Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)

Reminder why switching.social does NOT recommend using Brave:

-Brave is a for-profit ad sales and cryptocurrency promotion company, funded by venture capital firms. Its primary purpose is to make money, not protect privacy.

-Top of the list of Brave's VC owners is Founders Fund, which is Peter Thiel's company ( https://web.archive.org/web/20190831163230/https://basicattentiontoken.org/ )

-Peter Thiel is also the head of Palantir, which makes its money by spying on the general public ( https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-palantir-peter-thiel/ )

#Brave #PeterThiel #Palantir

Do you want to help translate the Fediverse into your language? ?

Even translating one phrase helps ?

Friendica
https://www.transifex.com/Friendica/friendica/

Funkwhale
https://docs.funkwhale.audio/translators.html

Hubzilla
https://www.transifex.com/Friendica/hubzilla/

Mastodon
https://crowdin.com/project/mastodon

PeerTube
https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/doc/translation.md

Plume
https://docs.joinplu.me/contribute/translations/

Write Freely
https://poeditor.com/join/project/TIZ6HFRFdE

#Fediverse #Localisation #Internationalisation #l10n #i18n #FLOSS #FOSS

I've got to say, I *really* love using #Mastodon on single column light mode ?

It's so much more relaxing and focused. My eyes aren't darting from one place to another constantly looking for stuff. The light background is less techy, more like the walls of a sunny room.

Photos are bigger, and the text I want to read isn't squished into a tiny column.

It's also easier to find features in the links list at the right hand side ?

It's #FollowFriday again! ?

Time for some #alternatives and more:

?? @mastonaut Mastonaut: Mastodon desktop app for the Mac

? @Liberapay LiberaPay: Free open alternative to Patreon

? @Matomo Matomo: Free open alternative to Google Analytics

? @tuxedocomputers Tuxedo Computers: Custom-built Linux desktops and laptops

? @MicroSFF Micro SF/F: Toot-sized science fiction & fantasy stories

Previous #FF:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102190020393413914

#FFed

Fedilab has a new account, follow them here:

@fedilab

The app is free and open, and available from Google Play (paid) and @fdroidorg (free of charge).

It works with many Fediverse services including Mastodon, PeerTube, Friendica, Pleroma and GNU Social.

It also has a website at:

https://fedilab.app/

#Fedilab

I'm delisting the switching.social handbook at the end of next week (Sunday 9th June), so if you want to buy a copy now is your final chance:

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-switching-social-handbook

#SwitchingSocial #eBooks #Alternatives

The Android app #Fedilab allows multiple accounts on multiple Fediverse services (incl. Mastodon, Friendica, PeerTube, Pleroma and GNU Social).

It's now charging for its Google Play version while keeping the F-Droid version free of charge, to encourage people off Google Play.

The Play version has a new address:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android

The F-Droid version remains at its current address:

https://f-droid.org/packages/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon/

You can follow Fedilab at:

@tom79

#Fediverse #Alternatives #Apps #Mastodon

Microblog.pub is an extremely lightweight single user blogging system which is ActivityPub compatible:

https://microblog.pub

You can follow development at:

@dev

You can see the code at:

https://github.com/tsileo/microblog.pub

It's still in alpha testing and not recommended for self-hosting yet, but thought some of you may be interested in following the project.

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Microblogging

@Jack_Frost

For Android, yes.

-Fedilab ( @tom79 ) which also works with Mastodon, Friendica and Pleroma accounts.

-PeerTube Player

Both of these are in Google Play and F-Droid.

There's a third app under development called P2Play ( @p2play ).

More about PeerTube here:
https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-youtube/

#WriteFreely is a free open federated blogging platform. It has a minimalist approach so that readers concentrate on the text.

It federates with #ActivityPub so you can follow blogs through Mastodon etc.

Existing Write Freely instances you can sign up at:

https://writefreely.org/instances
https://fediverse.network/writefreely

Installing your own instance:

https://writefreely.org

Fully managed hosting, if you want your own instance without doing techy stuff:

https://writefreely.host

#AlternativesAtoZ #Blogging

Hey developers & ActivityPub enthusiasts!

