddit-like platforms. So I am thrilled to be migrating an old community over to Piefed.
Oh yeah, and I’m looking for moderators. So if this interests you, let me know. RE: piefed.social/post/488665
This community is the next iteration of @[url=https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews]Fediverse News[/url], which is currently a Friendica group that will be retired in a month.
@[url=https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews]Fediverse News[/url] is quite popular, and currently has 2.6K followers. However, I stopped sharing news on venera.social as I discovered that moderation there was quite difficult. Having tested #Piefed for the past month, I am thrilled to see that it has a more advanced moderation toolkit -- so this will be replacing the old community.
A big welcome to everyone who is current or past member of @[url=https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews]Fediverse News[/url].
@Chris Trottier RIP fediversenews! 🪦 Long live fediversenews! 👑
Interestingly, without the "!" it doesn't show up as a group in Friendica. It's a user that doesn't exist so there's no way to follow it from the tag. You have to click through then drop the url in search.
What do you find to be the biggest improvements in mod tools at piefed over lemmy?
The biggest problem with Friendica groups is that when someone replies to a group post, the group actor boosts all replies to people's timelines -- which proves problematic for people running microblogging software like Mastodon. This also makes popular Friendica groups highly attractive to spammers and trolls because they can say whatever in comments, and now 2.6K people are receiving those messages in their home feeds. It is also very difficult to remove comments and ban people in a Friendica group.
What I like about Piefed is that you can delete and edit anything in a community, ban people easily or unban them, review reports, mark reports as resolved / ignored. And most important, all those tools are easily accessible.
I arrived at the hall about 45 minutes before doors opened officially, to a medium long queue. They did start to let us in early, though, because everybody was searched, which takes time. Everything was strictly on time, lights went out for special guest Christopher Cross at 7:30 pm. He played a set of 45 minutes that I will not comment on except to say that it was immensely boring for me, because it's not my kind of music at all.
An army of roadies changed the set then and at one minute to 9 o'clock Toto went on stage. It was such a contrast to Christopher Cross, so much energy! Even though only Steve Lukather is left of the original line-up, at least two of the musicians these days have played with the band for a long time, namely Joseph Williams (who was singer on "Fahrenheit" and "The Seventh One" and returned as lead vocalist in 2014) and Greg Phillinganes who plays keyboard and sings backing vocals and has on and off played with them for decades. Most of the other musicians have been long-term friends apart from Dennis Atlas, whom they aptly named a powerhouse, the sec
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I arrived at the hall about 45 minutes before doors opened officially, to a medium long queue. They did start to let us in early, though, because everybody was searched, which takes time. Everything was strictly on time, lights went out for special guest Christopher Cross at 7:30 pm. He played a set of 45 minutes that I will not comment on except to say that it was immensely boring for me, because it's not my kind of music at all.
An army of roadies changed the set then and at one minute to 9 o'clock Toto went on stage. It was such a contrast to Christopher Cross, so much energy! Even though only Steve Lukather is left of the original line-up, at least two of the musicians these days have played with the band for a long time, namely Joseph Williams (who was singer on "Fahrenheit" and "The Seventh One" and returned as lead vocalist in 2014) and Greg Phillinganes who plays keyboard and sings backing vocals and has on and off played with them for decades. Most of the other musicians have been long-term friends apart from Dennis Atlas, whom they aptly named a powerhouse, the second keyboarder and singer. He sings the very high parts that the young Bobby Kimball was so perfect at. In the keyboard solo parts Greg played a more jazzy piece, whereas Dennis is more the rock kind of guy (and could it be he knows his Bach and Beethoven?), experimenting with all the different sounds the keyboard has to offer.
Shannon Forrest on drums got to play a solo, too and last but not least John Pierce provided a solid backdrop with his bass playing.
Toto played only songs from the classic albums until "Mindfield", they performed the title track which hasn't been on their setlist since the Mindfield tour. Luke sang more than he usually does and with Greg, Dennis, and Warren Ham also on vocals, Joseph didn't perform too many songs on his own, which I thought was a shame. His performance on "White Sister" was stunning, though. Actually, there wasn't a single song that I did not like, the band always seems to have fun on stage and absolutely transmits that to the audience. They played for almost exactly two hours, closing with "Hold the Line" and "Africa" and then it was over without an encore. That was a bit sudden! The lights went on at once and the crew began to dismantle the stage.
It was a totally different experience from the countless Marillion concerts that I have been to, or recently, Riverside, where the music includes quite a bit of soul-searching and also sharing the musicians' emotion and personal experiences with the audience. A lot of Toto music is more about combining rock, pop, jazz and progrock to make stunning, complicated and at the same time accessible music and sharing that with the audience. Still, there are certainly songs that mean a lot to members of the band like "I will remember" for Steve Lukather. What all these musicians have in common though is that music is the focus, in contrast to a choreographed show like Madonna's or Beyonce's stage performances. Those seems to me more like a circus performance with the music added on top rather than a celebration of music itself. This is not criticism on my part, rather an observation. If people enjoy it - perfect! For my part, I want to concentrate on the music, though I sure enjoy a front man (or woman, or lots of them at a Toto concert) who can entertain and talk to the crowd. Loved it! So, if you like Toto, absolute go to a concert if you can, you'll be in for two hours that pass in a flash, you'll have fun and feel the energy between the band and the audience. #toto #rockmusic #rock #dogzofoztour #totoband #stevelukather
Nice review of the concert. Always a bit of a let down when there's no encore. Like falling into a void. But being so close to the podium must have been a blast.
I wasn't that close, my phone camera can zoom pretty well. I like to be in the first row because I'm pretty short. But that wasn't possible and I was fine where I was. Was a great night, I'm really glad I went. 😃
I wrote both of these posts in their entirety on Friendica, but these are the Dreamwidth versions. If there is enough interest, I will repost them separately, here on Blob.cat. Please feel free to comment here or on Dreamwidth. If you do the latter, though, kindly let me know that you saw this on Blob.cat so that I have an idea of how far this post reaches.
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Here, you will find links pertaining to dandies and dandyism as a whole. It is the culmination of at least five years of research, though I am constantly finding new things to add to my collection. If they are good enough, I will include them here. Please feel free to comment with any that you would like me to consider.
In this post, I will provide links related to men's fashion during the Reg
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I wrote both of these posts in their entirety on Friendica, but these are the Dreamwidth versions. If there is enough interest, I will repost them separately, here on Blob.cat. Please feel free to comment here or on Dreamwidth. If you do the latter, though, kindly let me know that you saw this on Blob.cat so that I have an idea of how far this post reaches.
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Here, you will find links pertaining to dandies and dandyism as a whole. It is the culmination of at least five years of research, though I am constantly finding new things to add to my collection. If they are good enough, I will include them here. Please feel free to comment with any that you would like me to consider.
In this post, I will provide links related to men's fashion during the Regency and Edwardian periods. My apologies to those who prefer Victorian styles, but my interest in Regency clothing and culture is connected to my love of dandyism, and my interest in Edwardian clothing is because that is how I wish to dress personally.
Met hashtags in je posts kunnen andere mensen met vergelijkbare interesses jou vinden.
Ook een post waarin je jezelf introduceert is behulpzaam. Zet hier naast een aantal interesses van je ook de hashtag newhere in. Veel mensen zoeken op deze hashtag.
Ook helpt het om aan jouw profiel hashtags toe te voegen. Dit doe je met Settings >> Profile >> Miscellaneous en dan Public keywords.
En kijk bij Friend suggestions. Hier vind je mensen die in de regel erg actief zijn. Dit doe je door Contacts >> Friend Suggestions.
Please boost and spread the word. European alternatives for popular services from the USA. This page is far from perfect or complete but just an illustration that there are alternatives. european-alternatives.eu/alter…
@regendans @AlbertBorneo Thank you for the link, for two reasons: 1) People are jumping on Proton's CEO without CITATIONS for why they say so 2) This analysis is reassuring, and seems much more plausible than the hysterical assertions that Proton's CEO is a Trump supporter.
@regendans @AlbertBorneo very interesting read and nice find! I myself was also on the fence about switching to Proton services (I use the free plan of their mail already) like cloud storage due to hearing about Andy’s post, but reading through the article it does seem myself and others might have been hasty in judging him and Proton.
