New fediverse settings in Micro.blog

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        "name": "Manton Reece",
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    "name": "New fediverse settings in Micro.blog",
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        "html": "<p>We added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog in 2018. In the years since, we\u2019ve improved it a lot. And we\u2019ve seen how people actually use it.</p>\n<p>Mastodon and other popular fediverse software have had a huge impact on the open web. There is a lot to like. By focusing on tens of thousands of smaller communities, the whole system is insulated from a single rogue CEO, and it\u2019s more manageable for admins to stay on top of community issues. This is a really good step forward compared to massive silos.</p>\n<p>Many of the problems with social networks remain in Mastodon, though. Chasing follower counts and likes. Scanning headlines instead of reading. Piling on with quick replies. Algorithms to surface popular stories that are being boosted. The infrastructure changed, but human behavior did not, and the platform features are still nearly identical to Twitter.</p>\n<p>There is a new problem too that didn\u2019t exist before. Smaller communities can become insular bubbles. Admins and users with many followers on a server have power to shape opinion and direct frustration at other users. The local timeline provides both connection to fellow members of the community <em>and</em> isolation from broader viewpoints outside the community.</p>\n<p>I\u2019m not suggesting that everyone is unhappy with Mastodon, Threads, or even Bluesky. Some people don\u2019t see the same problems that I see, and that\u2019s fine. But I\u2019m not happy. And increasingly, I want to unplug from these networks and focus on my blog and the Micro.blog community, even though I believe in APIs and connecting many different platforms on the open web.</p>\n<p>I occasionally hear the same thing from other users. They want to participate in the larger social web, but on their own terms, with their blog as the most important part of their online presence.</p>\n<p>Today we\u2019re launching new settings in Micro.blog to take control of how your account federates with everyone else. For the first time, this allows you to dial back your participation in the fediverse without actually deleting your fediverse profile. Your account still exists on the fediverse. It\u2019s just a little quieter.</p>\n<p>Here is a screenshot for what\u2019s available under Account \u2192 View Fediverse Details:</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/10/2025/fediverse-prefs.png\" alt=\"Screenshot for a set of options for sending posts and replies to the fediverse, including sending all posts, sending only replies when mentioning other users, and muting all replies.\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" /><p>By selecting the second option, users on Mastodon won\u2019t see your blog posts in their timeline. You can still get replies and reply to other Mastodon users, but you will likely get drastically fewer replies, because there won\u2019t be much for Mastodon users to reply to.</p>\n<p>As you can see in the screenshot, there is also a new option for muting. For a while you\u2019ve been able to mute people or servers. For example, some users wanted to mute Threads. Now you can <em>mute the entire fediverse</em>. With this selected, replies to you from the fediverse will still arrive at Micro.blog, but you won\u2019t see them in your timeline.</p>\n<p>This is for people who want a quieter space on the web. A space focused more on writing and less on reacting to other people.</p>\n<p>Of course all of this is optional. If you like the way it already works, no need to change anything. I\u2019m imagining these settings are something that people will enable or disable from time to time, not keep permanently set.</p>\n<p>The social web is growing quickly and Micro.blog will adapt along with it. We\u2019ll always stay true to our founding ideals and IndieWeb principles, trying to find the balance between blogging and the social web that\u2019s right for our platform.</p>",
        "text": "We added ActivityPub support to Micro.blog in 2018. In the years since, we\u2019ve improved it a lot. And we\u2019ve seen how people actually use it.\nMastodon and other popular fediverse software have had a huge impact on the open web. There is a lot to like. By focusing on tens of thousands of smaller communities, the whole system is insulated from a single rogue CEO, and it\u2019s more manageable for admins to stay on top of community issues. This is a really good step forward compared to massive silos.\nMany of the problems with social networks remain in Mastodon, though. Chasing follower counts and likes. Scanning headlines instead of reading. Piling on with quick replies. Algorithms to surface popular stories that are being boosted. The infrastructure changed, but human behavior did not, and the platform features are still nearly identical to Twitter.