Glossary of terms
Funkwhale glossary
- Pod
A pod is an instance of Funkwhale running on a server. Pods can communicate with one another across the Fediverse.
- Authenticated
Users who have an account on a Funkwhale pod. These users provide their authentication information when accessing content.
- Anonymous
Users who do not have an account on a Funkwhale pod. These users don’t provide any authentication when accessing content.
- Permissions
Additional rights that an administrator/moderator can grant to a user. Permissions grant access to menus and actions in Funkwhale.
Available permissions:
Moderation – Grants access to the Moderation menu. Enables the user to moderate users, domains, and the allow-list.
Manage library – Grants access to the Library menu. Enables the user to make changes to library content. This includes deleting local objects and handling edit suggestions.
Manage instance-level settings – Grants access to the Settings menu. Enables the user to make changes to pod-level settings such as security settings and API behavior.
- Report categories
The different types of report a person can submit to your pod.
Available categories:
Takedown request – allow users to request content be removed from your pod.
Invalid metadata – allow users to inform moderators about incorrect metadata on content.
Illegal content – allow users to flag content as illegal.
Offensive content – allow users to flag offensive or hurtful content to moderators.
Other – allow users to submit reports that don’t fit into the above categories.
Channel glossary
- Fediverse
A term used to refer to a collection of federated (interconnected) servers. These servers run software that enables users to publish and host their own content.
- Podcatcher
A podcatcher is a piece of software that can read podcast feeds. Podcatchers enable listeners to follow and listen to podcast content.
Plugin glossary
- Plugin
A plugin is a piece of software that extends the functionality of another piece of software.
- Scrobbling
Scrobbling is the act of recording listen data. Services use this information to keep track of listening preferences and recommend music.
ActivityPub glossary
- User
A person with an account on a Funkwhale server or ActivityPub-enabled platform.
- Object
A collection of information - formatted as
JSON-LD- that represents entities such as content, users, or activities performed in Funkwhale. See the ActivityPub specification for more details.- Activity
A verb that describes an action targeting an Object. This informs the receiving server what it needs to do with the object. For example:
Create,Delete,Undo,Follow,Block.- Actor
An ActivityPub object acting on behalf of another object across federated services. See the ActivityPub specification for more details.
- Service actor
A special actor that represents a Funkwhale pod. ActivityPub actors can follow this actor to receive updates to public content stored on the pod.
- Tombstone
A status that marks an object as deleted but leaves some metadata intact to prevent reuse.