Tag Archives: ActivityPub

ActivityPub is an open source decentralized networking protocol most commonly used for federated social media applications such as Mastodon and Pixelfed. The New Leaf Journal boasts ActivityPub support.

January 29, 2025

Jan 2025

January 2025 Look at Pixelfed Social

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I take a second look at the flagship Pixelfed instance more than four years after publishing a “first impressions” review.

October 6, 2023

Oct 2023

ActivityPub for WordPress and The NLJ

Nicholas A. Ferrell

You can now follow The New Leaf Journal directly from Mastodon and other ActivityPub-based accounts thanks to ActivityPub for WordPress.

July 12, 2022

Jul 2022

Fediverse Clone Wars and Decentralized Social Media

Nicholas A. Ferrell

On the strengths and limitations of current Fediverse networks and the future of decentralized social media.

May 10, 2022

May 2022

Reviewing the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I take a look at the Mastodon Twitter Crossposter, a tool for syndicating posts.

November 13, 2020

Nov 2020

An Early Review of Pixelfed – Instagram Alternative

Nicholas A. Ferrell

My first impression assessment of Pixelfed, an open source decentralized alternative to Instagram, from my experiences on its flagship instance in 2020.