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      Movim, the federated blogging and chat platform!

      Timothée Jaussoin · pubsub.movim.eu / Movim · Friday, 11 November, 2022 - 22:48

    Bye bye Facebook, bye bye Twitter, the federated platforms are ready to take over!

    The whole Fediverse is booming, Mastodon looks like a really promising replacement for the little blue bird and Peertube to replace Youtube. Many other platforms are currently being developed around the ActivityPub ecosystem like explained in this article The Fediverse is so much bigger than Mastodon.

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    We think that Movim also fit perfectly in there by being a perfect blogging and chatting platform. Fully built on the widely used Internet standard XMPP it is packed with plenty of exciting features in a nice and friendly user interface.

    The Libervia project is actually working on a bridge between ActivityPub (the Fediverse core protocol) and XMPP which would allow us to connect all those exciting platforms with Movim!

    ActivityPub and XMPP

    Feel free to share the word to help us!

    We are just at the beginning of this exciting journey :)

    edhelas

    #movim #xmpp #activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #libervia #twitter #facebook

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      Joining Two Open Protocols: XMPP-ActivityPub Gateway

      pubsub.movim.eu / berlin-xmpp-meetup · Wednesday, 9 March, 2022 - 14:34

    Joining Two Open Protocols: XMPP-ActivityPub Gateway

    Goffi from Libervia (formerly know as "Salut à toi") will present his current project.

    When?TODAY, Wednesday, 2022-03-09 18:00 CET (always 2ⁿᵈ Wednesday of every month)

    Where? This time not in xHain hack+makespace, Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 Berlin, but online at meet.in-berlin.de. In our virtual room xmpp:berlin-meetup@conference.conversations.im?join a link will be posted right before the meeting start.

    See you later!

    #jabber #xmpp #community #xhain #freesoftware #berlin #meetup #federation #libervia #activitypub #fediverse

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      Mathias Poujol-Rost ✅ · Sunday, 6 February, 2022 - 17:14

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    • FediTips (@feditips@mstdn.social)

      Mastodon and most other Fediverse platforms display posts chronologically, without any algorithms. On your feed you will see all the posts from all the people you follow, in the order they posted them. Because of this, if you post something important you may want to boost it again later in the day so that people in different time zones have a better chance of seeing it. #MastoTips #FediTips #Mastodon #Fediverse #TimeZones

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      Mathias Poujol-Rost ✅ · Thursday, 9 December, 2021 - 13:54

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      Each network on the Fediverse is made up of lots of independent servers, called "instances". You can see all the latest public posts and boosts on your home instance by clicking "Local" at the side of the screen. It can be a good place to find new people to follow. However, on larger instances this Local feed may be an unreadable firehose of posts that scrolls far too quickly. This is why a lot of people prefer being on smaller instances that match their interests. #FediTips #Fediverse #MastoTips #Mastodon #Instances

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      Jabber and Football

      pubsub.movim.eu / berlin-xmpp-meetup · Monday, 6 September, 2021 - 08:03 edit

    Jabber and Football

    This time, we will enjoy socialising and talking about this and that and XMPP and Jabber and Football. We meet outside of xHain using their chairs on the pavement. You may bring your own drinks and snacks,

    If you are not interested into football at all, you can still join us. You will not be the only normal person.

    When? Wednesday, 2021-09-08 18:00 CEST (always 2ⁿᵈ Wednesday of every month)

    Where? Pavement in front of xHain hack+makespace, Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 Berlin (as formerly)

    See you then!

    Or join our non-physical room (xmpp:berlin-meetup@conference.conversations.im?join)!

    #jabber #xmpp #community #xhain #freesoftware #berlin #meetup #federation #fediverse #football

    COVID-19: If someone needs to enter xHain, they should be vaccinated, tested, or recovered. Tests can be performed anonymously on the spot, if needed. They needs to wear a cloth mask, too.

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      August meeting

      pubsub.movim.eu / berlin-xmpp-meetup · Monday, 9 August, 2021 - 07:29 edit

    August meeting

    Last minute change: We meet at 19:00 hrs CEST online, see our MUC for the Jitsi meeting! Sorry!

    This time, we will enjoy socialising and talking about this and that and XMPP. We meet outside of xHain using their chairs on the pavement. You may bring your own drinks and snacks,

    We probably will talk about the new Profanity release 0.11.0, too!

    If someone needs to enter xHain, they needs either a negative Corona test result or vaccination certificate. Tests can be performed anonymously, if needed. They needs to wear a cloth mask, too.

    When? Wednesday, 2021-08-11 18:00 CEST (always 2ⁿᵈ Wednesday of every month)

    Where? Pavement in front of xHain hack+makespace, Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 Berlin (as formerly)

    See you then!

    Or join our non-physical room (xmpp:berlin-meetup@conference.conversations.im?join)!

    #jabber #xmpp #community #xhain #freesoftware #berlin #meetup #federation #fediverse #profanity

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      pubsub.movim.eu / berlin-xmpp-meetup · Monday, 12 July, 2021 - 11:11

    We'll Meet Again, in real life!

    This time, we will enjoy socialising and talking about this and that and XMPP. We meet outside of xHain using their chairs on the pavement. You may bring your own drinks and snacks,

    If someone needs to enter xHain, they needs either a negative Corona test result or vaccination certificate. Tests can be performed anonymously, if needed. They needs to wear a cloth mask, too.

