IndieWeb Itch – Activity Pub / Better Connecting with MastodonAfter exploring the Activity Pub plugin, I am currently exploring Bridgy Fed to work out the difference between the two.
This method seems to involve a few other steps, including adding a feed to the header and Safe Redirect Manager plugin. It also seems to be a bit more technical. However, I am assuming that the Bridgy Fed and Mastodon options recently added to Syndication Links mean that it can be controlled per most, as opposed to every post with the Activity Pub post.
I have followed the steps, but still trying to get posts to follow through. Maybe I need to have my new instance added to Bridgy? Not sure.
Inspired by Doug Belshaw’s recent reflection I am trying to connect my site to the Fediverse https://collect.readwriterespond.com/bridgy-fed/ I successfully connected using the Activity Pub plugin, but assume that using [snarfed] Bridgy Fed method would allow more control over what is posted to the Fediverse? I setup the Atom feed, URL redirects and selected Bridgy Fed from Syndication Links. Still no luck. Does anything standout to
Aral Balkan reflects upon the perils of managing his own instance of Mastodon. He explained the ever present dangers of denial of service and the challenges associated with this. (Personally, I experienced this in part once when Balkan shared a link to a post I had written.)
The big issue according to Balkan is the incentive to join an instance that seemingly absolves users of such problems, this however just kicks the can down the road. For Balkan, instances should be limited from getting too big and ideally we should all have our own instance linked to our own domain, the ultimate form of verification.
I have tinkered with using my site as an ‘instance of one‘. Although I liked the idea, I could not get it all to work how I would prefer, so I persisted with my POSSE approach. This also have me thinking about Jim Groom’s reflection on life in the cloud. I guess the reality is that there is always a cost.