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==Mastodon instances==
 
==Mastodon instances==
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Lurk.256.png|[https://post.lurk.org/explore post.lurk.org], "A fediverse community for discussions around cultural freedom, experimental, new media art, net and computational culture." Run by [[LURK]]; close to [[Varia]]. [https://git.lurk.org/slides/files.html Wider announcement]. [https://opencollective.com/lurk OC].|link=https://post.lurk.org/explore
 
Lurk.256.png|[https://post.lurk.org/explore post.lurk.org], "A fediverse community for discussions around cultural freedom, experimental, new media art, net and computational culture." Run by [[LURK]]; close to [[Varia]]. [https://git.lurk.org/slides/files.html Wider announcement]. [https://opencollective.com/lurk OC].|link=https://post.lurk.org/explore
  
Nettime_back_.png|[https://tldr.nettime.org/explore tldr.nettime] is "an instance for artists, researchers, and activists interested in exploring the intersections of technology, culture, and politics.  It has grown out of [[nettime|nettime-l]]." [https://chaos.social/@festal/109429674033831912 Announcement], [https://tldr.nettime.org/@mediengruppe_bitnik/109432710321513493] [https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2211/msg00021.html] [https://twitter.com/stalfel/status/1597733896208220160]. [https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2211/threads.html Discussion], [https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2212/threads.html]|link=https://tldr.nettime.org/explore
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Nettime_back_.png|[https://tldr.nettime.org/explore tldr.nettime] is "an instance for artists, researchers, and activists interested in exploring the intersections of technology, culture, and politics.  It has grown out of [[nettime|nettime-l]]." [https://chaos.social/@festal/109429674033831912 Announcement], [https://tldr.nettime.org/@mediengruppe_bitnik/109432710321513493] [https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2211/msg00021.html] [https://twitter.com/stalfel/status/1597733896208220160]. [https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2211/threads.html Discussion], [https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-2212/threads.html]. [https://donorbox.org/community-funding-for-nettime Donorbox].|link=https://tldr.nettime.org/explore
  
Hcommons-social.png|[https://hcommons.social/explore Hcommons.social] is "a microblogging network supporting scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world." Affiliated with [https://hcommons.org/ Humanities Commons]. [https://hcommons.social/@schopie1/109433158593057679]|link=https://hcommons.social/explore
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Hcommons-social.png|[https://hcommons.social/@hello Hcommons.social] is "a microblogging network supporting scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world." Affiliated with [https://hcommons.org/ Knowledge Commons]. [https://hcommons.social/@schopie1/109433158593057679]|link=https://hcommons.social/@hello
  
Social.coop.png|[https://social.coop/explore Social.coop], "a Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative and collective projects. ... Arose out of the [http://buytwitter.org/ buytwitter.org] campaign." [https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html About]. [https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop Loomio]. [https://opencollective.com/socialcoop OC].|link=https://social.coop/explore
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Social.coop.png|[https://social.coop/explore Social.coop], "a Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative and collective projects. ... Arose out of the [http://buytwitter.org/ buytwitter.org] campaign." [https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html About], [https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/Social.coop]. [https://wiki.social.coop/ Wiki]. [https://www.loomio.com/socialcoop Loomio]. [https://opencollective.com/socialcoop OC].|link=https://social.coop/explore
  
 
Mastodon.Art.png|[https://mastodon.art/explore Mastodon.ART], "friendly home on the fediverse for all things creative, all on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free. NO CRYPTOART / NFTs ALLOWED."|link=https://mastodon.art/explore
 
Mastodon.Art.png|[https://mastodon.art/explore Mastodon.ART], "friendly home on the fediverse for all things creative, all on a platform that is community-owned and ad-free. NO CRYPTOART / NFTs ALLOWED."|link=https://mastodon.art/explore
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* ... [https://vis.social vis.social] (SciArt, SciComm, data, visualization, creative coding), [https://systerserver.town/ systerserver.town], [https://queer.haus/ Queer Haus] (queer, sex work), [https://glammr.us glammr.us] (galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work, records), [https://dair-community.social/ Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)] (independent, community-rooted AI), [https://infosec.exchange/ Infosec Exchange] (info/cyber security), [https://fosstodon.org Fosstodon] (free & open source software), [https://openbiblio.social/ openbiblio.social] (libraries) , [https://friend.camp/ friend.camp], [https://weirder.earth/ weirder.earth], [https://union.place/ Union Place] (unions, organizations), [https://hci.social/ hci.social] (human-computer interaction), [https://genart.social/ genart.social] (generative, AI, and glitch artists), [https://sonomu.club/ SoNoMu (Sound Noise Music)], [https://hackers.town/ Hackers.town], [https://gamemaking.social/ Game Making Social], [https://freeradical.zone/ Free Radical] (infosec, privacy), [https://mathstodon.xyz/ Mathstodon] (maths, with LaTeX rendering), [https://oldbytes.space/ oldbytes.space] (retrocomputing), [https://historians.social/ Historians.social] , [https://spore.social/ spore.social] (climate justice and action; affiliated with [https://newsletters.projectmushroom.xyz/about/ Project Mushroom]), [https://ieji.de/ ieji.de] (focused on user privacy), [https://graeber.social/public Graeber.social], [https://sciences.social/explore sciences.social] (social scientists), [https://mastodon.ngo/about mastodon.ngo] (nonprofits), [https://dragonscave.space/about The Dragon's Cave] (visually impaired folks) ...
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* ... [https://vis.social vis.social] (SciArt, SciComm, data, visualization, creative coding), [https://systerserver.town/ systerserver.town], [https://queer.haus/ Queer Haus] (queer, sex work), [https://glammr.us glammr.us] (galleries, libraries, archives, museums, memory work, records), [https://dair-community.social/ Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)] (independent, community-rooted AI), [https://infosec.exchange/ Infosec Exchange] (info/cyber security), [https://fosstodon.org Fosstodon] (free & open source software), [https://openbiblio.social/ openbiblio.social] (libraries) , [https://friend.camp/ friend.camp], [https://weirder.earth/ weirder.earth], [https://union.place/ Union Place] (unions, organizations), [https://hci.social/ hci.social] (human-computer interaction), [https://hci.social/@carl/111920400147880997 hci.social's neighbor communities], [https://genart.social/ genart.social] (generative, AI, and glitch artists), [https://sonomu.club/ SoNoMu (Sound Noise Music)], [https://hackers.town/ Hackers.town], [https://gamemaking.social/ Game Making Social], [https://freeradical.zone/ Free Radical] (infosec, privacy), [https://mathstodon.xyz/ Mathstodon] (maths, with LaTeX rendering), [https://oldbytes.space/ oldbytes.space] (retrocomputing), [https://historians.social/ Historians.social] , [https://spore.social/ spore.social] (climate justice and action; affiliated with [https://newsletters.projectmushroom.xyz/about/ Project Mushroom]), [https://ieji.de/ ieji.de] (focused on user privacy), [https://graeber.social/public Graeber.social], [https://sciences.social/explore sciences.social] (social scientists), [https://mastodon.ngo/about mastodon.ngo] (nonprofits), [https://dragonscave.space/about The Dragon's Cave] (visually impaired folks), [https://hachyderm.io/ Hachyderm] (LGBTQIA+ and BLM tech), [https://mastodon.radio/ Mastodon.Radio] (amateur radio), [https://typo.social/ Typo.social] (typography), [https://cosocial.ca/about cosocial] (co-op server for Canadians), [https://masto.donte.com.br/about masto.donte.com.br] (Brazil), [https://piaille.fr/about Pialle.fr] (French server for everyone), [https://sfba.social/about sfba.social] (Bay Area), [https://tooting.ch/about tooting.ch] (Swiss server by FairSocialNet), [https://wandering.shop/about wandering.shop] (science fiction and fantasy) ...
  
 
* [[Mastodon|Monoskop pages linked to Mastodon accounts]]
 
* [[Mastodon|Monoskop pages linked to Mastodon accounts]]
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* [https://fedi.garden/ Fedi.garden], a small curated selection of Fediverse servers which have promised to meet certain standards of reliability and responsible moderation.
  
 
* [https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Collectively-owned-instances Collectively owned instances]
 
* [https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/Collectively-owned-instances Collectively owned instances]
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* [https://fedidevs.com/s/NDg3/ Feminist Tech], people and organisations on Mastodon prioritising feminist perspectives, women’s rights and movement building in the use of information and communications technology.
  
