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| − | A resource on Fediverse, federated networks, mesh networks, distributed web, alternative internet, decentralisation. | + | [[Image:Fediposter_Jan_2020.png|thumb|258px|''Fed Up!'', chronological diagram of federated social web projects, by [[Lídia Pereira]], Artemis Gryllaki and Bohye Woo, Jan 2020. [https://gitlab.com/lidia_p/fediposter/] [https://post.lurk.org/@lidia_p/103566604203905676] ]] |
| + | A resource on Fediverse, federated networks, mesh networks, distributed web, alternative internet, alternative social media, decentralisation. | ||
==Software projects== | ==Software projects== | ||
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| − | * [https://beakerbrowser.com/ Beaker], | + | * [https://beakerbrowser.com/ Beaker], experimental browser with a p2p protocol, *2016. |
| − | * [https://conversations.im/ Conversations], | + | * [https://conversations.im/ Conversations], open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014. |
| − | * [https://dat.foundation/ Dat], | + | * [https://dat.foundation/ Dat], p2p protocol, a project for distributed data synchronization, *2013. |
| − | * [http://diasporafoundation.org/ Diaspora], | + | * [http://diasporafoundation.org/ Diaspora], self-hosted social networking service, *2010. |
| − | * [https://friendi.ca/ Friendica], | + | * [https://friendi.ca/ Friendica], distributed social network, *2010. |
| − | * [https://gnu.io/social/ GNU social], | + | * [https://gnu.io/social/ GNU social], FLOSS microblogging server, formerly StatusNet, *2014. |
| − | * [https://zotlabs.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project Hubzilla], | + | * [https://zotlabs.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project Hubzilla], communication platform. [https://medium.com/we-distribute/the-do-everything-system-an-in-depth-review-of-hubzilla-3-0-692204177d4e Review]. |
| − | * [https://ipfs.io/ IPFS], | + | * [https://ipfs.io/ IPFS], protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015. |
| − | * [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], | + | * [https://joinmastodon.org/ Mastodon], self-hosted social networking service, *2016. |
| − | * [https://joinpeertube.org/en/ PeerTube], | + | * [https://joinpeertube.org/en/ PeerTube], federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018. |
| − | * [http://pump.io/ Pump.io], | + | * [http://pump.io/ Pump.io], general purpose activity streams engine that can be used as a federated social networking protocol. |
| − | * [https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ Scuttlebutt], | + | * [https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ Scuttlebutt], decentralised secure gossip platform. |
| − | * [https://yacy.net/en/ YaCy], | + | * [https://yacy.net/en/ YaCy], distributed search engine, *2016. |
''Protocols'': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub ActivityPub], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_%28social_network%29 Diaspora], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus OStatus], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol XMPP], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_distributed_social_networking more]. | ''Protocols'': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub ActivityPub], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_%28social_network%29 Diaspora], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OStatus OStatus], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol XMPP], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_distributed_social_networking more]. | ||
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* [https://lurk.org/ Lurk] provides a few community services composed of mailing lists, chat and access to the Fediverse. | * [https://lurk.org/ Lurk] provides a few community services composed of mailing lists, chat and access to the Fediverse. | ||
* [http://p2pforever.org/ P2P Forever], by Laurel Schwulst. | * [http://p2pforever.org/ P2P Forever], by Laurel Schwulst. | ||
| + | * [https://the-federation.info/ The Federation], gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse. | ||
| + | * [https://fediverse.network/ Fediverse Network], gathers statistics of oStatus/ActivityPub fediverse. | ||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
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* [https://dwebcamp.org/ DWeb Camp], Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. [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], Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. [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://ournetworks.ca/ Our Networks: RE: Infrastructures of], Toronto Media Arts Centre, Toronto, 20-22 Sep 2019. Third edition. | * [https://ournetworks.ca/ Our Networks: RE: Infrastructures of], Toronto Media Arts Centre, Toronto, 20-22 Sep 2019. Third edition. | ||
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| + | * [https://2020.transmediale.de/content/exchange-4-deplatformization-and-the-ethics-of-exclusion Deplatformization and the Ethics of Exclusion], symposium session, part of ''transmediale'' festival, Volksbühne - Großes Haus, Berlin, 1 Feb 2020. | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
| + | * Feminist Server Summit, [https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml "A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01"], 2014. | ||
| + | * 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", 2015. | ||
| + | * Robert W. Gehl, [https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115604338 "The Case for Alternative Social Media"], ''Social Media + Society'' 1:2, Sep 2015. | ||
| + | * hbsc & friends, [https://homebrewserver.club/have-you-considered-the-alternative.html "Have You Considered the Alternative?"], ''HomebrewServer.Club'', 9 Mar 2017. | ||
| + | * 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 Apr 2017, with updates. | ||
* Darius Kazemi, [https://runyourown.social/ "Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends"], 8 Jul 2019. | * Darius Kazemi, [https://runyourown.social/ "Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends"], 8 Jul 2019. | ||
* [http://ilu.servus.at/category/13-fed-up.html ''Pervasive Labour Union'' 13: "Fed Up!"], ed. Lídia Pereira, Rotterdam, Sep 2019, [30] pp, [[Media:Pervasive Labour Union 13 Fed Up 2019.pdf|PDF]]. | * [http://ilu.servus.at/category/13-fed-up.html ''Pervasive Labour Union'' 13: "Fed Up!"], ed. Lídia Pereira, Rotterdam, Sep 2019, [30] pp, [[Media:Pervasive Labour Union 13 Fed Up 2019.pdf|PDF]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 21 March 2020
Fed Up!, chronological diagram of federated social web projects, by Lídia Pereira, Artemis Gryllaki and Bohye Woo, Jan 2020. [1] [2]
A resource on Fediverse, federated networks, mesh networks, distributed web, alternative internet, alternative social media, decentralisation.