@regendans @AlbertBorneo Having read the post, though not every detail of the linked in articles I am rethinking my opinion on Proton. I do wish Yen had not made the pronouncement, or at least had done it differently, perhaps with out the typically pejorative term "Dems" but, as I read through the Medium post I had a bit of déjà vu from a time when an exec in my company chose some words poorly and almost everything we did to put out the fire only seemed to fan the flames.
@regendans @AlbertBorneo It really irritates me how this is framed as "surprising". What would be completely surprising is if there was any substance behind the claim in the first place. I refuse to shift the burden of proof.
Another issue I have is that apparently everything normal has to be called liberal. FFS stop being so damned US centric!
@stefan There are indeed a lot of "resellers" that use the big three for their virtual private servers and therefore your data will still be in reach of the USA.
@barbapulpe A few people asked if I have a list of providers, outside the United States.
YES, I have a list of Domain Registers, Web Hosting, Privacy Focused E-mail, Managed DNS, Public DNS, CDN, and VPN providers that I have confirmed as not based out of the USA or owned by a USA company.
I am interested in expanding this list, so if anyone has any suggestions, please speak up.
"popular services from the USA." They are actually from California. It is a problem that we also have in the stock market. I have never owned stock from the USA. I shorted Exxon once, but it doesn't count. All my USA stock were actually from California. I am left with a couple of whom I am a day one fan. But I am scared. That guy is a mix of Hoover, W Bush and Der Adolf.
@jarek @Susibryant It seems that for many entries @european_alternatives uses labels like “EU hosted” or “EFTA hosted” to indicate where a service is hosted. See e.g. european-alternatives.eu/categ… In case you want to do more checks (e.g. where the business mail of a company that offers a service you are interested in is hosted) hosting-checker.net/, that is built by the same maker, might be useful.
Browser : Chromium/Firefox. Mail client : Thunderbird Mail service : self-hosted (Mailcow). Office software : Collabora Video conference : OpenTalk Desktop OS : Linux. Social : Mastodon Messenger : Matrix/Element Projektmanagement : OpenProject Files : Nextcloud VPN : WireGuard Objectstore: Minio Etc. Etc. All selfhosted in data centers running on 100% decentralized produced renewables 😎 @collective_zero
@FatimaShamsAref ...well, if people don't trust the US as a country, you probably don't want services from a company there. Especially as the rule of law, oversight, security is broken down as is happening now in the US
Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I have to look for a free email service which can also give me at least 15 GB of free space, free as in free forever; I haven't seen that yet on the list...
Anychance you know of similar but for Canadian based companies? I"m struggling to find one. Use some of these already, but, want to support Canada where I can.
@geoff_eg ..good point, a page with alternatives in other democratic countries with normal legal systems would have been better maybe, this page is EU only. But i would happily use Canadian products 🙂
I don't think it's a question of the nationality of the software, but whether it's free and open source or not. It doesn't help me that it's European software if I don't know what's behind it. #opensource #freesoftware
@Javipz sure, i am big fan of opensource, this is just a page i shared and surely far from perfect. It illustrates for some people that there are alternatives. There are many other pages which focus on opensource. Opensource in itself is also not "the solution", it's also about how this is used/packaged in a service or product. Most people don't care about the tech used.
I share the idea that the alternatives are good and I also liked the page because they are quality alternatives. I think there is training work to make people aware of the #technology they use. If someone doesn't care, they can delegate to the #OpenSource community. We must prevent nationalist ideas from wanting to be taken to #softwaredevelopment as they have wanted to be taken to #science research
Sorry, but it's stupid. There are products and services, not government. A lot of 'european' alternatives use mentioned services in background. If you are finding independent alternatives, prefer open source instead.
...it has advantages to use european suppliers/services, regardless the components in the background that are used, at least from a legal perspective. Attaining more independence is a gradual process that takes time. I am a big fan of opensource (and so is everybody in tech) so no disagreement there.
But made according to US specifications, particularly Microsoft (starting with the BIOS or the newer variants) and Apple computers.
Which provider offers a Linux-compatible computer without any piece of US interference? None, as far as I know. Even the (non-Apple) ARM computers have US crap built-in, before you install Linux.
I use Nextcloud. It’s free and open source. You can run it on your own server at home, but I pay a small fee for a provider in the UK (around 4 euros per month, though there’s an even cheaper plan). The provider ensures everything stays up to date. Plus, you can choose where your server is located (for me: in Europe), and it runs on 100% green energy. I’m very, very impressed with this Google Docs alternative and highly recommend it.
Welcome to the Fediverse. The best way to look for friends directly is to open the contact page (or type friendica.world/contact) and select Friend suggestions. These are people that are very active. Check their profile by clicking on their image. If you like it send a follow request.
Also fill in your profile so people can find you. Make sure to add tags. To do that click on Edit profile in your profile page and then Miscellaneous and fill in Public keywords.
"I'm almost giving up on using #Friendica, #Akkoma and #Mbin. I can't get anywhere, and I can't get any help to configure them. They're all installed fine, but I can't use the features.
Can someone give me some tips? This is my last appeal...
Estou quase desistindo de usar o #friendica , o #akkoma e o #mbin, muito irritado. Não consigo sair do lugar. Este é meu último apelo. Alguém poderia me dar umas dicas? Estão todos instalados e rodando direito.
I'm almost giving up on using #Friendica, #Akkoma and #Mbin. I can't get anywhere, and I can't get any help to configure them. They're all installed fine, but I can't use the features.
Can someone give me some tips? This is my last appeal...
I was trying to help our newcomer @joaoalberto9009 to get some reach, but he seems to have fallen out of the loop. Could you please add him again in your reply, thanks.
I've been troubleshooting the issues we keep having with Friendica.world.
The site gets unresponsive at nights (CET) around 3AM, and stays that way for a couple of hours. I've been trying to find the reason for that, but no luck yet.
It's not the backup (that runs at a different time), nor are the resources at 100%.
I did just change a setting for pm.max_children which defines the number of php-fpm processes which handle the web traffic, because I saw some errors about it having reached the max. This will fix some issues, but not sure if it fixes the freezing of the site.. We'll see I guess..
Volunteers
If there are people with some technical skills, wanting to help out running this thing (or any other instance we run), please send me a DM or mail info@friendica.world. It's all volunteer work, and we can use some extra hands.
Donations
You can use this instance for free, but if you would like to and are able, you could help us funding the running costs by making a donation: ko-fi.com/fhfworld
We're working on it. But this number of active users on a server is new, also for the Friendica developers.. But they are responsive so I'm confident we'll get this stable!
So are you saying Friendica simply wasn’t written to anticipate this many users on one server, or is this a horizontal scaling problem? I mean, so far a I understand, PHP scales more horizontally than vertically, and you recently threw more resources at it when you moved to the new server, but is Friendica even written to scale horizontally? I seem to recall running across a GitHub issue raised about it not being able to do that because it does everything by hostname or something.
Every night around 8PM my time (~3AM your time) I start getting a “504 Gateway Timeout” and that pretty much persists the rest of my evening I can’t access the site. The status on Fedihosting Foundation never seems to show it’s down during this lengthy period of inaccessibility and will show only previous outages of like “4 minutes” that were resolved. So I’m never sure if it’s just me or on my end or what? Sometimes I’ll still be getting new follow or comment emails from Friendica.world in the midst of my not being able to access the s
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So are you saying Friendica simply wasn’t written to anticipate this many users on one server, or is this a horizontal scaling problem? I mean, so far a I understand, PHP scales more horizontally than vertically, and you recently threw more resources at it when you moved to the new server, but is Friendica even written to scale horizontally? I seem to recall running across a GitHub issue raised about it not being able to do that because it does everything by hostname or something.
Every night around 8PM my time (~3AM your time) I start getting a “504 Gateway Timeout” and that pretty much persists the rest of my evening I can’t access the site. The status on Fedihosting Foundation never seems to show it’s down during this lengthy period of inaccessibility and will show only previous outages of like “4 minutes” that were resolved. So I’m never sure if it’s just me or on my end or what? Sometimes I’ll still be getting new follow or comment emails from Friendica.world in the midst of my not being able to access the site. So I guess it’s not down for everyone else? If it a traffic spike? The server firewall rules? DNS config? Is there no CDN?
It certainly seems strange if the server resources aren’t maxed out but something is mysteriously happening every night around the same time that persists in making it inaccessible for hours.😵💫
I've been using it for many years now. the true test is when underlying distro moves major version (debian) and #yunohost with it, leaving some packages un-upgradable (bitwarden, mailman were an example last time)... but yeah, its an amazing helpful project, no doubt!