 
* [https://communitywiki.org/trunk Trunk: follow people based on topic], also available in [https://trunk-mastodon.nl/ Dutch], [https://trunkesp.chilemasto.casa/ Spanish], [https://trunk.whidou.fr/ French]
 
* [https://communitywiki.org/trunk Trunk: follow people based on topic], also available in [https://trunk-mastodon.nl/ Dutch], [https://trunkesp.chilemasto.casa/ Spanish], [https://trunk.whidou.fr/ French]
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* [https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ Thematic list of Mastodon instances on Fediverse.party]
 
* [https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/ Thematic list of Mastodon instances on Fediverse.party]
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==Software==
 
==Software==
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* [https://akkoma.dev/ Akkoma], microblogging server software (ActivityPub). Fork of Pleroma.
 
* [https://akkoma.dev/ Akkoma], microblogging server software (ActivityPub). Fork of Pleroma.
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* [https://beakerbrowser.com/ Beaker], experimental peer-to-peer Web browser (Hypercore), *2016.
 
* [https://beakerbrowser.com/ Beaker], experimental peer-to-peer Web browser (Hypercore), *2016.
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* [[File:bookwyrm_logo.png|50px]] [https://bookwyrm.social/ Bookwyrm], federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. <code>[https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances/ Instances]</code>
 
* [[File:bookwyrm_logo.png|50px]] [https://bookwyrm.social/ Bookwyrm], federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. <code>[https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances/ Instances]</code>
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* [[File:castopod_logo.png|50px]] [https://castopod.org/ Castopod], podcast self-hosting with Fediverse interaction.
 
* [[File:castopod_logo.png|50px]] [https://castopod.org/ Castopod], podcast self-hosting with Fediverse interaction.
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* [https://conversations.im/ Conversations], open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
 
* [https://conversations.im/ Conversations], open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
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* [https://delta.chat/ Delta Chat], chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt
 
* [https://delta.chat/ Delta Chat], chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt
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* [http://diasporafoundation.org/ Diaspora], self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
 
* [http://diasporafoundation.org/ Diaspora], self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
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* [https://distributed.press/ Distributed Press], open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
 
* [https://distributed.press/ Distributed Press], open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
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* [https://dokie.li/ dokieli], clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015. [https://csarven.ca/dokieli-rww Paper]. #semanticweb #linkeddata
 
* [https://dokie.li/ dokieli], clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015. [https://csarven.ca/dokieli-rww Paper]. #semanticweb #linkeddata
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* [https://epicyon.net/ Epicyon], federated social network suitable for low power systems.
 
* [https://epicyon.net/ Epicyon], federated social network suitable for low power systems.
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* [https://friendi.ca/ Friendica], decentralized social network, formerly Mistpark (diaspora, OStatus, pump.io, ActivityPub), *2010.
 
* [https://friendi.ca/ Friendica], decentralized social network, formerly Mistpark (diaspora, OStatus, pump.io, ActivityPub), *2010.
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* [[File:funkwhale_logo.svg|50px]] [https://funkwhale.audio/ Funkwhale], decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
 
* [[File:funkwhale_logo.svg|50px]] [https://funkwhale.audio/ Funkwhale], decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
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* [https://gath.io/ Gathio], self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages (ActivityPub), *2019. [https://friend.camp/@darius/103398661253205349 Toot].
 
* [https://gath.io/ Gathio], self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages (ActivityPub), *2019. [https://friend.camp/@darius/103398661253205349 Toot].
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* [https://a.gup.pe/ Guppe], brings social groups to the fediverse.
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* [https://hubzilla.org Hubzilla], communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review].
 
* [https://hubzilla.org Hubzilla], communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review].
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* [https://dat.foundation/explore/projects/ Hypercore/Dat apps]
 
* [https://dat.foundation/explore/projects/ Hypercore/Dat apps]
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* [https://ipfs.io/ IPFS], protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
 
* [https://ipfs.io/ IPFS], protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
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* [[File:lemmy_logo.png|50px]] [https://join-lemmy.org/ Lemmy], forums and link aggregation (ActivityPub). <code>[https://join-lemmy.org/instances Instances]</code>. [https://lemmy.ml/communities Lemmy.ml communities]. [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html Docs].
 
* [[File:lemmy_logo.png|50px]] [https://join-lemmy.org/ Lemmy], forums and link aggregation (ActivityPub). <code>[https://join-lemmy.org/instances Instances]</code>. [https://lemmy.ml/communities Lemmy.ml communities]. [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html Docs].
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* [https://loops.video/ Loops], short video sharing platform, *2024. In the process of implementing ActivityPub. Made by [https://pixelfed.social/loops Pixelfed].
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* [[File:mastodon_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], self-hosted social networking service (ActivityPub), *2016. <code>[[#Mastodon_instances|Instances]]</code>. Fork: [https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown Hometown]. [https://social.coop/@pdbowman/109445870755777847 How to mastodon].
 
* [[File:mastodon_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], self-hosted social networking service (ActivityPub), *2016. <code>[[#Mastodon_instances|Instances]]</code>. Fork: [https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown Hometown]. [https://social.coop/@pdbowman/109445870755777847 How to mastodon].
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* [https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now/ Matrix apps]: [https://element.io/ Element], ...
 
* [https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now/ Matrix apps]: [https://element.io/ Element], ...
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* [https://misskey.page/ Misskey], decentralized microblogging service (ActivityPub), *2014.
 
* [https://misskey.page/ Misskey], decentralized microblogging service (ActivityPub), *2014.
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* [https://joinmobilizon.org/ Mobilizon], tool for finding, creating and organizing events, *2018.
 
* [https://joinmobilizon.org/ Mobilizon], tool for finding, creating and organizing events, *2018.
* [[File:peertube_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinpeertube.org/ PeerTube], federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018. <code>Instances</code>: [https://tv.lumbung.space/ lumbung.space], [https://tube.systerserver.net/ Systerserver], [https://fediverse.tv/ Fediverse.tv], [https://video.rhizome.org/ Rhizome], [https://video.publicspaces.net/ PublicSpaces], [https://joinpeertube.org/instances more].
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* [[File:pixelfed_logo.png|50px]] [https://pixelfed.org/ PixelFed], image sharing platform (ActivityPub), *2018. <code>[https://pixelfed.org/servers Servers]</code>
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* [[File:peertube_logo.svg|50px]] [https://joinpeertube.org/ PeerTube], federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018. [https://www.apc.org/node/40437 Interview] (2024). <code>Instances</code>: [https://conf.tube/ ConfTube], [https://fair.tube/ Fairtube], [https://fediverse.tv/ Fediverse.tv], [https://tv.lumbung.space/ lumbung.space], [https://video.infosec.exchange/ Infosec.Exchange], [https://makertube.net/ MakerTube], [https://video.publicspaces.net/ PublicSpaces], [https://video.rhizome.org/ Rhizome], [https://videos.scanlines.xyz/videos/overview scanlines.xyz], [https://tube.systerserver.net/ Systerserver], [https://tilvids.com/ TILvids], [https://urbanists.video/ urbanists.video], [https://joinpeertube.org/instances more], [https://beeldengeluid.github.io/extending-peertube/2025/01/27/peertube-in-practice.html], [https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube/].
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* [[File:piefed_logo.png|50px]] [https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi PieFed], federated discussion and link aggregation platform, Lemmy clone. [https://piefed.social/ Instance].
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* [[File:pixelfed_logo.png|50px]] [https://pixelfed.org/ Pixelfed], image sharing platform (ActivityPub), *2018. <code>[https://pixelfed.org/servers Servers]</code>
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* [https://pleroma.social/ Pleroma], social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019. See also Akkoma.
 
* [https://pleroma.social/ Pleroma], social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019. See also Akkoma.
* [https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ Scuttlebutt], decentralised secure gossip platform (gossip protocol), *2018.
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* [https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ Scuttlebutt], decentralised secure gossip platform (gossip protocol), *2018. [https://www.manyver.se/blog/2024-04-05]
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* [https://socialhome.network/ Socialhome], federated personal profile with social networking functionality (ActivityPub, diaspora), *2016.
 
* [https://socialhome.network/ Socialhome], federated personal profile with social networking functionality (ActivityPub, diaspora), *2016.
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* [https://solidproject.org/apps Solid apps]
 
* [https://solidproject.org/apps Solid apps]
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* [https://writefreely.org/ WriteFreely], open source platform for building a writing space on the web (ActivityPub).
 
* [https://writefreely.org/ WriteFreely], open source platform for building a writing space on the web (ActivityPub).
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* [https://yacy.net/ YaCy], distributed search engine, *2016.
 
