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  • Scott Hanselman โœ…๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฎ https://hachyderm.io/@shanselman   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk what is the value in this over my own Pleroma or Masto instance? Or my webfinger implementation

    Aaron Parecki
    That's a good question. I'd say, running your own Mastodon instance is a real commitment to upkeep and software updates. Also you probably don't want your actual home page to be the mastodon landing page, so you'd run it on an alternate domain or a subdomain, neither of which are ideal IMO.

    As for the WebFinger route, that's only a halfway solution because the posts themselves live on your shared mastodon domain not your own. It's not terrible tho.
    Portland, Oregon • 40°F
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    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:09pm -08:00
  • Raptor ๐Ÿฆ– https://eightpoint.app/@rushkeating   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk heh that's why I moved to a smaller server

    Aaron Parecki
    my server is as small as they get! It's literally just me!

    https://the-federation.info/p3k
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    1 like
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 6:12pm -08:00
  • Vittorio https://twitter.com/vibronet   •   Nov 21
    Thanks! Hoping in the invisible hand of the market to come up with something turnkey ๐Ÿ˜…
    Aaron Parecki
    The closest to that right now is probably https://micro.blog

    It hosts your website, supports ActivityPub natively, and can also cross-post to Twitter

    https://help.micro.blog/t/cross-posting-to-twitter-medium-mastodon-and-more/85
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 43°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 6:01pm -08:00
  • B_Geesmith https://twit.social/@B_geesmith   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk Iโ€™m starting to fear this will be true for us all.

    But everyone here is nice, right?

    Aaron Parecki
    it entirely depends on your definition of "here"
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:58pm -08:00
  • Scott Hanselman โœ…๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒฎ https://hachyderm.io/@shanselman   •   Nov 21

    @ActiveNick @thomasfuchs you can also setup webfinger on your own domain to make yourself easier to find

    Aaron Parecki
    if you want to go all in and use your own website as your fediverse identity, you can use this: https://fed.brid.gy/
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    25 likes 14 reposts 1 reply
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:58pm -08:00
  • Charlie O'Hara https://indieweb.social/@whalecoiner   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk are you filtering? Iโ€™ve had to actively filter on here to keep bad stuff away. Filtering for โ€œRT โ€œ and โ€œ@twitter.comโ€ helped enormously.

    Aaron Parecki
    That's not a bad idea. I'm not filtering that kind of stuff out yet.
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    1 like
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:56pm -08:00
  • Vittorio https://twitter.com/vibronet   •   Nov 21
    Do you post the same content on both Twitter and Mastodon? If so, do you have a client to recommend?
    I just feel I wonโ€™t post on Mastodon unless itโ€™s the path of least resistance
    Aaron Parecki
    You are not going to like my answer, but it is the path of least resistance for me.

    I post *everything* first to my website, and my website handles syndicating it to Twitter and via ActivityPub.
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    4 likes 2 replies
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:53pm -08:00
  • Sumana Harihareswara https://social.coop/@brainwane   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk https://social.coop/@brainwane/109379248562850620 do you filter out their boosts?

    Aaron Parecki
    I don't right now, but I like that idea. Wouldn't be hard for me to do the way I have it set up. But I'm not sure that would actually help much in the end.
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    1 reply
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:44pm -08:00
  • Chuck Grimmett https://toot.cafe/@cagrimmett   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk What kind of reader are you using? I'd love to read a post about your fediverse setup!

    Aaron Parecki
    I haven't written about it specifically, but it's all integrated into my personal website and also my IndieWeb reader setup. I did write about that here:

    https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/20/46/indieweb-reader-my-new-home-on-the-internet

    and previously: https://aaronparecki.com/2015/03/05/18/designing-an-indieweb-reader

    and: https://aaronparecki.com/2015/08/29/8/why-i-live-in-irc
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:42pm -08:00
  • Sumana Harihareswara https://social.coop/@brainwane   •   Nov 21

    @aaronpk I feel ya. Today I curated a few lists to make it more likely I can keep up with individual humans I already know, to make it feel more okay to not be a completist about my home feed.

