David Revoy (@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org) (framapiaf.org)
Attaché : 1 image The recent excitement surrounding Thread's arrival on the Fediverse is concerning. To understand why this is not a good idea, consider their economic interest in harvesting data, their poor moderation, and their manipulations. Nothing good can come from their federation. Don't roll out the red carpet for them....
Flipboard Begins to Federate (medium.com)
Today we are beginning to open Flipboard to the Fediverse, a rapidly emerging part of the Web which includes social services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Firefish and PeerTube all built on a revolutionary open protocol called ActivityPub....
A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency (fungiverse.wordpress.com)
TL;DR: The current Mastodon-signup is only removing the confusion of users on first glance, because it either hides the server-choice altogether, or leaves them with a choice that is impossible to make at this point of their Mastodon-journey. Instead, it should introduce them to decentrality on a lower scale, with a handful of...
Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration (www.theverge.com)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Threads that the platform is beginning to test making Threads posts available on Mastodon and other ActivityPub-supporting services. Zuckerberg wrote that making Threads work with the interoperable standard “will give people more choice over how they interact and it will help content reach...
reb00ted | Meta/Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse Data Dialogue Meeting yesterday (reb00ted.org)
Tumblr's 'fediverse' integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg (techcrunch.com)
Despite delays, the plan to connect Tumblr's blogging site to the wider world of decentralized social media, also known as the "fediverse," is still on....
Last Week in Fediverse – Ep 47 (fediversereport.com)
5 years of Mobilizon, new update for Mammoth, bridges, and more!
Five Years Later, Mobilizon "Reaches Maturity" (wedistribute.org)
With a new release under its belt, Mobilizon's developer Framasoft is stepping back from the project.
Mobilizon V4 : the maturity stage (framablog.org) Polish
5 years after its announcement, Mobilizon, our free, federated alternative to Facebook groups and events, is reaching maturity. We take this opportunity to look back on its history and future. 🦆 VS 😈: Let's take back some ground from the tech giants! Thanks to your donations to our not-for-profit, Framasoft is taking...
Up the Slope: On Mastodon and What Social Engineering Should Be (siderea) (siderea.dreamwidth.org)
The original mastodon thread with some conversation on the replies....
Looking at NLnet’s Latest Grant Round (wedistribute.org)
The EU's Next Generation Internet grant continues to support innovation in the Fediverse, funding the social platform of the future.
Meet NLnet, the foundation supporting many fediverse projects (fediversereport.com)
The NLnet foundation has played a significant role in the fediverse, with their financial support for most major projects. In this piece I meet some of the people behind NLnet, and get to know the foundation.
Debunking the Top 10 Myths About Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
Mastodon, we wrote this because we love you and care about you. People have been saying a lot of things, and we need to get the facts right.
Thinking on creating a guide on leaving Twitter etc. for creators, etc., some tips on what it should include? (kbin.social)
A lot of artists, etc. are reluctant to leave corporate social media like Twitter, due to fears over the Fediverse (usually spread by other people, that think Fediverse = Gab + some cryprobros + maybe Pawoo), or not willing to understand it....
PeerTube v6 is out, and powered by your ideas! (framablog.org)
It's #givingtuesday, so we're giving you PeerTube v6 today! PeerTube is the software we develop for creators, media, institutions, educators... to manage their own video platform, as an alternative to YouTube and Twitch. 🦆 VS 😈: Let's take back some ground from the tech giants! Thanks to your donations to our...
Re-introducing Bridgy Fed (snarfed.org)
Hi! I’m Ryan. I’ve been building social network bridges and related tools for over 12 years, including Bridgy, which connects personal web sites and blogs to centralized social networks…
BBC Launches A Mastodon Instance (social.bbc)
Hi! 👋 Here's our #introduction. We're BBC Research & Development; we explore and test new technology to discover how the BBC can best make use of it in the future. For 100 years our engineers have been at the forefront of developments in broadcasting. We're now researching how everyone could get TV & radio via the internet...
Towards the fediverse as a repository of knowledge like how reddit used to be (kbin.social)
One of the extremely useful things about reddit was that content was somewhat organized by URL. Each post was created in a subreddit. So you could do websearch like keyword site:reddit.com/r/subreddit...
Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps (techcrunch.com)
Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the "fediverse" -- the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social...
Browsing the wider fediverse from kbin (kbin.social)
Some thoughts about using the Microblog functionality in kbin and why, controversially, I think it might actually beat Mastodon at it's own game - browsing toots....
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Everyone who’s into the fediverse concept should read this article.
Pixelfed.social removes all storage limits on accounts (pixelfed.social) Polish
[Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, Nov 20, 2023] – Pixelfed.social, a leading player in the image sharing and social media sphere, is excited to announce a significant update that marks a new era for digital creativity and user experience. Effective immediately, Pixelfed.social has removed all storage limits on user accounts,...
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 44 (fediversereport.com)
Framasoft starts talking about the upcoming features for PeerTube, as well as next year's plans. German newspaper Zeit interviews Eugen Rochko. Fediverse safety.
blahajzone unusable once again (kbin.social) German
performance issues on the *keys seemingly never stop