I recently asked for some PeerTube recommendation and it made me realize how disjointed the URL system can seem to the median, not technically-inclined, not-motivated, user.

The first user UX issue was the link to the lemmy.wtf post. You get transported to the lemmy.wtf webUI client, so you're not logged in and the interface is different (arguably a median user would expect to view the post via their own instance/platform, piefed.social in my case).

But then we have the issue of PeerTube channel links in the lemmy.wtf post. I wanted to check out the Open Source_gaming channel which is referenced via the following URL:

https://peertube.wtf/c/opensource_gaming@video.hardlimit.com

My peertube instance/WebUI client is Spectra Video, so again you encounter another UX issue.

To add to that, if you paste the URL verbatim (major UX issue in of itself for the median user) into the Specra Video webUI, you won't actually find the opensource_gaming channel:

You would need to use the following search prompt in the Spectra Video webUI:

opensource_gaming@video.hardlimit.com

The upcoming version of Piefed actually addresses this issue on the Threadi side.

For logged in users, Piefed 1.4 will turn the following URL:

https://lemmy.world/post/39832275

into

https://piefed.social/c/news/p/1544770/national-parks-ordered-to-check-gift-shops-for-dei-type-items

This issue is unresolved in Lemmy, but the Lemmy brand is permanently tainted among users who are looking for alternatives to American oligarchic technology services. The low moral standards of the Lemmy devs' (support for the brutal North Korean regime, promotion of russian propaganda narratives that they know are false) is a massive turn off for the exact target market of the Fediverse. It's a fact that many Europeans looking for alternatives instinctively recognize the demagoguery of the Lemmy devs and their fans.

But even with Piefed 1.4, the PeerTube linking UX (same for Mastodon and I am assuming Pixelfed, Loops and other Fedi services) is a nightmare for the median user.

What would be helpful is to have a system where the first time a user encounters a Fedi link, they would be prompted to select their instance for a given Fedi service.

So clicking on a peertube.wtf (terrible name if their goal is to go beyond a "niche within a niche" userbase) for the first time when logged in would give you a notice similar to:

Enjoy a user focused video platform! Sign up | Login into Peertube

There are clearly some UX issues with this, but I still think it would be better than the current system.

Would would be even better is if some of the major Fedi instances in a given service could somehow automate the discovery of existing user accounts for other Fedi services.

This would either need to be done in a whitelist only manner (i.e. discovery only works between say piefed.social (or piefed.world) and mastodon.social and/or some sort of client side system, if that's even possible. You don't want sketchy instances or spammers to be able to poll all of a user's accounts across Fedi services.

I am assuming this is a client-side issue and it cannot be solved at the protocol level (ActivityPub), but in a way this makes it easier to experiment as Fedi clients can try out things without modifying the ActivityPub protocol.

Just wanted to share my thoughts. If one wants Fedi to become a viable alternative to corrupt American monopolists, then you must look at the UX from perspective and expectations of a median user.

This version features a redesigned video player, an improved experience for importing videos and the ability to share channel management with other accounts!

Check out the link for full details

If you are hosting an instance, see the migration notes: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.0.0

Given the US recently made a bid to fast-track multiple censorship bills, KOSA included, and is also trying to kill Section 230 now, which will pose an existential threat to Fediverse instances hosted over the clearnet, how feasible would it be to host said instances over Tor/I2P?

his week's #fediverse news

• Peertube releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions
• Bonfire reaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people
• PieFed continues to improve, with an upcoming question-answer mode and better handling of links

In the monthly server updates for lemmy.zip/piefed.zip there's a mantra that's repeated every month. I think it's wonderful and can be applied to the Fediverse as a whole.

If you’re new here - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here :)

Just one small teeny-tiny request. The greatest gift you can give the Fediverse (Original: Lemmy.zip and Piefed.zip) isn’t money, praise, or interpretive dance (although we would absolutely accept the last one). Its participation.

Upvote the things you like. Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about whether water is wet or merely makes things wet. Make new communities if you don’t see one that fits your oddly specific niche obsession.
(We don’t judge. Well, we try not to judge anyway.)