    When? Wednesday, 2021-07-14 18:00 CEST (always 2ⁿᵈ Wednesday of every month)

    Where? Pavement in front of xHain hack+makespace, Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 Berlin (as formerly)

    See you then!

    Or join our non-physical room (xmpp:berlin-meetup@conference.conversations.im?join)!

    #xmpp #community #xhain #freesoftware #berlin #meetup #federation #fediverse

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      Freedom in the Cloud (ten years later)

      news.movim.eu / open-source-software · Wednesday, 20 January, 2021 - 12:59 edit · 2 minutes

    After a conversation here on Movim yesterday I again watched the famous speech of Eben Moglen on that Friday night in 2010 at the ISOC-NY. That speech has influenced me greatly. It was the first time that I realised that client-server infrastructure of the internet is a huge problem. This very infrastructure ensured that all the data were aggregated and used (or abused) by the ones that owned the servers. At the same time the clients were being deprived of power. And that with the accumulation of servers in a data centre and he virtualisation of the servers (cloud) these owners were getting even more powerful.

    I wasn't the only one that was influenced by this speech of Eben. It also marked the beginning of the development of Diaspora. As it happens some of the initial developers of Diaspora were present at that Friday night at ISOC-NY and it inspired them to build the Diaspora software.

    A lot has changed the last ten years, and I will get to that, but what hasn't changed is the client-server infrastructure, the source of evil. If anything the power of ones that own the servers like Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple and even Twitter has increased greatly. And as a consequence the ones working on the client side have become even more powerless. Snowden (2013) and Cambridge Analytica (2016) are just a few examples that demonstrate that this abuse of the 'architecture of the catastrophe' took directions that we (or I) couldn't have envisioned.

    On the plus side since 2010 a lot of developments have started to halt this catastrophe. Some were more successful than other but it's undeniable that if someone is looking for a free (as in freedom) alternative right now a lot more options are available than 10 years ago. Also these options seem to be sustainable and rather successful. The #Fediverse with Mastodon, Pleroma, PeerTube, Funkwhale, Pixelfed, Lemmy and others has made great progress since the introduction of the #ActivityPub protocol. #XMPP has made great progress with the introduction of advanced clients like Conversations, Movim and Gajim.

    It appears that #Freedombox hasn't lived up to it's expectations. The development of Freedombox was initiated by Eben and allows to set up a simple private server in your home. The last time I checked even Diaspora was not supported by Freedombox making social networking with it impossible. Luckily other initiatives have taken flight such as #Yunohost. They make it easy to self-host a server and install software for blog, chat, social networking, online storage and file sharing. Yunohost and others bring the dream of Eben closer of a peer-to-peer network instead of a client-server network.

    Another noteworthy development is Scuttlebutt, a client-based peer-to-peer application for encrypted social network. Just install the app on your PC or phone (Manyverse) and communicate directly with others that installed the app.

    Or Briar, a client for messaging that uses Bluetooth, WiFi and the Tor network to communicate. The need to host your own server has been replaced by simply installing an app that doesn't rely on a central server. Even if the internet is down the information keeps flowing over WiFi and Bluetooth.

    Although we still live in the catastrophe that Eben spoke about there are more possibilities to escape and it appears that more and more people are discovering this. With every scandal, every update of the term of service a wave of new users appears on the networks that I mentioned above and that's something to be grateful about but it should also motivate us to keep fighting for a free (as in freedom) internet.

    • Eben Moglen - Freedom In The Cloud (2010)

      Everyone wants a piece of you these days: Google, Facebook, Flickr, Apple, AT&T, Bing. They'll give you free e-mail, free photo storage, free web hosting, even a free date. They just want to listen in. And you can't wait to let them. They'll store your stuff, they'll organize your photos, they'll keep track of your appointments, as long as they can watch. It all goes into the "Cloud" Eben Moglen is a Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University and the founding director of the Software Freedom Law Center freedomboxfoundation.org softwarefreedom.org emoglen.law.columbia.edu

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      What is Lemmy

      news.movim.eu / open-source-software · Thursday, 31 December, 2020 - 11:36 edit · 1 minute

    I've got a confession to make. Since I left Google+ and Reddit two years ago I always missed the community approach of both social networks. Don't get me wrong I love XMPP (or Movim in my case) and Mastodon. I love their ease of use and the possibilities to communicate. I love the ease to set up a chatroom or a microblog in Movim. And I love that they are federated and operate without a giant company behind it that preys on my data. However both on Movim and Mastodon it's hard for me to have a structured conversation around one single topic (e.g. cycling or 3dprinting). It's for that reason that lately I've spend time on Lemmy. Lemmy is easiest described as a federated Reddit alternative. Communities are fundamental for Lemmy. Every post has to be posted in one of the communities. If the community doesn't exist the user can create one themself. Post don't get buried by hundreds of other posts and discussion threads are easy to follow. I'm currently on lemmy.ml which appears to be the most general purpose and the largest server in terms of subscribers but you can run your own server if you want to. The numbers of users of Lemmy is currently growing rapidly but only time will tell what portion of users remain active.

    The beauty is that Movim, Mastodon and Lemmy (and all other federated social networks) serve different purposes so I don't have to choose. They can co-exist and enable people to optimize their online social needs.

    #lemmy #fediverse