@GetTogetherComm is a free open alternative to MeetUp.com.

The lead developer needs help with implementing federation, either coding or better documentation about ActivityPub.

There's an open issue for it here:

https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether/issues/60

There's been discussion but no code contributions yet.

Can you help?

(It would be *so* cool to get this kind of service federated, imagine every town having its own instance :blobaww: )

#ActivityPub #FLOSS #FOSS

Prismo is an open federated alternative to sites like Reddit or Hacker News.

It's still under development, but the first instance is online here:

https://prismo.news

It's been in closed beta for a while, but Prismo now has open sign-ups for the first time.

You can sign up at:

https://prismo.news/auth/sign_up

#Prismo #Reddit #HackerNews #Fediverse #ActivityPub

#Scuttlebutt is a distributed social network. There are no servers at all, just you and the people you know.

Anything shared with you on Scuttlebutt is sent to your computer or phone. Anything you share with another is sent to theirs.

It's still in its early days and tricky to use, but there's a good attempt to get it into the mainstream at:

https://manyver.se

It's available for Android (through Play and @fdroidorg ) and on the way for iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux.

#AlternativesAtoZ

#Prismo is currently under construction, and will be a free open federated alternative to Reddit.

You can follow the project here:

@prismo

There's a demo instance at:

https://prismo.news

If you're a developer, you can contribute to the code here:

https://gitlab.com/mbajur/prismo

If you want to support the project financially, you can donate here:

https://www.patreon.com/mxbx
https://liberapay.com/mxbx

#AlternativesAtoZ #Reddit #DeleteReddit

#PixelFed is a free open federated alternative to Instagram.

It's part of the Fediverse, so you can follow PixelFed accounts from Mastodon, Pleroma etc.

You can sign up at many different instances, for example:

https://pixelfed.de
https://pxlfd.me
https://pix.tedomum.net

(You can find more instances at https://the-federation.info/pixelfed )

You can follow PixelFed's official account at:

@pixelfed

#AlternativesAtoZ #DeleteInstagram #Photos #Photography

If you enjoy using switching.social and would like to support the site, please consider buying "The Switching Social Handbook":

https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-switching-social-handbook

It's short, but it's designed mainly to complement the website rather than duplicate it. It discusses the challenges to privacy and looks at the alternatives on offer.

It's a DRM-free ePub file, which should work on most major eBook readers.

(Let me know about any problems or feedback!)

#SwitchingSocial #Books #eBooks #NonFiction #DRMFree

#Pinafore is an alternative interface for Mastodon.

You can try it out by signing in with your existing Mastodon account at:

https://pinafore.social

You can also follow the developer at:

@pinafore

#AlternativesAtoZ #Mastodon #WebClients #Fediverse

@Alamantus @wakest
@Chocobozzz

Could someone who uses Github post this as an issue on the #Peertube git?

https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues

It would be great if NSFW content was completely hidden by default, and had to be actively switched on in some way (similar to automatic safesearch on search engines).

NSFW content alienates potential new users, showing it by default (even blurred) puts people off sharing the site with others.

#PeerTube is a free open alternative to YouTube:

https://joinpeertube.org/en

It's federated through ActivityPub, so you can follow PeerTube channels on Fediverse sites like Mastodon etc.

It uses peer-to-peer technology so even viral videos won't bring an instance down. The more people watch, the more bandwidth they contribute.

There are several apps:

-#Mastalab ( @tom79 ), also works with Mastodon

-#PeerTubePlayer, on #Fdroid and Play

-#P2Play, under development at @p2play

#AlternativesAtoZ

#MineTest is a free open source game similar to MineCraft. It features both offline and online gameplay, multiplayer servers, many gameplay styles and a large amount of user created content/mods.

You can download it for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and Android from the official site:

https://www.minetest.net

You can follow the official MineTest fediverse account here:

@Minetest

You can follow the MineTest developer here:

@rubenwardy

#AlternativesAtoZ #MineCraft #OpenSourceGames #FLOSS