severak
3.8.2023 13:50:53
Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn’t - Erin Kissane's small internet website
After my last long post, I got into some frustrating conversations, among them one in which an open-source guy repeatedly scoffed at the idea of
severak
14.7.2023 16:59:56
Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy
from https://thenewstack.io/threads-adopting-activitypub-makes-sense-but-wont-be-easy/
severak
13.7.2023 10:21:11
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.
severak
11.7.2023 15:08:16
You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon
Those of you not plugged into the Mastodon community may not be aware of the predominant reaction to Instagram Threads. This started when it was merely rumored, reaching a crescendo with reports that...
severak
11.7.2023 14:46:13
Threads and the Social/Communications Map
Understanding Threads and its threat to Twitter means understanding the current landscape of social media.
severak
14.12.2022 10:13:10
How to buy a social network, with Tumblr CEO Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg explains the myriad challenges now being faced by Elon Musk.
severak
16.11.2022 12:35:29
Mastodon on your own domain without hosting a server
Like many in the past week, I have been having a serious look at Mastodon as an alternative to Twitter.
severak
11.11.2022 19:41:21
Towards a Greater Federated Architecture
Ideas about how to tackle the biggest problems in the fediverse.
severak
11.11.2022 18:35:35
Back to the Future with RSS!
How to save the open web, & get (re)started with RSS
severak
11.11.2022 17:29:12
ActivityPub hot take
Most use cases of ActivityPub would be better off as Atom or RSS feeds.
severak
7.4.2022 12:56:16
A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden
Maggie's digital garden filled with visual essays on programming, design, and anthropology
severak
13.7.2020 11:22:22
from https://kyselo-beta.svita.cz/pub/46/2a/18/462a187f7eab2291cd97e2087e58ebec.png
severak
27.3.2019 09:38:45
The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present
severak
11.7.2018 21:10:50
How to implement a basic ActivityPub server
Today we’ll be looking at how to connect the protocols powering Mastodon in the simplest way possible to enter the federated network. We will use static files, standard command-line tools, and some simple Ruby scripting, although the functionality should be easily adaptable to other programming languages. First, what’s the end goal of this exercise? We want to send a Mastodon user a message from our own, non-Mastodon server. So what are the ingredients required?
severak
9.7.2018 21:32:39
One Mammoth of a Job: An Interview with Eugen Rochko of Mastodon
Mastodon’s creator sheds light on maintaining one of the most popular projects in the fediverse
severak
31.5.2018 10:29:35
Promise Theory: the ethics of algorithmic news feeds and chronological timelines
The algorithmic news feed is the source of misinformation, addiction, and filter bubbles.
severak
29.1.2018 12:07:34
soup.io
soup.io provides the most diverse feed on the internet for me. from shitposts to normie stuff over political opinions in all variations and memes in all variations to porn in all variations, ... anything is here and it's fucking glorious! i don't know how big this community really is but there's always enough content to browse here for hours every day - especially in the friends-of-friends feed and if the spam would go away of course in /everyone. over the time i've seen a few people pointing out how this site provides a one of a kind experience, since nobody can recommend an honest alternative - which is always asked for, when the site went down again. i really want soup.io to continue and fix its bugs (from failed youtube embedding to internal server errors and whatnot) but from the looks of it the soup•up model didn't quite work. my guess is, because the paying options are pretty limited. personally, i'm already patron to many projects and content creators but therefore almost everybody gets only 1€ per month, which sadly isn't an option for soup. a one time 200€ donation is out of the question and in general i am skeptical of the efficiency of one-time-donations anyway. why not simply go on patreon and let people pay what they want and can afford? there surely must be a lot of people who are willing to throw in a buck or two, like me? or if there's any problem with that site in particular, just adapt the soup•up model to include more paying options? i don't know but i fear the day soup.io goes offline and never on again ;_; @kitchen @updates @elpollodiablo
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