    Aaron Parecki
    oh yeah I don't even have a home feed because I use my own software, I've always followed people by putting them into different groups.
    Portland, Oregon • 43°F
    1 reply
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:32pm -08:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Nov 20
    good news: my Mastodon/fediverse timeline has already ramped up to the level of activity of my Twitter timeline

    bad news: catching up on my Mastodon/fediverse timeline is now as noticeably bad for my mental health as Twitter was
    Aaron Parecki
    and no I'm not actually using Mastodon, and yes everyone I've followed I've grouped into different lists, I don't have a "main timeline" to read. That's helped a lot, I can choose to dip into different communities when I want to.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 43°F
    18 likes 3 reposts 5 replies
    Sun, Nov 20, 2022 5:32pm -08:00
  • avocado https://wordpress.avocado.lol/author/avocado/   •   Nov 19

    This is a post from WordPress apparently using the new block editor. Letโ€™s see what happens!

    #activitypub

    https://wordpress.avocado.lol/2022/11/19/48/

    Aaron Parecki
    What happens if I reply to this?
    Portland, Oregon • 34°F
    Sat, Nov 19, 2022 7:23am -08:00
  • https://layer8.space/@robbystk/109371075821046774
    Aaron Parecki
    well that's really something!
    Portland, Oregon • 34°F
    Sat, Nov 19, 2022 7:08am -08:00
  • Nelson Minar https://tech.lgbt/@nelson   •   Nov 19

    @aaronpk be sure to get a smart panel like Span.

    Did you update the labels?

    Aaron Parecki
    hmm span looks interesting but I'm skeptical because it relies on their cloud service. Do you know if it has local API access too?
    Portland, Oregon • 35°F
    1 reply
    Sat, Nov 19, 2022 5:47am -08:00
  • Tim Roth https://twitter.com/timothydeanroth   •   Nov 19
    Did you pay for a blue check though?
    Aaron Parecki
    absolutely not
    Portland, Oregon • 35°F
    Sat, Nov 19, 2022 5:45am -08:00
  • Charlie O'Hara https://indieweb.social/@whalecoiner   •   Nov 19

    Do NOT โ€œjust have a quick lookโ€ at your #homeassistant app while on holiday and accidentally turn on all the lights at 2am, terrifying your apartment-sitter and leading her to believe in poltergeists.

    Aaron Parecki
    Oops yeah those buttons are a little bit too easy to click
    Portland, Oregon • 39°F
    1 like
    Fri, Nov 18, 2022 8:53pm -08:00
  • Olivier Forget https://social.tchncs.de/@teleclimber   •   Nov 19

    @aaronpk or wire it with 12V ๐Ÿ˜Ž

    Aaron Parecki
    There's gonna be so much 12v and PoE wiring everywhere ๐Ÿ˜Ž
    Portland, Oregon • 39°F
    1 like
    Fri, Nov 18, 2022 8:52pm -08:00
  • Courtney R. https://hachyderm.io/@oh_that_courtney   •   Nov 19

    @aaronpk We just had our house remodeled and they installed another breaker panel that doubled the number of circuits. Some Saturday I need to map out a good listing of everything.

    Aaron Parecki
    Yes please definitely map those out, preferably before everything is finished ๐Ÿ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 39°F
    1 reply
    Fri, Nov 18, 2022 8:48pm -08:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Nov 18
    Ok we actually should hang out again tho since we're both in Portland instead of waiting to randomly bump in to each other in Lisbon like before ๐Ÿ˜…
    Aaron Parecki
    ohh I just realized that the reason I was in Lisbon was because I was at one of the W3C meetings of the Social Web Working Group, working on the IndieWeb/ActivityPub specs! How poetic. ๐Ÿ˜‡
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 39°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Fri, Nov 18, 2022 8:47pm -08:00
  • Troy Howard, in Solidarity๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ https://twitter.com/thoward37   •   Nov 18
    Everyone's talking about revealing their Twitter crushes. TBH if I follow you, I'd probably date you, and might already have a mild crush on you, so, uh. DM me while you can, especially if you're in Portland. Let's hangout!
    Aaron Parecki
    Ok we actually should hang out again tho since we're both in Portland instead of waiting to randomly bump in to each other in Lisbon like before ๐Ÿ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 39°F
    2 likes 1 reply
    Fri, Nov 18, 2022 8:43pm -08:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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