Topic: Activitypub

The decentralized social media instance noagendasocial.com is being shut down due to persistent blocking by other Fediverse servers and negative associations with the domain name. Administrator Matt Hamilton is launching a new server, noauthority.social, to allow users to migrate their accounts while maintaining followers. The discussion covers the technical nature of ActivityPub and the challenges of maintaining a free-speech zone in a federated environment.

The No Agenda community is encouraged to follow the show via the federated Mastodon instance at noagendasocial.com. The artwork for episode 1455, titled "Green Transition" and created by Darren O'Neill, depicts a "violence-ometer" illustrating the current cultural debate over free speech and "violent silence."

Former President Donald Trump announced the launch of Truth Social, a new social media platform intended to rival Big Tech companies. The platform faced immediate scrutiny for using Mastodon's open-source code while initially claiming the software was proprietary, leading to threats of legal action over license violations. The project is reportedly funded by a SPAC valued at approximately $850 million, though skeptics question the team's technical ability to scale the network.

Gab.com announces it will federate using the ActivityPub protocol, allowing it to interact with other decentralized social servers. The move is met with resistance from Mastodon administrators who pre-emptively block Gab, highlighting the ongoing conflict within open-source social networks.