#Nolto seems still to struggle with #federation
#Federation
Bug report: Number of likes works across #federation, but number of comments does not!
In loops post: https://loops.video/v/dGKaR49IKc there are two comments from the fediverse, but count of comments reads zero on the front.
Subject: Bluesky is cosplaying federation
Jay Graber and about 25 past or present Bluesky employees [plus or minus 5] together presently hold a majority share of the company. The rest is believed to be held by venture capital firms and other external investors, none of whom has as much as Graber does. The largest institutional investors are probably Blockchain Capital and Neo Collective LLC.
It isn't unusual for a company that isn't publicly traded to withhold details. There is also no indication yet that a group or individual not listed above owns enough of Bluesky to be able to demand much control.
Ownership is a red herring, though. There are concerns separate from ownership by specific parties that invalidate Bluesky as federated social media.
The vast majority of the Bluesky servers that hold user data, whether or not users supposedly "own" their data, are centralized and under the control of the one single [and private] company. That isn't expected to change.
In theory, Bluesky users may now set up self-hosted servers [referred to as Personal Data Servers] as in the Fediverse. In practice, the visibility of such servers requires the cooperation of the company's central servers.
Additionally, the Bluesky central servers control the identity of each Bluesky user whether or not the user runs a self-hosted server. Bluesky users can't migrate their identity and data without the cooperation of the central servers.
Further, for technical reasons, full or even just large scale decentralization of Bluesky isn't even possible.
Bluesky is designed so that due to high operational costs the infrastructure needed to support full operation independent of the Bluesky central servers is expected to be unaffordable to all but a few wealthy entities. In short, a billionaire's club.
I fail to see a difference, in a topological sense, between Bluesky and Twitter. My advice to those who prefer not to be krill is to run away, run away fast.
I intend no offense to #Bluesky users. However, the future of social media as a force for truth and for change is in #federation and nowhere else. When I researched this post, I found a comment that Bluesky is just "cosplaying federation" and the comment strikes me as accurate.
I asked an LLM to comment on my conclusions. Yes, LLMs are bad. See my recent posts for a related 15-page essay. Hold flames on the subject. This said, the following LLM response has merit. [This is lightly edited.]
"Most social media startups follow a trajectory where the need for a Return on Investment (ROI) eventually necessitates the monetization of user attention. And, even if the protocol is open, the most popular [i.e., commercial core] instance exerts gatekeeping power. For a platform to serve the public good, it must be insulated from the whims of the owners of such instances."
Jay Graber and about 25 past or present Bluesky employees [plus or minus 5] together presently hold a majority share of the company. The rest is believed to be held by venture capital firms and other external investors, none of whom has as much as Graber does. The largest institutional investors are probably Blockchain Capital and Neo Collective LLC.
It isn't unusual for a company that isn't publicly traded to withhold details. There is also no indication yet that a group or individual not listed above owns enough of Bluesky to be able to demand much control.
Ownership is a red herring, though. There are concerns separate from ownership by specific parties that invalidate Bluesky as federated social media.
The vast majority of the Bluesky servers that hold user data, whether or not users supposedly "own" their data, are centralized and under the control of the one single [and private] company. That isn't expected to change.
In theory, Bluesky users may now set up self-hosted servers [referred to as Personal Data Servers] as in the Fediverse. In practice, the visibility of such servers requires the cooperation of the company's central servers.
Additionally, the Bluesky central servers control the identity of each Bluesky user whether or not the user runs a self-hosted server. Bluesky users can't migrate their identity and data without the cooperation of the central servers.
Further, for technical reasons, full or even just large scale decentralization of Bluesky isn't even possible.
Bluesky is designed so that due to high operational costs the infrastructure needed to support full operation independent of the Bluesky central servers is expected to be unaffordable to all but a few wealthy entities. In short, a billionaire's club.
I fail to see a difference, in a topological sense, between Bluesky and Twitter. My advice to those who prefer not to be krill is to run away, run away fast.
I intend no offense to #Bluesky users. However, the future of social media as a force for truth and for change is in #federation and nowhere else. When I researched this post, I found a comment that Bluesky is just "cosplaying federation" and the comment strikes me as accurate.
I asked an LLM to comment on my conclusions. Yes, LLMs are bad. See my recent posts for a related 15-page essay. Hold flames on the subject. This said, the following LLM response has merit. [This is lightly edited.]