I installed YunoHost on a minipc that I have at home connected to the Tim modem of the ADSL line. I enjoy installing and testing the applications that interest me. Applications are not always updated to the latest version.
FWIW YunoHost doesn't exactly make this a straightforward process, but I remember hearing that the app for the streams repository is upgradeable in place. You don't have to wait for a YunoHost update for each release - which is the case for many fediverse platforms.
Since we don't have a "mothership" instance and very few public instances (most sites are privately run for close friends and family), this is an excellent way of taking streams for a test drive.
@ezmyrelda @monkee its often "useful defaults". and still easy to tinker because its plain debian and yunohost packages are quite transparent. its just the stuff that you do manually ;)
Thanks! Normally i do everything server-related by Hand (shell).
But i am very impressed by #Yunohost - Makes it so much easier, faster and i think less error prone. Sometimes a bit of Handwork is still needed, but up until now, that was only very small Things that where documented quite well. Aand the Yunohost CLI Tools are also quite comfy!
De afgelopen weken heb ik mensen die graag los willen raken van Amerikaanse services het advies gegeven om een VPS (Virtual Private Server) te huren voor 5 Euro per maand en daar zelf Nextcloud, een eigen VPN, een eigen emailserver, Bitwarden, meta zoekmachine, enzovoorts op te zetten.
Voor velen blijkt die stap toch wat te lastig.
Ik speel met het idee om een VPS te huren en daar (opnieuw) alle selfhosted software die ik heb opnieuw op te installeren, en daarbij elke stap, elk commando, uitvoerig te documenteren. Puur ter educatie zodat iedereen die mee wil doen alleen maar alle commando’s hoeft te kopiereen en eindigt met een volwaardig self hosted systeem. Als iedereen een VPS huurt bij dezelfde provider en dezelfde software versies installeert en dezelfde weg bewandelt kan er niets mis gaan.
Ik denk dan aan iedere maand een (optionele) verdere uitbreiding om weer opnieuw een (Amerikaanse) service gedag te kunnen zeggen en in eigen hand te nemen. Ik heb een hele lijst in gedachten maar daar kunnen we nog verder over filosoferen.
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De afgelopen weken heb ik mensen die graag los willen raken van Amerikaanse services het advies gegeven om een VPS (Virtual Private Server) te huren voor 5 Euro per maand en daar zelf Nextcloud, een eigen VPN, een eigen emailserver, Bitwarden, meta zoekmachine, enzovoorts op te zetten.
Voor velen blijkt die stap toch wat te lastig.
Ik speel met het idee om een VPS te huren en daar (opnieuw) alle selfhosted software die ik heb opnieuw op te installeren, en daarbij elke stap, elk commando, uitvoerig te documenteren. Puur ter educatie zodat iedereen die mee wil doen alleen maar alle commando’s hoeft te kopiereen en eindigt met een volwaardig self hosted systeem. Als iedereen een VPS huurt bij dezelfde provider en dezelfde software versies installeert en dezelfde weg bewandelt kan er niets mis gaan.
Ik denk dan aan iedere maand een (optionele) verdere uitbreiding om weer opnieuw een (Amerikaanse) service gedag te kunnen zeggen en in eigen hand te nemen. Ik heb een hele lijst in gedachten maar daar kunnen we nog verder over filosoferen.
De kosten voor een geschikte VPS zijn ongeveer 5 Euro per maand, daar komt een domeinregistratie bij, allemaal bij derden dus daar verdien ik niets aan, en ik hoop dan ook op een donatie voor de moeite die ik neem om alle software stap voor stap te installeren en te documenteren en voor support te zorgen.
Dit is een eerste poll om te kijken of er uberhaupt interesse bestaat om aan de hand meegenomen te worden en uiteindelijk je eigen VPN, cloud, emailserver, etc. op te bouwen.
Als er voldoende interesse is maak ik een verder uitgewerkt plan, met een beschrijving van welke software we stap voor stap gaan installeren.
Als er dan voldoende interesse is dan gaan we dit gewoon doen. Ik wil zoveel mogelijk mensen laten zien dat “self hosten” niet zo moeilijk is als wordt gedacht, ik wil zoveel mogelijk mensen weg hebben uit de klauwen van Big Tech en laten zien hoe je dat zelf voor elkaar kunt krijgen, met minimale voorkennis,
Vergeet niet dit bericht te boosten als je dit een leuk initiatief vindt. Het gaat mjj de nodige moeite en tijd kosten dus ik hoop op voldoende belangstelling.
ik snap nog weinig van wat je zegt maar ben erg benieuwd. Heb google-cloud opgezegd, nog op zoek naar ern alternatief en wil graag verder zonder microsoft en google.
@teacher_rick wat ik van die wallet denk te kunnen zien is dat ie je crypto kan beheren. (En daar ben ik, uit principiële overwegingen net mee gestopt). Ik ga er vast achter komen of dat idd zo is.
@IvarGierveld En ook oa VPN, Kalender. Je kunt een gratis account aanmaken (wel met beperkte functionaliteit) en dan evt upgraden voor meer storage, meer mailadressen, eigen domen etc etc
Natuurlijk! Je kan ook bij Google kijken, die hebben ook alles al voor je klaar staan.
Het idee is tweeledig:
Je eigen spullen beheren, onder je eigen domeinnaam. Waardoor je niet meer risico’s loopt zoals dat proton in de toekomst wordt overgenomen door een Nazi, of door de overheid wordt gedwongen gegevens openbaar te maken, etc. Je spullen op je eigen domeinnaam betekent ook dat je naadloos kunt verhuizen naar een ander systeem en alle URLs en emails gewoon blijven werken. Zoals mail @ teacher_rick . nl en cloud . teacher_rick . nl
Ervaring opdoen en zien dat het allemaal eigenlijk niet zo moeilijk is. Waardoor de stap om in de toekomst nog eens iets extra’s toe te voegen niet zo groot meer is.
Ik heb geprobeerd om friendica te installeren wat niet lukte, dan heeft mijn hosting provider ook een poging gedaan maar het lukt ons niet.Dus ik ga dit wel volgen, ben es benieuwd.
@bassjobsen Ik host thuis alles zelf om ervaring je technologie te houden. Maar je eigen email server zou ik echt afraden. Dat is de meest intensieve beheerklus omdat er zoveel verkeer doorheen gaat. Nextcloud is goed te doen, maar ook echt veel updates en soms breken de updates en moet je zelf restoren. (1/2)
@hanscees Ik heb dit eerder ook al uitgelegd, als je het low maintenance wilt houden moet je niets gaan repareren wat niet stuk is. Ik update Nextcloud nooit, als het naar tevredenheid werkt, waarom zou je? Ik self host een hoop services, de meeste draaien jarenlang zonder dat ik er iets aan doe. Eens in de zoveel jaar huur ik een extra VPS, zet alles opnieuw op, en als alles stabiel draait en ik er tevreden over ben zeg ik de oude VPS op. Ik ga in principe niet prutsen aan een installatie waar ik afhankelijk van ben. Security updates daargelaten. @bassjobsen
Prima standpunt natuurlijk, zelf hosten, met uiteraard je eigen domein. Het inregelen van zoiets is nog best te doen, maar je bent dan ook je eigen storingsdienst, ook als het een keer niet uitkomt. Tegenargument is dan natuurlijk dat big-tech je ook niet helpt als het misgaat, die zijn gewoon niet bereikbaar. Je kan natuurlijk beginnen met je mail ergens bij een dienst in europa te hosten (wel onder je eigen domein).
Elke stap is optioneel. Als je liever je email ergens anders onderbrengt kan dat prima. Je kan natuurlijk ook je eigen email server installeren “voor erbij”, om ervaring op te doen, en je hoofdaccount bij Proton of weet ik veel waar laten. Of andersom.
Dat vind ik enorm leuk! Ik denk er al een tijd over na om meer dingen zelf te hosten, zou het wel ook kunnen, maar de tijd om na te lezen hoe het moet en het dan ook in goede orde te brengen... als er al een geschikte handleiding was zou ik dat erg leuk vinden.
Zou ook onderdelen van je handleiding kunnen beta-testen, feedback geven of met vertalingen naar Duits of Engels helpen.
