cambrian.social 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.
This isn't too annoying in the web interface (because you can minimize the "lalala boosted" header with CSS), but in clients (like #Phanpy or #mona) it doesn't look too good. It’s a cluttered timeline full of boosts.
snac is the only #fediverse server I tested that treats posts reaching the instance via relays as boost, which IMHO isn’t the right way to treat them.
littlefedi, snac, openbook, are innovating.
All three address different points that Dave Winer is identifying, and all three 'are' the little guys.
Accounts can be marked as cool; anytime a cool account posts something, a notification will be sent.
Fixed an issue in Direct Messages sent from the people page; these posts didn't explicitly mention the recipient, and that confused some implementations.
Fixed crash when sending an empty EmojiReact.
HTTP requests can now be forced to use IPv6 by setting the force_ipv6_requests configuration directive to true in server.json.
Fixed a socket buffering issue under OpenIndiana (contributed by aleteoryx).
Mastodon API: Added missing requested_by field in the relationships entrypoint (contributed by Uilebheist), implemented the followers entrypoint (contributed by Uilebheist), use Mastodon's RFC3339 format for markers (contributed by nowster), fixed posts with muted words not being filtered out, fixed editing of media alt texts.
Tweaked HTML to avoid elinks complaining about a missing '#top' fragment.
Fixed a bug that made deleting the notification email address impossible.
RSS timelines are now cached because fuckers hammer for them continuously (probably AI crap bots).
Added information to README.md on how to build and install on Illumos / OpenIndiana Hipster 2026.04 (contributed by aleteoryx).
Updated Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and Czech translations (contributed by koru, daltux, pmjv).
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
@paul@paulwilde.uk Many thanks. That wasn't immediately obviously when you're as lazy and impetuous as myself ! #snac is yet another lovely open source software package for ActivityPub.

Yes, it is enabled. I wonder if it is something related to #SNAC, even though it does not make much sense as the images open fine when tapping their alt (or lack of) text. 
@grunfink@comam.es what does it mean when mentions don't turn into links? (Maybe tags still work... #Snac #Snac2 )
At first after using snac (coming from mastodon for example),
you feel like the UI is too minimal. Then you realize it's not
minimal at all, it's just getting out of your way.
You focus on the messages and not on the interface.
snac(8) states that
Emoji values can also be URLs to image files; in this case, they will not be substituted in the post content, but added to the 'tag' array as an ActivityPub standard 'Emoji' object (it's recommendable that the Emoji key be enclosed in colons for maximum compatibility with other ActivityPub implementations, like e.g. :happydoggo:). These images can be served from an external source or from the static directory of the instance admin.I'm just wondering how to achieve this. At first I tried the following, thinking the search path would default to the
static directory:{
...
"nixos": "nixos-logo.png",
}
however, it did not work; is the right way to go about this using a file:// URL schema?In snac ...
If someone I follow "likes" content, is that enough to
bring it into my timeline?
(content that seemingly should not show up on my
page.)
I like Mastodon, I really do. But it has so, so many dependencies, and updating it on illumos or OpenBSD is getting really difficult, release after release.
Some dependencies are primarily distributed as binaries, or only build on Linux and macOS. It's not Mastodon's fault, but it depends on them.
That’s why, in my opinion, solutions like snac, GoToSocial, or littleFedi have a reason to exist: all of this is much, much easier...
#Fediverse #snac #GoToSocial #littleFedi #OwnYourData #Mastodon
Y si iba a ser residencia de antiguos presidentes de la CAM, ¿dónde meteríamos al o a los siguientes? ¿Más millones de euros en áticos chulos y céntricos?
(Supongo que os habréis dado cuenta de lo bien que funciona #snac, el más mejor servidor #ActivityPub del mundo, y del que estreno nueva versión).
On the other, whenever a post from someone you follow gets in, snac tries to retrieve (following the inReplyTo fields chain) all the conversation up to the beginning to give you some context in the conversation. It may happen that, if that account you follow deletes their post, the replied post is left in your timeline, for no apparent reason.
That might explain why I have a single instance snac
server, and still get basically spam posts.
I know I get something similar to that when there is
like a secondary relationship thru someone i am following.
But these things I see seemingly have no connecting relationships.
The best way to include links with unusual characters in #snac is to use the Markdown syntax for links, like in East of Eden.
That is, an open square bracket, then the alt text, then the open bracket, then the url, then the close bracket (see snac(5) for more info).
I do host my own single user #snac server and want to keep it that way. I do have more than one account, but since I am by myself - my local timeline is useless. If I only could have geographically close messages in there!
This feature belongs into #ActivityPub and not in one implementation of it!
Also pinging @grunfink@comam.es - maybe you're insterested
https://friendship.quest/minoltacos
it's still older content as I just finished reposting my pixelfed posts, but I have a big backlog of negatives to scan and upload!
#fediverse #fedi #fediverseNews #fediverseCommunity #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Snac #Pleroma #Akkoma #Misskey #Firefish #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Lemmy #Mobilizon #Friendica #GoToSocial #Hubzilla #WriteFreely #BookWyrm #Microblogging #OpenSource

I now also have a favicon
(goodbye Susie
) and I overhauled my config
Fun! #selfHosting #customEmoji
If you have a snac follower, and they like your posts, take a moment to appreciate them.