There’s a major convergence of OAuth/OIDC support across #fediverse applications, #Matrix is going all-in on it as its root default, and other social web protocols are tagging along as well.
Like the separation of church and state, it seems prudent to keep the management of our digital identities separate from our social network servers.
Domain-based OIDC accounts, especially when self-hosted, serve the function of a minimum-viable #nomadicidentity
Element has a new home and will be adopting AGPL license for Synapse, Dendrite and associated server side projects.
"Future code contributors to Synapse will need to sign a contributor license agreement (CLA) based on the Apache Software Foundation’s CLA, giving Element ownership of their contribution so we can use it to help fund Matrix core development in future."
I generally make a first pass at #fedi folks when looking to make a referral, and the individual profile pages are great contact points to send folks looking for someone in a particular jurisdiction/practice.
If you haven't already added yourself or claimed a profile, feel free to do so. I've worked through the backlog of applications and will get to new ones quickly.
And hey, while we're at it #lawfedi, come chat with us on #matrix -- which will give you some serious IRC vibes, if you are an old internet "netizen" (gag) like me.
We have a good group of ~30 folks, always looking for more #law and #legal adjacent voices.
Let me know if you need help getting connected. I promise the day to day use of Matrix is more seamless than the onboarding (it is not unlike #Mastodon in that respect).
We clearly need a #Fediverse#Discord alternative. Please don’t say #Matrix because clearly the clients are not cutting it. I see constant devs and tech companies using discord, even Fossbros . Clearly something is missing
I'm a bit sad. I've tried to bring people over to #Mastodon with what are good arguments to ME: #NSFW content creators will eventually be shadowbanned or booted off a platform as soon as there is advertisers or payment processors demanding it. For marginalised people, Mastodon has powerful tools to stay safe.
But most people I talk to do acknowledge that and then go on to stay on #Twitter or sign up for #Bluesky.
But I understand the discoverability issues, it's Mastodon's greatest weakness IMO.
@nggalai@AimeeMaroux I don't really agree with either or arguments. I would have stayed on #Twitter if they hadn't kicked me off - for using a VPN too often I can only guess.
And I'd happily try #bluesky - if someone offered me an invite - but i wouldn't leave here, unless I no longer liked it here. I use #Matrix and #telegram too.
Diversity is good. Everyone should be everywhere they have the time to be. After all that's how we use our offline time.
Is there not a functional #android app for #matrix that does not completely suck? #Element hangs a lot before it updates chats at all, same for #SchildiChat but not as long and not as frequent. #FluffyChat is over simplified and doesn't seem to have a way to have unread chats be on top, nor is there any jump to last read spot. Other clients don't have spaces, so they are already eliminated. Is there no other option? #matrixchat
Doch für moderne Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp, iMessage oder Signal fehlte bislang ein vergleichbarer offener Standard.
Das ist natürlich Blödsinn. Es gibt schon lange offene Standards wie zb #xmpp oder moderner auch #Matrix. Die haben sich nur nicht durchgesetzt, hauptsächlich weil die Firmen, die jetzt wieder mal einen neuen Standard durchsetzen möchten, die boykottiert haben.
So I’m in the process of moving my discord server over to matrix. I rented a VPS with 2 cores/2gb of ram for this. What I’m having issues with is media store and federation. I believe I have the media_store configured corrected as I can post images in my own channels, however I get Error 500 while attempting to upload a...
That’s very normal regarding the crash trying to join #matrix:matrix.org. You need much higher specs and need to be using Postgres database, MySQL probably won’t handle it.
Can you post a sanitized version of your homeserver.yaml so we can take a look at your config?
It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized....
I’m probably paralysed a bit due to my main XMPP server being (someone else’s) small instance that’s not very maintained (can’t blame them) and every time I log in I’m literally greeted with hundreds (thousands?) of spam invites and messages.
I should probably migrate to a more active server. Happy to pay/donate for it too.
(I moved my family to #Matrix, but would prefer #Jabber, esp. if self-hosting was easy enough for my weak-ass admin skills.)