* [https://yacy.net/ YaCy], distributed search engine, *2016.
  
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* [https://the-federation.info/ The Federation], gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse.  
 
* [https://the-federation.info/ The Federation], gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse.  
 
* [https://fediverse.network/ Fediverse Network], gathers statistics of ActivityPub/oStatus fediverse.
 
* [https://fediverse.network/ Fediverse Network], gathers statistics of ActivityPub/oStatus fediverse.
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==Publications==
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[[Image:A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01 2014.png|thumb|350px|[https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01], 2014]]
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[[Image:Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Media:Mansoux Aymeric Abbing Roel Roscam 2020 Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS.pdf|Theses on Fediverse and FLOSS]], 2020]]
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[[Image:Trans-feminist servers 2022.png|thumb|350px|link=https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs|[https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs Trans*feminist servers...], 2022–]]
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[[Image:Fedizine_An_Anarchist_Introduction_to_Federated_Social_Media_2022.jpg|thumb|350px|[https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/ Fedizine, Anarchist Introduction to Federated Social Media], 2022]]
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[[Image:Counter_Cloud_Action_2023.jpg|thumb|350px|link=https://titipi.org/8m/|[https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], 2023]]
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[[Image:A_Traversal_Network_of_Feminist_Servers_2023.png|thumb|350px|link=https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/|[https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/ A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers], 2023]]
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=7496 Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives]'', eds. [[Geert Lovink]] and Miriam Rasch, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (INC Reader #3), February 2013, 386 pp. [https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/02/07/asm-scholarship-history.html]
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*{{a|feministserver}}[https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html "A feminist server ...."], May 2014 ff; rev. as [https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml "A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01"], in ''Are You Being Served? (Notebooks)'': "Feminist Server Summit afterlife", Brussels: Constant, May 2014; reposted as [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/ "(version 0.1) A feminist server ...."], ''THF! transhackfeminist!'', June 2014. See also [http://www.newcriticals.com/exquisite-corpse/page-8 Snelting 2015], [[#transfeministservers|"Trans*feminist servers..."]]. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/]
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* [[Relearn]], [http://relearn.be/2014/ "A Feminist Net/work How-to"], in ''Portable Relearn Archive'', July 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
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* Sean Tilley, [https://medium.com/we-distribute "We Distribute"], ''Medium'', September 2014-September 2018. Reporting series about decentralization and the free web. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/ccd7b83e81f2 Part 0], [https://medium.com/we-distribute/we-distribute-part-i-the-road-to-federation-207b61daa38 Part 1]. [https://medium.com/@deadsuperhero]
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*{{a|LSEblog}}Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, et al., [https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/category/alternativeinternets/ "Alternative Internet(s)"], series of blog posts, ''Media@LSE'', London: London School of Economics, Nov 2014-Jan 2015 ff. Sparked by the [[#LSEworkshop|2014 workshop]].
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* [[Brewster Kahle]], [https://blog.archive.org/2015/02/11/locking-the-web-open-a-call-for-a-distributed-web/ "Lock the Web Open"], 11 February 2015. Talk at the Ford Foundation "NetGain" event.
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* [[Brewster Kahle]], [https://archive.org/details/getdconference-brewsterkahle "Locking the Web Open"], ''Internet Archive'', 1 April 2015, 28 min. Video; talk given at the GETDecentralized unconference, San Francisco.
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* [[Femke Snelting]], [http://www.newcriticals.com/exquisite-corpse/page-8 "At the Feminist Server Summit..."], in "Exquisite Corpse", ''New Criticals'', April 2015.
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* Robert W. Gehl, [https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115604338 "The Case for Alternative Social Media"], ''Social Media + Society'' 1:2, September 2015.
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* Robert W. Gehl, [http://twentysix.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-190-building-a-better-twitter-a-study-of-the-twitter-alternatives-gnu-social-quitter-rstat-us-and-twister/ "Building a Better Twitter: A Study of the Twitter Alternatives GNU social, Quitter, rstat.us, and Twister Free to read"], ''Fibreculture Journal'' 26: "Entanglements: Activism and Technology", Open Humanities Press, December 2015.
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* [https://ilu.servus.at/category/09-special-issue-xmpp.html ''Pervasive Labour Union'' 9: "XMPP"], ed.  [[homebrewserver.club]], Rotterdam, 2016.
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** hbsc & friends, [https://homebrewserver.club/have-you-considered-the-alternative.html "Have You Considered the Alternative?"].
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* Eugen Rochko, [http://web.archive.org/web/20170407041536/https://medium.com/@Gargron/welcome-to-mastodon-111d9227e56a "Welcome to Mastodon"], ''Medium'', 31 March 2017. [https://au.pcmag.com/social-media/47343/what-is-mastodon-and-will-it-kill-twitter]
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* Danyl Strype, [https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/2017/04/01/a-brief-history-of-the-gnu-social-fediverse-and-the-federation "A Brief History of the GNU Social Fediverse and ‘The Federation’"], ''Disintermedia'', 1 April 2017, with updates.
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* Christine Lemmer-Webber, Jessica Tallon, Erin Shepherd, Amy Guy, Evan Prodromou, [https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ "ActivityPub. W3C Recommendation"], eds. Christine Lemmer-Webber and Jessica Tallon, W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), 23 January 2018, [https://github.com/w3c/activitypub Git]. Recommended standard for decentralized social networking protocol, developed by the W3C Social Web Working Group. [https://activitypub.rocks/ Main website]. [https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6785 Announcement]. [https://twitter.com/w3c/status/955817795509542912 Tweet]. [https://twitter.com/socialwebwg @socialwebwg@twitter].
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* [https://networksofonesown.constantvzw.org/etherbox/manual.html ''Networks of Ones Own'' 1: "Etherbox"], eds. [[Michael Murtaugh]], [[An Mertens]], [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], and [[Femke Snelting]], Brussels: Constant, September 2018. Collaboration between [[Constant]], [[Relearn]], [[Varia]] and [[XPUB]].
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* [[Darius Kazemi]], [https://runyourown.social/ "Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends"], 8 July 2019, with updates.
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* [https://ilu.servus.at/category/13-fed-up.html ''Pervasive Labour Union'' 13: "Fed Up!"], ed. [[Lídia Pereira]], Rotterdam, September 2019, [30] pp, [[Media:Pervasive Labour Union 13 Fed Up 2019.pdf|PDF]].
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* Greta Byrum, [https://urbanomnibus.net/2019/10/building-the-peoples-internet/ "Building the People’s Internet"], ''Urban Omnibus'', New York: Architectural League of New York, October 2019.
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* [https://networksofonesown.varia.zone/ ''Networks of Ones Own'' 2: "Three Takes on Taking Care"], Rotterdam: Varia, October 2019, [[Media:Networks of Ones Own 2 Three Takes on Taking Care 2019.pdf|PDF]].
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* ''[https://www.netcommons.eu/?q=telecommunications-reclaimed Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities]'', eds. Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Félix Tréguer, Internet Society, December 2019, 255 pp, [[Media:Telecommunications Reclaimed A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities 2019.pdf|PDF]]. [https://twitter.com/netCommonsEU/status/1207557247284514816]
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* [[Aymeric Mansoux]], [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], [[Media:Mansoux Aymeric Abbing Roel Roscam 2020 Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS.pdf|"Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS"]], in ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=21963 The Eternal Network: The Ends and Becomings of Network Culture]'', eds. Kristoffer Gansing and Inga Luchs, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, and Berlin: transmediale e.V., February 2020, pp 124-140, [https://transmediale.de/content/seven-theses-on-the-fediverse-and-the-becoming-of-floss HTML].
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** [https://monoskop.org/images/6/6c/Gansing_Kristoffer_Luchs_Inga_Hg_The_Eternal_Network_Vom_Enden_und_Werden_der_Netzkultur_2020.pdf#page=137 "Sieben Thesen zum Fediverse und zur Weiterentwicklung von FLOSS"], in ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=21963 The Eternal Network. Vom Enden und Werden der Netzkultur]'', eds. Kristoffer Gansing and Inga Luchs, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, and Berlin: transmediale e.V., 2020, pp 136-154. {{de}}
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** [https://framablog.org/2021/01/26/le-fediverse-et-lavenir-des-reseaux-decentralises/ "Sept Thèses sur le Fédiverse et le devenir du logiciel libre"], trans. Framalang, ''Framablog'', 26 Jan 2021. {{fr}}
