When you’re building an open source community you’re a part of a collective effort with a common goal. In the fediverse, there are early adopters doing a lot of the heavy lifting now. They’re the voices you want to follow to make sense of the place. One such person is Chris Trottier. Chris describes himself as a “fediverse enthusiast” (he’s also passionate about video games). He’s a sage presence who makes smart observations and has a 10,000-foot view of all the innovation happening on the open social web — not to mention a few ideas of his own. Highlights of this conversation:<ul><li>Why he’s rallied around ActivityPub</li><li>The promise of social and the promise of the fediverse</li><li>Self-hosting an instance</li><li>Interesting apps and products built on top of ActivityPub</li><li>Adopting a survivability mindset (as VCs, developers)</li></ul>Services mentioned in this episode include:Friendica - <a href="https://friendi.ca/">https://friendi.ca/</a> - a decentralized social networkMisskey - <a href="https://misskey-hub.net/en/">https://misskey-hub.net/en/</a> - a microblogging platformAkkoma - <a href="https://akkoma.social/">https://akkoma.social/</a> - “sorta like the child of Twitter and email”Macstodon - <a href="https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon">https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon</a> - a Mastodon client for Classic Mac OS DOStodon - <a href="https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon">https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon</a> - a Mastodon client for MS-DOSAmidon - <a href="https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amidon">https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amidon</a> - a Mastodon client for Amiga computersSora - <a href="https://mszpro.com/sorasns">https://mszpro.com/sorasns</a> - a futuristic iOS app for Mastodon, Bluesky, Misskey; uses local machine learning to rank posts and feature contents to youBluesky Firehose - <a href="https://firesky.tv/">https://firesky.tv/</a> - republishes every new post/reply from the Bluesky firehose in real-timeCastling Club -  <a href="https://castling.club/">https://castling.club/</a> - chess game built on top of ActivityPub🔎 You can find Chris in the fediverse at @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org✚ You can connect with Mike McCue on Mastodon at @mike@flipboard.social or via his Flipboard federated account, where you can see what he’s curating on Flipboard in the fediverse, at @mike@flipboard.com 💰 Mastodon is a non-profit that runs on donations from the community. You can help Mastodon succeed by supporting the organization via Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mastodon">https://www.patreon.com/mastodon</a>

Chris is an early adopter who makes smart observations and has a 10,000-foot view of all the innovation happening on the open social web — not to mention a few ideas of his own.

Leaving the City of Big Social, with Fediverse Enthusiast Chris Trottier