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Connecting threads across the web. We Distribute is an independent news publication dedicated to user empowerment, decentralized communication, and the future of the Internet.

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Question for fedi experts. What are the benefits of hosting your own instance? #fediverse #mastodon

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@janettespeyer The main benefits we've seen are two-fold: self-reliance, and control.

Broadly speaking, relying on other people to administrate a server can be a bit of a compromise. You might have a great admin team, with dedicated moderators, tremendous uptime, and clear community policies. Or, you might not have any of those things.

The main critique of joining a community instance vs self-hosting can be summed up as the following question: how comfortable are you in having someone else make decisions on your behalf?

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@janettespeyer Not sure if you had seen this piece, but we've put some thought into the subject: https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/us-government-hosted-fediverse/

It's definitely doable, a big chunk of EU political bureaus and offices are on government-hosted Mastodon instances. The biggest challenge is probably going to be finding a quality vendor that understands compliance, competent moderators to run the service, and onboarding resources and training for social media teams.

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In response to @potus enabling federation via #Threads the other day, a number of people asked: why can't the White House self-host their own Mastodon server?

Our writer @deadsuperhero dives in with some thoughts on the current hurdles

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/us-government-hosted-fediverse/

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It's now possible to follow President Biden and the White House on the #Fediverse. Both accounts have enabled the integration via #Threads.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/president-biden-on-fedi/

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@blake It would be nice to see the US Government do something similar to the EU!

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We are pivoting from niche journalism to a shipping and distribution company!

https://www.wedistribute.com/

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Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for #Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies and remain listed.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/block-threads-to-remain-listed/

hello, to threads
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It may be that this is little more than an extremely unfortunate glitch, but it's really unfortunate timing for . The thing is, companies like Meta don't have a great history with projects.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/is-threads-hiding-pixelfed/

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We're trying something new: live coverage of the #FediForum 2024 Event! It's a first-ever experiment for us, come check out our coverage!

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/fediforum-live/

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#ActivityPub has remained the dominant #Fediverse protocol over the past few years. In that time, many bright ideas have come on how to improve the spec. Here's where those efforts are today.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/extending-activitypub/

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Mike Macgirvin, the long-time developer that brought us #Friendica, #Hubzilla, #Streams, and the #Zot protocol, is bringing his most powerful concept to the rest of the #Fediverse: Nomadic Identity.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/activitypub-nomadic-identity/

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The #Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/loops-by-pixelfed/

#Loops

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Imagine if #Fediverse technology could be used for scientific and academic research? That's the pitch being made by Open Science Network, a spinoff effort of @bonfire.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/bonfire-open-science/

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An Important Reminder! ⚠️

The @fediforum Unconference is happening next week, and tickets are still available!

The event is shaping up to feature some great talks, group discussions, and demos as well.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/fediforum-is-next-week/

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This is a message for anyone intending to do a demo for #Fediform next week: if you'd like to take some time practicing your project's demo with us prior to your presentation, please reach out!

We're hoping to give better coverage to presenters during these kinds of events, and would love to help you take time to record a take, and then showcase them on our site and #PeerTube channel after Fediforum concludes.

Reach out if you're interested!

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You probably already know this, based on our handle and domain, but We Distribute's main #Fediverse accounts are all self-hosted on social dot wedistribute dot org now.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/we-distribute-social

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#Lemmy, one of the biggest federated Reddit alternatives, is up against a surprising problem: users and admins can't delete images.

Here's why that matters.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/lemmy-image-problem/

#Threadiverse

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The #ContentNation situation is a dumpster fire for the #Fediverse. What would you do if you were building something, people misunderstood what it was, and things escalated to a point that someone loaded CSAM onto your server for the sake of reporting it?

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/

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The nonprofit curated community feeds platform, Newsmast, has announced a brand new release that brings discovery tools even closer to the #Fediverse.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/newsmast-3-update/

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ICYMI: #Bluesky has officially opened up federation via the Autheticated Transfer Protocol.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web

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Our instance is now using ! 🎉

Mangane is a fork of Soapbox by members of BDX Town. Thanks so much for your hard work! 🥳

We will continue to experiment with what UI and layout will work best for our community instance.

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Sometimes, you just can't beat the simple fun of a free card game generator. Loads of people in the #Fediverse are loving #FediCard!

https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/fediverse-trading-cards/

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This is your friendly reminder to sign up for the #Fediforum March 2024 event!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fediforum-march-2024-tickets-777377355597

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We've taken the necessary steps to set policies for our social instance, and now have set a community policy / terms of service!

https://social.wedistribute.org/about

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Additionally, we have gone forward and signed the @iftas pledge against misgendering, deadnaming, and advocacy of Conversion Therapy. These things have no place in an our community, and works against our values of individual dignity, safety, and intersectionality.

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