Voor mij het belangrijkst: Nextcloud, Pixelfed, Mumble, en misschien een blog (static, niet WP)
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@Mr_Teatime Yeah well - ik ga alle werk niet steeds opnieuw doen, wel Raspberry Pi 5 aan m'n router hangen en bedienbaar VNC nu (BOG wat een toer was dat weer) waar ik een home webserver slash lab van ga maken.
Echt zzzo klaarrr met de hele webservmeuk, mailbox stroomt nu al weer vol maar NEE, ik lust geen guirlande van abbo's met extra extra extra om m'n nek. Noch de mailspamming.
Haat RasPi org omdat ze zo "open source" yet fcking directief zijn.
Ik heb al een paar jaar wat VPS’en bij Strato en bij 1984hosting, bij de eerste voor 5 Euro per maand, en dat is later een keer 6 Euro per maand geworden. Ik heb geen last van dat tier-gedoe dus.
@Mr_Teatime Fijn voor je. Maar ik ga toch door met dat homelab-gedoe voor ik aan een VPS begin, kan ik tenminste m'n werk in m'n jaszak steken mocht het nodig zijn.
Hou dat VPS wel in achterhoofd als alternatief voor website, evengoed goeie tip.
Als je mail spam krijgt dan doe je wat dingen niet goed. Je kunt met de juiste instellingen 99.99% van de spam weren. En dan heb ik het niet over Spamassasin enzo, maar direct al bij het “aanbellen”. Opgegeven domain klopt niet met het IP-nummer? Doei! We vragen 2 seconden te wachten maar je reutelt maar door? Doei! We vragen om een of ander speciaal protocol maar je begrijpt het niet? Doei! Je IP-nummer is listed bij Spamhouse? Doei! Etc. etc.
Ik krijg soms meerdere mail afleverpoingen per seconde maar bijna niets komt er door. Maar ik mis nooit email die ik verwacht.
@verymetalsite Ik zou hier nog een originaal RasPi hebben maar alles zelf in te richten, dan tw merken dat de RasPi toch te langsaam is, een nieuwe te kopen, twee weken later merken dat ik hwt niet juist gedaan heb en m'n LAN toegankwlijk voor inbrekers gemaakt heb, en dan iedere keer alles zelf moeten repareren als iets fout gaat ... zou ik mischien kunnen maar ik heb nog andere plannen, dus ik heb liever iets dat snell en enigzins betrouwbar werkt dan helemaal zelf doen. @FransVeldman
Ik ben heel benieuwd, en de zorg die bij me opkomt is: “stap voor stap iets nadoen kan ik, maar als er iets mis gaat (bij installatie of daarna) weet ik niet wat ik moet doen, en dan zit ik met de gebakken peren?”
Je moet het niet alleen opzetten, maar vervolgens ook onderhouden, en er zitten flink wat opties tussen ‘alles in de Amerikaanse cloud’ en ‘alles op je eigen VPS hosten’.
Het zijn gewoon diensten die je in Europa af kunt nemen, en in veel gevallen ben je er beter mee af om het te laten doen dan het zelf uit te vogelen.
Als je daadwerkelijk een VPN nodig hebt is bijvoorbeeld Mullvad een veel betere keuze. Email kun je ook beter laten doen tenzij je echt weet waar je mee bezig bent, etc.
@sindarina Ieder zijn meug natuurlijk. Dit idee is bedoeld voor mensen die het leuk vinden alles in eigen beheer te nemen, zodat de data niet weer ergens in foute handen kunnen vallen, en onder je eigen domeinnaam.
Als je email eenmaal hebt opgezet volgens een handleiding van iemand die weet waar ie mee bezig is, en er verder niet mee gaat prutsen, dan blijft het gewoon prima werken, zonder dat je er verstand van hoeft te hebben. @sandradejong
Eh, nee, dat is gewoon niet waar. En als dat de diepte van je ervaring met dit onderwerp is dan hoop ik dat mensen verre van die ‘handleiding’ blijven, want dit is een instelling die vraagt om problemen.
Waar ben je naar op zoek, een wellus-nietus spelletje?
Ik run al bijna 20 jaar mijn eigen bedrijfs e-mail servers. (Ja ik heb meerdere bedrijven). Ik vaar al 10 jaar lang de wereld rond, waarbij ik vaak meerdere dagen achtereen geen internet heb. Dacht je nou echt dat ik voor zoiets cruciaals als mijn bedrijfsemail een krakkemikkige opzet erop na hou die ik voortdurend achterna moet blijven lopen om het te laten werken, terwijl ik vaak langdurig zonder internet zit?
Ik heb in die 20 jaar dat ik mijn eigen email servers beheer nog geen enkele unscheduled down time meegemaakt. Ik kijk zo ongeveer 1 keer per jaar of er misschien nieuwe eisen zijn om email verkeer afgeleverd te krijgen (zoals DKIM), maak dan een aanpassing, en dat is het verder wel.
De mensen die daar andere ervaringen mee hebben, sorry, maar dat zijn dus echt prutsers.
Jammer dat je, zonder er zelf verstand van te hebben, en zonder te weten wie er nou eigenlijk achter zit, op deze manier probeert mensen van een goedbedoeld initiatief te weerhouden.
@sandradejong Het idee is om het tegelijk op te zetten, bij dezelfde provider, etc. zodat het 1 op 1 kopieen worden. Als het bij de een werkt dan werkt het bij iedereen.
je zou ook kunnen overwegen een thuisserver icm wireguard en dynamic DNS te doen, dan ben je alleen voor de dynamische DNS en domeinnaam aan externe partijen gebonden.
Natuurlijk. Je kan een thuisserver op dezelfde manier installeren en inrichten als een VPS.
De performance is wat slechter omdat de server niet direct op een of andere high speed backbone is aangesloten. Een server kost veel dataverkeer want zo’n 90% van al je bezoekers zijn bots. Ik zie op mijn servers vaak meerdere malen per seconde allerlei pogingen om wachtwoorden te kraken enzovoorts. Dat dataverkeer kan fors oplopen.
Het idee dat je dan “minder” aan externe partijen bent gebonden deel ik niet zo. Je hebt hoe dan ook een provider nodig. Dat is bij een VPS je VPS provider, en bij een thuisserver jouw internet provider.
De laatste is een slechtere kandiaat omdat die veelal huis (email)servers verbiedt, en eerder op tilt gaat als iemand een DDOS attack of zoiets richt op jouw systeem.
Ik ben zelf begonnen met thuissystemen en heb dat jarenlang gedaan, maar ben uiteindelijk overgestapt op extern gehoste VPS’s. Die 5 Euro per maand daar kan ik geen thuissysteem van onderhouden (af en toe een kapotte ventilator, harddisk, etc.) maar b
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Natuurlijk. Je kan een thuisserver op dezelfde manier installeren en inrichten als een VPS.
De performance is wat slechter omdat de server niet direct op een of andere high speed backbone is aangesloten. Een server kost veel dataverkeer want zo’n 90% van al je bezoekers zijn bots. Ik zie op mijn servers vaak meerdere malen per seconde allerlei pogingen om wachtwoorden te kraken enzovoorts. Dat dataverkeer kan fors oplopen.
Het idee dat je dan “minder” aan externe partijen bent gebonden deel ik niet zo. Je hebt hoe dan ook een provider nodig. Dat is bij een VPS je VPS provider, en bij een thuisserver jouw internet provider.
De laatste is een slechtere kandiaat omdat die veelal huis (email)servers verbiedt, en eerder op tilt gaat als iemand een DDOS attack of zoiets richt op jouw systeem.
Ik ben zelf begonnen met thuissystemen en heb dat jarenlang gedaan, maar ben uiteindelijk overgestapt op extern gehoste VPS’s. Die 5 Euro per maand daar kan ik geen thuissysteem van onderhouden (af en toe een kapotte ventilator, harddisk, etc.) maar bij een VPS heb je er geen omkijken naar want alle hardware zorgen zijn voor hen. Het lijkt er op dat ze ook veel redundantie achter de hand houden want ondanks een paar keer een kortdurende down time vanwege een hardware storing heb ik nooit zelf een backup hoeven terugzetten. En mocht je je systeem uitbreiden en meer opslagruimte/processorpower nodig hebben dan kun je gewoon naadloos opschalen, in plaats van nieuwe hardware te moeten kopen en dagenlang bezig zijn om alles over te zetten op je nieuwe server.
