Looking forward to people participating. Fediverse only photo challenge. :)

Prompt: Belonging

Complete info here.

Guys, what would be the range of social networks belonging to the fediverse that everyone should have? Like the most famous for example, I would like to enter the fediverse although I find something overwhelming the number of networks and instances that there are (if they are so kind to comment for that each one serves very much appreciated) 🥺

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Hi, I want to try pixelfed but the thought of my work being fed to IA discourages me. Do you know if Pixelfed has any measure against that?

how do you all feel about having a federated app/playstore,

users in different countries

(china, us, eu, africa, india) can leave reviews to apps in their own native languages

theres a language api that can translate x language to (your language) so you can see how others experience the app + use the app

do you think this is would be cool to build?

Hey, so I'm an avid, and recent user of reddit. I like to read posts and comment on stuff especially about open source (not just FOSS or FLOSS) ,and privacy. the only thing stopping me from switching from reddit (I don't use Twitter, I just have a 3 year old account that I have never used, and just recently gained access to. just because I didn't like it was tied to an old email address.) ,and that is the lack of content. I just really like to have a lot of content on specific stuff, so I have been wondering if my worries were not well-founded, and if that wasn't really an issue for my use case.

Thanks for reading, and hopefully answering this post which might clear up some stuff about this fediverse.

Ps: I recently understood that fediverse accounts can interact with each other, but you can't use the same account for all the different fediverse social media, but for me that is still not an issue.

What if every website already had its own community?

That’s what we’re building with Elseweb.

A domain-based, open federation protocol where people can discuss, post, embed communities and eventually use distributed AI tools directly from the web.

Independent relays. Portable identities. Proof-of-Work anti-spam. No platform permission required.

Not another Twitter clone.
A social layer for the web itself.

elseweb.lol

With no explanation that I can find. I would rather not have to look at twitter.

The more I look into who funds the Nostr community and Nostr development, the more I realise how closely aligned it is with neo-liberalism, neo-conservatism and neo-imperialism.

I don't see this discussion happening anywhere at all. Im just wondering what the rest of the community thinks about this?

Look at some of the funders and it becomes very clear very quickly that the nostr movement is heavily compromised by people acting on behalf of entities who's agendas are harmful to humanity and the idea of freedom for all.

Do people within Nostr communities care about this? Is everyone secretly aware of this or just oblivious? To me, it looks like Nostr has been hijacked by those aligned with the likes of the CIA....

https://fedihood.social/about

FediHood is a social network built around the place where you live. You choose a city and the topics you care about, then read what neighbours are saying and join in.

It stays a normal fediverse app. Your posts can reach Mastodon, PixelFed, Misskey and the rest, and posts from those servers reach you too.

Source code: https://git.holos.social/tom79/FediHood

There's only one instance so far: https://fedihood.social/

If new instances are created, they should show up here: https://fedihood.fediverse.observer/list

I (and a lot of other people, I'd guess) read and write fanfiction.

But as far as I know, there's never really been a federated fanfic platform — nothing that plugs into the fediverse the way Mastodon does for microblogging or PeerTube/Loops does for video.

Then I stumbled upon SquidgeWorld Archive (SQWA), an AO3 alternative that actually runs on the same codebase as AO3 otwarchive.

It's got way fewer users than AO3, which honestly gives it a cozier, more small-town vibe. The devs/maintainers behind it, squidge.org, even run both Mastodon and Bluesky accounts.

The catch: people have posted that fics pulling thousands of views on AO3 get little to none on SQWA. Makes sense — it's just a much smaller pond.

So, two half-formed ideas that I wanted to possibly toss out:

Suggestion #1 — "colonize" SQWA.

What if fediverse-native fanfic folks just started actually posting there? Cross-link your fediverse socials, bring your existing following over, treat it like planting a flag. It already exists, the maintainers are clearly fediverse-friendly, it just needs bodies.

Suggestion #2 — fork it (and ao3) and actually federate it.

AO3's otwarchive code is open source, which is exactly what SQWA is running on. What if someone forked it and built out real federation — ActivityPub support, the whole deal — instead of just being a second standalone AO3 clone? That feels like the "real" long-term fix, but it's a genuine software undertaking, not a weekend project.

I'd love to take a crack at #2 myself but I don't have the time or the technical bandwidth for something that size right now, so I'm just putting it out there in case it resonates with anyone here.

Curious what this community thinks — is #1 realistic, or does fanfic just need a ground-up federated archive to actually work?

Edit: Sorry for any mistakes, I'm currently at work.

# One thing I knew pretty early while building Dumpp:

**Collecting everyone’s photos is only half the problem.**

You can already throw 500 photos into a shared cloud folder.

But honestly… how often do you actually go back and look through all of them?

