[kwlug-disc] Social Networks

[Stuart Seeley]

Me too... 'self hosting' is probably a stretch for most, but at least there
are some larger hosts open to registrations.

I was a little confused, having my head in the sand on these things until
reading bobs emaill.. but I found some more general material helpful in
wrapping my head around some of this stuff:

https://medium.com/be-braver/my-take-on-alternatives-to-facebook-diaspora-and-twitter-mastodon-32729d1c3123

The Changelog: 315: Join the federation?! Mastodon awaits…
https://overcast.fm/+HZUcTMe_c

Hope to see some of you out there soon!

Stuart



On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:01 PM Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am absolutely excited to hear more and more people are shifting to this
> whole opensource /r/selfhosted kind of life style.
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:41 AM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
>> If you're looking for a social media application with a bit more reach,
>> try Friendica.  It connects to Diaspora pods, Mastodon, GNUsocial and
>> even Pump.io
>>
>> I believe there are some people on this list who run a Friendica
>> instance...
>>
>> There are some diagrams of how the different social media applications
>> interoperate at https://sobac.com/wiki/Social_Media_Connectivity_Matrix
>>  Some diagrams are a bit old, so some apps no longer exist (Red,
>> RedMatrix), and other apps have grown to encompass more protocols
>> (Pump.io is rumoured to support both ActivityPump and ActivityPub).
>>
>> Also, since ActivityPub was standardized earlier this year there has
>> been an explosion of other apps that interoperate, eg. Pixelfed
>> https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed
>>
>> And this is worth a read:
>>
>> https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334
>>
>> --Bob.
>>
>>
>> On 2018-10-10 9:59 p.m., Kirk Zurell wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM CrankyOldBugger
>> > <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> ...pluspora.  Does anyone here have any experience with this?  Any
>> good or bad impressions?
>> >
>> > I have a soft spot for Diaspora, as compared to the more orthodox
>> > libre social mediums.
>> >
>> > I have accounts on diasp.eu and joindiaspora, which I check
>> > semi-regularly. Don't know about the other pods, hadn't heard of
>> > pluspora until now (it's as new as the G+ closure, then?)
>> >
>> > Have also tried setting it up on a home pod, got bogged down in
>> > Rubyisms and pre-Let's Encrypt cert. malaise.
>> >
>> > All it needs is the same critical mass that took Facebook from a web
>> > app to a lifestyle.
>> >
>> > Don't know if that innocent age will ever return...
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Kirk
>> >
>>
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