My FOSDEM 2025 social web lightning talk is out!

Elk: A Nimble Client for Mastodon - FOSDEM 2025 | https://ayos.blog/elk-fosdem-2025

For those who missed my closing talk at #FOSDEM on the #SocialWebFOSDEM track (which was part of the "After Hours" event), I've recorded a standalone version. Feel free to boost for reach - and also share with civic institutions and community leaders. #FediverseForFreedom

https://makertube.net/w/bXFCEBbNqNDbFjPh3cyChh

Social Web FOSDEM video is out: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5049-elk-a-nimble-client-for-mastodon/

Audio still not synced, but it *might* get fixed after a reencode pass thingy

(just squint your eyes for now, or if you get annoyed check again later)

#SocialWebFosdem #FOSDEM2025 #fediverse #mastodon @elk

Social Web FOSDEM Wrap-up and Next Steps https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/10/social-web-fosdem-wrap-up-and-next-steps/ #Socialwebfosdem

Social Web FOSDEM Wrap-up and Next Steps

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/10/social-web-fosdem-wrap-up-and-next-steps/

I got back home from the amazing #SocialWebFOSDEM and while I am drafting a “Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm” blog post to follow up on my talk I decided to keep the momentum going with a thread about it. You'll find my code at https://github.com/aittalam/byota and the talk slides here: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5601-build-your-own-timeline-algorithm/ (a video with the recording of the talk should be available soon too). Now let’s dig into #BYOTA!

Good morning Fedi friends! Please don't mind me as I self-host yet another Fediverse software

I haven't been able to stop thinking about #Friendica since I watched @Tobias 's presentation at #SocialWebFosdem. It reminded of all the reasons why I fell in love with it last summer.

I stopped using it in Sep, as I experimented with other projects (hello #Sharkey) but I wanna try it again. It's so advanced in many ways.

#selhosting is my coping mechanism during these dystopian times

level 5 emergency

I just logged onto my #YunoHost admin dashboard to see how many resources a self-hosted #Friendica instance would require.

Aw just 50M RAM, 50M disk. Say whaaaaaaat?!?

I think I know what I'll do first thing Monday morning... after I back up my YunoHost setup

I "blame" this on @Tobias@social.diekershoff.de and his superb talk at #SocialWebFosdem: "Friendica - under the radar since 2010".

His presentation's slides are available here:
https://git.fsfe.org/tobiasd/talks/src/branch/master/20240201-FOSDEM-Friendica.under.the.radar.since.2010-en.pdf

Who do i have to thank for the cold ?

Back at Home !

I was pleased to see you offline.

Leaving Brussels for Montréal with my heart full of appreciation for this awesome #SocialWeb community and mind full of plans for the future. I will have a wrapup blog post soon, but I know I want this #SocialWebFosdem party to keep rolling.

For those who were unable to attend this past weekend's Social Web After Hours event held at HackerSpace Brussels (@hsbxl@mastodon.online), I've uploaded a re-recording of my presentation, which you can check out here! Sadly, there was no live recording of the rather lively session, so you'll just have to take my word for it

https://spectra.video/w/xwCSYfZh1mJY64zJ9GngbE

If you're looking for just the slides, you can get them here as well

• Slides (PDF warning)

Thank you @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org for the PeerTube instance!

The Fediverse is Quiet — Let's Fix That!

https://spectra.video/videos/watch/ff5256c3-aaaa-4ac1-b3db-13d9b2bcba4e

Which part(s) of #SocialWebFOSDEM did you like?

It was an honour and pleasure to close out the #SocialWebFOSDEM programming last night with #FediverseForFreedom, based on my blog post of the same title last year. Let’s build together this year, and return to share our progress at #FOSDEM in 2026 #fediverse

my adventures in #selfhosting - day 48

Yesterday when I got back from #FOSDEM I found an email in my inbox that gave me a mini-heart attack: a message from my VPS hosting company saying my service had been suspended for running over costs / my card being declined.

The email looked absolutely legit, formatting and branding-wise. But I'm not a fool! I didn't click on any links, just closed it and logged onto my VPS account from another device. I checked billings and resource usage and everything was normal. Ouf. So it was a targeted phishing attack (someone who went through the trouble of looking up my hosting company and finding my contact email address, right when I was traveling and publicly posting from FOSDEM).

Nice try scammer! But you didn't fool me.

Thing is, realistically speaking I could have consumed too many resources. I'm at 75% RAM usage now. As soon as I stop paying for a Ghost(Pro) plan next month, I will upgrade my VPS. And please prevent me from adding another Fediverse app, I'm SOOO tempted to self-host #Friendica too, after re-falling in love with it during a demo at #SocialWebFosdem.

Anyway, today I hit a milestone of sorts: my first experience updating #YunoHost AND 3 different apps (#Fail2Ban #Pixelfed and #GhostIO). Everything went smoothly and my system diagnostics dashboard is all green – just as I like it.

This self-hosting journey is really empowering and the best antidote to my frustration/rage towards Big Tech oligarchs. You can't control my Fedi homes!

That was exhausting but really good. Also, there will be a lot of talks I'll need to catch up with later online. Thank you #fosdem #fosdem2025 and thank you #socialwebfosdem