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Framasoft Advices to new fediverse administrators and developers Luc Didry September 7 2019 Introduction Hosting an ActivityPub service is not like hosting another service 1 Hosting an ActivityPub service is not like hosting another service

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Framasoft

Advices to new fediverse administrators and developers

Luc Didry

September 7 2019

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Introduction

Hosting an ActivityPub service is not like hosting another service

Hosting an ActivityPub service is not like hosting another service

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Introduction

Hosting an ActivityPub service is not like hosting another service

Hosting an ActivityPub service is not like hosting another service and the same goes for developing ActivityPub software.

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Introduction

What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

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Introduction

What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

Framasoft is a not-for-profit digital emancipation network.

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Introduction

What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

Framasoft is a not-for-profit digital emancipation network.

◮ Promotion, dissemination and development of free software

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What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

Framasoft is a not-for-profit digital emancipation network.

◮ Promotion, dissemination and development of free software ◮ 35 members in the organization, including 9 employees

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What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

Framasoft is a not-for-profit digital emancipation network.

◮ Promotion, dissemination and development of free software ◮ 35 members in the organization, including 9 employees ◮ Only financed by donations (mainly from individuals)

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Introduction

What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

Framasoft is a not-for-profit digital emancipation network.

◮ Promotion, dissemination and development of free software ◮ 35 members in the organization, including 9 employees ◮ Only financed by donations (mainly from individuals) ◮ We currently host more than 30 freely available web services (including a

Mastodon instance)

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Introduction

What’s Framasoft?

Let me introduce Framasoft.

Framasoft is a not-for-profit digital emancipation network.

◮ Promotion, dissemination and development of free software ◮ 35 members in the organization, including 9 employees ◮ Only financed by donations (mainly from individuals) ◮ We currently host more than 30 freely available web services (including a

Mastodon instance)

◮ We publish two ActivityPub softwares:

◮ PeerTube, a YouTube alternative ◮ Mobilizon, a Facebook events/Meetup alternative (not released yet) Luc Didry |

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Who am I?

Let me introduce myself.

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Introduction

Who am I?

Let me introduce myself.

Luc Didry, aka Framasky or Sky

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Who am I?

Let me introduce myself.

Luc Didry, aka Framasky or Sky

◮ SysAdmin at Framasoft

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Introduction

Who am I?

Let me introduce myself.

Luc Didry, aka Framasky or Sky

◮ SysAdmin at Framasoft ◮ Perl developer

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Introduction

Who am I?

Let me introduce myself.

Luc Didry, aka Framasky or Sky

◮ SysAdmin at Framasoft ◮ Perl developer ◮ ActivityPub enthusiast

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Introduction

Who am I?

Let me introduce myself.

Luc Didry, aka Framasky or Sky

◮ SysAdmin at Framasoft ◮ Perl developer ◮ ActivityPub enthusiast ◮ Not involved in PeerTube or Mobilizon development

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

You have an open instance? Moderate!

With great power comes great responsability.

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

You have an open instance? Moderate!

With great power comes great responsability. Well, even if it’s a closed instance, but in that case, it’s easier, unless it’s a huge

  • ne.

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

There is no need to be tech-savvy to moderate, so you can ask non-tech people to help you.

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

There is no need to be tech-savvy to moderate, so you can ask non-tech people to help you. It’s almost vital to have more than one moderator

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

There is no need to be tech-savvy to moderate, so you can ask non-tech people to help you. It’s almost vital to have more than one moderator

◮ Think about the bus factor

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

There is no need to be tech-savvy to moderate, so you can ask non-tech people to help you. It’s almost vital to have more than one moderator

◮ Think about the bus factor ◮ People take vacations

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

There is no need to be tech-savvy to moderate, so you can ask non-tech people to help you. It’s almost vital to have more than one moderator

◮ Think about the bus factor ◮ People take vacations ◮ Avoid burnout

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 1. Create a moderation team.

There is no need to be tech-savvy to moderate, so you can ask non-tech people to help you. It’s almost vital to have more than one moderator

◮ Think about the bus factor ◮ People take vacations ◮ Avoid burnout ◮ If in doubt about a report, you can ask the other moderators for their opinion

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 2. Create a code of conduct.

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 2. Create a code of conduct.

◮ Your users will know what is considered as bad behavior

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 2. Create a code of conduct.

◮ Your users will know what is considered as bad behavior ◮ You will have a document to refer to if people disagree with your moderation’s

policy (it won’t cover every case, but will still be useful)

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 2. Create a code of conduct.

