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 //See also: [[~es|El fediverso en español]]// //See also: [[~es|El fediverso en español]]//
  
-The fediverse is a rather gay name for an informal collection of indie social media sites.+The fediverse is a rather gay name for an informal collection of indie social media sites.  
  
-The gimmick is that all sites on the fediverse can communicate with each other.  Like what if Twitter users could reply to Tumblr posts, and share posts from Instagram?  A lot of the fediverse sites are based on Twitter-like interfaces. Since most sites on the fediverse are owned by regular people, it is a neat alternative to corporate-owned social media with its own pros and cons.+**LIKE TWITTER**: Most fedi servers are basically the same format as twitter.  You log in, you post text and images, and you talk to your friends.  That's it.  Despite its reputation, you do not need to know any tech shit or coding shit to use fedi shit.
  
-Here's some fediverse instances I know of, and how lenient their adult content rules on art are.  +**LIKE DISCORD:** Each server may have its own theme, depending on who owns the server.  Some servers may be huge like 10k people.  Some may be smaller, with only 10 people.  Different servers are good for different things.  You may want to hang out in different servers or leave them if you don't like the people.
  
-I try to choose mostly LGBTQ-friendly servers, with proactive moderation against racism, sexism, anti semitism, and other forms bigotry.  I will attempt to note when a server is popular, but doesn't have proactive moderation. +**THE GIMMICK:** All sites on the fediverse can communicate with each other.  Like what if Twitter users could reply to Tumblr posts, and share posts from Instagram?  Since most sites on the fediverse are owned by regular people, it is a neat alternative to corporate-owned social media with its own pros and cons.  If you don't like the rules or moderators on a fediverse site, you can //host/make your own social media with your own rules//, and block all the other sites you hate.  That's how you get Fedilore admin drama...
-===== Notes =====+
  
-Some vocabulary: +Here's some fediverse instances I know of, and how lenient their adult content rules on art are.  
-  * **"The Fediverse"** includes //Mastodon//, the most popular software. Big instances like Mastodon.social or Mastodon.art run the Mastodon software.  Blorbo.social runs Mastodon!  +
-    *  There are other sites and software on "the fediverse" that use the ActivityPub protocol and thus can all load each other's posts, like (and not limited to) //Misskey// and //Pixelfed//.  So no matter if you're on Mastodon or Glup Shitto or Skunt, you can talk to people on other sites for the most part.   +
-    * //Threads// is semi-federated, but I think many instances block them for being Meta-controlled.   +
-    * //Bluesky// is not technically on "the fediverse" ActivityPub protocol.  They are on their own ATProto thing.  But there is some manually bridging/cross-posting between the fediverse and Bskyfrom user efforts.   +
-    * //Wordpress// and //Tumblr// keep threatening to federate, but the CEO keeps crashing out instead. +
-  * **"Federation"**: Servers that are federated can load other's posts. +
-  * **"Defederation"**: Servers that are defederated cannot load other's posts, and users cannot follow each other.  It's a big block button from the admin on the user's behalf. +
-  * **"Limited"**: Servers that are limited by another server will only load limited content.  Example:  Blorbo only loads text from Aethy, no images or user icons. +
-  * **"CW"**: stands for //Content Wrapper//, or //Content Warning//.  This wraps the post in a little box, with your own typed subject header, so that users must click "read more" to view what's inside.  CWs are commonly used for NSFW or controversial subjects - sexuality, violence, politics - but can also be used to shorten long posts, or provide a summary of the post.  Different instances will have different rules on what you should CW.+
  