Software projects
- Beaker, experimental browser with a p2p protocol, *2016.
- Conversations, open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android, *2014.
- Dat, p2p protocol, a project for distributed data synchronization, *2013.
- Diaspora, self-hosted social networking service, *2010.
- Friendica, distributed social network, *2010.
- GNU social, FLOSS microblogging server, formerly StatusNet, *2014.
- Hubzilla, communication platform. Review.
- IPFS, protocol and p2p network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system, *2015.
- Mastodon, self-hosted social networking service, *2016.
- PeerTube, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, *2018.
- Pump.io, general purpose activity streams engine that can be used as a federated social networking protocol.
- Scuttlebutt, decentralised secure gossip platform.
- YaCy, distributed search engine, *2016.
Protocols: ActivityPub, Diaspora, OStatus, XMPP, more.
Resources, art projects
- Alternative Internet, a collection of networks, tools and devices aiming at decentralisation.
- Dat Zine Library, by Zach Manderville.
- Distributed Web of Care, an art project by Taeyoon Choi.
- Founder Interviews, video interviews with developers of decentralization projects, by Irina Bolychevsky, 2013ff.
- Homebrewserver.club, a monthly gathering in Rotterdam for self-hosted services.
- Lurk provides a few community services composed of mailing lists, chat and access to the Fediverse.
- P2P Forever, by Laurel Schwulst.
- The Federation, gathers statistics about nodes in the fediverse.
- Fediverse Network, gathers statistics of oStatus/ActivityPub fediverse.
Events
- 2014
- The Alternative Internet(s) – State of the Art and the Possible Future, workshop, London School of Economics, London, 15-16 Sep 2014.
- 2015
- Redecentralize Conference - Taking Back the Net, unconference, London, 17-18 Oct 2015. Organised by Irina Bolychevsky, a.o. Report.
- 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.
- 2016
- Decentralized Web Summit, Internet Archive, San Francisco, 7-9 Jun 2016.
- Radical Networks conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 4-6 Nov 2016. Organised by Sarah Grant, Erica Kermani, and Amelia Marzec, in partnership with Eyebeam. Second edition. Exhibition photographs.
- 2017
- Our Networks, conference, Claude T. Bissell building, Toronto, 14 Jan 2017. First edition.
- Relearn 2017, Poortgebouw, Rotterdam, 29 Aug-2 Sep 2017. Documentation (2019). More.
- Radical Networks conference, Chem Creative, Brooklyn, NY, 19-22 Oct 2017. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Third edition.
- 2018
- Peer-to-Peer Web NYC, School for Poetic Computation, New York, 26 May 2018. Presented by New Computer Working Group. [3] [4]
- Our Networks: State of Our Networks: Beyond DIY: Do It With Others, Mozilla Community Space, Toronto, 13-18 Jul 2018. Second edition.
- Decentralized Web Summit 2018: Global Visions / Working Code, annual conference, Internet Archive, San Francisco, 31 Jul-2 Aug 2018. Second edition.
- Local Area Network, InterAccess, Toronto, Aug 2018.
- Radical Networks conference, Spektrum, Berlin, 19-21 Oct 2018. Organised by Sarah Grant and Erica Kermani. Fourth edition.
- Redecentralize Party, Newspeak House, London, 29 Oct 2018. Organised by Irina Bolychevsky.
- 2019
- Networks with an Attitude, worksession, Antwerp, 7-13 Apr 2019. Developed by Constant in collaboration with ooooo, Varia and amongst others Samenschool, City harbour, Wireless Antwerp.
- Relearn 2019, Varia, Rotterdam, 7-9 Jun 2019; Hacktiris, Brussels, 21-22 Jun 2019; La Générale, Paris, 6-8 Sep 2019. More.
- DWeb Camp, Pescadaro, CA, 18-21 Jul 2019. Interview. Report. [5]
- Our Networks: RE: Infrastructures of, Toronto Media Arts Centre, Toronto, 20-22 Sep 2019. Third edition.
- 2020
- Deplatformization and the Ethics of Exclusion, symposium session, part of transmediale festival, Volksbühne - Großes Haus, Berlin, 1 Feb 2020.
Publications
- Feminist Server Summit, "A Feminist Server Manifesto 0.01", 2014.
- Robert W. Gehl, "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", 2015.
- Robert W. Gehl, "The Case for Alternative Social Media", Social Media + Society 1:2, Sep 2015.
- hbsc & friends, "Have You Considered the Alternative?", HomebrewServer.Club, 9 Mar 2017.
- Danyl Strype, "A Brief History of the GNU Social Fediverse and ‘The Federation’", Disintermedia, 1 Apr 2017, with updates.
- Darius Kazemi, "Run your own social: How to run a small social network site for your friends", 8 Jul 2019.
- Pervasive Labour Union 13: "Fed Up!", ed. Lídia Pereira, Rotterdam, Sep 2019, [30] pp, PDF.
- Networks Of Ones Own 1: "Etherbox", eds. Michael Murtaugh, An Mertens, Roel Roscam Abbing, and Femke Snelting, Brussels: Constant, Sep 2019.
- Networks Of Ones Own 2: "Three Takes on Taking Care", Rotterdam: Varia, Oct 2019.
- Telecommunications Reclaimed: A Hands-On Guide to Networking Communities, eds. Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Félix Tréguer, Internet Society, Dec 2019, 255 pp, PDF. [6]
- Aymeric Mansoux, Roel Roscam Abbing, "Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS", in 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., Feb 2020, pp 124-140.
See also