\nThere is a new problem too that didn\u2019t exist before. Smaller communities can become insular bubbles. Admins and users with many followers on a server have power to shape opinion and direct frustration at other users. The local timeline provides both connection to fellow members of the community and isolation from broader viewpoints outside the community.\nI\u2019m not suggesting that everyone is unhappy with Mastodon, Threads, or even Bluesky. Some people don\u2019t see the same problems that I see, and that\u2019s fine. But I\u2019m not happy. And increasingly, I want to unplug from these networks and focus on my blog and the Micro.blog community, even though I believe in APIs and connecting many different platforms on the open web.\nI occasionally hear the same thing from other users. They want to participate in the larger social web, but on their own terms, with their blog as the most important part of their online presence.\nToday we\u2019re launching new settings in Micro.blog to take control of how your account federates with everyone else. For the first time, this allows you to dial back your participation in the fediverse without actually deleting your fediverse profile. Your account still exists on the fediverse. It\u2019s just a little quieter.\nHere is a screenshot for what\u2019s available under Account \u2192 View Fediverse Details:\nBy selecting the second option, users on Mastodon won\u2019t see your blog posts in their timeline. You can still get replies and reply to other Mastodon users, but you will likely get drastically fewer replies, because there won\u2019t be much for Mastodon users to reply to.\nAs you can see in the screenshot, there is also a new option for muting. For a while you\u2019ve been able to mute people or servers. For example, some users wanted to mute Threads. Now you can mute the entire fediverse. With this selected, replies to you from the fediverse will still arrive at Micro.blog, but you won\u2019t see them in your timeline.\nThis is for people who want a quieter space on the web. A space focused more on writing and less on reacting to other people.\nOf course all of this is optional. If you like the way it already works, no need to change anything. I\u2019m imagining these settings are something that people will enable or disable from time to time, not keep permanently set.\nThe social web is growing quickly and Micro.blog will adapt along with it. We\u2019ll always stay true to our founding ideals and IndieWeb principles, trying to find the balance between blogging and the social web that\u2019s right for our platform."
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    "url": "https://hostux.social/@lfa/113992714710234437",
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        "html": "<p>The whole \"I won\u2019t switch because all my friends are here\" thing is exactly what <a href=\"https://hostux.social/tags/bigtech\">#<span>bigtech</span></a> exploit to keep you trapped and force you to put up with their crap. Break that vicious cycle! Seriously, if we all do what we believe is ethically right for ourselves and those around us, we can put an end to this oppression. One step at a time, one person at a time we can improve things.</p><p>2/2 \ud83e\uddf5 </p><p><a href=\"https://hostux.social/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://hostux.social/tags/PrivacyMatters\">#<span>PrivacyMatters</span></a> <a href=\"https://hostux.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "The whole \"I won\u2019t switch because all my friends are here\" thing is exactly what #bigtech exploit to keep you trapped and force you to put up with their crap. Break that vicious cycle! Seriously, if we all do what we believe is ethically right for ourselves and those around us, we can put an end to this oppression. One step at a time, one person at a time we can improve things.\n\n2/2 \ud83e\uddf5 \n\n#Fediverse #PrivacyMatters #indieweb"
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        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@ricmac\">@<span>ricmac</span></a></span> This is part of the bedrock of my belief that the way forward is personal publishing on our own websites, the <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> way. Their tools can't distinguish human written articles from AI slop or from straight up spam so anything of any length is easier to brand as violating \"community standards.\" Of course, these are not standards at all, and they represent no actual human community.</p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@ricmac\"></a>",
        "text": "@ricmac This is part of the bedrock of my belief that the way forward is personal publishing on our own websites, the #Indieweb way. Their tools can't distinguish human written articles from AI slop or from straight up spam so anything of any length is easier to brand as violating \"community standards.\" Of course, these are not standards at all, and they represent no actual human community."