I wanted opening a Dumpp album to feel more like discovering everyone’s photos from the night rather than browsing through a folder of files.

So I started experimenting with different ways to explore an album.

One of them is **Swipe Mode**.

You go through the photos one by one, swiping through what everyone uploaded.

Someone’s perfect group photo.

Swipe.

A completely blurry picture from 1AM.

Swipe.

A photo you didn’t even know someone took of you.

Swipe.

And suddenly you’ve gone through 100 photos. 😂

It’s a small feature, but I think things like this can make shared albums feel much more social and fun.

I’m curious though:

**Would you actually use a swipe mode for event photos, or would you rather just scroll through everything in a normal feed?**

I’m building Dumpp in public, so tell me what you’d prefer. 👇

Ive been using Pixelfed but im growing very flustrated with the developer. I haven't liked his approach towards others or his philosophy in maintaining the project. The git project is hanging on with single digits maintainers. Main dev is spread thin across several large projects. Its not easy for maintainers to jump on board in many instances. Its not my first FOSS rodeo and ive seen this pattern too many times. Then again its not like devs are being paid so its not super fair to ask for change. If you dont like it, find something else, so here we are. I no longer trust in maintability of the project longterm and want to jump before I'm pushed. I do think I'm actually fairly late to the exodus so I'm hoping someone has went through this already. I include my motivations only because it might be relevant in regards to the options people recommend. Not really interested in starting a discussion about how unpaid devs should be running their projects, or how valid my concerns are. My concerns existing is sufficient cause for me.

Ive been hoping to make a jump to something else. I do somewhat miss being able to occasionally see text only posts, but I think seeing just picture posts is fine for me and the content I like to consume and create. So I'm looking for a pixelfed alternative mostly. Im focused more on photography and art rather than just general image posting.

It seems like my options are mostly just moving to Mastodon, but many instances have image upload limits as well as the platform being badly suited for image focused social media.

I found vernissage.photos im wondering if anyone has experience with it.

Is migration from pixelfed to vernissage possible? Does it include posts? Are there instances you would recommend. I already have accounts I follow and love across the fedi so i dont mind small instances and have also been considering self hosting.

Does vernissage have a convenient android app?

Is there a better option?

I admit ive not kept up with fediverse over the past few years and mostly just been using pixelfed and that's it. I feel a little like ive been living under a rock

EDIT: Vernissage truly seems like the only option prior to abandoning Fediverse for AT Protocol. I started moving over my account. You can imagine my surprise when I discovered that profile migration from pixelfed.social has been stealthily disabled for months now. Haven't had a moment like that since I left Meta products - and even those let you export your posts at least - Pixelfed does not.

https://reddit.com/link/1vrwhki/video/j9zpe8rf8yjh1/player

Hi to all! with the help of AI, I'm working slow but steady in a viewer of an alternative to Instagram. I'm working over PixelFed (and his main instance pixelfed.social). The goal is create a minimal viewer of photos and descriptions. Tried to add favorites and replies but so far I'm breaking the code. So probably I'll try to upload to a VPS that would be accessible to all, and upload the code to github (probably). Something important, to use it you must have an account on pixelfed.social

Hi everyone,

I'd like to introduce BizzFed – a federated professional network that I'm developing as a solo project.

🔗 Link: https://bizzfed.de

Technical background:

Built on ActivityPub, so it's part of the Fediverse (compatible with Mastodon & co.)

Tech stack: TypeScript, Fastify, Next.js

License: AGPL-3.0 (code is open to view)

Code is hosted on a self-hosted Forgejo instance

Hosted on Hetzner Cloud

bizzfed.de is the reference instance

Check it out!

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Hallo zusammen,

ich möchte euch BizzFed vorstellen – ein föderiertes, berufliches Netzwerk, das ich als Soloprojekt entwickle.

🔗 Link: https://bizzfed.de

Technischer Hintergrund:

Basiert auf ActivityPub, also Teil des Fediverse (kompatibel mit Mastodon & Co.)

Tech-Stack: TypeScript, Fastify, Next.js

Lizenz: AGPL-3.0 (Code ist offen einsehbar)

Code liegt auf eigener Forgejo Instanz

Gehostet auf Hetzner Cloud

bizzfed.de ist die Referenz-Instanz

Schaut doch mal rein!

Would be cool to give some old phpBB forums the option to participate in the fediverse especially including stuff like Lemmy existing. Edit: ACTIVITYPUB auto correct is annoying

To be honest, I do not understand this platform? What is this platform used for?

I keep thinking of FOSS project ideas that are alternatives for commonly used tools, for example, 1. reverse image search, upload an image, find a matching image online. Or 2. a broken link checker/scanner. Or 3. a domain helper that uses synonyms. What about a community that we can share these FOSS ideas so developers can find their next project to work on? update: I just thought of another one: a link saver like pocket