Ibis is a federated encyclopedia with numerous features. If you want to start a wiki for a TV series, a videogame, or an open source project then Ibis is for you! You can register on an existing instance or install it on your own server. Then you can start editing on the topic of your choice, and connect to other Ibis instances for different topics. Federation ensures that articles get mirrored across many servers, and can be read even if the original instance goes down. Ibis is written in Rust and Webassembly, fully open source to make future enshittification impossible.

With this version Ibis can finally federate with other Fediverse platforms such as Lemmy (example) and others. If you notice any federation problems please open an issue. Note that Mastodon currently ignores activities sent by Ibis for unknown reasons. See the article for more details how federation works.

There are many improvements to signup and account management. Admins can configure OAuth so that users can login with existing accounts from other platforms. Email is also supported now, with a config option email_required to enable email verification for new users. Notifications can also be sent by email if desired. And there is an account settings page to change password and email.

When creating a new article, users can choose which instance it should reside on. Admins can remove articles, making the config option article_approval obsolete. Various other parts of the api were also changed. Additionally the code was split into different crates for faster development. There have also been many bug fixes and minor improvements.

If you are interested what a federated wiki can do, join and give it a try. You can register on ibis.wiki, open.ibis.wiki or other instances. You can also install Ibis on your own server. It is very lightweight and can easily run on an existing server alongside other software. This release includes an additional installation method using Docker. To discuss the project, report problems or get support use the following links:

Lemmy | Matrix | Github

Here is a (somewhat messy) list of all the changes in this version.

On mastodon, I'm starting to be followed by accounts I have no relationship with at all (a famous guy I doubt would ever follow me, a supposed magazine about a subject I never talked about and with a name not really related to the subject of their posts...).

Is this a trend? Is it a strategy to get people to follow them back so they have more followers? Is this the fediverse version of spam?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30017182

Any website that implements ActivityPub APIs properly can federate with other sites as part of the fediverse.

In the light of the above ☝️ statement and in the context of the given lemmy post, l am presenting three websites as an example :

https://zessa.in/

https://urthy.in/

https://1ness.in/

Can such websites be created and made to federate as a part of the fediverse ?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29836089

This update implements a lot more user requested features. The main one is the addition of the cross-post badge. The cross-post badge will show up whenever a post has been cross-posted elsewhere. Tapping the badge will show you the other places it was posted to.

This update also makes the bottom nav bar more stable, so hopefully it shouldn't jump around as much.

Please take a look below to see the full list of changes.

Full changelog

• Add option to filter posts by URL.
• Add setting to display inline images as links in private messages. Default: on.
• Add support to show a list of communities a post was cross-posted to.
• Add setting to toggle whether cross-post badges should be shown.
• Add setting to configure whether the app delays loading large datasets until the UI is settled. This was always on before. This just adds a setting to turn it off. Default: on.
• Fix a bug where some images fail to share.
• Fix more navigation bar issues.

I’ve noticed that most online spaces for witches and covens—like:

Mandragora Magika,

JaguarMoon Cyber Coven,

Inked Spirit Coven,

Missing Witches,

Lunar & Wild Coven,

Witchcraft Academy Coven (Patreon),

Reddit r/Wicca

Wiccan Whispers,

Various Discord/Facebook groups,

etc.

—are centralized or rely on closed platforms.

Even the more “community” oriented ones, such as WitchBook or PaganSquare, are siloed and not interoperable with each other.

Given the rise of the Fediverse and its ability to host decentralized, community-driven platforms (Mastodon for microblogging, Pleroma for lightweight social feeds, PixelFed for image sharing, Lemmy for Reddit, PeerTube for video, etc.), has anyone ever thought about potentially attempting a federated network specifically for witches, covens, and pagan practitioners?

Some possible use cases:

Federated coven “instances” where each group can moderate its own space but still connect with others
Resource sharing (spells, rituals, book clubs, event calendars) via ActivityPub
Privacy and inclusion features for marginalized practitioners
Integration with platforms like PixelFed for sharing altar photos, PeerTube for ritual videos, and Mastodon/Pleroma for discussions and announcements

Does anyone know of any ongoing projects like this, or have thoughts on how such a network could be structured?

What challenges do you foresee (moderation, privacy, drama, etc.), and what features would be most valuable to the witch/pagan community?

I’d love to try building or contributing to something like this, but unfortunately I lack the ability and energy.

Still, I think the idea is worth discussing.

