https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/mastodon/ Recent content in Mastodon on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-17-self-hosted-activitypub-relay-servers-activityrelay-aode-pub-relay-guide-2026/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-17-self-hosted-activitypub-relay-servers-activityrelay-aode-pub-relay-guide-2026/ <h2 id="why-self-host-an-activitypub-relay">Why Self-Host an ActivityPub Relay?</h2> <p>The Fediverse is a decentralized social network where thousands of independent servers (instances) communicate using the ActivityPub protocol. The challenge: when you start a new Mastodon, Pleroma, or Misskey instance, your federated timeline is empty. Nobody on your server follows anyone yet, so no content flows in.</p>