Als je alleen maar van plan bent om je systeem binnenshuis te gebruiken dan kan natuurlijk een thuisserver een oplossing zijn. Maar in zo’n geval vraag ik me af of je niet beter af bent met een NAS.
Na een overweldigende hoeveelheid overwegend positieve reacties op mijn idee om mensen te helpen om zelf cloudsystemen en dergelijke te gaan laten hosten, om op die manier minder afhankelijk te raken van Big Tech, heb ik nu een aanzetje gemaakt waarin ik het idee verder omschrijf.
Als er voldoende interesse bestaat dan ga ik een model-systeem stap voor stap opbouwen en elke stap met julie delen.
Ik sta open voor verdere suggesties maar aan “je kunt ook ergens betaalde services huren” heb ik niet zoveel. De bedoeling van dit project is nou net om los te raken van die betaalde services en de hele regie in eigen hand te nemen.
Ik begrijp dat je Engels schrijft maar daarmee creëer je voor Nederlanders meteen een enorme heuvel. Zeker als ze al niet handig zijn met een computer. En het zou goed zijn in het begin te vermelden hoeveel tijd we kwijt zijn om alles te doorlopen.
Oh, is dat echt een issue denk je? Ik kan het ook in het Nederlands maar dan wordt de doelgroep wel gelijk een stuk kleiner. Of ik moet het tweetalig gaan maken. Maar misschien moeten we het even gaan inventariseren dan, hoeveel mensen er zijn die het liever lezen in het Nederlands.
Ik weet niet of er een optie bestaat om er een compleet publiek ding van te maken. Maar in principe is het bedoeld voor een selecte groep.
Je kan wel bepaalde delen openstellen voor guests, die bijvoorbeeld een upload kunnen doen. Ook kun je bepaalde files/folders publiek maken zodat iedereen met de verstrekte link de bestanden kan downloaden.
Ik lanceerde het idee om mensen te assisteren om zelf een VPS op te zetten en daarop NextCloud, E-mail etc. te installeren om daarmee los te kunnen raken van Big Tech.
Ik kreeg bijna 80 “boosts” op dit idee en tientallen “likes”. Dus ik wilde de daad bij het woord voegen, het wat vooronderzoek gedaan, en schreef een introductie en uitnodiging om deel te nemen aan dit project.
Wat denk je? 1 Reactie op de introductie en Nul deelnemers.
Tijdens de discussie over Signal heb ik, om mensen te laten zien dat het ook decentraal kan, speciaal even een Delta-Chat instance opgezet. Net zo gemakkelijk bruikbaar als Signal maar dan decentraal van opzet. Gratis. Gewoon even apje installeren, inloggen op mijn instance, en er even mee spelen zodat je weet waar je over praat.
Ik lanceerde het idee om mensen te assisteren om zelf een VPS op te zetten en daarop NextCloud, E-mail etc. te installeren om daarmee los te kunnen raken van Big Tech.
Ik kreeg bijna 80 “boosts” op dit idee en tientallen “likes”. Dus ik wilde de daad bij het woord voegen, het wat vooronderzoek gedaan, en schreef een introductie en uitnodiging om deel te nemen aan dit project.
Wat denk je? 1 Reactie op de introductie en Nul deelnemers.
Tijdens de discussie over Signal heb ik, om mensen te laten zien dat het ook decentraal kan, speciaal even een Delta-Chat instance opgezet. Net zo gemakkelijk bruikbaar als Signal maar dan decentraal van opzet. Gratis. Gewoon even apje installeren, inloggen op mijn instance, en er even mee spelen zodat je weet waar je over praat.
Precies twee mensen deden dit.
Voortaan niet meer vragen waarom ik alleen met ideeen kom maar niet met daden. Het lijkt er op dat dit medium gewoon niet echt serieus te nemen valt. Ik begin te begrijpen waarom instanties dit medium na een poosje verlaten “wegens gebrek aan interactie”, en journalisten, als ze hier al iets posten, zien dat hun artikelen nauwelijks worden gelezen.
Als kuddedieren hollen we achter Signal aan, roepen we om het hardst dat er geen andere alternatieven zijn, zonder een aangedragen alternatief ook maar even uit te proberen, maar blijven liever koppig hangen in het idee dat alle alternatieven “te moeilijk” zijn.
We klagen over Big Tech en rennen naar Proton, tot ook daar onverkwikkelijke geluiden vandaan komen, maar als iemand met decennia ervaring in het self hosten met een iniatief komt om ter voorbeeld een VPS te huren en nauwkeurig het installeren van de software waarmee je los kunt raken van Big Tech te documenteren, zodat iedereen het kunstje na kan doen, dan slaan we geestdriftig aan het boosten en liken…. en doen er vervolgens verder niets mee.
Misschien is het wel een fout (of gebrek aan) het algorithme. Dat je kunt boosten tot je een ons weegt, maar vervolgens de follow up op het gebooste draadje nooit te zien krijgt.
Door het boosten bereikte mijn bericht vele andere mensen, die ook gingen boosten maar niet gingen volgen… waardoor ze dus de follow up in het draadje “de eerste stap” nooit te zien kregen.
Ik denk dat als je iets “boost” of “liked” je automatisch ook nieuwe berichten in zo’n draadje te zien zou moeten krijgen, maar dat gebeurt niet.
Anyway, waar het ook door komt, als er geen reacties en inschrijvingen komen dan gaat het project niet door.
Even goede vrienden verder hoor. Ik blijf zo nu en dan wel op de boost en like knoppen drukken en gooi zo nu en dan ter vermaak wel wat in de ring, maar ik ga me niet meer vermoeien met constructieve bijdragen. Het werkt blijkbaar gewoon niet.
ik heb je vorige oproep niet gezien. Geen idee waarom niet, of gewoon een keer vergeten de knop laad oudere berichten in te drukken. Die zie je bij Mastadon apps. Maar ik heb zeker interesse in dit project ook al heb ik net alles richting Proton verhuisd.
@richarddebruin voel me aangesproken want vind het 'n sympathiek idee, en wil er op termijn mogelijk iets mee, vandaar de like en boost.
Dat is inderdaad niet hetzelfde als een inschrijving om nu meteen mee te doen. Cultuuromslagen gaan niet van de ene op de andere dag. Van 't infuus van big tech af is dat ook, merk je al met iets 'eenvoudigs' als wisselen van berichtenapp.
Maar het zaadje is geplant, ik ga ontgooglen en op termijn ook ontappelen.
Het idee is om het met een aantal mensen tegelijk te doen. Zodat we zeker weten dat we met dezelfde software versies werken, dat de menu’s van externe instanties (zoals de VPS provider, de DNS registratie, etc) niet ondertussen zijn veranderd, etc. Want dat is vaak het probleem bij “howto’s” of het internet: Ze klopten ooit maar doordat de software versies zijn veranderd en menu-opties niet meer bestaan of zijn veranderd loop je vast in het proces.
Zoekopdrachten worden bij meerdere zoekmachines tegelijk ingediend (waaronder Google) maar gestript van elke vorm van identificatie zodat ze er niets meer mee kunnen en er in ieder geval geen geld meer mee kunnen verdienen.
Another FOSDEM presentation this weekend I'm looking forward to is the one on my corner of the social web: Friendica. Think Facebook post/comment like timeline format and lots of data bridges and protocol support. #fosdem #friendica #fediversefosdem.org/2025/schedule/event…
Right below your post I have a Bluesky post in my feed. Friendica is one of the most awesome things out there. Highly underrated, yet a hidden trove nonetheless!
@spycrab @shipwreckt Signal is a corporation (yes, it doesn't store your data or messages, so it's kind of safe) Matrix is a protocol, no one controls it; Like Activity Pub, people can build applications over it, just like " title=""/> and " title=""/>
@kyleirl @Andres @spycrab @shipwreckt @Mer__edith open source code, but no way of proving that that's the same code that's running on your iPhone. If you installed signal from the apple store or the Google play store there is no way to know it's not sending every message to the NSA or something. You also can't be sure the server is running the published source. The problem I have with signal is that all of these wonderful claims are completely unverifiable, and that smells like honey trap.
@bigfishrunning @kyleirl @Andres @spycrab @shipwreckt @Mer__edith Also, the release .apk app contains not only published open source code, but also proprietary (non-free) binary blobs linked with it, and Signal foundation (or was it just Moxie?) was never OK with people removing those non-free blobs and connecting to their servers (which is why #fdroid FOSS app store could never publish #signal, which is a shame and a reason why many FOSS won't run it. Also, why no #federation ?)