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* Mai Ishikawa Sutton, John Conor Ryan, et al., [https://getdweb.net/principles "DWeb Principles"], March 2020ff. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16NtoS_bSC4qV9cJ6ECFPTY66Qy3jSXWFbUuQDrU-IvQ/edit]
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* Evgeny Ponomarev, [https://medium.com/fluence-network/decentralized-web-developer-report-2020-5b41a8d86789 "Decentralized Web Developer Report 2020"], ''Fluence Labs'', 8 Jun 2020. [https://twitter.com/fluence_project/status/1270273001003593728]
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* Eileen Wagner, Karissa McKelvey, Kelsie Nabben, ''[https://decentpatterns.xyz/report/ Decentralization Off The Shelf: 7 Maxims]'', 2020, 32 pp. Research report. [https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/1275158505125601281]
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* ''[https://compost.digital/ Compost]'', eds. Mai Sutton et al., March 2021 ff. Magazine about the digital commons.
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*{{a|transfeministservers}}[https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs "Trans*feminist servers..."], June 2022 ff; rev. as [https://www.bakonline.org/prospections/a-wishlist-for-transfeminist-servers/ "A Wishlist for Trans*feminist Servers"], ''Prospections'': "Digital Discomfort", eds. Cell for Digital Discomfort, Utrecht: BAK, December 2022. Extends [[#feministserver|A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01]]. Circulated at the 2022 edition of [[AMRO]].
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* ''[https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/ Fedizine: An Anarchist Introduction to Federated Social Media]'', August 2022, 16 pp, [[Media:Fedizine_An_Anarchist_Introduction_to_Federated_Social_Media_2022.pdf|PDF]]. Released for the Montréal Anarchist Bookfair. [https://kolektiva.social/@fedizine/108790096255005432 Toot].
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* [https://zoiahorn.anarchaserver.org/a-fair-new-idea-a-feminist-video-streaming-platform/ "A Fair New Idea — A feminist video streaming platform"], ''Zoia Horn'', November 2022.
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* Literally, Matt Noyes, Nathan Schneider, [https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html "How To Make The Fediverse Your Own"], ''social.coop wiki'', December 2022. [https://social.coop/@ntnsndr/109553787854807841 Toot].
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* Stefan Laser, Anne Pasek, Estrid Sørensen, [[Mél Hogan]], Mace Ojala, Jens Fehrenbacher, Maximilian Gregor Hepach, Leman Çelik, Koushik Ravi Kumar, [https://www.easst.net/article/the-environmental-footprint-of-social-media-hosting-tinkering-with-mastodon/ "The environmental footprint of social media hosting: Tinkering with Mastodon"], ''EASST Review'' 41:3, Maastricht, December 2022. [https://social.tchncs.de/@stefanlaser/109556341546406926 Toot].
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* [[Mara Karagianni]], ooooo, Nate Wessalowski, vo ezn, [https://monoskop.org/images/c/c7/Toward_a_Minor_Tech_2023.pdf#page=4 "Feminists Federating"], ''A Peer-reviewed Newspaper'' 12(1): "Toward a Minor Tech", Aarhus: Digital Aesthetics Research Center, Aarhus University, February 2023, p 4. [https://darc.au.dk/publications/peer-reviewed-newspaper Publisher].
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* [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], Cade Diehm, Shahed Warreth, [https://doi.org/10.14763/2023.1.1681 "Decentralised Social Media"], ''Internet Policy Review'' 12:1, February 2023. [https://post.lurk.org/@rra/109897950510707314 Toot].
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* ''[https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike]'', February/March 2023. Published as a webpage hosted and asynchronously maintained by a network of networks. {{multi}}
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* ''[https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/ A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers]'', March 2023, 189 pp, [[Media:A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers 2023.pdf|PDF]]. A publication from the ATNOFS project, collectively made with [[Wendy Van Wynsberghe]], Vlad Dobrițoiu, Teo Săvoiu, [[Spideralex]], Sergiu Nisioi, [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], [[Reni Hofmüller]], ooooo, Nina Botthof, [[Martino Morandi]], [[Marloes de Valk]], [[Mara Karagianni]], [[Manetta Berends]], [[Lídia Pereira]], Julia Bande, [[Femke Snelting]], [[elodie Mugrefya]], Donatella Portoghese, Danae Tapia, [[Cristina Cochior]], Azahara Cerezo, [[Aymeric Mansoux]], [[Artemis Gryllaki]], [[Aggeliki Diakrousi]], Anca Bucur, amy pickles, [[Alice Strete]], Alex Ștefănescu. [https://post.lurk.org/@alcstrt/110044150970272906 Toot]. [https://varia.zone/en/atnofs-publication.html]
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* Dosch, [https://amsterdamalternative.nl/articles/13446/we-moeten-het-internet-collectiviseren "We moeten het internet collectiviseren"], ''Amsterdam Alternative'' 47, Amsterdam, March 2023. {{nl}}
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* jdp23 (Jon Pincus), [https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/a-partial-queer-trans-and-non-binary-history-of-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/ "A (partial) queer, trans, and non-binary history of Mastodon and the fediverse"], ''We Distribute'', 29 June 2023. [https://blahaj.zone/notes/9gl5hj9x16 Toot]. [https://social.treehouse.systems/@deadsuperhero/110629148717334779]
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* [https://freefediverse.org/index.php/Essays Free Fediverse: Essays], ed. Ophiocephalic, June 2023 ff. Thinkpieces on the Meta crisis and on how to save and protect the fediverse from capitalist enclosure.
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* Eugen Rochko, [https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/ "What to know about Threads"], ''JoinMastodon.org'', 5 July 2023. [https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/110664109379249958 Toot]. [https://friend.camp/@darius/110664590877257760] [https://unstable.systems/@AmyZenunim/110664312542745447]
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* [[Christina Dunbar-Hester]], [https://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i3.13367 "Showing your ass on Mastodon: Lossy distribution, hashtag activism, and public scrutiny on federated, feral social media"], ''First Monday'' 29:3-4, Mar 2024. [https://union.place/@inquiline/112069407345844742 Toot].
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* Molly White, [https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/ "We can have a different web"], ''Citation Needed'' newsletter, 1 May 2024.
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* Emma Tosch, Luis Garcia, Cynthia Li, Chris Martens, [https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2024-0138 "Privacy Policies on the Fediverse: A Case Study of Mastodon Instances"], ''Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies'' 4, Jun 2024, pp 700-733.
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* Roel Roscam Abbing, Cade Diehm, Benjamin Royer, [https://newdesigncongress.org/en/note/2024/spheres-of-identity/ "Spheres of Identity"], ''New Design Congress'', 6 Aug 2024. [https://post.lurk.org/@rra/112919036985780228 Toot].
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* Erin Kissane, [[Darius Kazemi]], ''[https://fediverse-governance.github.io/ Findings Report: Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers]'', 20 Aug 2024, 116 pp, [https://fediverse-governance.github.io/images/fediverse-governance.pdf PDF]. [https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings Blog post]. [https://mas.to/@kissane/112995103849505526 Toot], [https://friend.camp/@darius/112995133173053671 Toot].
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* [https://sursiendo.org/2024/08/todas-hacemos-del-fediverso-una-red-mas-conectada/ "Todas hacemos del Fediverso una red más conectada"], ''Sursiendo'', 27 Aug 2024. {{es}}
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* [https://symbol.fediverse.info/ "A symbol for the ⁂ fediverse"], Aug 2024. [https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/108974105137722178 Toot], [https://typo.social/@FediverseSymbol/113005945049360750 Toot]. [https://codeberg.org/fediverse-symbol/fediverse-symbol Git]. {{multi}}
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* Christine Lemmer-Webber, [https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/ "How decentralized is Bluesky really?"], ''DustyCloud.org'', 22 Nov 2024. [https://social.coop/@cwebber/113527462572885698 Thread].
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* Nathalie Van Raemdonck, [https://www.sampol.be/2024/11/iedereen-naar-bluesky "Iedereen naar BlueSky?"], ''Samenleving & Politiek'', 22 Nov 2024. {{nl}}
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** [https://www.brussels-school.be/research/publications/power-consolidation-bluesky-and-fragmentation-public-discourse-sky-more-blue "Power consolidation on Bluesky and fragmentation of public discourse"], ''brussels-school.be'', 22 Nov 2024. [https://aoir.social/@eilah_tan/113532596169726542 Toot].
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* Thomas Struett, Aram Sinnreich, Patricia Aufderheide, Robert W. Gehl, [https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/22254/4864 "Can This Platform Survive? Governance Challenges for the Fediverse"], ''International Journal of Communication'' 18, Dec 2024.
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* [[LURK]], [https://txt.lurk.org/on-not-scaling-lurk/ "On not scaling LURK: a tale of maintenance, federation, and governance"], 15 Jan 2025. [https://post.lurk.org/@lurk/113833310869962944 Toot].
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* Robert Gehl, [https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/02/07/asm-scholarship-history.html "A Brief History of Alternative Social Media Scholarship"], ''AltSocialMedia.net'', 7 Feb 2025. [https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/bib.html Bibliography]. [https://sciences.social/@altsocialmedianet/113966479193019233 Toot].
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* Robert W. Gehl, ''Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media'', Oxford University Press, Oct 2025, 240 pp. [https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com Book website]. [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/move-slowly-and-build-bridges-9780197776681 Publisher]. [https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html] [https://aoir.social/@rwg/113002656985822018]
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''See also'' <code>VIDEO</code> ''recordings and websites of [[#Events|events]].''
  
