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This is a page with material for the social media track with XPUB1, 2025 trimester 3.

Our server

name: debby
url: https://404.xpub.nl
local ip address: 145.24.152.64
HUB ip address: 10.0.0.19
ssh access:
- from the XPUB studio: $ ssh xpub@145.24.152.64
- from outside: $ ssh debby, to make this work, add this to the ssh config on your computer:

$ nano ~/.ssh/config

Host debby
Hostname 10.0.0.19
User xpub
ProxyJump xvm_jump
Identityfile ~/.ssh/jump

First explorations

the terms "fediverse" and "federation" https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf (page 2+3)
ActivityPub (AP) https://activitypub.rocks/
other federated protocols Fediverse page on Wikipedia + https://github.com/emilebosch/awesome-fediverse#Protocols
timelines https://monoskop.org/File:Fediposter_Jan_2020.png (Fed Up!, chronological diagram of federated social web projects, by Lídia Pereira, Artemis Gryllaki and Bohye Woo, Jan 2020.)
the idea of "instances" https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/#fedi-thoughts
moderation, just one example: https://lurk.org/TOS.txt + https://fediverse-governance.github.io/
mastodon https://joinmastodon.org/
the idea of a "server" and "client"
- a "client" is sometimes also called an app: https://joinfediverse.wiki/Apps
the idea of "a small social network" https://web.archive.org/web/20250128065617/https://runyourown.social/
bluesky™ https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
threads™ https://fedipact.online/why + https://fedipact.online/ (+ https://fossacademic.tech/2023/12/16/ThoughtsThreads.html)

Mastodon flavors

Fediverse projects

(aka "server software", or "applications")

Explore an instance

What do we want to run?

(after a poll on zulip...)

Glitch-soc!!

Groups

sysadmin/server

Wiki page: Fediverse/Installation documentation

Possible sources to look at:

https://things.bleu255.com/runyourown/Mastodon

Who: Kim, Kiara, Eleni, Claudio

moderation

Wiki page: Fediverse Moderation

possible things to explore:

#Fediblock https://subscriptions.boricua.style/fediblock-a-tiny-history-2/

(link doesn't seem to work anymore: https://web.archive.org/web/20250318155155/https://subscriptions.boricua.style/fediblock-a-tiny-history-2/

content warnings
local timelines
...
the Collective guidelines page on this wiki
...

Who: Sevgi, Chrissy, Fred, Tessa,

customization

pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Instance_CustomizationGroup

possible things to explore:

custom emoji sets
avatar
home page
...

Who: Chrissy, Tessa, Charlie, Kiara, Feline,

culture(s)

pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/fediverse_cultures

possible things to explore:

scraping netiquette
mapping projects
timelines
instance specific culture
fediverse project specific culture
...

Who: Zuhui, Martina, Wynn,

Documentation of other people running an instance

Potential deeper dives

transforming tech with diversity friendly software (2017) https://medium.com/a-change-is-coming/transforming-tech-with-diversity-friendly-software-338f56d91df
how the fediverse impacts/will impact FLOSS https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf (2020)
some links to Mastodon development struggles/drama's
- why a group of (mostly queer?) mastodon devs decided to work on Forktogether (later renamed to Florance) in response to the developing culture of Mastodon https://cassolotl.medium.com/i-left-mastodon-yesterday-4c5796b0f548 (2018)
- wiki of ForkTogether initiative (2017-201??) https://web.archive.org/web/20190123155508/https://forktogether.space/mw/About
- (detailed) fringe Mastodev stories, Kibi Go (2018) https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/2018-09-09/fringe-beginnings/ (from: https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/)
- mastodon's complicated relation to queer activism (2018) https://hoodieaidakitten.dreamwidth.org/453.html

Sessions

Session 1

Wednesday 25 May 2025

Notes from our first collective explorations: Fediverse/2025/session_1

Session 2

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Manetta's notes of the sharing round at the end of the day

Session 3

Monday 2 June 2025

10:00-17:00 Fediverse work time!
14:00-16:00 Fediverse as site of research: presentation & conversation with Roel Roscam Abbing

Session 4

Wednesday 11 June 2025

10:00-17:00 Fediverse work time!

We started to make the 404.xpub.nl wiki zine for the next XPUB1 group!

Session 5

Tuesday 24 June 2025

10:00-17:00 ?