@kyleirl @Andres @spycrab @shipwreckt @Mer__edith While Signal is very promising, and currently very secure, it is not federated services which leaves it vulnerable in case the business model changes, like if the intellectual property of the clients and/or servers would become subject to capitalisation. If so, it would be far from the first time that this happens in the history. As I just shared in another post I highly recommend giving this a peek: securemessagingapps.com/
This site compares secure messaging apps from a security & privacy point of view. These include Facebook Messenger, iMessage, Skype, Signal, Simplex, Google Messenger, Threema, Riot, Wire, Telegram, and Wickr
@dansup@mastodon.social well, @signalapp@mastodon.world too is #proprietary and #centralized and peddles a #Cryptocurrency #Scamcoin named #MobileCoin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M
Use #XMPP+#OMEMO (i.e. @monocles@monocles.
@kkarhan @mortn @kyleirl @spycrab @shipwreckt @Mer__edith @signalapp i dont like signal either but its the best we have currently, we dont have anything better, matrix is actual garbage with worse problems than signal imo
Its good stuff when I get my VPS first thing I'm doing is moving my email and web server there, next step xmpp server so me and my friends can be chill
Note: read your stuff I hope your situation gets better
@Andres @brawnybunkbedbuddy Matrix sucks and its a horrible platform with horrible UI and disjointed features between clients, main clients dont even follow the matrix protocol correctly.
@mwguy nah. I am all for it but my wife said “meh”. I joined this month and it’s… fine. But no one I know in real life is on it, there is no mobile app, and the setup can be a little off-putting. The fedi platforms have an incredible opportunity right now to take in a lot of social media refugees, but the ones without apps (friendica, loops, etc) are going to struggle to get traction with a population that is accustomed to convenience.
@VTDARKSIM Dang. I think I could get my wife and her family off facebook (because they're all a little fed up with it right now). But I'd need a solid replacement for facebook groups as they use to to coordinate family stuff.
@mwguy I’ve been pushing the fediverse for a while now, but the big 2’s fascist overtures lately have finally radicalized my wife to consider it. She happily joined #pixelfed and has convinced several friends to join.
I think that’s the key. If you/she can get a group to join together, and then they can convince someone else to do so, it will become a more attractive option. It’s the chicken & egg scenario right now.
@VTDARKSIM This is absolutely a big part of the issue. Additionally it's tough to explain that they need to have an account for Mastadon, Lemmy, Loops, Pixelfed etc... to utilize all the aspects of the fediverse instead of being able to "take you ID with you" across different tools.
@mwguy absolutely, though I will say I joined #mastodon first, then #pixelfed, then #friendica. Only then did I see I can sign in to the mastodon app with all 3 accounts. I don’t think it’s quite as universally seamless yet (for instance, the pixelfed app has the option to sign in with your mastodon account, but it wouldn’t work for me presumably because my instance hasn’t enabled it?), but I think it’s heading there.
It is not fair to put Mastodon, Pixelfed, Friedica, Peertube and Loops as analogous to Signal. Signal is centralized, Signal relies on closed source libraries, Signal is only distributed through PlayStore, Signal is not a federated platform.
If we want to have a messaging platform on that image, it should be XMPP.
@brawnybunkbedbuddy With Friendica you can also communicate with Diaspora users (+ and with Bluesky, Tumblr, ...). With Diaspora you are only in contact with other #Diaspora users and with Friendica and Hubzilla, but not with the rest of the Fediverse. @Daniel Supernault
it would be good if first of all pixelfed don't delay accepting new accounts, losing the momentum it is getting. also there is the usual bug where scrolling the home sometimes it freezes. it would be good to have a smooth pixelfed before of improving loops. but, instead of this, a third app is being developed. wish you all the best tackling things in a triune way.
For people to really make the switch, it would be helpful to give them an article explaining what to do exactly. In German there is one by @blog - do you know of other languages? #GlobalSwitchDay koelle4future.de/?p=35767
For people to really make the switch, it would be helpful to give them an article explaining what to do exactly. In German there is one by @blog - do you know of other languages? #GlobalSwitchDay koelle4future.de/?p=35767
Du kämpfst täglich für Klimagerechtigkeit? Und bist noch auf Plattformen, bei dem Klimaleugnung, Frauenverachtung und die Verfolgung von queeren Menschen offen zum Geschäftsmodel gehört? Das muss nicht sein!
Komm dahin, wo Menschen soziale Medien aktiv und dezentral gestalten. Komm ins Fediverse, hier ist die bessere Party. Mach mit beim global switch day am 1. Februar 2025 und bring Deine Freund*innen mit. Empfohlen u.a. von @janboehm
So einfach geht das – probiere mal eins davon aus:
Finde ein Pendant zum jeweiligen antisozialen Medium
Kurznachrichtendienste mit Zeichenlimit und bis zu vier BildernTwitter (heute: niX mehr) –> Mastodon
Besuche social.cologne, das ist eine Mastodon-Plattform und erstelle Deinen Account. Eine detaillierte bebilderte Anleitung und Deine ersten Schritte haben wir Anfang des Jahres vorbereitet.
Teile ein bis 10 Bilder pro Beitrag und schreib dazu einen Begleittext. Instagram –> Pixelfed
Die Liste ist unvollständig, um Dir den Einstieg zu erleichtern haben wir pro Dienst nur eine von vielen dezentralen Servern angegeben. Weiteres findest Du z.B. im Beitrag Das Fediverse : Unendliche Weiten.
Am 23. Februar 2025 ist Bundestagswahl Klimaschutz ist Menschenschutz Gehe wählen! Wähle demokratisch! Wähle Klimaschutz! Die Termine unserer Kundgebungen (jeweils 11-14 Uhr (*)) 18.01.2025 Breite Straße/Richmodstraße, Altstadt-Nord 25.01.
@P0llyticks We have moderation tho, old twitter was great, theyll flock to one instance the rest will ban, how it goes when those trolls enter the fediverse
I don’t think all those other apps are gonna replace anything (including this app and I don’t think rednote is gonna replace TikTok either) but they might be worth giving them a shot
@dausacker olha que legal essa imagem. (Pessoalmente não gosto tanto da ideia de uma plataforma de vídeos verticais federada... Mas a imagem não deixa de ser legal, não.)
I have started watching videos on peertube, but it is annoying that I have to manually skip sponsors, so it would be good if sponsorblock support some of the peertube website, ex: TILvids, PeerTube...
@caos @Daniel Supernault @ericbuijs1 @anubis2814 @Elena Rossini ⁂ @FOSDEM @Sanne Bjerg I actually spent an entire afternoon myself compiling this comprehensive post about Friendica. It was initially designed to be a megathread with resources, but I decided to also add an FAQ and, as a bonus, the list of all human-readable color names that are supported when formatting your text to be colored (because yes, you can format your text in whichever way you want).
Feel free to Ctrl+F anything in your browser to quickly jump to what you need, check the links as well if I did not cover it, and also ask on the forum (@helpers@forum.friendi.ca) if you still don't find what you need. Or you can ask here. I'm all ears 😀
Hello, everyone! As we know what Zuck's place is going through, I decided to create a post with all the resources I found online all these years I've been on this place, in a bid to help more people board. Here we go:
no less important, The Friendica Wiki also available under the help section of your instance (click on your pic and name on the top-right where you're logged in -> help)
All of these should be more comprehensive than this guide.
Short Q&A with the most common problems
How do I post stuff? Easy, on your profile, click the button in the top right that looks like this:
A pop-up window will open, and you can type anything. Make sure to set the appropriate permissions by clicking the tab at the top. If you want your post to be public then choose public, if you don't, select limited/private and add the exceptions or add who can see it. Make sure you properly select these permissions, because you cannot change them later. If you format your post (see below), you can also check the preview pane to see how your post will look. This also applies for comments.
How to format my text?
Unlike Facebook, Friendica allows you to format your text, just like you'd do in a Word document. It uses BBCodes for text formatting like bold text, italic text, underlined text and many others. You can find more example on the usage of it in the Wiki or under https://your-instance-address/help/bbcode. You don't have to style your text, but you can do some nice stuff with it. You can also get suggestions for formatting by typing [ and selecting an option from the drop-down menu, or typing out your option to narrow your search. But do check the wiki, though. Generally, BBCode looks like [option]your-text-here[/option].
