PSA: Lemmy votes can be manipulated
The best part of the fediverse is that anyone can run their own server. The downside of this is that anyone can easily create hordes of fake accounts, as I will now demonstrate....
This still baffles me, but I guess it's good for federation? ( i.imgflip.com )
Context: sh.itjust.works/comment/2181865
Lemmy's active users are up again for the first time since the exodus ( lemmy.ml )
from lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
Swiss Federal government starts pilot test on Mastodon ( i.imgur.com )
cross-posted from: feddit.ch/post/1019586...
Well looks like a Lemmy comment is making the rounds on Mastodon! ( nerdica.net ) en-gb
nerdica.net/photos/masimatutu/…...
There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) ( lemmy.fediverse.observer )
It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping....
A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" ( privacy.thenexus.today )
When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon"....
New wave of Mastodon users thanks to Elon Musk floating around the idea of charging everyone for Twitter ( media.tech.lgbt )
Lemmy.world down, probably following the upgrade. A reminder to move to smaller instances for a better experience ( lemmy-status.org )
The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net ( fedipact.veganism.social )
Made by Nume MacAroon at Veganism.social veganism.social/@nm
How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move ( www.wired.com )
Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here’s what @dansup, the author of @pixelfed, says:...
Has anyone defederated your instance? Introducing Defederation Investigator ( defed.xyz )
cross-posted from: lemmy.basedcount.com/post/113726...
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Edit: they published some transphobic shit: thepinknews.com/…/ilga-europe-transphobia-uk-bbc/
Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search ( wedistribute.org )
It’s hard not to overstate how much of a big deal it is that Mastodon is adopting this kind of search functionality. Mastodon still makes up a vast portion of the Fediverse....
Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse ( wedistribute.org )
This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Meta is moving forward with their plans for Theads and the Fediverse, and their adjusted terms reflect a new impending reality for Fediverse users.
PSA: Lemmy.world has been compromised! (Edit: Multiple Instances are down)
FYI!!! In case you start getting re-directed to porn sites....
The funny thing about these DDos attacks on Lemmy World is that the hackers seem to forget that other instances exist.
If they’re trying to attack all of Lemmy, or the whole Fediverse, they’re doing it wrong. lol...
Lemmy.world is down because of a DDOS attack ( lemmy-world.statuspage.io )
Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago ( www.techspot.com )
The creator of Pixelfed announced an upcoming encrypted messenger for the fediverse that will work across the fediverse ( mastodon.social )
URL seems to be wrong … here’s the correct URL...
Dethroning lemmy.ml, lemm.ee rises as the second most active instance ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3804525...
GitLab plans support for ActivityPub ( gitlab.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3802741...
Idea: fediverse of ecommerce. Time to dethrone amazon and ebay. What do you think?
Buying from an alternative ecommerce site usually sucks: you have to register for every website, enter your address, payment information and other information, they may leak data or store it improperly, you may not know the reputation of the website or business, you can’t easily compare products with other vendors and more....
Faircamp is a Free Bandcamp Alternative ( wedistribute.org )
There’s a really cool open source alternative to Bandcamp that just came out. With some questions raised about Bandcamp’s future, some musicians in the Fediverse are leaning into the new platform as a different approach to selling their music....
Pixelfed is adding Groups, similar to communities, which will federate with Lemmy, Kbin, and Mastodon ( lemmy.ca )
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/3715524...