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    "url": "https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113992214447512922",
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        "html": "<p>If you're intrigued and curious about what else you can do with these tools, I am working on a series of tutorials:</p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.com/tag/static-sites-with-glitch-and-11ty/\"><span>https://</span><span>stefanbohacek.com/tag/static-s</span><span>ites-with-glitch-and-11ty/</span></a></p><p>And here's a Glitch playlist of static sites made with 11ty:</p><p><a href=\"https://glitch.com/@stefan/static-websites-on-glitch\"><span>https://</span><span>glitch.com/@stefan/static-webs</span><span>ites-on-glitch</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/eleventy\">#<span>eleventy</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/MadeWithGlitch\">#<span>MadeWithGlitch</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/StaticSites\">#<span>StaticSites</span></a></p>",
        "text": "If you're intrigued and curious about what else you can do with these tools, I am working on a series of tutorials:\n\nhttps://stefanbohacek.com/tag/static-sites-with-glitch-and-11ty/\n\nAnd here's a Glitch playlist of static sites made with 11ty:\n\nhttps://glitch.com/@stefan/static-websites-on-glitch\n\n#eleventy #MadeWithGlitch #webdev #indieweb #StaticSites"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@prayag_suthar/113992064513807079",
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        "html": "<p>ONE DAY TILL RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/art\">#<span>art</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a></p>",
        "text": "ONE DAY TILL RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!\n\n#blog #indieweb #webdev #art #rss"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.art/@brittcoxon/113991428426825009",
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        "html": "<p>I've been thinking a lot about accessibility recently. Most recently dyslexia accessibility. I've written a blog post highlighting some good typeface choices and other useful resources: <br /><a href=\"https://britthub.co.uk/dyslexia-friendly-typefaces/\"><span>https://</span><span>britthub.co.uk/dyslexia-friend</span><span>ly-typefaces/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.art/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.art/tags/accessibility\">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.art/tags/dyslexia\">#<span>dyslexia</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I've been thinking a lot about accessibility recently. Most recently dyslexia accessibility. I've written a blog post highlighting some good typeface choices and other useful resources: \nhttps://britthub.co.uk/dyslexia-friendly-typefaces/\n\n#indieweb #accessibility #dyslexia"
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    "url": "https://mastodon.com.br/@antonio/113991263535906791",
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        "html": "<p>Acabei de publicar um post no meu website sobre como criar um website na \"unha\", isto \u00e9 sem ferramenta nenhuma, usando apenas um editor de textos. \u00c9 bem b\u00e1sico mas espero que ajude os iniciantes. <a href=\"https://antonioaugusto.net/2025/02/12/criando-um-blog-na-unha/\"><span>https://</span><span>antonioaugusto.net/2025/02/12/</span><span>criando-um-blog-na-unha/</span></a> <br /><a href=\"https://mastodon.com.br/tags/crieumwebsite\">#<span>crieumwebsite</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.com.br/tags/crieumblog\">#<span>crieumblog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.com.br/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.com.br/tags/website\">#<span>website</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.com.br/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Acabei de publicar um post no meu website sobre como criar um website na \"unha\", isto \u00e9 sem ferramenta nenhuma, usando apenas um editor de textos. \u00c9 bem b\u00e1sico mas espero que ajude os iniciantes. https://antonioaugusto.net/2025/02/12/criando-um-blog-na-unha/ \n#crieumwebsite #crieumblog #blog #website #indieweb"
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    "url": "https://dragonscave.space/@Leilukin/113991017705309809",
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        "html": "<p>My fanlisting for computer programming is officially open! Welcome to join! \ud83e\udd73</p><p><a href=\"https://fan.leilukin.com/programming/\"><span>https://</span><span>fan.leilukin.com/programming/</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://dragonscave.space/tags/ComputerProgramming\">#<span>ComputerProgramming</span></a> <a href=\"https://dragonscave.space/tags/PersonalWeb\">#<span>PersonalWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://dragonscave.space/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "My fanlisting for computer programming is officially open! Welcome to join! \ud83e\udd73\n\nhttps://fan.leilukin.com/programming/\n\n#ComputerProgramming #PersonalWeb #IndieWeb"
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    "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu/113991004194315483",
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        "html": "<p>\ud83e\udd16 There\u2019s a new post on Michael Burkhardt\u2019s Whirled Wide Web:</p><p>BREAKING: Vatican City Announces Innovative Climate Control for Sistine Chapel</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/humor\">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mihobu.lol/vatican-city-announces-innovative-climate-control-for-sistine-chapel\"><span>https://</span><span>mihobu.lol/vatican-city-announ</span><span>ces-innovative-climate-control-for-sistine-chapel</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83e\udd16 There\u2019s a new post on Michael Burkhardt\u2019s Whirled Wide Web:\n\nBREAKING: Vatican City Announces Innovative Climate Control for Sistine Chapel\n\n#humor #IndieWeb\n\nhttps://mihobu.lol/vatican-city-announces-innovative-climate-control-for-sistine-chapel"
