Hosting a new ActivityPub Relay for the Fediverse including Mastodon and snac
(2025-01-22):The Fediverse is an interconnected world of diverse platforms, brought together by the ActivityPub protocol. At its heart lies a fundamental concept: decentralized, federated communication. In this environment, relays play a significant role by enhancing the reach and visibility of servers (instances) within the network. To understand why relays matter, it’s important to explore how a relay works and what they bring to the Fediverse – including all the software components like Mastodon, Pleroma, snac and many more. ActivityPub Relay for the Fediverse by gyptazy An ActivityPub relay acts as a middleman, bridging multiple servers to facilitate broader content sharing. Without a relay, communication across instances relies entirely on direct relationships between servers. If two servers don’t know about each other, their users might remain unaware of the conversations and communities happening elsewhere. This might also often lead into missing content when searching for specific keywords or hashtags. A relay .... [read more]