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
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=== Portland, OR ===
 
=== Portland, OR ===
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* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List].
 
* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List].
  
=== Brighton ===
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=== Limassol ===
  
* [https://indieweb.org/2012/UK IndieWebCampUK], The Skiff, Brighton, UK, 9 Sep 2012. [https://indieweb.org/2013/UK IndieWebCampUK], Lighthouse, Brighton, 7-8 Sep 2013. [https://indieweb.org/2014/UK IndieWebCampUK], Clearleft, Brighton, UK, 6-7 Sep 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2015], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 11-12 Jul 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2016/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2016], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 24-25 Sep 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2019/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 19-20 Oct 2019.
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* [https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/past-events/1-cyprus/ Unlike Us 1], Limassol, 23 Nov 2011.  
  
=== Bay Area ===
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=== Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp ===
  
* [https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2012 Federated Social Web Summit 2012], Say Media, San Francisco, 26 Oct 2012. Organised by W3C Federated Social Web Community Group.
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* [https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/past-events/2-amsterdam/ Unlike Us 2], TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam, 8-10 Mar 2012. The second event on ‘alternatives in social media’, where artists, designers, scholars, activists and programmers gather.  
  
* [https://indieweb.org/2014/SF IndieWebCampSF 2014], Embassy Network, San Francisco, 7-8 Mar 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/SF IndieWebCampSF 2015], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 3 Dec 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2018/SF IndieWebCamp SF / Decentralized Web Hackers Day 2018], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 31 Jul 2018. [https://indieweb.org/2019/SF IndieWebCampSF 2019], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 7-8 Dec 2019.
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* (De)centralized Practice, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, 19 Mar 2013. Seminar with [[Diana McCarty]], [[Reni Hofmüller]], [[Seda Gürses]], and [[Femke Snelting]]. [https://constantvzw.org/site/IMG/pdf/jaarverslag_2013.pdf#page=8] [https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html]
  
*{{a|GETD2}}GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. [https://archive.org/details/getdconference-brewsterkahle Brewster Kahle] from the Internet Archive. <code>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgOYjOGZuQ VIDEO]</code> [http://get-d.net/announcing-getd-in-spring-2015/] [https://getdweb.net/origin-story/]
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* [https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/past-events/3-amsterdam/ Unlike Us 3], TrouwAmsterdam and Studio HvA / MediaLAB, Amsterdam, 22-23 Mar 2013. Last edition of the conference.
 
 
* [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net Decentralized Web Summit], [[Internet Archive]], San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016. Attended by about 350 participants, incl. 80 participants in the [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net/builders-day/ Builders Day]. Juan Benet demonstrates a fully decentralized web site; Karissa McKelvey presents a browser-based implementation of the DAT protocol. [https://decentralizedweb.net/ Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code], Internet Archive, San Francisco, 31 Jul-2 Aug 2018. Attended by over 1,000 participants. Incl. the [https://www.decentralizedweb.net/creative-track/ Creative Track], co-organized by [[Mindy Seu]] and [[Sam Hart]]. [https://2019.dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2019], Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. Attended by 450 participants. [https://reading.supply/post/432f6903-c7cd-4cb0-a894-c09155a8ca8b Interview]. [https://blog.archive.org/2019/07/31/remembering-the-first-dweb-camp-july-2019/ Report]. [https://medium.com/decentralized-web/transforming-ourselves-to-transform-our-networks-f4511a3d7483]. [https://dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2022], Camp Navarro, California, 24-28 Aug 2022.
 
 
 
=== Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam ===
 
 
 
* (De)centralized Practice, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, 19 Mar 2013. Seminar with [[Diana McCarty]], [[Reni Hofmüller]], [[Seda Gürses]], and [[Femke Snelting]]. [https://constantvzw.org/site/IMG/pdf/jaarverslag_2013.pdf#page=8] [https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html]
 
  
 
* [http://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org Are You Being Served?], 14th edition of the meeting days [[Verbindingen/Jonctions]], dedicated to the feminist review of mesh, cloud, autonomous, and DIY servers, [[Constant]], Brussels, 12-15 Dec 2013.  
 
* [http://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org Are You Being Served?], 14th edition of the meeting days [[Verbindingen/Jonctions]], dedicated to the feminist review of mesh, cloud, autonomous, and DIY servers, [[Constant]], Brussels, 12-15 Dec 2013.  
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* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/digitaldepletionstrike/ Images]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List]. [https://varia.zone/en/8M-strike.html] [https://titipi.org/?projects/strike]
 
* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://vvvvvvaria.org/logs/digitaldepletionstrike/ Images]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List]. [https://varia.zone/en/8M-strike.html] [https://titipi.org/?projects/strike]
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=== Brighton ===
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* [https://indieweb.org/2012/UK IndieWebCampUK], The Skiff, Brighton, UK, 9 Sep 2012. [https://indieweb.org/2013/UK IndieWebCampUK], Lighthouse, Brighton, 7-8 Sep 2013. [https://indieweb.org/2014/UK IndieWebCampUK], Clearleft, Brighton, UK, 6-7 Sep 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2015], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 11-12 Jul 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2016/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2016], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 24-25 Sep 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2019/Brighton IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019], 68 Middle Street, Brighton, 19-20 Oct 2019.
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=== Bay Area ===
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* [https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2012 Federated Social Web Summit 2012], Say Media, San Francisco, 26 Oct 2012. Organised by W3C Federated Social Web Community Group.
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* [https://indieweb.org/2014/SF IndieWebCampSF 2014], Embassy Network, San Francisco, 7-8 Mar 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2015/SF IndieWebCampSF 2015], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 3 Dec 2015. [https://indieweb.org/2018/SF IndieWebCamp SF / Decentralized Web Hackers Day 2018], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 31 Jul 2018. [https://indieweb.org/2019/SF IndieWebCampSF 2019], Mozilla SF, San Francisco, 7-8 Dec 2019.
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*{{a|GETD2}}GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. [https://archive.org/details/getdconference-brewsterkahle Brewster Kahle] from the Internet Archive. <code>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgOYjOGZuQ VIDEO]</code> [http://get-d.net/announcing-getd-in-spring-2015/] [https://getdweb.net/origin-story/]
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* [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net Decentralized Web Summit], [[Internet Archive]], San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016. Attended by about 350 participants, incl. 80 participants in the [https://2016.decentralizedweb.net/builders-day/ Builders Day]. Juan Benet demonstrates a fully decentralized web site; Karissa McKelvey presents a browser-based implementation of the DAT protocol. [https://decentralizedweb.net/ Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code], Internet Archive, San Francisco, 31 Jul-2 Aug 2018. Attended by over 1,000 participants. Incl. the [https://www.decentralizedweb.net/creative-track/ Creative Track], co-organized by [[Mindy Seu]] and [[Sam Hart]]. [https://2019.dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2019], Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. Attended by 450 participants. [https://reading.supply/post/432f6903-c7cd-4cb0-a894-c09155a8ca8b Interview]. [https://blog.archive.org/2019/07/31/remembering-the-first-dweb-camp-july-2019/ Report]. [https://medium.com/decentralized-web/transforming-ourselves-to-transform-our-networks-f4511a3d7483]. [https://dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp 2022], Camp Navarro, California, 24-28 Aug 2022.
  
 
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* [https://peer-to-peer-web.com/los-angeles/2017-12-10 Peer-to-Peer Web / Los Angeles], series of talks, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, and New York (viewing party), 10 Dec 2017. [https://peer-to-peer-web.com/los-angeles/2018-04-28 Peer-to-Peer Web / Los Angeles (Edition Two)], series of talks, Folder Studio, Chinatown, Los Angeles, 28 Apr 2018.  
 