  
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 ^ Name                                               ^ Theme            ^ Main Language                        ^ Adult rules?                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ^ Other notes?                                                                                                                                                         ^ ^ Name                                               ^ Theme            ^ Main Language                        ^ Adult rules?                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ^ Other notes?                                                                                                                                                         ^
 +| [[https://comicscamp.club/|ComicsCamp.Club]]       | Art              | English, based in Canada/Estonia     | * Sexually explicit art must be CWed/marked sensitive AND posted as Unlisted/Follower's Only.  \\  * No sexual art of underage characters.                                                                                    | * More normie/local leaning                                                                                                                                          |
 | [[https://goblin.band/|goblin.band]]               | General, fandom  | English                              | * "No content that's illegal in your country or server's owners country of origin"                                                                                                                                            | * Tumblr-like interface  \\  * Can crosspost to Tumblr for you                                                                                                       | | [[https://goblin.band/|goblin.band]]               | General, fandom  | English                              | * "No content that's illegal in your country or server's owners country of origin"                                                                                                                                            | * Tumblr-like interface  \\  * Can crosspost to Tumblr for you                                                                                                       |
 | [[https://app.wafrn.net/|Wafrn]]                   | General, fandom  | English, based in France/Spain       | * The name stands for "We Allow Female Representing Nipples".  \\   * "You can upload spicy art. Just mark it as such." \\   * "Regarding "adult like characters and child like characters in spicy art" the answer is no. "  | * Tumblr-like interface, with anonymous asks.  \\   * Can crosspost to Bluesky for you.  \\    * some HTML and Markdown formatting \\   * CSS profile customization  | | [[https://app.wafrn.net/|Wafrn]]                   | General, fandom  | English, based in France/Spain       | * The name stands for "We Allow Female Representing Nipples".  \\   * "You can upload spicy art. Just mark it as such." \\   * "Regarding "adult like characters and child like characters in spicy art" the answer is no. "  | * Tumblr-like interface, with anonymous asks.  \\   * Can crosspost to Bluesky for you.  \\    * some HTML and Markdown formatting \\   * CSS profile customization  |
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 +===== Vocab =====
 +
 +I try to choose mostly LGBTQ-friendly servers, that won't be too shocked by weird art, and have proactive moderation against racism, sexism, anti semitism, and other forms of bigotry.  I will attempt to note when a server is popular, but doesn't have proactive moderation.
 +
 +Some vocabulary:
 +  * **"The Fediverse"** includes //Mastodon//, the most popular software. Big instances like Mastodon.social or Mastodon.art run the Mastodon software.  Blorbo.social runs Mastodon! 
 +    *  There are other sites and software on "the fediverse" that use the ActivityPub protocol and thus can all load each other's posts, like (and not limited to) //Misskey// and //Pixelfed//.  So no matter if you're on Mastodon or Glup Shitto or Skunt, you can talk to people on other sites for the most part.  
 +    * //Threads// is semi-federated, but I think many instances block them for being Meta-controlled.  
 +    * //Bluesky// is not technically on "the fediverse" ActivityPub protocol.  They are on their own ATProto thing.  But there is some manually bridging/cross-posting between the fediverse and Bskyfrom user efforts.  
 +    * //Wordpress// and //Tumblr// keep threatening to federate, but the CEO keeps crashing out instead.
 +  * **"Federation"**: Servers that are federated can load other's posts.
 +  * **"Defederation"**: Servers that are defederated cannot load other's posts, and users cannot follow each other.  It's a big block button from the admin on the user's behalf.
 +  * **"Limited"**: Servers that are limited by another server will only load limited content.  Example:  Blorbo only loads text from Aethy, no images or user icons.
 +  * **"CW"**: stands for //Content Wrapper//, or //Content Warning//.  This wraps the post in a little box, with your own typed subject header, so that users must click "read more" to view what's inside.  CWs are commonly used for NSFW or controversial subjects - sexuality, violence, politics - but can also be used to shorten long posts, or provide a summary of the post.  Different instances will have different rules on what you should CW.
 +
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 ==== More notes lmao ==== ==== More notes lmao ====
 **Instances I won't list:**  **Instances I won't list:** 
-  * Private/friends-only servers +  * Private/friends-only servers. 
-  * General instances that ban things kinkier than vanilla hand-holding.  Normies do not abide with Spongebob gore porn.  Lest? +  * General instances that ban things kinkier than vanilla hand-holding, like mastodon.art.  Normies do not abide with Spongebob gore porn.  Lest? 
-  * Unmoderated hellholes+  * Unmoderated hellholes, like pawoo and mastodon.social.
  
