Pleroma

Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon, and many other implementions of the ActivityPub protocol. Our users can follow and be followed by people from all over the world .

As a Nomagic service, Pleroma here is used to do microblogging (cf our introduction to microblogging on nomagic website) in a decentralised network of thousands of inter-connected servers. This means that data and resources no longer fall under a single entity to rule over and take all decisions. This way we protect against censorship and help sanitising the Internet by preventing monopolies to spawn and spread. For the user, this model gives them the freedom to move from one server to another, would they want to.

The Web interface is the recommended way to use to connect to Pleroma from a computer ( https://social.nomagic.uk ). You will need some time to get used to the interface, and it is highly recommend that you read the Pleroma presentation from the project official website.

Pleroma Web interface will let you change your avatar, profile background and page background. Please keep in mind that we have implemented the following limits:

• file/ image upload size limit: 3 MB
• avatar size upload limit: 250 KB
• background size upload limit: 900 KB
• banner size upload limit: 500 KB
• user bio length: 1000 characters

As mentioned on the Pleroma presentation, in a web browser you can currently choose between 2 user interfaces (also called Front Ends): Pleroma FE and Mastodon FE.

This is the default interface you will reach:

If you are on Mastodon front-end (FE), you can reach Pleroma FE back using the Sign out button at the end of the top-left menu.

This is the same interface as Mastodon, and will look like this:

You can find a presentation of the Mastodon Web interface here. To switch to this front-end (FE) from Pleroma FE, select Mastodon FE on the left hand-side of the page:

On Android, several applications exist and you are free to experiment with all of them. We have chosen to use Fedilab for our own personal use. It has many features, and contains a lot of short screen casts to show how to go beyond the basics and use some of the nifty advanced features. As always, feel free to donate to the author to support his fantastic work.

Pleroma and Peertube are implementing the same protocol, which allows Pleroma users to comment on any Peertube server using their Pleroma account! No more platform lock-in!

If you want to test it, you can use your pleroma account to comment on the presentation video of Peertube hosted on Framatube.org for example.

What follows is a step by step guide on how to achieve just this. There are a few pitfalls to be aware of, if like me your browser has the Privacy Badger plugin active (which you should).

1. Open a new browser window (say, _Firefox_), and connect to https://social.nomagic.uk
2. Authenticate on Pleroma with your nomagic username
3. Now, open another tab in that same window to Framatube
4. Bring your cursor above the Comment field above the video, and select it (_focus_)
5. A pop-up will open, where you can authenticate using the full address of your pleroma account: <username>@social.nomagic.uk
   
6. Click on the Remote Interact button. If you are not redirected to your Pleroma tab, look at what Privacy Badger is blocking, and unlock social.nomagic.uk if needed. You will need to reload the page and re-do the procedure (not ideal, but should happen only once per instance).
   
7. If, after reloading, you now get a popup alert, you need to authorise it
   
8. Now you see a preview of the Peertube video as a post on Pleroma.
   
9. Hit the reply link and write your comment. When you are ready, Submit it.
   
10. Go back to Framatube and reload the page: here is your comment!
    

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