Social-Relay version 1.4.0 released

This release adds compatibility with the latest #Diaspora #protocol changes. Also now Social-Relay will verify received payloads to ensure receivers get payloads from only resolvable valid senders.

https://github.com/jaywink/social-relay/releases/tag/1.4.0

What is the relay system?

The #relay system handles distribution of public content using the #Diaspora protocol. This helps new nodes get into the network and allows subscribing to hashtags from around the network. This is an unofficial network addition not directly related to the Diaspora protocol or project itself.

If as a #podmin you want to hook up to the relay system, do as follows:

• Enable your outbound/inbound relay configuration in your Diaspora pod settings or for #Friendica / #Hubzilla check your own settings/documentation on how to do it.
• Ensure your node is registered at The-Federation.info. The relay system polls this list for nodes to check.
• Profit within one hour!

Discuss and improve

Let me know if you have ideas for improving the relay system or just questions about it. Contact me here, GitHub issues or via IRC.

Changelog

Added

• Accept new style Diaspora public payloads without xml=payload form data.
• Add profile model. Store remote profile handle + public key for later use, since we don't want to always fetch them.
• Start validating signatures in sent payloads. This requires fetching remote profiles. Closes #31.

Ping [David Morley](/people/4d0564183dac139f3d0008e0)

The Federation

Welcome to the new social web

[ #diaspora #hubzilla #friendica #federation #statistics #users #nodes #posts #comments ]

https://the-federation.info

Sketch of the #Fediverse / #TheFederation by Mike from #Hubzilla. source.

Nice that #Socialhome was included 😊 I sure hope #Activitypub kicks off with some implementations soon. Unfortunately there are a lot of questions on how to implement it. Looks like #Mastodon will be the first major platform, hopefully that will pull others. Depending how it works for them 😉

#diaspora #friendica #redmatrix #Gnusocial #pumpio #mediagoblin

Using free and decentralized networks for blog comments

Currently I re-build my homepage completely with static html pages (get rid of Wordpress, etc). One problem I face at the moment: I will lose the comment system from Wordpress and I have to decide how I will handle this in the future. There are two easy answers: (1) Don't allow comments (something I don't really like, because for me the social interaction is a important part of blogging) (2) use Disqus which you can easily integrate into static pages but I don't really like to use a centralized, proprietary comment system.

Therefore I thought about a third option: Post all my blogs (either completely or with a short abstract) on Diaspora or Friendica and link to it from my blog, telling people that they can discuss at Diaspora. Sounds like a great idea, right? But then I realized that there is one big problem for which I don't have a easy answer: How can someone participate in the discussion about a blog post in a easy and intuitive way who has a Diaspora (or Friendica) account on some server but doesn't follow me? They will not have the post in their timeline and therefore can't comment. I couldn't find a answer for this question so I'm stuck and still think about how to realize comments on my new page. I would also consider any other free and decentralized network, e.g. GNU Social, Mastodon,... but it seems that all have the same short comings in this area.

#blog #comments #friendica #diaspora #gnusocial #mastodon

Any ideas or suggestions?

Is there anywhere a short description of the federated networks with links to the server lists, a page that explains the pros and cons of the networks and points a new user to a list of servers for each system?

Just like https://the-federation.info/ does, but for #GnuSocial, #Mastodon, #Hubzilla, #Friendica and #Diaspora, not a complete page with all information, but a short introduction.

You can now follow/unfollow #diaspora, #friendica and #hubzilla users from #Socialhome. In preparation for user content streams, there is now a link to the user profile. Additionally, a "Home" button exists for remote users which points to the remote home profile of the user.

In other news, we also now have an #API \o/ It's not ... complete, but it does support authenticating (using a token), retrieving profile lists and doing a follow/unfollow action. Some (minimal) docs regarding the API here. For the API next will probably be creating content. Bots, anyone? ;)

Friendica 3.5.2 released

Dear Federation, we are pleased to announce the immedeate availability of Friendica "Asparagus" 3.5.2.

The main focus of the last few months' work was spent on internal code restructuring and performance enhancements. For a full list of changes, please refer to the CHANGELOG file. The highlights are:

• Enhanced compatibility with MySQL 5.7+.
• New support for 4 bytes unicode characters (mostly used for emojis). MySQL version 5.5.3 is now a hard minimum requirement.
• Enhanced federation with Mastodon and preparation for upcoming changes in the Diaspora protocol.
• The switch to the worker process introduced in the 3.5.1 version as the background process mechanism as it has a better performance. If you are using poorman's cron, external cron or proc runner for the background process, you have to adopt to the frontend worker (see docs) as it makes these addons obsolete.
• The most visible change is the long time project lead by Rabuzarus, the "frio" theme, which finally removed the "experimental" flag. It still is not 100 percent complete, but it is ready for daily usage.

Addtionally we fixed numerous bugs that the community had found and we polished some quirks.

Blog post: http://friendi.ca/2017/06/06/friendica-3-5-2-released/

#friendica #release #federation [Libranet Support](/people/a9c861347d7fb697)

friendica – A #Decentralized #Social Network

#federated

#Friendica has a nice new(?) home page, looks good!

http://friendi.ca/

Social Web Incubator Community Group kick-off call

Reminder, kick-off call for the SWICG group this Friday, May 5th of 2017 at 4PM GMT.

What is this thing?

"The purpose of the Social Web Incubator Community Group is to continue and extend the development of vocabularies, formats and protocols to support the distributed / federated social web, as well as related technologies (such as anti-abuse and anti-spam techniques suitable for an open web)."

It would be great to have a wide array of influencers and builders of the federated social web present, at least listening for a random comment, if not actively engaged. Participating in the calls is not mandatory at all. Especially would love key contributors from projects like #diaspora, #friendica, #hubzilla, #mastodon, #gnusocial and #pumpio to be present.

https://www.w3.org/community/swicg/2017/05/01/social-web-incubator-community-group-kick-off-call/

Greets! :)

Diapod.Net received some long overdue upgrades and maintenance this weekend. Our in-house Linux box received a small RAM upgrade, the OS, Diaspora and all it's supporting software are once again up to date.

Active Pods housekeeping script was backlogged and removed over 50 pods when fixed. All these pods are believed to be off-line but please do let me know if your pod got removed and is still in fact available.

Active Map remains unavailable but i do still plan on fixing that eventually. Thank you! Happy Easter!

#diaspora #redmatrix #friendica #pod #pods #podmin #podmins #map #federation

https://twitter.com/FriendicaNews/status/840929892527034368

Does #friendica have a feed here on #TheFederation that posts these out? Would be more fun sharing that instead of tweets :P

Congrats for the new release!

The federation new design is live!

Hey everyone! My work on the-federation website redesign is done. It's the first step to offer a better vision of our beloved social network. It was a pleasure to work with [Jason Robinson](/u/jaywink) on this project. If you find any bug please report it on github.

This new website brings new features, including a responsive design, a page for each project ( #diaspora, #friendica and #hubzilla) and for each node! This means you now have a list of nodes for each project, and charts for project (like users, posts... only for diaspora* for example). You also have new charts with interesting ratios, and (very) improved performance (no more freeze for you, #firefox).

Among the new features you can expect in future improvements will be versions information (how many pods, how many users are up-to-date). If you have any feedback please share!

#thefederation #protocol #socialweb #datamining #sharingiscaring