m5l.eu is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
The totally decentralised #BlueSky is down. Again. I can tell you about that because here in the #fediverse we actually ARE decentralised. Itβs that simple :)
Iβm deliberately not digging into whatever happened at Fosstodon, but whatever its impact β itβs fairly contained, because the #Fediverse is pretty decentralized which limits the blast radius. This is a good thing.
Goodmorning #fosstodon and #fediverse! βοΈ
Just a quick update: I still intend on continuing Fosstodon and taking over admin tasks from @kev and @mike, together with some volunteers (more help is always welcome!). I spoke with K&M yesterday, they're very supportive of this. We have a longer meeting planned later this week.
I was a mod here a few years ago, so I have some insight in how things work. I'd like to keep things as is. I hope everyone will stay a bit longer while we work this out! π
Thanks @grunfink@comam.es for the #snac server, @stefano@bsd.cafe for the blog posts that pointed me to it, @voron@snac.nya.pub for the theme and @manton@manton.org for motivating me with your book