Know Your Meme (KYM) is a long-established platform that documents and researches internet memes, viral videos, catchphrases, and more. It uses a hybrid model of community wiki-style contributions and professional editorial oversight, making it a rich historical archive of online culture. Originally part of Rocketboom in 2007, KYM was later acquired by Cheezburger Network (2011) and then Literally Media (2016). It's even recognized by the U.S. Library of Congress.

However, as comprehensive and useful as KYM is, it's still a centralized platform. That centralization limits control, transparency, and long-term resilience, especially when meme culture itself thrives in decentralized, community-driven spaces.

This got me thinking: has anyone ever considered a decentralized and federated alternative to KYM? Something built on the ActivityPub protocol (like Lemmy, Peertube, Mastodon, etc.), where communities could:

Document and archive memes in a federated, self-hosted way

Vote on or curate meme entries collaboratively

Link meme evolution across different cultural and regional instances

Provide transparency around edits, sourcing, and moderation

Preserve meme culture beyond the control of a single corporate entity

A federated “MemePedia” of sorts could better reflect the chaotic, democratic nature of meme creation and diffusion online.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the technical skill or time to build this myself, but I’d love to discuss the idea, see if anyone else has thought along similar lines, or maybe even hear about any existing initiatives.

What do you think?

Is this something worth attempting?

Feddit.org announced today that they are changing their rules to match German law despite their server not being hosted in Germany.

Feddit.org now bans

• The sentence "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"

• Comparing Israel to the Nazis

• Calls to end Zionism

• Calling for the dissolution of Israel

And much more. The full original post can be found here, or

• A news report:

  Berlin in mid-May [2024] around 6 o'clock in the morning. A loud, continuous "banging" against the apartment door wakes student Alina T. from her sleep. [...] When her husband opens the door, several LKA officers, two employees of the district office and the SEK "storm" past him into the apartment. Puzzled, he looks at the search warrant. [...] The background to this was a Facebook entry in the student's profile: "From the river [...]

• A legal treatise:

  In November 2023, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs also issued a prohibition order against Hamas.[60] According to the order, "the slogan 'From the River to the Sea' (in German or other languages)" is a distinguishing mark of Hamas[61]. [...] the current legal situation [regarding "Denial of Israel's right to exist"] is - contrary to what the statements of the Federal Ministry of Justice suggest[63] - anything but clear. Whether incitements to eliminate the State of Israel are prosecuted depends on the respective legal opinion and the prosecution will of the respective public prosecutor's office.

• Press release from the previous government:

  In this context, Section 111 StGB, which covers public incitement to commit crimes, may also be relevant. Incitement to extinguish Israel's existence by force may be punishable under this provision. The same applies to calls to publicly display the Hamas flag. If Hamas attacks are publicly cheered and celebrated, this may also be punishable. This means that people who cheer on Hamas's actions or publicly express their sympathy with the attacks may constitute the criminal offence of "approval of criminal acts" under Section 140 of the German Criminal Code (StGB).

• Another news report

  In connection with the controversial Palestine Congress in Berlin, the German authorities have also imposed an entry ban on former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. "In order to prevent antisemitic and anti-Israel propaganda at the event", several entry bans have been issued, the news agency AFP learned from security sources on Sunday. One of these concerned Varoufakis. (Notably, Varoufakis would have spoken about one-state solutions ...)

• Overview Germany in 2024 by Amnesty International

• Overview Germany in 2024 by Human Rights Watch

federal reverse (on behalf of the mods of !europe)

:::

I've been on the Fediverse for nearly 15 years now. I've seen platforms grow, change, and evolve, and I've taken inspiration from projects that have a lot of really good ideas.

This is a conceptual pitch / brain droppings on Postmodern, the Fediverse platform I hope to eventually build.

geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/12164533

via fedidb@mastodon.social :

🎉 Introducing Welcome, a new fediverse onboarding experience powered by #FediDB.

Give it a try, and spread the word ✨

Is there any way to achieve the same level of anonymity on the Fediverse as 4chan offers?

This is just a random idea I had, and I'm curious what others think.

Has anyone ever considered potentially attempting a federated, anonymous imageboard/message board—something in the spirit of 4chan, 8chan, or Plebchan, but using ActivityPub or another decentralized protocol?

What technical, social, or legal obstacles would need to be overcome?

Would federation (like ActivityPub or something custom) actually help, or would it just replicate the same problems at scale?

I know these platforms have reputations that turn people off (and often for good reason), but I still think there's value in the format—especially for niche or "grey zone" communities that often get booted from mainstream platforms.