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        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> plugin v2.1.1 for <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Elgg\">#<span>Elgg</span></a> is out \ud83c\udf89 </p><p><a href=\"https://elgg.org/plugins/3292492\"><span>https://</span><span>elgg.org/plugins/3292492</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "#IndieWeb plugin v2.1.1 for #Elgg is out \ud83c\udf89 \n\nhttps://elgg.org/plugins/3292492"
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        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udcdd\u267b\ufe0f Prevent Mastodon and Bluesky from Generating POSSE Link Previews<br /><a href=\"https://calebhearth.com/bs/prevent-microblog-link-previews\">https://calebhearth.com/bs/prevent-microblog-link-previews</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IndieWeb\">#IndieWeb</a> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RubyonRails\">#RubyonRails</a> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Posse\">#Posse</a> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Meta\">#Meta</a> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Fediverse\">#Fediverse</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://calebhearth.com/bs/prevent-microblog-link-previews\">Prevent Mastodon and Bluesky f...</a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udcdd\u267b\ufe0f Prevent Mastodon and Bluesky from Generating POSSE Link Previews\nhttps://calebhearth.com/bs/prevent-microblog-link-previews\n\n#IndieWeb #RubyonRails #Posse #Meta #Fediverse\n\nPrevent Mastodon and Bluesky f..."
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        "html": "<p>\ud83d\udcddPrevent <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/Mastodon\">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> and <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/Bluesky\">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> from Generating <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/POSSE\">#<span>POSSE</span></a> Link Previews</p><p>Earlier I posted that I\u2019d resolved my new microblog POSSE posts from generating link previews on <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/Mastodon\">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> and <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/Bluesky\">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>. Today, I want to briefly run through how I managed that.<br /><a href=\"https://calebhearth.com/m/prevent-microblog-link-previews\"><span>https://</span><span>calebhearth.com/m/prevent-micr</span><span>oblog-link-previews</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://pub.calebhearth.com/tags/RubyOnRails\">#<span>RubyOnRails</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\ud83d\udcddPrevent #Mastodon and #Bluesky from Generating #POSSE Link Previews\n\nEarlier I posted that I\u2019d resolved my new microblog POSSE posts from generating link previews on #Mastodon and #Bluesky. Today, I want to briefly run through how I managed that.\nhttps://calebhearth.com/m/prevent-microblog-link-previews\n\n#IndieWeb #RubyOnRails"
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        "html": "<p>Curate Your Internet Experience</p><p>Did you know that you do not have to rely on an algorithm written by someone else to deliver current and interesting content to you?</p><p><a href=\"https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/11/curate-your-internet-experience/\"><span>https://</span><span>readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025</span><span>/02/11/curate-your-internet-experience/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/technology\">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/tech\">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/software\">#<span>software</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rss\">#<span>rss</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rssfeeds\">#<span>rssfeeds</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rssfeedreader\">#<span>rssfeedreader</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/news\">#<span>news</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia\">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/noalgo\">#<span>noalgo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/algo\">#<span>algo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/justsaynotoalgo\">#<span>justsaynotoalgo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/smallweb\">#<span>smallweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Curate Your Internet Experience\n\nDid you know that you do not have to rely on an algorithm written by someone else to deliver current and interesting content to you?\n\nhttps://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/11/curate-your-internet-experience/\n\n#technology #tech #software #rss #rssfeeds #rssfeedreader #news #socialmedia #fediverse #noalgo #algo #justsaynotoalgo #indieweb #smallweb"
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    "published": "2025-02-12T03:21:56+00:00",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@justincox/113988763767425173",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Ironically (or indecently) this morning\u2019s newsletter was about accidentally breaking my site without anyone noticing. Well, this evening I accidentally deleted the site\u2019s entire database so I think you might notice. Currently trying to restore from backup. <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Ironically (or indecently) this morning\u2019s newsletter was about accidentally breaking my site without anyone noticing. Well, this evening I accidentally deleted the site\u2019s entire database so I think you might notice. Currently trying to restore from backup. #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-12T03:21:41+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43870520",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/f2a014b3-5ed2-493a-aab9-3ef57a8fb9f2",