"Most social media startups follow a trajectory where the need for a Return on Investment (ROI) eventually necessitates the monetization of user attention. And, even if the protocol is open, the most popular [i.e., commercial core] instance exerts gatekeeping power. For a platform to serve the public good, it must be insulated from the whims of the owners of such instances."
cutting off from people is surprisingly an effective way to reduce dependence on proprietary platforms.
Federation - Rusty James (Portishead Remix)
#JazzDeVille #Groove #NowPlaying #Federation
Wikibase Federated Values from Wikidata
Prototype: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T406228
Demo session video, Nov. 2025: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikibase_Live_Session_November_2025_-_Federated_Values_Demo.webm
Canada should be wary of embracing ‘total national defence’ to ward off an American invasion
#Canada #Trump #USA #Imperialism #Sovereignty #NationalDefence #Geopolitics #Politics #CivilDefence #AlbertanSeparatism #NATO #Federation #Decentralization
https://the-14.com/canada-should-be-wary-of-embracing-total-national-defence-to-ward-off-an-american-invasion/
#XMPP Community
The #Chat of the Future Initiative discusses their spring 2026 activities today from 19:00 (UTC+1)!
Activities: XMPP’s strong points, organising online meet-ups and #interoperabilty sessions.
Here is a github project for
"A federated network to bookmark, organize, share and discover good web pages."
#federation
https://github.com/raffomania/ties
Malaysia ialah sebuah negara bersekutu. Mempunyai tiga rantau iaitu Sabah, Sarawak dan Semenanjung Malaysia. Tiga rantau tersebut adalah rakan pengasas Malaysia, dan membina negara Malaysia bersama-sama. Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 ialah sijil kelahiran negara Malaysia.
#Malaysia #MA63 #Sabah #Sarawak #Federation #History #FoundingPartners #Autonomy #HumanRights #Justice #Constitution #Sovereignty #Awareness
On my way back from #FOSDEM I came up with an idea.
When are we going to replace Amazon?
I put together some ideas in a blog post. I think it's feasible.
https://blog.bustikiller.com/2026/02/01/when-are-we-going-to-replace-amazon.html
#Amazon #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #local #federation #commerce
Thanks to all organisers, supporters and visitors for the great experience at our XMPP #Realtime Lounge and at the venue overall!
We end the day with this lovely creation from Angela (piscimisty) <3
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels #Belgium #europe
Impressions from the XMPP talks in the #Decentralised #Communication room:
What are you listening to now?: Implementing "Now Playing" feature in modern XMPP - Özcan Oğuz - (not affiliated but it's based on @dino
#chat #jabber #interoperability #opensource #federation #opensource #Brussel #europe
Impressions from the XMPP talks in the #Decentralised #Communication room:
Building a #Decentralized Social Network on XMPP - Timothée Jaussoin
@movim
#chat #jabber #interoperability #opensource #federation #opensource #Brussel #europe
Impressions from the XMPP talks in the #Decentralised #Communication room:
Engineering XMPP #Federation: Building #Messaging, Voice & Social Features Across #Independent Projects - Jérôme Sautret & Timothée Jaussoin
@ejabberd @movim
Talk:
What are you listening to now?: Implementing "Now Playing" feature in modern XMPP - Özcan Oğuz
Sun, 14:15, AW1.126
Visit the XMPP #Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #europe
Talk:
@Movim: Building a Decentralized Social Network on XMPP - Timothée Jaussoin
Sun, 13:45, AW1.126
Visit the XMPP #Realtime Lounge in #ULB, AW Building, Level 1!
#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource #rtc #e2ee #europe
XMPP @ #FOSDEM
Talk:
Engineering #XMPP Federation: Building Messaging, Voice & Social Features Across Independent Projects - Jérôme Sautret & Timothée Jaussoin
Sun, 13:15, AW1.126
Visit the XMPP Realtime Lounge in AW Building, Level 1!
#jabber #interoperability #opensource #federation #messaging
Threads has entered the fediverse https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/ #Threads
If you haven't turned federation to the Fediverse on and use Threads...turn it on :) great for Mastodon users too. ActivityPub needs to grow. #activitypub #threads #mastodon #fediverse #federation #meta #instagram #twitter
Wir haben noch reichlich Flyer für XMPP zum DI.DAY! Kommt vorbei und nehmt einen Packen für euren Hackspace oder eure Bibliothek mit!
#FOSDEM Gebäude AW in der Realtime Lounge!
#XMPP #DIDay #DidIt #DID #DutGemacht #HackSpace #Jabber #Chat #Federation
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