 **Notes:** **Notes:**
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     * The home country of the site owner will affect the rules as well.  Some countries think squirting and fisting are too hardcore.  Some countries have very lenient rules on porn subjects but make you pixelate the subject.  There is an interesting "blocklist" in many anglophone servers against Japanese servers, because Japanese servers allow drawings of (for example) Naruto fisting Caillou.     * The home country of the site owner will affect the rules as well.  Some countries think squirting and fisting are too hardcore.  Some countries have very lenient rules on porn subjects but make you pixelate the subject.  There is an interesting "blocklist" in many anglophone servers against Japanese servers, because Japanese servers allow drawings of (for example) Naruto fisting Caillou.
   * I'm trying to avoid intangible/gossipy notes like "the admin says they hate Ouran High School incest shippers" in the notes, and sticking to what the viewable moderation is like.   * I'm trying to avoid intangible/gossipy notes like "the admin says they hate Ouran High School incest shippers" in the notes, and sticking to what the viewable moderation is like.
 +  * You can also host your own fediverse server for yourself and 2 friends on your own site, a lot of people choose this option if they want to be their own moderator of what they get to see.  I don't know how to do this so don't ask me how.  You can host on your own computer, or [[https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own| get a provider to do the tech work for you]].  You get to choose from all sorts of fun software, from [[https://joinmastodon.org/|vanilla Mastodon]] to [[https://gotosocial.org/|GoToSocial]] or [[https://misskey-hub.net/en/|Misskey forks]] or [[https://github.com/Taullo/Ruffy|Ruffy]]...
  
 **Personal notes**: **Personal notes**:
-  * I chose Blorbo because I don't want to view lolicon, racism-in-the-guise-of-free-speech, or god forbid "paraphilia discourse". +  * I chose //Blorbo// because I don't want to view lolicon, racism-in-the-guise-of-free-speech, or god forbid "paraphilia discourse". 
-    * I chose Blorbo over other fandom instances because the NSFW rules felt more relaxed to me.  Adult art can be posted publically under proper Content Wrappers.  There's other people already posting kpop RPF and noncon eroguro. +    * I chose //Blorbo// over other fandom instances because the NSFW rules felt more relaxed to me.  Adult art can be posted publicly under proper CWs, which is important for my goal of sharing art.  There's other people already posting kpop RPF and noncon eroguro, so I do not feel judged for being weird. 
-  * Blorbo does not connect with Baraag.  Some artists only post on Baraag.  So in that case, Aethy is a middle man for them to be able to talk to friends on Blorbo and Baraag. +    * //Blorbo// does not connect with //Baraag//.  Some artists only post on //Baraag//.  So in that case, //Aethy// is a middle man for them to be able to talk to friends on //Blorbo// and //Baraag//. 
-  * Baraag and Aethy both have issues with server stability at times.  Their hosts often eject them for their content and they go down, or have to find a new home.+    * //Baraag// and //Aethy// both have issues with server stability at times.  Their hosts often eject them for their content and they go down, or have to find a new home.  They are also defederated from MANY other instances because of how much lolicon they contain.
   * Just like any software that anyone can use to make a site, there's just like a weird fucked up rabbithole of deeper and deeper fedi servers that have weird fucked up themes.  Truth dot social is just the tip LMAO.  This is no different that neocities having terf webrings and racist gore sites in the margins.   * Just like any software that anyone can use to make a site, there's just like a weird fucked up rabbithole of deeper and deeper fedi servers that have weird fucked up themes.  Truth dot social is just the tip LMAO.  This is no different that neocities having terf webrings and racist gore sites in the margins.
     * Joining a more proactively moderated server prevents me from seeing any of that shit, and thus saves my mental health.     * Joining a more proactively moderated server prevents me from seeing any of that shit, and thus saves my mental health.