Plebchan already shows that decentralization can work in this space. It’s serverless, adminless, and built on the Plebbit protocol, which itself is a decentralized, peer-to-peer social media protocol. Plebchan just acts as a frontend for Plebbit, which uses IPFS for data distribution.

I’d honestly love to try building something like this myself, but I don’t have the dev skills or the time.

Still, I wonder:

Has anyone tried federating something like Plebchan or building an ActivityPub-compatible client like it?

What challenges would something like this face, both technically and socially?

Would there be room for such a project in the Fediverse, or would it be rejected outright due to associations?

Genuinely curious to hear others' thoughts.

Plebchan: https://plebchan.org/

Plebchan Github: https://github.com/plebbit/plebchan

Plebbit: https://plebbit.com/

On another post, I shared a thought I've been having. Here's another one:

Would it be possible to create a platform for federated link share and discussion? That's one of the things I really miss - the possibility to discuss, with a group of like minded people, content I stumble upon on the internet.

The image is just another provocation, of course. ;-)

I've been seeing these "why not federated " popping up here from time to time, so i figured I could make two suggestions (a suggestion and a question, really) that have been popping up in my mind as well.

Let me ask the question first, in this post, and make the suggestion on another post, to keep the discussion clean:

Wouldn't it be better to have the fediverse be a server only (like mail, or usenet - as federated as can be) and then have clientes like mastodon, lemmy, whatever... be just clientes to that server?

The post would have fields like author, date and time, subject or title, text resume, text content, image, link, video, x, y, z, ... Then clientes would fetch whatever they are interested in (maybe mastodon would focus on author, date, image and text resume, pixelfed on image, peertube on video, lemmy on all of them... a blog would fetch the author, the date, the title, possibly text resume to use as lead, and text content and display that as a blog entry...

Information could, then, just flow via jason, xml (xmpp, why not)

Maybe I'm being naive here, but would very much like to understand why.

Of course the server would authenticate and distribute to other servers and to clientes what they ask for.

The image is a little provocation, of course ;-)

Just a random thought that I had: what if there were a federated, Open-source, lyrics platform—something open and community-driven, where users could submit, edit, and annotate song lyrics, similar to how Mastodon or PeerTube works for social and video content?

In theory, it could even offer an API that centralized music platforms (Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Qobuz, etc.) might choose to tap into. Think of it as a libre lyrics backend with federation support.

I’d absolutely love to see or even contribute to something like this, but I don’t currently have the skills or energy to pull it off myself. Has anyone explored this idea before?

(Random Thought That I had.)

Proposal:
Has anyone considered developing a federated, open-source alternative to platforms like:

Google Earth,

Magic Earth,

Google Maps,

Waze,

Here WeGo,

Sygic GPS,

OsmAnd,

etc.?

Imagine a decentralized platform where individuals and organizations can host, contribute, and share mapping, weather, navigation, geospatial data, etc. —fully in the spirit of the Fediverse.

Key Features Could Include:

• Decentralized hosting of map tiles, satellite imagery, and user-contributed data
• Federated sharing of points of interest, routes, and real-time traffic
• Privacy-focused navigation and offline capabilities
• Integration with existing open data sources (e.g., OpenStreetMap)
• Extensible with plugins for specialized uses (hiking, cycling, accessibility, etc.)

Why This Matters:
Current navigation and mapping platforms are largely centralized, raising concerns about privacy, data ownership, and censorship. A federated approach would empower communities, ensure data resilience, and foster innovation—much like Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, etc. have done for social media and video.

Personal Note:
I’d love to help build something like this, but I currently lack the time, expertise, and energy. Still, I wanted to float the idea and see if others in the Fediverse community are interested or already working on similar projects.

Open Questions for the Community:

• What technical hurdles would need to be addressed for federation (e.g., syncing map data, real-time updates)?
• Are there existing projects or protocols that could be extended for this purpose?

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/11177574

Medienwissenschaftler Martin Andrees Vortrag auf der Dreikönigstagung in Zürich zur Monopolstellung von GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple und Microsoft) und zu den Möglichkeiten die wir als Gesellschaft haben, etwas dagegen zu unternehmen.

I know world is not. I wanna make one but haven't rn.

🧮 Decentralization Scoring System (v1.0)

This scoring system evaluates how decentralized and self-hostable a platform is, based on four core metrics.