Years ago, I installed my own #Mastodon server out of sheer technical curiosity. I abandoned it as soon as I found out it worked. Later, I became a #Twitter consumer, and the #Musk buyout made me create a second Mastodon account. Now there's a #redditmigration, and I found out that you can follow and interact with #Lemmy posts from within my Mastodon app. I find this incredible and love the #Fediverse!
Now I am curious whether #Matrix and #Nextcloud could similarly be integrated.
Vor zwei Jahren wollte Twitter in das „Dezentrale Netzwerke“-Business einsteigen und gründete eigens dafür das Projekt Bluesky. In den folgenden zwei Jahren wurde viel evaluiert und diskutiert, was wohl die beste Lösung für Twitter sei und wir alle fieberten mit ob es nun ActivityPub oder doch Matrix werden würde…
Das AT Protocol, kurz für Authenticated Transfer Protocol!
Ich hab mir die FAQ mal angeschaut und dort steht warum Bluesky sich gegen ActivityPub entschieden hat:
Account portability is the major reason why we chose to build a separate protocol. We consider portability to be crucial because it protects users from sudden bans, server shutdowns, and policy disagreements. Our solution for portability requires both signed data repositories and DIDs, neither of which are easy to retrofit into ActivityPub. The migration tools for ActivityPub are comparatively limited; they require the original server to provide a redirect and cannot migrate the user’s previous data.
Das erinnert mich ein bisschen an die Subline von meinem OpenWeb-Icons Font:
Why OpenWeb Icons? Because Font Awesome had no RSS-icon […]
Weil ActivityPub keine perfekte Lösung für „Account portability“ hat, bauen sie ein komplett neues Protokoll?
ActivityPub ist sicherlich nicht „feature complete“, aber ein guter erster Wurf, was das Fediverse erfolgreich bewiesen hat! Warum arbeitet Twitter also lieber an einem eigen Format anstatt mit dem W3C zusammen an ActivityPub v2?
Warum macht sich das W3C überhaupt noch die Mühe „Standards“ zu definieren?
Wegen der Interoperabilität!
Würde Twitter mit HTTP(S), HTML oder CSS ähnlich umgehen, würde der Browser einfach leer bleiben, weil das &$%§& Internet nur mit einheitlichen Standards funktioniert!
Und das gleiche gilt auch für dezentralte Netze, zumindest wenn sie erfolgreich sein wollen! Darüber hab ich tragischerweise schon vor 10 Jahren geschrieben!
Diaspora* wurde kaum für „tot“ erklärt und schon steht das nächste Projekt in den Startlöchern! Tent.io soll ein protocol for distributed social networking and personal data storage werden. Alles neu, alles anders, alles besser als OStatus, DiSo oder Diaspora*. Aber mal ganz ehrlich… was haben die Diasporas & Co. bisher geschaffen? Ziel war es Facebooks „Walled Gardens“ aufzubrechen und was kam wirklich dabei rum? Eine ganze Reihe an dezentralen „Walled Gardens“. Na danke!
Das fediverse hat (wie schon erwähnt) bisher einen großartigen Job gemacht und verschiedenste Netzwerke mit den verschiedensten Ausprägungen vernetzt! Ich glaube bin der festen Überzeugung, dass sich diesmal wirklich das offene Format (ActivityPub) durchsetzen wird und Blueskys Authenticated Transfer Protocol auch in ein paar Monaten oder Jahren keine Rolle spielen wird!
Ben Werdmuller hat eine gesunde Einstellung zu dem Thema:
I’m so burned out by open source social, but I’m glad to see people throw energy at the problem, even if it’s not how I would have gone about it.
Mehr hab ich dazu eigentlich nicht zu sagen, außer dass wir in der aktuellen Folge des neunetzcasts sehr ausgiebig über genau dieses Problem gesprochen haben!
Messenger-Apps: Bauanleitung für plattformübergreifende Chats – netzpolitik.org (netzpolitik.org) German
Having a few issues setting up a Matrix instance, could use some guidance.
So I’m in the process of moving my discord server over to matrix. I rented a VPS with 2 cores/2gb of ram for this. What I’m having issues with is media store and federation. I believe I have the media_store configured corrected as I can post images in my own channels, however I get Error 500 while attempting to upload a...
IMHO XMPP / Jabber is the best Instant Messenger (IM) protocol
It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized....