Jelv 🎴 @Jelv@mastodon.social

BookWyrm is a federated social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.

Follow this account for development news and more!

Code: https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm
Docs: https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com/
List of instances: https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances/

Some Fediverse alternatives to "big tech" social media:

Twitter ➡️ @Mastodon

Instagram ➡️ @pixelfed

YouTube ➡️ @peertube

Twitch ➡️ @owncast

Goodreads ➡️ @bookwyrm

Facebook Groups ➡️ @mobilizon

Medium ➡️ @writefreely

You don't need an account on all of these in order to interact with them.

Because they all use the ActivityPub open protocol, you can (for example) use a Mastodon account to follow someone on PixelFed or vice versa. That's why they are collectively known as the Fediverse, because they federate together at a technical level.

Also, this is an incomplete list, there are many other Fedi projects out there such as @funkwhale or @inventaire that are not direct alternatives but are their own thing.

#FediTips #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub

Anyone know a Masto instance for gardeners? It might be the gateway for my wife to get off FB. #ask #garden

EU folks, the latest @EU_Commission proposal for scanning private communications and undermining end-to-end encryption is an extreme threat to privacy.

It threatens the right to meaningful encryption and would force your communications to be subject to scanning and classification by AI outside of your control. Truly dystopian shit.

This won't become law without the EU parliament's assent, so please follow this closely and speak up. See EDRI's analysis here:

https://edri.org/our-work/private-and-secure-communications-put-at-risk-by-european-commissions-latest-proposal/

Kort stukje in de Volkskrant over Mastodon https://www.volkskrant.nl/beter-leven/op-mastodon-een-alternatief-voor-twitter-is-de-sfeer-nog-ouderwets-gemoedelijk~b3c9d0de/

#feditips

Spritely and Federation Futures https://conf.tube/videos/watch/18aa2f92-36cc-4424-9a4f-6f2de946fbd2

How can I improve the https://fediverse.info people directory?

I have a few ideas:

- Allow registration via statuses that contain hashtag topics so you don't need to pollute your bio

- User avatars (held off on this as it would require moderation)

- Topic intersection (group results by multiple topics)

- Filter by instance/domain

- Use localStorage to keep track of profiles you seen to show fresher results

Any more? Boosts appreciated! #fediverseInfo #activitypub

Is there any interest in an official Pixelfed hosting service?

Pay as low as $5/month for your own instance with an export feature to easily migrate your data to your own server down the road if you choose.

This could help fund development and our other initiatives like https://fediverse.info!

#pixelfed #fediverse #selfHost #askFedi

📣 A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#43 Foundation News
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/05/twig-43/

#GNOME #TWIG

And we also have ​ ​ thanks to @nanda for the suggestion!

RT @bnrpolitiek@twitter.com

🔶We hebben weer een politieke podcast voor jullie gemaakt. Hij staat hier voor je klaar https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/newsroomdenhaag/10476123/goede-gesprekken-en-grote-teleurstellingen

Goede gesprekken en grote teleurstellingen

@sophievleeuwen@twitter.com, @LeendertBeekman@twitter.com en @marksremarks@twitter.com doen hun uiterste best om opgewekt af te sluiten. Zou het ze lukken?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/bnrpolitiek/status/1525070697327906817

🌌 Periodic #fediworld overview

🚄 https://rail.chat - discussions about long-distance, passenger and freight #rail networks, for economic, environmental and equity benefits

⛺ https://krems.social - Krems, #Austria

🎨 https://mensmaaktmooi.nl - community for creative thinkers with unconventional mindset who make beautiful things (#Dutch)

Back on @pinafore after briefly switching back to Mastodon (web) app. Pinafore just has a better UI.

@aral I wish there was a lightweight Mastodon server that was specifically geared to single person instances.

Do you know of one?
#mastoHelp

By the way: At EDRi we're hiring a communications and media person #jobs

https://edri.org/take-action/careers/edri-is-looking-for-a-communications-and-media-officer-permanent-position/

Plume 0.7.2 is out

Changes for timelines, fix for federation and internal improvements

https://fediverse.blog/~/PlumeDev/Plume%200.7.2%20is%20out/

We're Hiring! 🎉

Join the Bitwarden team as Product Manager, Developer Experience! https://bitwarden.com/careers/4920556003/

"As Product Manager, Platform and Community at Bitwarden, you will lead prioritization efforts in a wide array of areas, including improvements to platform architecture, supporting internal operations, and enabling community contributors." 💪

#FOSSjobs #jobsearch