Pixelfed is not for sale. It never was.

I've turned down 6 and 7 figure offers, and I'd do it again tomorrow. Some things matter more than a beach and a Peach Bellini.

We're building something generational here. Something that outlives us if we get it right.

100M+ people. Ethically sustainable. Admins and creators get paid.

You deserve better, and we're going to build it together.

#activityPub #fediverse #together #notForSale

LittleFedi is an excellent light weight but fully featured Fediverse platform (ActivityPub). I've been kicking tires and providing feedback on the test instance and excited for the first release to give it a go self-hosted.

@stefano has been leading a master class in community and developer relations. He has been stewarding the team and user community with enthusiasm and transparency. Congratulations to Stefano and the team.

Here's a great story of the project's genesis and journey. https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@littlefedi_official/01a0f644-8ed6-7a7d-ade6-46f4c0a74f41

#littleFedi #ActivityPub #Fediverse #FOSS #SelfHosting

Of all the ActivityPub servers that have ever been publicly available, how many do you think are still up today?

#EvanPoll #poll #fediverse #activitypub #sustainability

https://fediverse.info/why

#fediverse #socialWeb #activityPub

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A network one company owns can be sold, shut down or turned against the people who built their lives on it. A network nobody owns can't.

I finally created a #FEP for using #CreativeCommons licenses (and other licenses) in #ActivityPub.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/939

It's out! https://littlefedi.org/

Congratulations and massive thanks to @stefano!

#littlefedi #activitypub

There's a new very lightweight Fediverse platform that's just been released called littleFedi. You can follow its new official account at:

🌱 @littlefedi_official

Its official website including download and source code is at:

🌱 https://littlefedi.org

LittleFedi is intended for techy people who want to create their own Fediverse server using as few resources as possible.

It's written by @stefano (who also created the weather service FediMeteo).

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #FOSS #SelfHosting

The End of the Fediverse

It all comes down to money and availability.

You, whether you like it or not, are a valuable resource, and so is all your content and your users' content. There is no law preventing AI from combing through your site, and it will.

Meta's AI already makes micro-instances and uses Mozilla Firefox to browse sites, preventing people from blocking a user agent. Their AI can even register and join your community, and CAPTCHAs are not a problem. They are already exploring piggybacking off their apps — think Tor, but for Meta — and soon even consumer IPs will not be a safe bet.

Resistance is futile.

Locking down the Fediverse means people cannot know if your community is one where they will be welcomed until after they join — assuming you even have registration open.

If worse comes to worse, AI can simply launch their own Fedi site, joining the network, and scraping content by Federating. The very thing that makes the Fediverse, the Fediverse..

This is what killed community forums. We are seeing this now within the Fediverse.

It all came down to money and availability: who has it and who does not.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #AI #ArtificialIntelligence