If there is any text where you don't want to add any tags on by accident, slide it between these tags: [noparse][/noparse].
How to upload an image (and how to add alt-text to it) Just drag&drop it into the composing page. Simple. Easy. No frills.
Also, to note is that you can also re-use an image you previously uploaded if you go to the Browser tab in the compose window.
Finally, you can link to any image you find online, without downloading&reuploading it in the 1st place. Right-click an image, click "copy image link", then go to your post and type [img]paste-your image-link-here[/img] (of course, you paste your image link instead, between the img tags). This is generally how images are displayed via BBCode.
I personally use an external site to host my media and link it this way, whenever there is something I want on the internet for as long as possible in order to save some space on my instance. I mostly use postimages.org, but I also used
Meta and now also Reddit like to change the URL string to the media posted on their platforms, so don't rely on these if you want your post to still stay relevant after a few days.
You can also add Alt-Text to your image if, instead, you type [img=your_image_url]Your Alt-Text here[/img]. Alt-Text is generally an image description that is displayed when the image fails to load/before loading, and is useful to visually impaired people using screen reading software which can read this out loud. The latter is the reason why it is highly recommended by many people all across the Fediverse (not just on Friendica).
How to upload a video or other media Just like you do with an image. However, the video will be posted under Browser, and then the "Files" icon:
Select your file, and it will be posted with an tag.
However, there's currently no user facing way to delete these as yet, so feel free to upload them on any other external service and share the direct link to the audio/video if you care about this.
You can use the tags [audio]your-link-to-the-audio[/audio] and [video]your-link-to-the-video[/video] for that.
How do I make a poll/vote at polls Polls are currently supported by a few Fediverse platforms, but not by Friendica fully, right now (you can see them, but you cannot vote on them and create them).
You can again use an external service for creating polls, such as poll-maker or Strawpoll.
Okay, but do I need to add a title?
No, you don't. I didn't add one either here. You can if you want your post to be more fancy and want to turn your profile into a more of a personal blog. Which would be cool, but it's not necessary. You do you!
How to post to a group
Groups on Friendica, as well as any other ActivityPub platform, are generally just some special accounts that automatically boost/reshare whatever post you added while tagging them. Therefore, just create a regular post and tag them with the ! or @ signs (one of these tags should suffice). The former one creates a post that is visible on the group but unlisted wherever else (i.e. in a public feed). The latter takes account of your permission settings. You will see how you can find groups somewhere below.
How to find various people
There are multiple ways; One is to use any of the established lists:
You can also go to Settings>Profile>Miscellaneous and scroll all the way down to add some tags to the profile. Then, you can also go to Contacts and choose "similar interests" in the left pane, get friend suggestions or a random profile.
Finally, you can also follow hashtags to get posts from people that also share your interests directly in your feed, and then follow them from there.
I'm posting stuff here, but how can people discover me?
Just like on Mastodon, you can enhance your posts with #hashtags. Other people who follow the same hashtags can find you and connect with you if they want.
But that's not the only way. You can also add yourself into the aforementioned Friendica Directory or to your server's one by going to Settings>Account>Security and Privacy Settings and check any of these two options:
This way anyone can find you according to your interests.
If, however you would like more privacy, you can check the following box below:
This limits the visibility of your content to only instances that are made aware of it, and people that have access to it based on your privacy settings. Unlogged users will not be allowed to find your content. E.g., open my profile in a new tab to see how this feature works: libranet.de/profile/petrescatr…
How do I find groups?
Same as with regular people. There are multiple lists:
Check out the servers of other Fediverse software like Mbin or Piefed. These are more forum-like platforms, centered around communities. Generally, each of these communities has a Fediverse address. Copy that, paste it in the search bar, and you should be able to find it. If it doesn't work the 1st time, try a few more times. If it still doesn't work, look whether the server is not on the banned list by accessing your-server-address/friendica, and/or contact your admin for clarification.
How do I use the search? Is it any useful beyond just searching for people and groups and other accounts?
Yes there are. From my personal experience, Raccoon for Friendica gave me the best results. Relatica is also a great option, as well as Fedilab (the latter is more of a Mastodon client, but you can disable the display of reply in the feeds and enable BBCode - fiddle out in the settings). There are other apps for various platforms as well. If you don't find any of them fitting, you can just access your Friendica server in your browser (e.g. friendica.world, nerdica.net etc.). It's very responsive and easy to use.
I hope this Q&A covers the most common aspects of using Friendica
Bonus: Text colorsOne aspect that hasn't really been touched on in the wiki is the colors. You can have text in any color if you type the text like this [color=color_name_or_value]your text here[/color]. Hex values are accepted, however there are also some human readable names that can be used (based on this thread): Antiquewhite Aqua Aquamarine Azure Beige Bisque Blanchedalmond Blue Blueviolet Brown Burlywood Cadetblue Chartreuse Chocolate Coral Cornflowerblue Cornsilk Crimson Cyan Darkblue Darkcyan Darkgoldenrod Darkgray Darkgreen Darkkhaki Darkmagenta Darkolivegreen Darkorange Darkorchid Darkred Darksalmon Darkseagreen Darkslateblue Darkslategray Darkturquoise Darkviolet Deeppink Deepskyblue Dimgray Dodgerblue Firebrick Floralwhite Forestgreen Fuchsia Gainsboro Ghostwhite Gold Goldenrod Gray Green Greenyellow Honeydew Hotpink Indianred Indigo Ivory Khaki Lavender Lavenderblush Lawngreen Lemonchiffon Lightblue Lightcoral Lightcyan Lightgoldenrodyellow Lightgreen Lightgrey Lightpink Lightsalmon Lightseagreen Lightskyblue Lightslategray Lightsteelblue Linen Magenta Maroon Mediumaquamarine Mediumblue Mediumorchid Mediumpurple Mediumseagreen Mediumslateblue Mediumspringgreen Mediumturquoise Mediumvioletred Midnightblue Mintcream Mistyrose Moccasin Navajowhite Navy Oldlace Olive Olivedrab Orange Orangered Orchid Palegoldenrod Palegreen Paleturquoise Palevioletred Papayawhip Peachpuff Peru Pink Plum Powderblue Purple Red Rosybrown Royalblue Saddlebrown Salmon Sandybrown Seagreen Seashell Sienna Silver Skyblue Slateblue Slategray Snow Springgreen Steelblue Tan Teal Thistle Tomato Turquoise Violet Wheat White Whitesmoke Yellow Yellowgreen
A webpage that I'm gonna create and link here. While Friendica is quite flexible and allows for text to be customized and formatted in multiple ways, I think a website should also be nice (plus I just discovered Google Sites and I wanna play around) - TBD
Years ago I used to recommend a Fedi platform called Lemmy. However, in 2021 some very disturbing stuff about Lemmy's developers came out which totally changed my mind. Because of this, I did a thread to warn people about Lemmy and then never mentioned them again. Today a mod on this account's old server deleted the 2021 thread, without any explanation but apparently by mistake.
If you're looking for the thread, it's on the Internet Archive:
i really dont want to spoil the fun here. I appreciate the effort.
But although #signal is much more popular than #matrix their relationship is like #mastodon to #bluesky. Both bluesky and signal have a #proprietary backend. although their frontent is #OpenSource they technically have a single point of failure. server/cluster down == service down
Mastodon and matrix are actual fediverse services which are undestroyable since they are many federated, independent servers.
I pulled up YouTube for the first time (I was signed out of google too) on my work computer to watch one funny video at work, and this is what autoplayed immediately afterwards. I’m fully switching to peertube now. It’s turning into a hate platform like meta and Twitter.
Wir sind noch #neuHier auf #Mastodon. Unsere Accounts auf X, Facebook und Instagram haben wir gelöscht.
Wir sind unseres Wissens der erste #AnwaltVerein im #Fediverse, aber bestimmt nicht der letzte.
Wir würden uns freuen, wenn noch mehr #Rechtsanwälte den Weg hierher fänden. Sprecht Euren Lieblings-, Haus-, Familien- und Unternehmensanwalt einfach auf's #Fediversum an. Es gibt ja für jede große kommerzielle Plattform eine freie Alternative, siehe die grafische Übersicht oben.
