Things seem pretty cool here on this "fediverse". What does that mean though, the "fediverse"? I hear it's using ActivityPub. Could anyone explain to me what that means? Thanks!
This is a running gag on the fediverse, originally created at a time where I got tired of people explaining activitypub to me, which happens, especially at conferences, more than one might think.
However, the post doesn't give that context, and I'm asking people to explain AP to me. A lot of people give it an earnest try! I actually really appreciate that, and if you're one of those people, that's great. (cotd ...)
There's a big difference between explaining something unprompted, assuming they don't know, and explaining something because someone asked. The humor here is comes from many people are excited to explain and don't check my profile. I don't think negatively for someone giving a sincere reply to a request, many are nice!
Meanwhile, here it's meant to be more performance art, especially to reflect what it's like when I *don't* ask and get told. Thanks for participating!
First, to answer your question, the "Fediverse" is what we call the broader network of Social Media servers which use the ActivityPub protocol to communicate and share posts with each other: basically, the Fediverse is the network, while Mastodon is just a software. Other servers might use software like Misskey or WordPress to make and display posts, which is why we don't just call it the "Mastodon" network.
Now, some advice to get you started on here...
There is no algorithm here, so we generate our feeds by following people and hashtags. I recommend you search up a few hashtags and follow them now to get started.
I also recommend you make a post talking about yourself, using the hashtag #introduction, and adding further hashtags for the things you intend to post about. That way, you can find some followers right away.
If you have any questions or need any help, feel free to ask! 🙂
It's 100% fine, sorry about this! It's fine to let people know about where to find advice, please do keep doing so 👍
Basically, this particular thread is a running gag. When Mastodon first started getting massive numbers of people joining, some new people were "mansplaining" in great detail to Ms Lemmer-Webber about how the site worked and telling her she didn't understand it. I think with this thread she's trying to tempt someone to do this again 😁
@FediTips Thank you for the info, but for those who want to help and who are not mainsplaining, it's a trap because speaking for me not being in IT, I didn't know that... 😕
I asked my cat to purr if she created the fediverse and she purred, so I think my cat created the fediverse. I haven't gotten her to explain what the fediverse actually is though.
You see, the fediverse is a bunch of servers. Servers are like hamster cages and ActivityPub is like a series of tubes that connect the cages together. Also, we are the hamsters.
A conference about the present and future of ActivityPub, the world’s leading federated social web standard. This two day event will include presentations of prepared talks on Saturday followed by ...
Imagine a crazy business model where someone puts a lot of effort to provide a platform "for free" and then people use it and think themselves as absolutely clever because they just take and never pay a cent. But, they are not aware that actually the business guys take all their private information and make tons of money from targeted advertising. Fediverse is exactly that but without the money and the advertising and much more crazy business guys who don't actually have a business! 😀
It's actually Felineverse and CativityPub; created to spread cat images across the world on caturdays. However, when the final draft was saved a cat walked across the keyboard which introduced some spelling errors so here we are.
Salut et bienvenue, ActivityPub est un protocole utilisé pour interconnecter les outils du Fédiverse, cependant il est très mal documenté et manque cruellement de démonstration. Un jour peut-être il y aura une vraie documentation qui expliquera ce qui est réellement attendu, de quelle manière et surtout quels éléments obligatoires il faut pour que ça fonctionne sans avoir besoin de faire de la retro-ingéniérie dessus !
In September 2023, I started work on a book about ActivityPub for O’Reilly Media. The book is now available! O’Reilly Learning Platform Amazon Apple Books ebooks.com Kobo Upcoming event…
The Fediverse, put simply, is the collection of all the applications that interoperate using the same network and messaging protocol, ActivityPub. Mastodon, Pixelfed, OwnCast, and all other Fediverse apps all use the same messaging format spec, so that you can subscribe on your Mastodon account to see posts from someone else's PixelFed account without needing any additional tooling.
Imagine if YouTube, Twitch, Kick, email, Usenet, Wordpress, Videosift, and so an were all using the same standardized post format and talked to each other. That's the Fediverse (very simplified).
Put another way: if the Fediverse is like "the web", then Activitypub is like XHTML. Sort of.
ActivityPub is a protocol used to build a federated social network that's known as the "Fediverse". In layman's terms, instead of posts being carried by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive diractance.
The original fediverse had a base plate of pre-famulated amulite surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two spurving bearings were in a direct line with the panametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic mastodons, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented.