* [https://peer-to-peer-web.com/los-angeles/2017-12-10 Peer-to-Peer Web / Los Angeles], series of talks, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Los Angeles, and New York (viewing party), 10 Dec 2017. [https://peer-to-peer-web.com/los-angeles/2018-04-28 Peer-to-Peer Web / Los Angeles (Edition Two)], series of talks, Folder Studio, Chinatown, Los Angeles, 28 Apr 2018.  
  
=== New York ===
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=== New York and East Coast ===
  
 
* [https://indieweb.org/2014/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2014], The New York Times, New York, 26-27 Apr 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2016/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2016], Mozilla NYC, 22-24 Jan 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2016/NYC2 IndieWebCamp NYC2 2016], Dalberg Global Development Advisors NYC, New York, 27-28 Aug 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2017/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2017], Dalberg Global Development Advisors NYC, New York, 30 Sep-1 Oct 2017. [https://indieweb.org/2018/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2018], Siedenberg School, Pace University, 28-29 Sep 2018. [https://indieweb.org/2019/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2019], Siedenberg School, Pace University, 5-6 Oct 2019.
 
* [https://indieweb.org/2014/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2014], The New York Times, New York, 26-27 Apr 2014. [https://indieweb.org/2016/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2016], Mozilla NYC, 22-24 Jan 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2016/NYC2 IndieWebCamp NYC2 2016], Dalberg Global Development Advisors NYC, New York, 27-28 Aug 2016. [https://indieweb.org/2017/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2017], Dalberg Global Development Advisors NYC, New York, 30 Sep-1 Oct 2017. [https://indieweb.org/2018/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2018], Siedenberg School, Pace University, 28-29 Sep 2018. [https://indieweb.org/2019/NYC IndieWebCamp NYC 2019], Siedenberg School, Pace University, 5-6 Oct 2019.
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* [https://peer-to-peer-web.com/nyc Peer-to-Peer Web / NY], series of talks, [[School for Poetic Computation]], New York, 26 May 2018. Presented by New Computer Working Group. [https://newcomputers.group/p2p.html] [https://twitter.com/_callil/status/993897637286903810]
 
* [https://peer-to-peer-web.com/nyc Peer-to-Peer Web / NY], series of talks, [[School for Poetic Computation]], New York, 26 May 2018. Presented by New Computer Working Group. [https://newcomputers.group/p2p.html] [https://twitter.com/_callil/status/993897637286903810]
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* [https://dsmw.cs.princeton.edu/ Decentralized Social Media Workshop], unconference, Princeton University Friend Center, Princeton, NJ, 4 Mar 2024.
  
 
=== Linz, Graz ===
 
=== Linz, Graz ===
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* [[TransHACKfeminist! camp]], Calafou, near Barcelona, 4-11 Aug 2014, [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/09/02/documentaciondocumentation/ Video]. Co-organised with Eclectic Tech Carnival. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2015/01/25/a-transhackfeminist-thf-convergence-report/ Report]. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2015/02/14/informe-del-encuentro-transhackfeminista-thf-2014/ Report] (ES). [https://femhack.noblogs.org/post/2016/05/31/thf2016-en/]. [https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html]
 
* [[TransHACKfeminist! camp]], Calafou, near Barcelona, 4-11 Aug 2014, [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/09/02/documentaciondocumentation/ Video]. Co-organised with Eclectic Tech Carnival. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2015/01/25/a-transhackfeminist-thf-convergence-report/ Report]. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2015/02/14/informe-del-encuentro-transhackfeminista-thf-2014/ Report] (ES). [https://femhack.noblogs.org/post/2016/05/31/thf2016-en/]. [https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html]
  
* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List].  
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* [https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], multiple locations. Convened by [[Anarchaserver]], [[Constant]], [[esc]], [[Varia]], [[Systerserver]], [[TITiPI]], a.o. [https://etherdump.vvvvvvaria.org/publish/8m-activities.raw.html Events]. [https://post.lurk.org/tags/digitaldepletionstrike Mastodon feed], [https://post.lurk.org/tags/CounterCloudActionDay]. [https://systerserver.town/@digitaldepletion Mastodon account]. [https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/8m.lists.constantvzw.org/ List].
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* [https://donestech.net/es/noticia/proposito-de-las-redes-y-el-hartazgo-con-el-monopolio-de-las-grandes-empresas-tecnologicas A propósito de las redes y el hartazgo con el monopolio de las grandes empresas tecnológicas], El Lokal, Barcelona, 9 Aug 2024.
  
 
=== London ===
 
=== London ===
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* [https://decentsocial.net/ DecentSocial 2023], online, 11 Feb 2023. An unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web. [https://social.coop/@DecentSocial Toots].
 
* [https://decentsocial.net/ DecentSocial 2023], online, 11 Feb 2023. An unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web. [https://social.coop/@DecentSocial Toots].
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* [https://fediforum.org/ FediForum], online, 28-30 Mar 2023; 19-21 Sep 2023; 18-20 Mar 2024; 12-14 Sep 2024; 5-7 Jun 2025. An unconference for thinkers and doers who build the new Open Social Web.
  
 
=== Prague ===
 
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==Publications==
 
 
[[Image:A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01 2014.png|thumb|350px|[https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01], 2014]]
 
 
[[Image:Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Media:Mansoux Aymeric Abbing Roel Roscam 2020 Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS.pdf|Theses on Fediverse and FLOSS]], 2020]]
 
 
[[Image:Trans-feminist servers 2022.png|thumb|350px|link=https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs|[https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs Trans*feminist servers...], 2022–]]
 
 
[[Image:Fedizine_An_Anarchist_Introduction_to_Federated_Social_Media_2022.jpg|thumb|350px|[https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/ Fedizine, Anarchist Introduction to Federated Social Media], 2022]]
 
 
[[Image:Counter_Cloud_Action_2023.jpg|thumb|350px|link=https://titipi.org/8m/|[https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike], 2023]]
 
 
[[Image:A_Traversal_Network_of_Feminist_Servers_2023.png|thumb|350px|link=https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/|[https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/ A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers], 2023]]
 
 
*{{a|feministserver}}[https://etherdump.constantvzw.org/p/feministserver.diff.html "A feminist server ...."], May 2014 ff; rev. as [https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml "A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01"], in ''Are You Being Served? (Notebooks)'': "Feminist Server Summit afterlife", Brussels: Constant, May 2014; reposted as [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/ "(version 0.1) A feminist server ...."], ''THF! transhackfeminist!'', June 2014. See also [http://www.newcriticals.com/exquisite-corpse/page-8 Snelting 2015], [[#transfeministservers|"Trans*feminist servers..."]]. [https://transhackfeminist.noblogs.org/post/2014/06/03/version-0-1-a-feminist-server-constantvzw/]
 
 
* [[Relearn]], [http://relearn.be/2014/ "A Feminist Net/work How-to"], in ''Portable Relearn Archive'', July 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
 
 
* Sean Tilley, [https://medium.com/we-distribute "We Distribute"], ''Medium'', September 2014-September 2018. Reporting series about decentralization and the free web. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/ccd7b83e81f2 Part 0], [https://medium.com/we-distribute/we-distribute-part-i-the-road-to-federation-207b61daa38 Part 1]. [https://medium.com/@deadsuperhero]
 
 
*{{a|LSEblog}}Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, et al., [https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/category/alternativeinternets/ "Alternative Internet(s)"], series of blog posts, ''Media@LSE'', London: London School of Economics, Nov 2014-Jan 2015 ff. Sparked by the [[#LSEworkshop|2014 workshop]].
 
 
* [[Brewster Kahle]], [https://blog.archive.org/2015/02/11/locking-the-web-open-a-call-for-a-distributed-web/ "Lock the Web Open"], 11 February 2015. Talk at the Ford Foundation "NetGain" event.
 
 
* [[Brewster Kahle]], [https://archive.org/details/getdconference-brewsterkahle "Locking the Web Open"], ''Internet Archive'', 1 April 2015, 28 min. Video; talk given at the GETDecentralized unconference, San Francisco.
 
 
* [[Femke Snelting]], [http://www.newcriticals.com/exquisite-corpse/page-8 "At the Feminist Server Summit..."], in "Exquisite Corpse", ''New Criticals'', April 2015.
 
 
* Robert W. Gehl, [https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115604338 "The Case for Alternative Social Media"], ''Social Media + Society'' 1:2, September 2015.
 