    "content": {
        "html": "New gemlog post!<br /><br />I made a gemlog post about sending and receiving webmentions from gemini capsules with kineto (gemini2web proxy) and for example nginx.<br /><br />gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-02-12-Sending_and_Receiving_Webmentions_with_Kineto_and_nginx.gmi<br /><br /><a href=\"https://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-02-12-Sending_and_Receiving_Webmentions_with_Kineto_and_nginx.gmi\">https://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-02-12-Sending_and_Receiving_Webmentions_with_Kineto_and_nginx.gmi</a> <br /><br /><a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/geminiprotocol\">#GeminiProtocol</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/gemini\">#Gemini</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/webmentions\">#Webmentions</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/indieweb\">#indieweb</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/gemlog\">#gemlog</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/kineto\">#Kineto</a>",
        "text": "New gemlog post!\n\nI made a gemlog post about sending and receiving webmentions from gemini capsules with kineto (gemini2web proxy) and for example nginx.\n\ngemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-02-12-Sending_and_Receiving_Webmentions_with_Kineto_and_nginx.gmi\n\nhttps://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-02-12-Sending_and_Receiving_Webmentions_with_Kineto_and_nginx.gmi \n\n#GeminiProtocol #Gemini #Webmentions #indieweb #gemlog #Kineto"
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    "published": "2025-02-12T01:23:01+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
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    "_is_read": false
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://ursal.zone/@gmgall/113988107038281681",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Make Your Own Website: Um guia para iniciantes sobre a cria\u00e7\u00e3o de sites pessoais feitos \u00e0 m\u00e3o</p><p><a href=\"https://crieaporradeum.blog/posts/make-your-own-website/\"><span>https://</span><span>crieaporradeum.blog/posts/make</span><span>-your-own-website/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://ursal.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ursal.zone/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://ursal.zone/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href=\"https://ursal.zone/tags/blogging\">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href=\"https://ursal.zone/tags/HTML\">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href=\"https://ursal.zone/tags/CSS\">#<span>CSS</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Make Your Own Website: Um guia para iniciantes sobre a cria\u00e7\u00e3o de sites pessoais feitos \u00e0 m\u00e3o\n\nhttps://crieaporradeum.blog/posts/make-your-own-website/\n\n#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #blog #blogging #HTML #CSS"
    },
    "published": "2025-02-12T00:34:40+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43869298",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": true
}

The Social Web Foundation announces its membership in the World Wide Web Consortium

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    "published": "2025-02-11T22:42:26+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2025/the-social-web-foundation-announces-its-membership-in-the-world",
    "category": [
        "Fediverse"
    ],
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    "name": "The Social Web Foundation announces its membership in the World Wide Web Consortium",
    "content": {
        "text": "[Social Web Foundation]\n\nThe Social Web Foundation has joined the W3C:\"SWF joins CDT as one of the few civil society organizations that comprise the Consortium. SWF\u2019s membership in the W3C underscores our commitment to promoting an open and federated social web, and our alignment with the W3C mission to develop web standards through community consensus that ensures the long-term growth and accessibility of technical specifications that are openly licensed.\"More forward motion for the open social web as a core part of the open web itself. This is also very good news:\"In terms of concrete ongoing work, we look forward to bringing end-to-end encryption to direct messages in ActivityPub, developing groups on the social web, supporting data portability with ActivityPub, making discovery of ActivityPub objects and their authors easier.\"These will all make the open social web safer, more flexible, and easier to build on for new platform entrants. Let's go.\n#Fediverse\n            [Link]",