Dunno how well this is going to go - decentralized kinda misses the point of social networks, one of these requires you to run your own servers, and one is closed to new signups
The Fediverse needs better branding. Don't use 'Tube', it was already outdated when YouTube launched. Pixelfed sounds like it's a federal agency. Friendica? What? And don't get me started on 'Mastodon' which I think would have way more users if it wasn't called 'Mastodon'
I've been slowly converting family and friends over to #Signal for years now. Here's how usually I do that these days. When a conversation gets into some rather intimate topic - say talk on emotions, or psychology, or other highly private details - then I set a boundary, saying "I'd be willing to discuss this topic further, but only in a more private app like Signal." So I leave them an "out": I'm willing to stay on, say, WhatsApp, *but the conversation has to stay more shallow*.
I also run an #XMPP server (Prosody), but I've had very limited success in getting people to join. Frankly, XMPP is *only* for intrepid geeks at this time, who are willing to put up with several papercuts in usability. Apps like WhatsApp and Signal have "raised the bar" *a lot*, and apps like #Conversations and #Gajim have their work cut out for them to try to catch up to peo
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I've been slowly converting family and friends over to #Signal for years now. Here's how usually I do that these days. When a conversation gets into some rather intimate topic - say talk on emotions, or psychology, or other highly private details - then I set a boundary, saying "I'd be willing to discuss this topic further, but only in a more private app like Signal." So I leave them an "out": I'm willing to stay on, say, WhatsApp, *but the conversation has to stay more shallow*.
I also run an #XMPP server (Prosody), but I've had very limited success in getting people to join. Frankly, XMPP is *only* for intrepid geeks at this time, who are willing to put up with several papercuts in usability. Apps like WhatsApp and Signal have "raised the bar" *a lot*, and apps like #Conversations and #Gajim have their work cut out for them to try to catch up to people's sky-high expectations - they've been spoiled.
*A ton more testing and bug-fixing is still needed to iron out quirks that the different XMPP clients have, in talking to each other.* This goes especially for #iOS or #iPadOS offerings for XMPP.
Hi Dansup, first of all, you are a ⭐ thanks for everything you do! I have a quick question... I applied to pixelfed.art a couple of days ago, but no answer yet. Shall I wait more or resend the application? Please let me know if there is anything wrong. My username in the application was "skamu". Thanks!!
Never was on Xitter, but I'm here. Never been on "insta," or What'sApp, or TikTok. Debating leaving FB and not switching to anything. YT with ad blockers and a VPN for now.
Long interesting discussion! Another idea, while we’re at it, might be to buy a Fairphone with /e/os and resist the temptation of installing the ‘wrong apps’. They also sell tablets. Reasonably locked down Linux on your computer and you’re set. Am I the only one who sees the irony of choosing ‘safe’ apps but still using the machines and os’ of the beast? 😀. If you have to use them at work, wait till you get home to socialize online, or take your Fairphone on your pee break.
Mike Macgirvin, the creator of Friendica and Hubzilla, has made a whole tree of at least (...counts...) nine forks after Hubzilla, eight of which were nomadic. Two of them still exist.
One is intentionally nameless, intentionally brandless, intentionally not a project and intentionally released into the public domain. Since the community needed to address to it by something, they took the name of the code repository (which needed a name), put parentheses around it and called it (streams).
It's a fork (2021) of a fork (Roadhouse; 2021) of three forks (Osada, Mistpark 2020 a.k.a. Misty, Redmatrix 2020; 2020) of a fork (Zap; 2018) of maybe another fork (Osada; non-nomadic; 2018; if Zap was forked
Mike Macgirvin, the creator of Friendica and Hubzilla, has made a whole tree of at least (...counts...) nine forks after Hubzilla, eight of which were nomadic. Two of them still exist.
One is intentionally nameless, intentionally brandless, intentionally not a project and intentionally released into the public domain. Since the community needed to address to it by something, they took the name of the code repository (which needed a name), put parentheses around it and called it (streams).
It's a fork (2021) of a fork (Roadhouse; 2021) of three forks (Osada, Mistpark 2020 a.k.a. Misty, Redmatrix 2020; 2020) of a fork (Zap; 2018) of maybe another fork (Osada; non-nomadic; 2018; if Zap was forked from Osada rather than directly from Hubzilla;) of Hubzilla.
(streams) is reduced in features and connectivity in comparison with Hubzilla, but so were the first Osada and Zap. However, in terms of permission control and nomadicity, it's at least up-to-par with Hubzilla. In fact, it isn't quite as difficult to use as Hubzilla because permission handling has been adapted what the Fediverse of the 2020s actually requires as opposed to what a hypothetical Fediverse of the mid-2010s centred around the Red Matrix would require.
I've made a series of tables that compare Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla and (streams). You can find them here.
The other still existing fork is Forte from August, 2024. Forte is a direct fork of (streams). It's highly experimental because all support for the Nomad protocol was removed, and it has to rely on ActivityPub for nomadic identity. Thus, it is not officially released yet, it does not have public instances, and it is not recommended as a stable, reliable daily driver yet.
Lemmy is the most usable one and the only I frequent daily out of the whole fediverse, even with the lower numbers in comparison, its consistent with it's growth and way more constructive than reddit
I agree that Lemmy is a great alternative, personally I use my Sharkey instance to interact with Lemmy users and things still but if I could keep with my instance and make it look like Lemmy when I want to use those parts of the Fediverse, I'd love that.
Either way amazing to see more people use the Fediverse
friendica doesn't have a update in many years, on pixelfed.social nothing happens, and Peertube isn't interesting enough so people staying at th big tech crap
I have to say that I just really paid attention to the logos for Loops and Peertube and I think they’re brilliant. I have no idea if you intended for Loops to reference/riff Peertube’s design language, but it’s very good either way (Peertube evoking federation through the “play” triangle pointing in multiple directions while also itself being a “play” triangle; almost the same sized triangle in the negative space with the looping graphics for Loops).
@Daniel Supernault Just to hopefully assist from newbie perspective, I've been trying Friendica for a few days, I've never used FB so can't compare but I've found Fedilab works well though a little battery hungry and am just trying Raccoon which seems as easy to get around, I found the web interface confusing though. Hth
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As long as the instance is not explicitly blocked or muted, I believe the whole Fediverse should be able to federate with you automatically.
User interaction with the server tends to increase the cache.
The users of the instance should therefore be able to be found automatically via hashtag search, hashtag following and explicit following.
Not a Fedi Admin, only a normal IT Guy
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Are you sure you want to end your plea for engagement with a quote associated with cynicism towards the thing you are claiming is true?
[Unfortunately, that kind of mangled meaning is associated with AI-generated statements. Also, you could have looked up this stuff to verify it, but apparently you didn't. Hmmm.]
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in reply to gmc • • •@gmc It really comes down to what kind of content you want, I use:
mastodon-relay.thedoodleprojec…
relay.asonix.dog/actor
relay.tiggi.es/actor
But those might not be to your tasted, but relaylist.com/ is a good source.
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in reply to gmc • • •There are lots of things you can do to get your server to see more of the Fediverse:
fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quic…
Unfortunately boosting doesn't help by itself (except to spread the post being boosted) but follows are really useful 🙂
Using relays, groups, directories and scripts to quickly expand a server’s view of the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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in reply to gmc • • •Fediverse Observer checks all sites in the fediverse and gives you an easy way to find a home from a map or list or automatically.
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in reply to gmc • • •I went to your site. It says you've made one post, but I read three.
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in reply to Rozzychan • • •I think I made many more than three 😀
When you say 'your site', what url would that be?
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in reply to gmc • • •I clicked on your link at @gmc
But my instance is very protective, and lots of sites are blocked. I can also find you on friendica through a browser, but I only see followers, not post counts. friends.chasmcity.net/profile/…
It's the weird way posts slowly populate through the network. Different people see different post counts depending on their hosts connections and bounces.
I enjoy being sheltered here, but post miscounts are annoying.
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I see others replying from Mastodon but I don’t see how it is possible to do that.
Interesting though.
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in reply to gmc • • •There is this relay created by @astro that I think helps bringing content to you: relay.fedi.buzz/
Not sure if it is useful bringing your content around as well.
It is in my list of things to do some day 😀
#FediBuzz Relay
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in reply to gmc • • •Ohh nice! Good to know it works well. I decided to add some relays now to test.
What do you mean by "donating" token to help pull your content?
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