The fediverse has now reached a high level of development, and it’s being successfully used in the operation of novertrunnions. Moreover, whenever a forescent skor motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal troll posts
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This is a running gag on the fediverse, originally created at a time where I got tired of people explaining activitypub to me, which happens, especially at conferences, more than one might think.
However, the post doesn't give that context, and I'm asking people to explain AP to me. A lot of people give it an earnest try! I actually really appreciate that, and if you're one of those people, that's great. (cotd ...)
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There's a big difference between explaining something unprompted, assuming they don't know, and explaining something because someone asked. The humor here is comes from many people are excited to explain and don't check my profile. I don't think negatively for someone giving a sincere reply to a request, many are nice!
Meanwhile, here it's meant to be more performance art, especially to reflect what it's like when I *don't* ask and get told. Thanks for participating!
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this thread and its replies are everything! ❤️
I’m smiling from ear to ear at the earnest, helpful answers by people who don’t know who you are.
It’d be cool if you could keep making this joke regularly, say once every six months, to see the evolution in replies
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Make that 18 months and we are talking! 😂
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in reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber • • •Hey there @cwebber! Welcome to Fediverse network!
First, to answer your question, the "Fediverse" is what we call the broader network of Social Media servers which use the ActivityPub protocol to communicate and share posts with each other: basically, the Fediverse is the network, while Mastodon is just a software. Other servers might use software like Misskey or WordPress to make and display posts, which is why we don't just call it the "Mastodon" network.
Now, some advice to get you started on here...
There is no algorithm here, so we generate our feeds by following people and hashtags. I recommend you search up a few hashtags and follow them now to get started.
I also recommend you make a post talking about yourself, using the hashtag #introduction, and adding further hashtags for the things you intend to post about. That way, you can find some followers right away.
If you have any questions or need any help, feel free to ask! 🙂
Happy posting!
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in reply to Susan60 • • •I think Christine might be a bit pissed off if I start giving her advice 😁
(For those who don't know, Christine Lemmer-Webber is one of the creators of the ActivityPub protocol that the Fediverse runs on.)
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😂😂😂😂😂
Oops. Shows what little I know!
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It's 100% fine, sorry about this! It's fine to let people know about where to find advice, please do keep doing so 👍
Basically, this particular thread is a running gag. When Mastodon first started getting massive numbers of people joining, some new people were "mansplaining" in great detail to Ms Lemmer-Webber about how the site worked and telling her she didn't understand it. I think with this thread she's trying to tempt someone to do this again 😁
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@FediTips Thank you for the info, but for those who want to help and who are not mainsplaining, it's a trap because speaking for me not being in IT, I didn't know that... 😕
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@adelinej @Susan60
Yeah, as you say, most people don't know who creates the sites they use.
You are doing the right thing by offering to help new people. Please do keep trying to help people, that's how this place keeps going. 🙏
For what it's worth, I don't think this thread is intended as a trap for those who are sincerely just trying to help.
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in reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber • • •so when two servers really like each other... And one can be A and the other one P... And then they can Fedi.
I would know, I Fedi all the time!
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in reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber • • •Fediiiii!!!
You have some 'splainin' to do!
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in reply to marcin mikołajczak • • •@mkljczk oh that makes sense
I wouldn't want to gatekeep a mastodon
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in reply to Ben Ramsey • • •@ramsey ah yes! I remember Friendster, that's where I had my space online early on!
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The Fediverse, put simply, is the collection of all the applications that interoperate using the same network and messaging protocol, ActivityPub. Mastodon, Pixelfed, OwnCast, and all other Fediverse apps all use the same messaging format spec, so that you can subscribe on your Mastodon account to see posts from someone else's PixelFed account without needing any additional tooling.
Imagine if YouTube, Twitch, Kick, email, Usenet, Wordpress, Videosift, and so an were all using the same standardized post format and talked to each other. That's the Fediverse (very simplified).
Put another way: if the Fediverse is like "the web", then Activitypub is like XHTML. Sort of.
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in reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber • • •ActivityPub is a protocol used to build a federated social network that's known as the "Fediverse". In layman's terms, instead of posts being carried by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive diractance.
The original fediverse had a base plate of pre-famulated amulite surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two spurving bearings were in a direct line with the panametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic mastodons, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented.
The fediverse has now reached a high level of development, and it’s being successfully used in the operation of novertrunnions. Moreover, whenever a forescent skor motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal troll posts