📊 Scoring Metrics (Total: 100 Points)

Top Provider User Share (30 points): Measures how many users are on the largest instance. Full points if <10%; 0 if >80%.
Top Provider Content Share (30 points): Measures how much content is hosted by the largest instance. Full points if <10%; 0 if >80%.
Ease of Self-Hosting: Server (20 points): Technical ease of running your own backend. Full points for Docker/simple setup with good docs.
Ease of Self-Hosting: User Interface (20 points): Availability and usability of clients. Full points for accessible, FOSS, multi-platform clients.

📋 Example Breakdown (Estimates)

📧 Email (2025)

• Top Provider User Share: Apple ≈ 53.67% → Score: 4.5/30
• Top Provider Content Share: Apple likely handles >50% of mail → Score: 4.5/30
• Self-Hosting: Server: Easy (Leverage email hosting services) → Score: 18/20
• Self-Hosting: Client: Easy (Thunderbird, K-9, etc.) → Score: 18/20

Total: 45/100

🐹 Lemmy (2025)

• Top Provider User Share: lemmy.world ≈ 37.17% → Score: 12/30
• Top Provider Content Share: lemmy.world likely hosts ~37% content → Score: 12/30
• Self-Hosting: Server: Easy (Docker, low resource) → Score: 18/20
• Self-Hosting: Client: Good FOSS apps, web UI → Score: 18/20

Total: 60/100

🐘 Mastodon (2025)

• Top Provider User Share: mastodon.social ≈ 42.7% → Score: 11/30
• Top Provider Content Share: mastodon.social ≈ 45–50% content → Score: 10/30
• Self-Hosting: Server: Docker setup, moderate difficulty → Score: 15/20
• Self-Hosting: Client: Strong ecosystem (Tusky, web, etc.) → Score: 19/20

Total: 55/100

🔵 Bluesky (2025)

• Top Provider User Share: bsky.social ≈ ~90%+ (very centralized) → Score: 0/30
• Top Provider Content Share: Nearly all content on bsky.social → Score: 0/30
• Self-Hosting: Server: PDS hosting possible but very niche → Score: 4/20
• Self-Hosting: Client: Mostly official client; some 3rd party → Score: 10/20

Total: 14/100

🟥 Reddit (2025)

• Top Provider User Share: Reddit ≈ 48.4% → Score: 0/30
• Top Provider Content Share: Reddit hosts a significant portion of user-generated content → Score: 0/30
• Self-Hosting: Server: Not self-hostable (proprietary platform) → Score: 0/20
• Self-Hosting: Client: Some unofficial clients available → Score: 3/20

Total: 3/100

How Scores are Calculated

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 How User/Content Share Scores Work

This measures how many users are on the largest provider (or instance).

• 100% (one provider): If one provider has all the users, it gets 0 points.
• No provider > 10%: If no provider has more than 10%, it gets full 30 points.
• Between 10% and 80%: Anything in between is scored on a linear scale.
• > 80%: If a provider has more than 80%, it gets 0 points.

📊 Formula:

Score = 30 × (1 - (TopProviderShare - 10%) / 70%)
…but only if TopProviderShare is between 10% and 80%.
If below 10%, full 30. If above 80%, zero.

📌 Example:

If one provider has 40% of all users:
→ Score = 30 × (1 - (40 - 10) / 70) = 30 × (1 - 0.43) = 17.1 points

🖥️ How Ease of Self-Hosting Scores Work

These scores measure how easy it is for individuals or communities to run their own servers or use clients.

This looks at how technically easy it is to run your own backend (e.g., email server, Mastodon server) or User Interface (e.g., web-interface or mobile-app)

• Very Easy: One-command Docker, low resources, great documentation → 18–20 points
• Moderate: Docker or manual setup, some config, active community support → 13–17 points
• Hard: Complex setup, needs regular updates or custom config (e.g. DNS, spam) → 6–12 points
• Very Hard or Proprietary: Little to no self-hosting support, undocumented → 0–5 points

PS.

This is Version 1.0 so there are likely flaws and mistakes in it, feel free to help create the best version we can I've put it on https://github.com/NoBadDays/decentralization-score

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28252147

Fedicast / Podcast: https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/dansup-pixelfed-loops-sup-etc

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28241019

working on peertube recommendation algorithm has made me realize that we should be collecting our own data.

my program that monitors peertube watching habit and stores it locally and should track YouTube watching habit just so that data can be used in a recommendation algorithm. it would be a good idea for fediverse if there were programs that monitors and stores the data locally for the fediverse and corporate counterpart.

the reason why I would track youtube data was to get the titles of the video