 
* Robert W. Gehl, [http://twentysix.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-190-building-a-better-twitter-a-study-of-the-twitter-alternatives-gnu-social-quitter-rstat-us-and-twister/ "Building a Better Twitter: A Study of the Twitter Alternatives GNU social, Quitter, rstat.us, and Twister Free to read"], ''Fibreculture Journal'' 26: "Entanglements: Activism and Technology", Open Humanities Press, December 2015.
 
 
* hbsc & friends, [https://homebrewserver.club/have-you-considered-the-alternative.html "Have You Considered the Alternative?"], ''HomebrewServer.Club'', 9 March 2017. Discusses XMPP federation.
 
 
* Eugen Rochko, [http://web.archive.org/web/20170407041536/https://medium.com/@Gargron/welcome-to-mastodon-111d9227e56a "Welcome to Mastodon"], ''Medium'', 31 March 2017. [https://au.pcmag.com/social-media/47343/what-is-mastodon-and-will-it-kill-twitter]
 
 
* Danyl Strype, [https://www.coactivate.org/projects/disintermedia/blog/2017/04/01/a-brief-history-of-the-gnu-social-fediverse-and-the-federation "A Brief History of the GNU Social Fediverse and ‘The Federation’"], ''Disintermedia'', 1 April 2017, with updates.
 
 
* Christine Lemmer-Webber, Jessica Tallon, Erin Shepherd, Amy Guy, Evan Prodromou, [https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ "ActivityPub. W3C Recommendation"], eds. Christine Lemmer-Webber and Jessica Tallon, W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), 23 January 2018, [https://github.com/w3c/activitypub Git]. Recommended standard for decentralized social networking protocol, developed by the W3C Social Web Working Group. [https://activitypub.rocks/ Main website]. [https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/6785 Announcement]. [https://twitter.com/w3c/status/955817795509542912 Tweet]. [https://twitter.com/socialwebwg @socialwebwg@twitter].
 
 
* [https://networksofonesown.constantvzw.org/etherbox/manual.html ''Networks of Ones Own'' 1: "Etherbox"], eds. [[Michael Murtaugh]], [[An Mertens]], [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], and [[Femke Snelting]], Brussels: Constant, September 2018. Collaboration between [[Constant]], [[Relearn]], [[Varia]] and [[XPUB]].
 
 
* [[Darius Kazemi]], [https://runyourown.social/ "Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends"], 8 July 2019, with updates.
 
 
* [https://ilu.servus.at/category/13-fed-up.html ''Pervasive Labour Union'' 13: "Fed Up!"], ed. [[Lídia Pereira]], Rotterdam, September 2019, [30] pp, [[Media:Pervasive Labour Union 13 Fed Up 2019.pdf|PDF]].
 
 
* Greta Byrum, [https://urbanomnibus.net/2019/10/building-the-peoples-internet/ "Building the People’s Internet"], ''Urban Omnibus'', New York: Architectural League of New York, October 2019.
 
 
* [https://networksofonesown.varia.zone/ ''Networks of Ones Own'' 2: "Three Takes on Taking Care"], Rotterdam: Varia, October 2019, [[Media:Networks of Ones Own 2 Three Takes on Taking Care 2019.pdf|PDF]].
 
 
* ''[https://www.netcommons.eu/?q=telecommunications-reclaimed Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities]'', eds. Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Félix Tréguer, Internet Society, December 2019, 255 pp, [[Media:Telecommunications Reclaimed A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities 2019.pdf|PDF]]. [https://twitter.com/netCommonsEU/status/1207557247284514816]
 
 
* [[Aymeric Mansoux]], [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], [[Media:Mansoux Aymeric Abbing Roel Roscam 2020 Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS.pdf|"Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS"]], in ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=21963 The Eternal Network: The Ends and Becomings of Network Culture]'', eds. Kristoffer Gansing and Inga Luchs, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, and Berlin: transmediale e.V., February 2020, pp 124-140, [https://transmediale.de/content/seven-theses-on-the-fediverse-and-the-becoming-of-floss HTML].
 
** [https://monoskop.org/images/6/6c/Gansing_Kristoffer_Luchs_Inga_Hg_The_Eternal_Network_Vom_Enden_und_Werden_der_Netzkultur_2020.pdf#page=137 "Sieben Thesen zum Fediverse und zur Weiterentwicklung von FLOSS"], in ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=21963 The Eternal Network. Vom Enden und Werden der Netzkultur]'', eds. Kristoffer Gansing and Inga Luchs, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, and Berlin: transmediale e.V., 2020, pp 136-154. {{de}}
 
** [https://framablog.org/2021/01/26/le-fediverse-et-lavenir-des-reseaux-decentralises/ "Sept Thèses sur le Fédiverse et le devenir du logiciel libre"], trans. Framalang, ''Framablog'', 26 Jan 2021. {{fr}}
 
 
* Mai Ishikawa Sutton, John Conor Ryan, et al., [https://getdweb.net/principles "DWeb Principles"], March 2020ff. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16NtoS_bSC4qV9cJ6ECFPTY66Qy3jSXWFbUuQDrU-IvQ/edit]
 
 
* Evgeny Ponomarev, [https://medium.com/fluence-network/decentralized-web-developer-report-2020-5b41a8d86789 "Decentralized Web Developer Report 2020"], ''Fluence Labs'', 8 Jun 2020. [https://twitter.com/fluence_project/status/1270273001003593728]
 
 
* Eileen Wagner, Karissa McKelvey, Kelsie Nabben, ''[https://decentpatterns.xyz/report/ Decentralization Off The Shelf: 7 Maxims]'', 2020, 32 pp. Research report. [https://twitter.com/internetarchive/status/1275158505125601281]
 
 
* ''[https://compost.digital/ Compost]'', eds. Mai Sutton et al., March 2021 ff. Magazine about the digital commons.
 
 
*{{a|transfeministservers}}[https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs "Trans*feminist servers..."], June 2022 ff; rev. as [https://www.bakonline.org/prospections/a-wishlist-for-transfeminist-servers/ "A Wishlist for Trans*feminist Servers"], ''Prospections'': "Digital Discomfort", eds. Cell for Digital Discomfort, Utrecht: BAK, December 2022. Extends [[#feministserver|A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01]]. Circulated at the 2022 edition of [[AMRO]].
 
 
* ''[https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/ Fedizine: An Anarchist Introduction to Federated Social Media]'', August 2022, 16 pp, [[Media:Fedizine_An_Anarchist_Introduction_to_Federated_Social_Media_2022.pdf|PDF]]. Released for the Montréal Anarchist Bookfair. [https://kolektiva.social/@fedizine/108790096255005432 Toot].
 
 
* [https://zoiahorn.anarchaserver.org/a-fair-new-idea-a-feminist-video-streaming-platform/ "A Fair New Idea — A feminist video streaming platform"], ''Zoia Horn'', November 2022.
 
 
* Literally, Matt Noyes, Nathan Schneider, [https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html "How To Make The Fediverse Your Own"], ''social.coop wiki'', December 2022. [https://social.coop/@ntnsndr/109553787854807841 Toot].
 
 
* Stefan Laser, Anne Pasek, Estrid Sørensen, [[Mél Hogan]], Mace Ojala, Jens Fehrenbacher, Maximilian Gregor Hepach, Leman Çelik, Koushik Ravi Kumar, [https://www.easst.net/article/the-environmental-footprint-of-social-media-hosting-tinkering-with-mastodon/ "The environmental footprint of social media hosting: Tinkering with Mastodon"], ''EASST Review'' 41:3, Maastricht, December 2022. [https://social.tchncs.de/@stefanlaser/109556341546406926 Toot].
 
 
* [[Mara Karagianni]], ooooo, Nate Wessalowski, vo ezn, [https://monoskop.org/images/c/c7/Toward_a_Minor_Tech_2023.pdf#page=4 "Feminists Federating"], ''A Peer-reviewed Newspaper'' 12(1): "Toward a Minor Tech", Aarhus: Digital Aesthetics Research Center, Aarhus University, February 2023, p 4. [https://darc.au.dk/publications/peer-reviewed-newspaper Publisher].
 
 
* [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], Cade Diehm, Shahed Warreth, [https://doi.org/10.14763/2023.1.1681 "Decentralised Social Media"], ''Internet Policy Review'' 12:1, February 2023. [https://post.lurk.org/@rra/109897950510707314 Toot].
 
