solidarity with ppl in rojava@seanl you might like to have a look into #hubzilla
https://project.hubzilla.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project
It has the protocols:
ActivityPub, Ostatus, diaspora, zot implemented.
The one-time e-mail verification I think it doesn't has. But you can make you're posts commentable without registration.
docs:
https://project.hubzilla.org/help/en/about/about#What_is_Hubzilla_
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