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ''This is a page with material for the social media track with XPUB1, 2025 trimester 3.''
+==Our server==
+* name: debby
+* url: https://404.xpub.nl
+* local ip address: <code>145.24.152.64</code>
+* HUB ip address: <code>10.0.0.19</code>
+* ssh access:
+** from the XPUB studio: <code>$ ssh xpub@145.24.152.64</code>
+** from outside: <code>$ ssh debby</code>, to make this work, add this to the ssh config on your computer:
+ $ nano ~/.ssh/config
+ Host debby
+ Hostname 10.0.0.19
+ User xpub
+ ProxyJump xvm_jump
+ Identityfile ~/.ssh/jump
 ==First explorations==
@@ Line 5: / Line 23: @@
 * the terms "fediverse" and "federation" https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf (page 2+3)
 * ActivityPub (AP) https://activitypub.rocks/
+* other federated protocols [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse#Historical_protocols Fediverse page on Wikipedia] + https://github.com/emilebosch/awesome-fediverse#Protocols
 * timelines https://monoskop.org/File:Fediposter_Jan_2020.png (Fed Up!, chronological diagram of federated social web projects, by Lídia Pereira, Artemis Gryllaki and Bohye Woo, Jan 2020.)
-* other federated protocols [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse#Historical_protocols Fediverse page on Wikipedia] + https://github.com/emilebosch/awesome-fediverse#Protocols
 * the idea of "instances" https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/#fedi-thoughts
-* moderation, just one example: https://lurk.org/TOS.txt
+* moderation, just one example: https://lurk.org/TOS.txt + https://fediverse-governance.github.io/
 * mastodon https://joinmastodon.org/
 * the idea of a "server" and "client"
 ** a "client" is sometimes also called an app: https://joinfediverse.wiki/Apps
 * the idea of "a small social network" https://web.archive.org/web/20250128065617/https://runyourown.social/
-* bluesky™ https://the-counterforce.org/guide-to-mastodon-fediverse/#bluesky-is-not-it
+* bluesky™ https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
-* threads™
+* threads™ https://fedipact.online/why + https://fedipact.online/ (+ https://fossacademic.tech/2023/12/16/ThoughtsThreads.html)
+==Mastodon flavors==
+* [https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon Mastodon]
+* [https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown Hometown]
+* [https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ Glitch-soc]
 ==Fediverse projects==
@@ Line 26: / Line 50: @@
 * https://fedi.garden/
 * https://monoskop.org/Fediverse
+* https://www.comeetie.fr/galerie/mapstodon/
+==What do we want to run?==
-==Mastodon flavors==
+(''after a poll on zulip...'')
-* [https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon Mastodon]
+Glitch-soc!!
-* [https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown Hometown]
-* [https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ Glitch-soc]
 ==Groups==
 ===sysadmin/server===
+Wiki page: [[Fediverse/Installation documentation]]
+Possible sources to look at:
 * https://things.bleu255.com/runyourown/Mastodon
+Who: Kim, Kiara, Eleni, Claudio
 ===moderation===
+Wiki page: [[Fediverse Moderation]]
+possible things to explore:
 * #Fediblock https://subscriptions.boricua.style/fediblock-a-tiny-history-2/
+(link doesn't seem to work anymore: https://web.archive.org/web/20250318155155/https://subscriptions.boricua.style/fediblock-a-tiny-history-2/
 * content warnings
 * local timelines
+* ...
+* the [[Collective guidelines]] page on this wiki
 * ...
+Who: Sevgi, Chrissy, Fred, Tessa,
 ===customization===
+pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/Instance_CustomizationGroup
+possible things to explore:
 * custom emoji sets
@@ Line 52: / Line 96: @@
 * home page
 * ...
+Who: Chrissy, Tessa, Charlie, Kiara, Feline,
 ===culture(s)===
+pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/fediverse_cultures
+possible things to explore:
 * scraping netiquette
@@ Line 61: / Line 111: @@
 * fediverse project specific culture
 * ...
+Who: Zuhui, Martina, Wynn,
 ==Documentation of other people running an instance==
 * [https://varia.zone/ATNOFS/ATNOFS-screen.pdf#page=59 LURK contributed a chapter about post.lurk.org]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20250128065617/https://runyourown.social/ runyourown.social, written by Darius Kazemi who maintains the Hometown fork of Mastodon]
 ==Potential deeper dives==
@@ Line 70: / Line 123: @@
 * transforming tech with diversity friendly software (2017) https://medium.com/a-change-is-coming/transforming-tech-with-diversity-friendly-software-338f56d91df
 * how the fediverse impacts/will impact FLOSS  https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf (2020)
-* why a group of (mostly queer?) mastodon devs decided to work on Forktogether (later renamed to Florance) in response to the developing culture of Mastodon https://cassolotl.medium.com/i-left-mastodon-yesterday-4c5796b0f548 (2018)
+* some links to Mastodon development struggles/drama's
-** related: (detailed) fringe Mastodev stories, Kibi Go (2018) https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/2018-09-09/fringe-beginnings/ (from: https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/)
+** why a group of (mostly queer?) mastodon devs decided to work on Forktogether (later renamed to Florance) in response to the developing culture of Mastodon https://cassolotl.medium.com/i-left-mastodon-yesterday-4c5796b0f548 (2018)
-** related: mastodon's complicated relation to queer activism (2018) https://hoodieaidakitten.dreamwidth.org/453.html
+** wiki of ForkTogether initiative (2017-201??) https://web.archive.org/web/20190123155508/https://forktogether.space/mw/About
+** (detailed) fringe Mastodev stories, Kibi Go (2018) https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/2018-09-09/fringe-beginnings/ (from: https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/)
+** mastodon's complicated relation to queer activism (2018) https://hoodieaidakitten.dreamwidth.org/453.html
 ==More links==
@@ Line 79: / Line 134: @@
 * https://fediverse.party/
 * https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/bib.html
+==Sessions==
+===Session 1===
+''Wednesday 25 May 2025''
+Notes from our first collective explorations: [[Fediverse/2025/session_1]]
+===Session 2===
+''Tuesday 20 May 2025''
+[[Fediverse/2025/session_2|Manetta's notes of the sharing round at the end of the day]]
+===Session 3===
+''Monday 2 June 2025''
+* 10:00-17:00 Fediverse work time!
+* 14:00-16:00 [[Fediverse/Fediverse as site of research|Fediverse as site of research]]: presentation & conversation with [https://test.roelof.info/ Roel Roscam Abbing]
+===Session 4===
+''Wednesday 11 June 2025''
+:00-17:00 Fediverse work time!
+We started to make the [[404.xpub.nl]] wiki zine for the next XPUB1 group!
+===Session 5===
+''Tuesday 24 June 2025''
+:00-17:00 ?