#hubzilla

Hey I realize that we’re talking about Hubzilla and Federated Fandom over on DW, but DW really isn’t the target audience for it--it’s disgruntled Tumblr and Twitter users!  

So here’s a link to the latest issue of the newsletter and here’s my pitch:

Update! Summer edition of Fandom gets Closer to the Metal!

Look, I don’t use it that often because I’m a lazy fuck? 

But the Fediverse is still out there as an option. Hubzilla(the journal/tumblr option) and Mastadon (the twitter option) are both up and being built RIGHT FUCKING NOW. There’s likely an insta-like option too I just don’t know about @stopthatimp or @bastlynn or @shinelikethunder or @cesperanza or possibly @astolat might know better than me.

Autonomous, federated, user-owned, cloneable content that you can back up and reupload to new servers if shit goes down - like in this article - INCLUDING YOUR FOLLOWERS AND WHO YOU FOLLOW -  is a thing that exists, in the world, right now.

So I’ve landed on a hubzilla channel in the fediverse and i really like it.

what the fuck is that?

yeah, that was me literally yesterday.

I’m still super fucking new but the way i understand it is a kinda mini-internet within the internet created by people with their own servers connected to each other by different user interfaces(UI) that can communicate with each other. Imagine if my twitter account could follow your pillowfort and i could leave tweets on your journal entries and you could leave comments on my tweets. so thats the fediverse. there’s mastadon(which is like twitter) and hubzilla(which is the closest thing to LJ/Pillowfort) and then about six other user interfaces and each interface functions on an instance(which is a server). some servers are invitation only, some are open access but you can access any one in the fediverse(the giant mini-internet of connected servers called the federation, federation-universe hence fediverse) who isn’t locked down to private as long as you’re logged in to something that’s on the fediverse. different instances have moderation which keeps down on that whole nazi business. and if that doesnt work for you you can start your own instance although at this point i am far far too novice to do anything but just use the damn UI and try to get comfortable. you can pick what works for you and go from there but! what’s great is you can clone EVERYTHING you have (so if hubzilla or mastadon where a tumblr or a twitter you could go *clone* and suddenly your entire twitter or tumblr and everything that EVER HAPPENED IN YOUR ENTIRE HISTORY would be duplicated), and ready to move, with you, to a new server which are not owned by public entities. your friends own them. and you make your clone? and you save it on your fucking hard drive. or back it up to external drive or dropbox or wherever. 

yeah.

i like that.

after surviving 2 FFN purges, LJ, and now tumblr? this is good. DW is good but its still a single entity that can break down. and pfio is a for profit entity even if it says it’s designed with fans in mind and can be bought at some point even if it’s years from now. It happened with LJ, happened with Tumblr and I dont plan to get comfortable somewhere that can happen again if I can help it. I plan to nurture growth somewhere that won’t encourage that type of behavior in future. yall fool me once shame on shame on you, fool me twice shame on you. fool me three times i’m a fool. fool me four times maybe its time to change the system from the ground up and build from a new set of blueprints. how many times do i have to lose everything to accept that maybe the system is broken? i am willing to work through the stage that comes before fucking beta for that kind of freedom, independence, and self-sufficent security that i give myself kthnx. 

so, the UI works for me, right now, is Hubzilla and what they call a journal or home base or whatever is a channel.

and same as ever. same as i will always be? I’m dancinbutterfly

you can find me at https://fandom.stopthatimp.net/channel/dancinbutterfly

To my Magnificent Seven family @poemsingreenink @fontainebleau22 @decoy-ocelot @hazel-athena @northstarfan @mistmarauder and anyone else I cant remember right now cuz its 1am? Making a channel for us was the first experiment I did!  https://fandom.stopthatimp.net/channel/mag7  I know theres nothing there yet because I’m honestly still not sure what I’m doing but if you literally put !mag7 (no spaces, very important) in any post? that post will appear in that channel. It’s also got a forum for us to talk in and I *THINK* if you give me a few days I can get a chatroom up and running not that its necessary with the discord. Point is, this thing actually can be built on and I went from knowing nothing to building new channels in less than 6 hours. Thats how steep the learning curve is. 

I know there’s little to no traffic and the appeal of other sites is that its still hoppin they’re more busy but https://fandom.stopthatimp.net is open access right now and all you need is an email to sign up. Come on. You know you wanna come be all crypto with me. 

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Our #Fediverse Assembly is dedicated to decentralized social networks, digital self-determination, and the technical as well as societal development of federated platforms. We aim to create a space where developers, admins, activists, and interested users can exchange ideas, learn from each other, and collaborate on new concepts.

A core focus of our assembly is governance in the Fediverse: How does moderation work in a decentralized network? Which models of self-management have proven effective—and where do instances reach their limits? We discuss instance rules, moderation practices, questions of responsibility, transparency, and community structures.

In addition to these social aspects, we offer technical workshops for beginners and advanced participants. Together we set up instances such as #Mastodon, #Friendica, or #Hubzilla, talk about required infrastructure, security, configuration, and maintenance, and share tips for stable and responsible instance operation.

We also showcase current projects in the Fediverse: new clients, tools for federated communication, monitoring and moderation utilities, as well as approaches to improving performance and scalability. We highlight what the community is working on and which challenges are currently at the forefront.

Of course, we also explore the political and societal implications: What opportunities does decentralization offer in an increasingly centralized social-media landscape? How do federated platforms affect privacy, power structures, and the digital public sphere? What role can the Fediverse play in social movements and civil society contexts?

Our assembly invites you to join discussions, contribute to projects, and help shape a vision for an open, democratic, and technically robust Fediverse. Come by, bring your ideas—or simply get inspired!

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