The fediverse naturally ebbs and flows, tides of people come and go. But if you’ve found yourself oddly attached to this strange little corner of the internet? Wonderful. Help it breathe. Help it grow. Help it be just a tiny bit weirder in the best possible way.

So if you’ve gone to the effort of clicking Sign Up and proving you’re not a robot (unless you are, in which case hello and welcome to our new AI overlords), then please, I beg of you:

Stick around. Add your voice. It really does make this place better.

Original post by @Demigodrick@lemmy.zip

The European Commission put a 120M EUR fine on X for DSA violations. But as the European politicians cannot get themselves to leave the platform, it shows the issues with how they understand how power works on social platforms.

I have seen some critical views on Nostr as a part of decentralized network discussions, but most seem to be focused on culture not function.

What are the functional / protocol differences that make you prefer ActivityPub over Nostr?

Do they have any rule that says you need a minimum number of users on a site to fall under the law?

If servers of someinstance.co.au fine if they move to hosting in Finland?

It just feels like a nightmare.

Hello, I am a person who has only used thread based "social media" their whole life. I never liked platforms such as twitter and instagram and preferred aggregators like reddit, and nowadays, lemmy.

I tried joining twitter once, failed, closed my account and went back to reddit. Same with instagram. Kind of glad that I did not use them.

I recently created an instagram account because my friends use it's messaging feature. And because my generation uses instagram handles like phone numbers of old (i am 20).

I really want an active mastodon account. There are really cool people there and there are some thoughts I can't express with the "forum format".

I mostly repost cool stuff I see, but even after joining a reasonable amount of discourse, and trying not to look like a bot, I am yet to get a workable amount of social circle. Whereas I easily fit into places like lemmy.

what am i doing wrong

edit: Just realized the title looks like a "I wanna be famous" post. It really is not

My profile: https://toot.community/@yogurtwrong

A Fediverse Enhancement Proposal (FEP) is a document that provides information to the Fediverse community. The goal of a FEP is to improve interoperability and well-being of diverse services, applications and communities that form the Fediverse.

The FEP Process is an initiative of the SocialHub developer community, a liaison of the W3C Social Web Incubator Community Group.

Discovered this today. If you're on the developer side of things or are interested in how the Fediverse / ActivityPub is being built and enhanced, take a look at this codeberg repo.

Wafrn, a tumblr inspired federated social media that connects with fedi, lemmy and bluesky (optional)

Join an open wafrn instance in https://join.wafrn.net/

@fediverse

I noticed Bonfire is getting a lot of positive attention lately, and I wanted to try it out. They don't have a directory of instances yet. Do you have any instances that you recommend.

I tried updating, checking spam, resending, nothing ever sends me the email (using keemail.me (tutanota)).

1. What is an Antenna?
2. Can I myself create a Warning to post at my profile?
3. Can only the channels creators post on them? Because for what I een, others can comment on them.
4. What is a play?
5. What is a page?
6. What is a Clip?
7. Is there something alike tags to posts? I liked that on tumblr.

Holos is a new project to run an ActivityPub server on your mobile phone, more on Thread's user statistics, and an interview with Mastodon's creator Eugen Rochko.

Been reading some docs and felt like drawing to get a better picture.

Some things to note:

• Parenthesis indicate bridges
• Fed Bridgy and Mostr appear twice because I don't know if they allow cross-communication
• One-way arrows (→) indicate one-way communication, and two-ways arrows (⇄) indicate the two sides can talk with each other
• Threads to/from Facebook and Instagram communication appears with an interrogation mark because the information I could find didn't feel conclusive and I don't have an account to test myself
• Maybe I missed some bridges and protocols, but that'd be more of a lack of knowing; also intentionally ignored X/Twitter > Nitter > RSS > ActicityPub bridges because it felt too much of a stretch.

This survey was created so the Nostr community can better understand itself and help advance the Nostr protocol and ecosystem.

The Fediverse is the network and NOSTR is one of its protocols.

I've heard that lemmy and mastodon instances can be federated so that they can be accessed from each other, but i'm not sure how to use that to access mastodon instances from lemmy. I've tried doing research and found ways to access lemmy instances from mastodon but not the other way. Any help would be appreciated.