I'm looking for some insight on why it's NOT a good idea to build next #decentralized project on #ATproto (#BlueSky) and stick to #ActivityPub?

By quickly glancing through the ATP docs, it seems like a much more pleasant experience to work with over AP but there's probably more to it than just the technical part.

Can anyone #help me understand any atproto downsides?

People r really stressing about the #TikTok shutdown, luckily we know about #decentralized #tech or else we probably would be too! Come join us this Sunday at our Virtual #FarmersMarket from the comfort of ur home & become part of what we're building from the beginning! #gardening #farming #memes

How to Host Your Own #Mastodon Server on a #VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)

This article provides a guide for how to host your own Mastodon server on a VPS.

Running your own Mastodon server on a VPS is an excellent way to enjoy an efficient and secure Mastodon experience.
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a #decentralized social media platform that enables users to post ...
Continued https://blog.radwebhosting.com/how-to-host-your-own-mastodon-server-on-a-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost #selfhosting #rubygems #rubyonrails #selfhosted #installguide #activitypub

Did you know that #GNU/ #FSF has its own #darknet application and protocol stack?

What is #GNUnet?

GNUnet is an #alternative #network stack for building #secure, #decentralized and #privacy-preserving #distributed applications. Our goal is to replace the old insecure Internet protocol stack. Starting from an application for secure #publication of #files, it has grown to include all kinds of basic protocol components and applications towards the creation of a GNU internet.

Today, the actual use and thus the social requirements for a global network differs widely from those goals of 1970. While the Internet remains suitable for military use, where the network equipment is operated by a command hierarchy and when necessary isolated from the rest of the world, the situation is less tenable for civil society.

Due to fundamental Internet design choices, Internet traffic can be misdirected, intercepted, censored and manipulated by hostile routers on the network. And indeed, the modern Internet has evolved exactly to the point where, as Matthew Green put it, "the network is hostile".

We believe liberal societies need a #network #architecture that uses the #anti-authoritarian #decentralized #peer-to-peer paradigm and #privacy-preserving #cryptographic #protocols. The goal of the GNUnet project is to provide a Free Software realization of this ideal.

"Protecting #democracy from threats created by Internet #platforms is a laudable goal. But it is not worth the cost imposed by legislative attempts so far: empowering the government to control legal speech online. Lawmakers’ attempts to impose their own top-down speech rules are particularly unwarranted given the far more promising possibilities offered by #usercontrolled and #decentralized #contentmoderation systems."

https://techpolicy.press/regulated-democracy-and-regulated-speech

I said it before on Mastodon. I'm reposting this again. Comparing #DeltaChat and #Matrix together, if you want hassle free and consistent messenger for private #E2EE chats, don't go for Matrix. DeltaChat is way better.

However, if you want something like a public forum, or a public chatroom, don't go for DeltaChat. Matrix is way better suited for that. And DeltaChat does not support public groups at all. In DeltaChat groups, there is no admin or moderator and everyone have got permission to remove or add the others.

I think I have to write a longer post on my personal blog about these two, comparing them together.

PS: Another Matrix encryption bug few minutes ago triggered repost of this.

Movim offers a feature-packed social and chat alternative to the big centralized and proprietary platforms.

It is decentralized, fully built on the #XMPP Internet standard and can easily be deployed on a simple web server.

Which social or chat platform do you think Movim replaces the best?

#alternative #madeineurope #decentralized @european_alternatives

Anybody know of a good alternative to #matrix for #e2ee #decentralized chat?

Consieering #xmpp again. Have tried #jami

#matrix is pretty good but maintaining it is more hassle than I'd like, and my local users don't really benefit from the #federation aspect much.

Just shopping I guess

We're helping people join the open social web.

By showing them that they can:
- Own their community
- Escape the billionaires
- Rediscover what makes social good

What else should we tell them about the open social web? Why do you love it?

pyFreenet 0.6.5 released:

https://pypi.org/project/pyFreenet3/0.6.5/

- fix mimetype detection—thanks to S10wD0wn

- freesitemgr: Do not save every single site after loading on startup (faster startup)
- freesitemgr: Do not try to load sitefiles that have filenames starting with #
- freesitemgr: Add -R --realtime option to use realtime mode for time-critical uploads (git repos)

pyFreenet3 enables using #Hyphanet (the original #Freenet) as #decentralized, #privacy preserving database from #python.

Going Off the Grid with Meshtastic - Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Ben Meadors and Garth Vander Houwen of #Meshtastic about adventures of many kinds—all using #opensource, off-grid, #decentralized, #mesh
https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/730

via https://magicfab.ca/liens

pyFreenet 0.6.3 released:

https://pypi.org/project/pyFreenet3/0.6.3/

- General:
- Disable fproxy in spawned instances
- Update spawn to 1501 and fix downloading dependencies
- Python 3.12 compatibility:
- Make sure mimetypes.guess_type always get a str argument — thanks to Debora Wöpcke!
- Fix incorrectly formatted strings — thanks to Debora Wöpcke!

pyFreenet3 enables using #Hyphanet (the original #Freenet) as #decentralized, #privacy preserving database from #python.

I federated this blog

https://plunch.de/i-federated-this-blog/

Posting and pinning this because Soatok's misinformation has infected far too many. *Everyone* needs to read this in its entirety, *especially* all the #Signal Kool-Aid drinkers.

https://www.moparisthebest.com/against-silos-signal/

*And* the response from OMEMO author Tim Henke, which Soatok saw fit to redact from their post comments.
https://www.moparisthebest.com/tim-henkes-omemo-response.txt

Today we're gona #TakeOnMeetup. Let's see what is missing to create a seemingly similar (or better?) experience with decentrentralized event management systems.

A lot is alrrady available but there are still bits and pieces missing for a easy and friendly userexperience. And Admin-experience.

I'm really looking forward to our project at the Cloudfest Hackathon!

Having lots of fun using Delta Chat. I've set up two accounts on my mail server, one for myself and one for my husband. We're both surprised at how fast it is compared to more traditional centralised chat apps like Signal. It's so cool to be able to self-host this and not rely on centralised infrastructure that is outside of my control.

Now I just need to convince everyone I know it's really cool :)

@delta