Hi! I have created this index for easy navigation. In Part 1, we will discuss why it is important to bring your site to the Fediverse. In Part 2, we will delve into an overview of the design of my implementation. In Part 3, we will make your blog discovereable in the fediverse. In Part 4, we will generate our notes and outbox, which contains posts ready to be shared in the Fediverse. Part 5, is an interlude to implement a subscribing to your site feature with fediverse accounts.

Rediscovering Human Connection While AI may be the buzz today, I believe there is other technology gaining traction with a significant impact, paradoxically in the opposite direction—people taking control back from machines. I began evangelizing Linux and FOSS in the early 2000s. I was an idealist fueled by the vision of a digital world built on collaboration, transparency, and freedom. I never really thought that “this was the year of Linux on the desktop,” but I was happy to spend hours configuring X.org and, in the process, destroying one or two monitors.

I miss the algorithm in my fediverse. I miss the algorithm. The algorithm—a term that has become a buzzword in the realm of social media, and one that stirs a mixture of nostalgia and frustration within me. Like many, I recall the days when Twitter’s chronological timeline was the norm, a straightforward feed that allowed me to seamlessly follow my friends and acquaintances in real-time. Yet, as social platforms evolved, so did the mechanics governing our digital interactions. Enter the algorithm to Twitter, (now “X”, what an awful rebranding), that mechanism that generates a timeline who drives engagement. In this age of algorithmic timelines, I find myself oscillating between yearning and disdain.