◮ Your users will know what is considered as bad behavior ◮ You will have a document to refer to if people disagree with your moderation’s

policy (it won’t cover every case, but will still be useful)

◮ Moderators’ work will also be eased by being able to refer to it for judging

reports

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 3. Important points to note

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 3. Important points to note

◮ Spam/harassment is easier with the federation if other servers are trusted by

default like on Mastodon

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 3. Important points to note

◮ Spam/harassment is easier with the federation if other servers are trusted by

default like on Mastodon

◮ People may not read an entire thread before reacting (the thread may even

not be finished)

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Our advices for instance administrators

Moderation

  • 3. Important points to note

◮ Spam/harassment is easier with the federation if other servers are trusted by

default like on Mastodon

◮ People may not read an entire thread before reacting (the thread may even

not be finished)

◮ Interactions may be done with different softwares, thus not with the same

limitations

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 1. Know your limits

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 1. Know your limits

◮ Don’t open registration if you don’t know if you want and can maintain the

service for a long time

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 1. Know your limits

◮ Don’t open registration if you don’t know if you want and can maintain the

service for a long time

◮ Or display a big warning on the registration page

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 1. Know your limits

◮ Don’t open registration if you don’t know if you want and can maintain the

service for a long time

◮ Or display a big warning on the registration page ◮ If you open registrations, make the level of service explicit when people

register

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 2. Do your job seriously

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 2. Do your job seriously

◮ Backup your data on a distant server

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 2. Do your job seriously

◮ Backup your data on a distant server ◮ Test your backups

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 2. Do your job seriously

◮ Backup your data on a distant server ◮ Test your backups ◮ Supervize your service

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 2. Do your job seriously

◮ Backup your data on a distant server ◮ Test your backups ◮ Supervize your service ◮ Supervize your backups

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Our advices for instance administrators

SysAdmin

  • 2. Do your job seriously

◮ Backup your data on a distant server ◮ Test your backups ◮ Supervize your service ◮ Supervize your backups ◮ Supervize the expiration date of your certificates

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Our advices for instance administrators

Misc

  • 3. Misc

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Our advices for instance administrators

Misc

  • 3. Misc

◮ Having a description of your instance will help people know if it suits their

needs

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Our advices for instance administrators

Misc

  • 3. Misc

◮ Having a description of your instance will help people know if it suits their

needs

◮ Don’t have money? Politely ask your users if they can help :-) (Liberapay is a

good platform for that)

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Our advices for developers

Moderation

  • 1. Moderation

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Our advices for developers

Moderation

  • 1. Moderation

(yes, again)

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Our advices for developers

Moderation

  • 1. Moderation

(yes, again)

◮ Look at the moderation tools implemented by other federated softwares

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Our advices for developers

Moderation

  • 1. Moderation

(yes, again)

◮ Look at the moderation tools implemented by other federated softwares ◮ Ask your community for what they want to see implemented

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Our advices for developers

Moderation

  • 1. Moderation

(yes, again)

◮ Look at the moderation tools implemented by other federated softwares ◮ Ask your community for what they want to see implemented ◮ Implement moderation feedback, to let people know what action has been

taken for their reports

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Our advices for developers

A secret life is a happy life

  • 2. A secret life is a happy life

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Our advices for developers

A secret life is a happy life

  • 2. A secret life is a happy life

◮ Avoid to communicate about your software with your own account on social

media: create an account @your-software instead of using @you

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A secret life is a happy life

  • 2. A secret life is a happy life

◮ Avoid to communicate about your software with your own account on social

media: create an account @your-software instead of using @you

◮ ActivityPub is a protocol for making social media (and more, but still): this is

where conflicts may be fast and furious, even more when users use the very software that you develop

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Our advices for developers

Misc

  • 3. Misc

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Our advices for developers

Misc

  • 3. Misc

◮ Design your settings and their default value with care, as it will impact the

experience for everyone

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Our advices for developers

Misc

  • 3. Misc

◮ Design your settings and their default value with care, as it will impact the

experience for everyone

◮ Find a way (banner, emails. . . ) for admins to easily announce something to all

  • f their users

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Conclusion

Questions

Questions?

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Conclusion

Links

◮ https://framasoft.org ◮ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framasoft ◮ https://degooglisons-internet.org ◮ https://contributopia.org ◮ https://joinpeertube.org ◮ https://joinmobilizon.org ◮ https://liberapay.com/ ◮ Get those slides on https://frama.link/ap-conf-2019

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Conclusion

Credits

◮ dessins Contributopia CC-BY David Revoy ◮ Kitten photo CC-BY-SA Nicolas Suzor

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