 
* ''[https://titipi.org/8m/ International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike]'', February/March 2023. Published as a webpage hosted and asynchronously maintained by a network of networks. {{multi}}
 
 
* ''[https://systerserver.net/ATNOFS/ A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers]'', March 2023, 189 pp, [[Media:A Traversal Network of Feminist Servers 2023.pdf|PDF]]. A publication from the ATNOFS project, collectively made with [[Wendy Van Wynsberghe]], Vlad Dobrițoiu, Teo Săvoiu, [[Spideralex]], Sergiu Nisioi, [[Roel Roscam Abbing]], [[Reni Hofmüller]], ooooo, Nina Botthof, [[Martino Morandi]], [[Marloes de Valk]], [[Mara Karagianni]], [[Manetta Berends]], [[Lídia Pereira]], Julia Bande, [[Femke Snelting]], [[elodie Mugrefya]], Donatella Portoghese, Danae Tapia, [[Cristina Cochior]], Azahara Cerezo, [[Aymeric Mansoux]], [[Artemis Gryllaki]], [[Aggeliki Diakrousi]], Anca Bucur, amy pickles, [[Alice Strete]], Alex Ștefănescu. [https://post.lurk.org/@alcstrt/110044150970272906 Toot]. [https://varia.zone/en/atnofs-publication.html]
 
 
* Dosch, [https://amsterdamalternative.nl/articles/13446/we-moeten-het-internet-collectiviseren "We moeten het internet collectiviseren"], ''Amsterdam Alternative'' 47, Amsterdam, March 2023. {{nl}}
 
 
* jdp23 (Jon Pincus), [https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/a-partial-queer-trans-and-non-binary-history-of-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/ "A (partial) queer, trans, and non-binary history of Mastodon and the fediverse"], ''We Distribute'', 29 June 2023. [https://blahaj.zone/notes/9gl5hj9x16 Toot]. [https://social.treehouse.systems/@deadsuperhero/110629148717334779]
 
 
* Eugen Rochko, [https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/ "What to know about Threads"], ''JoinMastodon.org'', 5 July 2023. [https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/110664109379249958 Toot]. [https://friend.camp/@darius/110664590877257760] [https://unstable.systems/@AmyZenunim/110664312542745447]
 
 
''See also'' <code>VIDEO</code> ''recordings and websites of [[#Events|events]].''
 
  
  
 
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For distributed, federated and mesh networks and social media

Mastodon instances[edit]

  • Fedi.garden, a small curated selection of Fediverse servers which have promised to meet certain standards of reliability and responsible moderation.
  • Feminist Tech, people and organisations on Mastodon prioritising feminist perspectives, women’s rights and movement building in the use of information and communications technology.

Software[edit]

  • Akkoma, microblogging server software (ActivityPub). Fork of Pleroma.
  • Beaker, experimental peer-to-peer Web browser (Hypercore), *2016.
  • Bookwyrm logo.png Bookwyrm, federated platform for reading and reviewing (Activitypub), *2021. Instances
  • Castopod logo.png Castopod, podcast self-hosting with Fediverse interaction.
  • Conversations, open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
  • Delta Chat, chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt
  • Diaspora, self-hosted social networking service (diaspora), *2010.
  • Distributed Press, open source publishing tool for the World Wide Web and DWeb; automates publishing and hosting content to the WWW that it seeds to Hypercore and IPFS, *2021.
  • dokieli, clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions (Solid, Linked Data, ActivityPub), *2015. Paper. #semanticweb #linkeddata
  • Epicyon, federated social network suitable for low power systems.
  • Friendica, decentralized social network, formerly Mistpark (diaspora, OStatus, pump.io, ActivityPub), *2010.
  • Funkwhale logo.svg Funkwhale, decentralised audio platform (ActivityPub), *2019.
  • Gathio, self-destructing, shareable, no-registration event pages (ActivityPub), *2019. Toot.
  • Guppe, brings social groups to the fediverse.
  • Hubzilla, communication platform, formerly RedMatrix (Zot, ActivityPub, diaspora, OStatus), *2015. Review.
  • IPFS, protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
  • Loops, short video sharing platform, *2024. In the process of implementing ActivityPub. Made by Pixelfed.
  • Misskey, decentralized microblogging service (ActivityPub), *2014.
  • Mobilizon, tool for finding, creating and organizing events, *2018.
  • Piefed logo.png PieFed, federated discussion and link aggregation platform, Lemmy clone. Instance.
  • Pleroma, social networking software (ActivityPub), *2019. See also Akkoma.
  • Scuttlebutt, decentralised secure gossip platform (gossip protocol), *2018. [13]
  • Socialhome, federated personal profile with social networking functionality (ActivityPub, diaspora), *2016.
  • WriteFreely, open source platform for building a writing space on the web (ActivityPub).
  • YaCy, distributed search engine, *2016.

Protocols: ActivityPub (W3C recommendation, *2018), Solid (*2016), Hypercore (formerly Dat Protocol), Zot (evolved from DFRN, *2015), Matrix (*2014), Pump.io (evolved from OStatus, *2011), Diaspora (*2010), OStatus (formerly OpenMicroBlogging, *2008), XMPP (formerly Jabber, *1999).

More projects and context: Fediverse.party, Wikipedia.

Note: Matrix, Solid, IPFS, Hypercore and YaCy have a distributed architecture, but may not be part of the Fediverse in the strict sense because they are not compatible with any of its integral protocols such as ActivityPub, Zot, Diaspora, and OStatus, although a server running ActivityPub could theoretically be bridged to, for example, Matrix and vice versa. cf.

Resources, art projects[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • Relearn, "A Feminist Net/work How-to", in Portable Relearn Archive, July 2014. Material from the 2014 edition of Relearn, held at Variable, a collectively run F/LOSS Arts Lab in Brussels.
  • Compost, eds. Mai Sutton et al., March 2021 ff. Magazine about the digital commons.
  • Free Fediverse: Essays, ed. Ophiocephalic, June 2023 ff. Thinkpieces on the Meta crisis and on how to save and protect the fediverse from capitalist enclosure.
  • Robert W. Gehl, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, Oxford University Press, Oct 2025, 240 pp. Book website. Publisher. [27] [28]

See also VIDEO recordings and websites of events.

Events[edit]

Portland, OR[edit]

Berlin[edit]

  • Federated Social Web Europe, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, 3-5 Jun 2011. Open event on Social Web interoperability, standards and privacy. Supported and co-organised by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and by the EU FP7 PrimeLife project. The local organization was done under the label “d-cent” and by the independent institute PerGlobal.
  • Radical Networks conference, Spektrum, Berlin, 19-21 Oct 2018. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Fourth edition.

Limassol[edit]

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp[edit]

  • Unlike Us 2, TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam, 8-10 Mar 2012. The second event on ‘alternatives in social media’, where artists, designers, scholars, activists and programmers gather.
  • Unlike Us 3, TrouwAmsterdam and Studio HvA / MediaLAB, Amsterdam, 22-23 Mar 2013. Last edition of the conference.
  • Public Spaces, conference, Amsterdam, 17-18 May 2022. Organised by a coalition of public organizations in the Netherlands that aims to promote a healthier online environment. Mastodon. Castopod (podcasts). VIDEO

Brighton[edit]

Bay Area[edit]

  • GETDecentralized! (GET-D), The Red Victorian, 1665 Haight St, San Francisco, 31 Mar-2 Apr 2015. "An evening of conversation, celebration and community-building around new ideas in decentralization." Organised by Joachim Lohkamp. Attended by about fifty participants, incl. Brewster Kahle from the Internet Archive. VIDEO [39] [40]

Los Angeles[edit]

New York and East Coast[edit]

  • Radical Networks, conference, Integrated Digital Media at Magnet NYU, Brooklyn, NY, 24-25 Oct 2015. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam. Radical Networks, conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 4-6 Nov 2016. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam. Exhibition photographs. Radical Networks, conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 19-22 Oct 2017. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Radical Networks conference, Prime Produce, New York, 18-20 Oct 2019. VIDEO

Linz, Graz[edit]

Barcelona[edit]

London[edit]

Toronto[edit]

online (only)[edit]

  • Dat Conference 2020, online, 30-31 Jul 2020. Virtual peer to peer event about local-first tech and meetup space for those interested in the decentralized web.
  • DecentSocial 2023, online, 11 Feb 2023. An unconference for the builders of the decentralized social web. Toots.
  • FediForum, online, 28-30 Mar 2023; 19-21 Sep 2023; 18-20 Mar 2024; 12-14 Sep 2024; 5-7 Jun 2025. An unconference for thinkers and doers who build the new Open Social Web.

Prague[edit]

Basque[edit]

  • THX, Ozaraine, Basque country, 10-20 Jul 2022.

Philly[edit]

more[edit]