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Working on the Hybridized-concepts.com website again. Still trying to get the ActivityPub module to work.

Still unable to find @cwsmith@hybridized-concepts.com when I search it. Modified the NGINX config for error reporting. Maybe that will help me figure this out.

Will also be working on the […]

Mainstream adoption of ActivityPub vs. DIY indie hacking @hamishcampbell@mastodon.social recently made a statement that got me thinking about our place in the open social web, and the direction it's going. He says to @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org and @evan@cosocial.ca re: SXSW > #FediverseHouse this feels like an irrelevant echo chamber, I really miss the grassroots #DIY that built this space in the first place. This #maistreaming is too much noise vs signal... currently the grassroots #DIY space is a hollow shell _(two posts combined)_ That immediately got me on edge as someone new to ActivityPub in 2024. Does this mean I'm "mainstream", and somehow "bad"? Mainstream adoption is **good** and a step in the right direction. I personally think ActivityPub isn't ready for general mainstream consumption, but we as a group are rapidly closing the gap and I'd much rather continue building momentum instead of waiting for the opportune moment. Here's the hot take that I was going to originally write, but thought came off as too combative: > It sounds like you feel like ActivityPub development only counts when you're toiling away in obscurity. As someone who's hacking away on a platform that hasn't been "mainstream" for over a decade (forum/BBS software), I bristle at the notion that what I do doesn't count as grassroots or DIY. You don't have to be the perpetual underdog to do good in the world. I might be wrong, but it sounds like Hamish feels like big players are coming in and taking the ball away... that big players' clout and presence takes away from the attention that smaller DIY projects receive. Maybe... but if the fediverse is 100x larger with a big player, and they take 99% of the eyeballs, have they really taken anything away from you?

Found this Discussion on the NodeBB community forum. Seemed interesting related to the evolution of what the Federated Networks might be heading towards and what some folk feel on the subject.

https://community.nodebb.org/post/103746

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Wondering if I am actually producing anything of value even just posting here.

I post on all socials right now but I really don't know if what I share is worth the effort to put out.

Gonna go do laundry and try and get some basic site setups working. No themeing today, just get basics online […]

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Making 2FA mandatory for all admin and mods on the forums. Tempted to extend that to regular users.

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Still working on fleshing out Forum topics on the five forums I built. So far no one has joined but that's fine at the moment.

Once I am happy with it I can find mods and another admin. Maybe. But I also want to build on my content Sites as well […]

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So I had a thought.

So far I have built the NodeBB forums as suppliments for content Sites I plan to build for them.

NodeBB installs with a long form Blog section as a default. What's to stop me from using it like that while it being NodeBB allows […]

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So, for the Fanbards.net forum I have added these sections to General Discussion.

* Anime/Manga
* Comics
* Cartoons
* Books
* Television
* Movies
* Music



I think that's good enough for now. Thoughts?

Eventually, once I get the actual site online. I will have a seperate area […]

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So, I got all the forums I wanted to build setup. Eventually I will probably need to shell out for a more expensive server, but for now this will have to do.

I just can't afford any more right now. And I still want to build some pages so I can afford more resources.

Working on Secondary […]

So I got one NodeBB forum functioning. Haven't confirmed
Federation is working yet.

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Still kinda fighting the install, trying to get the Instagram import to work. So far nothing.

Trying to find #PixelFed accounts that are more travel oriented, but not sure I like how the search function is not available unless you are logged into an instance. Could […]

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So, the Instagram import isn't doing what I would think it should be doing. Currently nothing has gone up and nothing even indicates anything happened aside from the fact I can't reimport the spicific things I wanted to.

Could just be something […]

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Just Imported the entries from Instagram that I felt best fit the vibe I am going for on Wanderers-Waypoint.com. Not a lot of Selfies, and apparently more Meme's then I was expecting were left out.

But the important stuff is there now.

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So I got the PixelFed instance working properly now. Gonna need some tweaks like the object storage settings, email, and maybe open it for the general public at some point.

Pulling everything out of Instagram currently. Gonna import my […]

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Still fighting the PixelFed instance at Wanderers-Waypoint.com. Did get it to work normally if all I want to do is basic user functions and got it logged in from the android app and Fedilab.

Still unable to get to the Admin dashboard. It keeps […]

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Got the PixelFed Instances kinda working on Wanderers-Waypoint.com finally. I haven't been able to get Federation working yet but then again I can't even get to the Admin dashboard right now so....

But it's available and that's something.

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So I didn't quiet succeed in my goals of getting the forums and the #PixelFed instance up. I just kept getting distracted by shit.

Got to try to dispose of 4 containers of Prestone DexCool orange coolant. The vans old […]

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Hopefully sometime today or tomorrow I will try to start getting some of my pages online and communities running. The pages will be in maintenance mode until I am mostly happy with them with links to the community pages/Forums/Federated apps.

Here's […]

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I am working on rebuilding one of my communities. Originally it was a small fanfiction thing but as I have another fan related domain I decided to make this one a Dark Fiction site and community.

Thing is that Dark […]

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So, I want to rebuild one of my story telling communities, Darkscribes. It was originally a rather cringe fanfiction page when I started it. Now I think it be best to rebuild it hut here's the rub.

It have to be a dark fiction community […]

Saw this on Reddit r/Fediverse today.

Someone went and created a Marketplace replacement.

Didn't know that existed.

@FediTips is this something you have run into before?

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Thinking of rebuilding Wanderers Waypoint as a PixelFed instance.

I like the idea, but I kinda think it be nice with loops as well. But I am not entirely sure how this should work.

Wouldn't mind some input on this.

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Has anyone tried creating an ActivityPub extension for PhpBB?

I am curious.

Has anyone thought of adding ActivityPub functionality to something like Libre.fm so we could built a music Fediverse branch?

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Does anyone think there is a place for a fan run content site that Federates to the rest of the network?

Not like a Mastodon page but a full WordPress built site of some kind? Or some other CMS while a community page is built on a subdomain?

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#MastodonCommunity […]