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In case you missed it, the Fediverse's livestreaming platform OwnCast has official apps:
iPhone, iPad, Apple TV
apps.apple.com/app/owncasts/id…
📺 Roku
channelstore.roku.com/details/…
You don't have to use these though, all of OwnCast's features are available through the web.
(OwnCast is like the Fediverse's alternative to Twitch, it's a livestreaming platform with a built-in chat service. More info at fedi.tips/owncast-live-streami…)
The Fediverse has a Twitch-style live streaming and chat platform @owncast:
You can follow OwnCast accounts from Mastodon etc, streams will post when going live.
If you just want to see OwnCast in action: live.retrostrange.com
You can use your Mastodon etc account to verify your identity in OwnCast streams' chat.
Anyone can make an OwnCast server, though at moment it requires some tech skill (more info at owncast.online/quickstart/).
In case you missed it, the Fediverse has an alternative to Amazon's Goodreads called BookWyrm, which is a social reading platform.
Existing Goodreads users can import their data into BookWyrm.
BookWyrm's entry on fedi.tips is now updated with common questions answered:
➡️ fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne…
Also see BookWyrm's official website at:
...and follow their official account at:
➡️ @bookwyrm
#BookWyrm #Books #Reading #GoodReads #Alternatives #Fediverse
BookWyrm: A social network for people who enjoy reading | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
Pixelfed is a photo sharing network on the Fediverse, intended as an alternative to Instagram. You can follow Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon and vice versa. There's more info about it at:
➡️ pixelfed.org
There are servers you can sign up on at:
...and apps you can use at:
To see the latest news about Pixelfed, follow its official account at:
➡️ @pixelfed
#FediTips #Fediverse #Pixelfed #Instagram #Alternatives
Pixelfed - Decentralized social media
Learn more about Pixelfed, the free and open-source decentralized photo sharing social media platformPixelfed
If you're into books and reading, you might want to sign up for an account on BookWyrm, the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's Goodreads:
Just like Mastodon, BookWyrm is on many different servers that talk to each other. Find a server to join at:
Because it's part of the Fediverse, accounts on BookWyrm can be followed from Mastodon etc.
You can follow the BookWyrm developers at @bookwyrm
#BookWyrm #Fediverse #GoodReads #Alternatives
Join Bookwyrm
BookWyrm is a decentralized social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.joinbookwyrm.com
If you just want to post long text articles on the Fediverse, a good option is @writefreely which has an official website at:
It features a minimalist interface to avoid distracting from the text itself, and is sort of like a Fediverse alternative to Medium.
Because it's part of the Fediverse, you can follow WriteFreely accounts from Mastodon etc.
You can find sites to sign up on at:
It works entirely through your web browser, or you can use an app from writefreely.org/apps
You can also create your own instance without technical knowledge through a managed hosting service such writefreely.host or cloud68.co/instances.html
If you love books, the best part of the Fediverse is probably @bookwyrm, a GoodReads-style social reading network.
More info and sites to sign up on are at:
Because it uses the same ActivityPub protocol that powers the rest of the Fediverse, you can follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc.
For example, the lead developer of BookWyrm has an account at @mouse
#Fediverse #FediTips #BookWyrm #Books #Book #Literature #Novels #Fiction #NonFiction #Reading #GoodReads #Alternatives
Join Bookwyrm
BookWyrm is a decentralized social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.joinbookwyrm.com
Comradery is a co-operative donation platform, sort of like a more democratic alternative to Patreon. You can follow at:
➡️ @comradery
Because it's a co-operative, everyone who uses the platform has a say in how it is run. You can find out more on the website at comradery.co
It's currently still in testing, but you can sign up for an invitation to take part in the test.
#Comradery #CoOp #CoOps #CoOperatives #Activism #Business #Payment #Donation #Patreon #Alternatives
Not getting any coding done because GitHub is down? Why not take the opportunity to check out Codeberg (codeberg.org/), Gitea (gitea.com/) or GitLab (about.gitlab.com/install/)
BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's GoodReads, letting you review books, share reading lists, discover new books and interact with other readers. You can follow at:
➡️ @bookwyrm
The website is at joinbookwyrm.com
There are lists of instances to join at joinbookwyrm.com/instances and fedidb.org/software/bookwyrm
You can follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc, for example @mouse
#BookWyrm #Fediverse #Books #Book #Reading #Literature #ActivityPub #GoodReads #Alternatives
Join Bookwyrm
BookWyrm is a decentralized social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.joinbookwyrm.com
Thanks to the latest updates, if you have an @owncast instance you can now connect it to the Fediverse! 🥳
The Fediverse support is switched off by default, but you can switch it on very easily. Once it's activated, people on Mastodon etc will be able to follow your OwnCast account and be notified when you're livestreaming.
To activate Fediverse support on your OwnCast instance, make sure you have the software updated to at least 0.0.11, then go to Configuration > Social. There are more details about it at owncast.online/docs/social
(OwnCast is a free open self-hostable alternative to Twitch, a livestreaming platform with a chat system built in. More info at owncast.online )
#FediTips #Fediverse #OwnCast #Twitch #Alternatives #LiveStreaming #ActivityPub
Social features
Allow people to follow your server, know when you go live, share and interact with your stream.Owncast