This little page started on my personal blog. It slowly took on a life of it’s own. So here we are with our own domain name and site.
Last updated 9/24/2024
The Fediverse is more than Mastodon. Let’s get that straight away. Mastodon is just the most popular right now, because of the Twitter exodus.
There are lots of other Fediverse platforms that are neat in their own right. And best of all, because of ActivityPub they all talk to each other!
What’s The Fediverse?
The Fediverse (a portmanteau of “federation” and “universe”) is an ensemble of federated (i.e. interconnected) servers that are used for web publishing (i.e. social networking, microblogging, blogging, or websites) and file hosting, but which, while independently hosted, can communicate with each other.
Fediverse.Info ⁂
Other Fediverse Stuff!
As I stated above, the Fediverse is way more than Mastodon. Here’s some stuff about other Fediverse apps etc.
- Fediverse Starter Packs
- Social Web Foundation
- A New Fediverse Host: https://fedihost.co
- Fedify.Dev ActivityPub server framework
- JoinTheFedivese.net
- Proposed Fediverse Symbol
- Fediverse Developer Network
- Test suite for the Fediverse and related protocols
- Awesome Happenings From The FediForum v4 (Sept. 2024)
- Bandwagon.FM – Bandcamp for the Fediverse
- Social Web Incubator Community Group at the W3C
- Fediverse Resources – Great Resource
- Channel.org – A way to have a channel on the Fediverse. A non-profit membership service that helps you take ownership of your presence, content and communities on the web.
- We Distribute Fediverse Coverage and Fediverse-first
- Doc Pop for the WordPress YouTube channel explains the Fediverse.
- NewsMast.org – A PWA and native app for news on the Fediverse
- Fediverse Explorations: Studies, research papers, and informal polls that explore the fediverse.
- Difference between kbin and lemmy
- A small FAQ to hopefully help new users to kbin
- A good graphic showing how Lemmy works
- List of Lemmy Apps
- Find Lemmy Instances and Communities
- Lemmy Search Engine
- Fediverse Fans – Person/Account sortable directory
- FediForm – Unconference about the fediverse
- TrueFans.fm – Federated and Podcasting 2.0 Player
- Fedica – Fediverse analytics and data
- IFTAS – Federated Trust and Safety, which is much needed!
- Activity Pods – The framework to create decentralized social apps
- WordPress.com Fediverse Files
- Orcid.org – Scientific Federation Publication
- Sub.Club – A way to monetize your feed on the Fediverse
- Micro.blog – A fediverse blogging solution
- Fediverse Discovery Project – Exploring decentralized search and discovery for the Fediverse
- Dazzle Labs Inc., provides Fediverse consulting services
Mostly Mastodon Info
Note: Some of these resources toward the bottom are a bit dated.
- Explaining Mastodon in Spanish
- Mastodon Near Me
- A Case For Mastodon by Chris Morrell
- MastoGizmos.com
- Comment to a WordPress blog post via the Fediverse
- Mastodon and today’s fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default – and instance blocking is a blunt but powerful safety tool
- Mastodon gets better search, onboarding, and cross-server interactions (The Verge)
- Great Rundown on what’s new in 4.2
- Mastodon’s latest release makes the open source Twitter alternative easier to use
- Turn Your WordPress blog into an ActivityPub connected site
- WordPress is coming to the Fediverse
- WordPress is coming to the fediverse
- Great Interface For Mastodon – Phanpy.social
- MastoFeed – Feed reading on Mastodon
- Big Mastodon Hashtag Search
- Sharing advice and assisting with the great Mastodon migration
- Tom Merritt Know A Little More Podcast On Mastodon 4/20/2023
- Great Video – What Is Mastodon
- Fediverse.Info
- Fedi.Tips
- Tom Merritt’s Article On The Basics Of Mastodon
- A good guide on Mastodon
- Top 10 Tips For Mastodon
- A directory to help you find interesting people in the Fediverse
- Another Great Primer On Moving From Twitter to Mastodon
- The Twitter Migration is Real and Viable Thanks to Mastodon
- Great Explainer On Mastodon From The NYTimes
- Mastodon: What you need to know for your security and privacy
- Migrating From Twitter to Mastodon
- Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)
- Sharing advice and assisting with the great Mastodon migration
- Why Mastodon Search Seems So Unclear and How Mastodon Search Works
- Great Post On How The Fediverse Is Bigger Than Mastodon
- Video on Youtube by Joanna Stern of WSJ About Mastodon
- Great Post About Etiquette On Mastodon
- Filters Are Your Friend on Mastodon
- Ditching Twitter? How to get started with Mastodon
- Mastodon Servers for Journalists
- Twitter users who are fleeing to the social media platform Mastodon are finding it to be a different animal.
- Grow Your Own Services –> How to self host your online life
- How to get your Wix website verified on Mastodon
- Geared for SEOs, but great info
- Home Innovation Social Media Mastodon isn’t Twitter but it’s glorious
- Journalists want to recreate Twitter on Mastodon. Mastodon is not into it.
- Mastodon Help
- Good Post On How To Think And Navigate Mastodon“
- Wired: How To Get Started With Mastodon
- Doc Pop On How WordPress Can Be Part Of The Fediverse With ActivityPub
- Get verified on Mastodon with your website
- The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (if we don’t screw it up)
- Some thoughts on Mastodon – Seth Godin
- Find The Right Instance For You
- Can Mastodon be a reasonable Twitter substitute for journalists?
- The Markup’s Take On The Fediverse
- Github Wiki On How To Use Mastodon
- How To CW On The Fediverse
- Simple Verification For Mastodon ON WordPress (Plugin)
- WordPress Community on Mastodon (wptoots.social)
- How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count the ways
- I signed up for Mastodon to see what the big fuss was about: Nyasha’s journey to Mastodon
- I Was Wrong About Mastodon
- On Joining Mastodon
- The Good News and Bad News about Mastodon for Creators [and How To Get Started]
- A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon
- How We Verified Ourselves on Mastodon — and How You Can Too
- WordPress Should Embrace the Fediverse
If you have questions about Mastodon or the Fediverse as a whole, you can find me on the Fediverse at my account on IndieWeb.Social. If you’re interested in helping curate? Reach out as well!