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I'm working to get all of the little visual elements available across the Fediverse to render in a usable way on Ktistec. When released, users will also be able to vote on polls.
Release v3.2.0 of Ktistec
The major feature in v3.2.0 of Ktistec is thread analysis. The previous release, v3.1.2, added support for viewing threads from Lemmy communities. I follow the Open Source community, which leads to many large threads. The thread on FFMpeg and Google has 112 posts and is still growing.
Thread analysis helps me navigate these extensive conversations. It includes: top contributors, a timeline histogram, and notable branches.
The analysis applies several heuristics to identify interesting branches of the main thread. “Interesting” is subjective, but the algorithm currently looks for sudden bursts of activity and highlights those areas. Ktistec uses this to create a table of contents that links directly to those branches. Clicking on one of these links takes you to a branch-only view that focuses on the selected part of the thread.
It's fast—I anticipated needing to cache analyses, but analyzing a thread with over 400 posts takes only about 50 milliseconds on my production server.
This release also addresses an object visibility regression that was introduced in a previous version.
Full Changelog
Added
- Thread analysis that displays key participants, a timeline histogram, and notable branches
- New MCP tools:
analyze_threadandget_thread - Focal point rendering support for image attachments
Fixed
- Regression in object visibility affecting replies to threads
Changed
- Enhanced MCP tool details for likes, dislikes, and announces
- Improved cookie security.
The #europeanunion #eurobarometer survey on #socialmedia use makes for sobering reading.
The majority of European citizens now get their political news not via home grown channels but filtered and targeted by foreign adtech conglomerates. With all the implications of this for democracy, sovereignty and culture.
Glad you asked: neither the #fediverse nor #bluesky are being mentioned at all. European leaders fast asleep at the wheel as always.
JayVii posted Oct 20, 2025
Ich hatte bisher noch nicht über ein kleines Hobby-Projekt geschrieben, welches sich mit linken #Medien und #Medienkonsum im Allgemeinen befasst.
Ausgangspunkt war die Beobachtung, dass viele Menschen #Nachrichten heute per #SocialMedia buchstäblich in den Feed gedrückt bekommen. Oder News-Aggregatoren von großen Suchmaschinen (oder #KI-Plattformen). Algorithmisch gesteuert und oftmals zentralisiert auf kommerziellen Plattformen.
Das mag hier im #Fediverse nicht ganz so dramatisch sein, aber auch hier kann es zu Problemen kommen, wenn Nachrichten ausschließlich per Social Media gelesen werden, beispielsweise dass Nischen-Themen kaum Reichweite finden. Mal abgesehen davon, dass Medienhäuser inzwischen ohnehin von der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie und Schnelllebigkeit des Internets betroffen sind, kommen hier also weitere #LockIn Effekte ins Spiel und die Möglichkeit #BigTech Konzerne genau zu steuern, wer welche Informationen sieht.
Dabei gibt es doch seit Jahrzehnten eine dezentrale, einfache und weit verbreitete Möglichkeit, Nachrichten von unterschiedlichen Quellen zentral / lokal zu bündeln, ohne von Drittanbietenden abhängig zu sein: Really Simple Syndication #RSS
Da gerade #LinkeMedien mit finanziellen Schwierigkeiten zu kämpfen haben, habe ich ein sehr einfaches Werkzeug geschrieben, welches als Archiv linker & progressiver #Zeitung|en, #Blog|s und #Magazin|en fungiert. Die dort gelisteten Nachrichtenquellen können als OPML Dateien exportiert und in jeden handelsüblichen RSS-Aggregator importiert werden. Was das genau ist und wie das funktioniert, erkläre ich hier genauer. Es ist kinderleicht!
Der Fokus der Nachrichtenquellen ist #Deutschland und deutschsprachige Medien, allerdings nicht ausschließlich. Aktuell enthält das Werkzeug 161 Nachrichten-Feeds aus 39 unterschiedlichen Quellen, zu 20 Themenbereichen, innerhalb von 20 Regionen, in 4 verschiedenen Sprachen.
Falls das interessant klingt, freue ich mich sehr über Feedback zu diesem kleinen Projekt:
Kontra: Nachrichten von Links! Ohne Tracking, ohne Tech-Konzerne und ohne algorithmisches Framing. (https://kontra.jayvii.de)
#News #Kontra #progressiv #progressive #links #linke #socialism #socialist
RSS feeds are in the works...
Jetzt wo ihr alle auf eine #freie und offene Plattform für #SocialMedia gewechselt seid, das #Fediverse, könnt ihr z.B. bei den #Suchmaschine weiter machen.
🔎 @MetaGer
🔎 @Mojeek
🔎 @monocles
🔎 https://gruble.de
Ne du, so was wie #DuckDuckGo, #StartPage & #Ecosia liefern Daten ihrer Crawler wie #Bing (M$) und/oder #Google. Pseudonymisiert ist nicht anonym, denn die sind vertraglich dazu verpflichtet.
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JayVii posted Jul 3, 2024
Out of curiosity, what would happen to followings, followers and federation if my #Activitypub #fediverse handle would change it's publickey, but instance, username & webfinger would stay the same? #mastodev #fedidev
JayVii posted May 27, 2024
This was actually a nice read!
While I would probably not go for a "dumb" or feature phone at the moment (particularly for messaging; SMS is an insecure technology that needs to die already), the overall sentiment does resonate a lot with me.
I've read a bunch of insightful blogposts, articles and long-reads over the past few months about this topic. I did switch my habits a fair bit, especially after reading this post by amolith, which I also enjoyed a lot as well: https://secluded.site/pull-vs-push-intentional-notifications/
What I concluded for me personally is, that I want to be a lot less online to "kill time". This especially affects social media (in my case, that means the #fediverse) and doom-watching YouTube videos.
I intentionally selfhost an ActivityPub server that has few bells and whistles and is overall somewhat geared towards a slower feed (it's called #ktistec, check it out and leave some warm words for its developer!). I check in once a day or every other day. Still have some nice interactions and interesting thoughts to read, but nothing dragging me back every few minutes or notifications popping up constantly.
I enjoy reading interesting articles and blogposts and of course news about hobby interests, software developments & releases, discussions and A LOT about international, European and German politics. I use mostly #RSS for that. Again, this also follows the idea of "pull, not push". My preferred RSS client #miniflux just sits there and keeps collecting all my neatly compiled sources. And whenever I get around to it, I pull it up and start reading what's interesting and discard the rest. It does not notify me, it does not stress me: pull, not push.
Lastly, I started to use the Do Not Disturb mode of my phone and computer very liberally. Mostly on a timer during most of the day (during work and from 8PM until waking up), allowing only phone calls to get through and only from people in my contact list. I told family and friends to call me, when they need something from me immediately or for important issues. Messages on #signal can take several hours (sometimes days) until I see them.
This has gotten me in a better place, I think. Still, there are some "left-over issus" I am still unhappy about, such as YouTube/VOD consumption, which is still way more than I would like. And also the fact that i constantly have my phone on me and often times also in my hand, rarely even during conversations, which is horrible!
But I decided to not stress myself about that too much and work on minor changes in a consistent manner, as I have during the past months and years. It is all a process.
JayVii posted Nov 5, 2022
Currently trying #ktistec, a very simplistic single-user selfhosted #fediverse server. Not 100% certain it'll stick around, but if you care to follow, there you go.