        "html": "<p>[<a href=\"https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/11/the-social-web-foundation-announces-its-membership-in-the-world-wide-web-consortium/\">Social Web Foundation</a>]</p><p>The <a href=\"https://socialwebfoundation.org/\">Social Web Foundation</a> has joined the W3C:</p><blockquote><p>\"SWF joins CDT as one of the few civil society organizations that comprise the Consortium. SWF\u2019s membership in the W3C underscores our commitment to promoting an open and federated social web, and our alignment with the W3C mission to develop web standards through community consensus that ensures the long-term growth and accessibility of technical specifications that are openly licensed.\"</p></blockquote><p>More forward motion for the open social web as a core part of the open web itself. This is also very good news:</p><blockquote><p>\"In terms of concrete ongoing work, we look forward to bringing end-to-end encryption to direct messages in ActivityPub, developing groups on the social web, supporting data portability with ActivityPub, making discovery of ActivityPub objects and their authors easier.\"</p></blockquote><p>These will all make the open social web safer, more flexible, and easier to build on for new platform entrants. Let's go.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/tag/Fediverse\" class=\"p-category\">#Fediverse</a></p>\n            <p>[<a href=\"https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/11/the-social-web-foundation-announces-its-membership-in-the-world-wide-web-consortium/\">Link</a>]</p>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
        "url": "https://www.manton.org/",
        "photo": "https://micro.blog/manton/avatar.jpg"
    },
    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2025/02/11/cool-to-see-hints-that.html",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Cool to see hints that Tumblr is continuing with the WordPress backend transition. <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/\">TechCrunch</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/2025/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes\">Ben Werdmueller adds</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Given the long tail of ActivityPub and the simultaneous rise of Bluesky, which is connected to the ActivityPub network via Bridgy Fed, the future of the open social web is very bright.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Now I wonder if Automattic pulling folks from WordPress core has actually made more time for Tumblr.</p>",
        "text": "Cool to see hints that Tumblr is continuing with the WordPress backend transition. TechCrunch:\n\nAutomattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today.\n\nBen Werdmueller adds:\n\nGiven the long tail of ActivityPub and the simultaneous rise of Bluesky, which is connected to the ActivityPub network via Bridgy Fed, the future of the open social web is very bright.\n\nNow I wonder if Automattic pulling folks from WordPress core has actually made more time for Tumblr."
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    "published": "2025-02-11T15:38:45-06:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "43867562",
    "_source": "12",
    "_is_read": true
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Manton Reece",
        "url": "https://www.manton.org/",
        "photo": "https://micro.blog/manton/avatar.jpg"
    },
    "url": "https://www.manton.org/2025/02/11/wrapped-up-coding-on-a.html",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Wrapped up coding on a couple new fediverse settings that will ship in Micro.blog tomorrow. I\u2019ll have a full blog post about it. There wouldn\u2019t be much point in having our own ActivityPub implementation if we didn\u2019t do things a little differently than Mastodon. See also: IndieWeb <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/monoculture\">monoculture</a>.</p>",
        "text": "Wrapped up coding on a couple new fediverse settings that will ship in Micro.blog tomorrow. I\u2019ll have a full blog post about it. There wouldn\u2019t be much point in having our own ActivityPub implementation if we didn\u2019t do things a little differently than Mastodon. See also: IndieWeb monoculture."
    },
    "published": "2025-02-11T15:18:06-06:00",
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Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-02-11T20:49:10+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2025/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes",
    "category": [
        "Fediverse"
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    "name": "Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes",
    "content": {
        "text": "[Sarah Perez at TechCrunch]\n\nThis was a very nice surprise to see:\"Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today.\"ActivityPub is the open protocol behind Mastodon and Pixelfed, among others. Threads and Ghost have also been steadily adding support.\n\nGiven the long tail of ActivityPub and the simultaneous rise of Bluesky, which is connected to the ActivityPub network via Bridgy Fed, the future of the open social web is very bright. It is the future of all social media. This is another great milestone along the road.\n#Fediverse\n            [Link]",
        "html": "<p>[<a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/\">Sarah Perez at TechCrunch</a>]</p><p>This was a very nice surprise to see:</p><blockquote><p>\"Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today.\"</p></blockquote><p>ActivityPub is the open protocol behind <a href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/\">Mastodon</a> and <a href=\"https://pixelfed.org/\">Pixelfed</a>, among others. <a href=\"https://www.threads.net/\">Threads</a> and <a href=\"https://ghost.org\">Ghost</a> have also been steadily adding support.</p><p>Given the long tail of ActivityPub and the simultaneous rise of <a href=\"https://bsky.social/\">Bluesky</a>, which is connected to the ActivityPub network via <a href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/\">Bridgy Fed</a>, the future of the open social web is very bright. It is the future of all social media. This is another great milestone along the road.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://werd.io/tag/Fediverse\" class=\"p-category\">#Fediverse</a></p>\n            <p>[<a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/\">Link</a>]</p>"
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    "author": {
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        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
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