The Funkwhale music platform is alive and in active development, and they're working on a feature to filter far-right artists off the network. Some #Fediverse self-hosters are divided on letting a third party decide what should be allowed in their library.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/funkwhale-filter/
The organization behind critical pieces of Trust & Safety infrastructure in the #Fediverse is struggling to make ends meet. Here's what's going on, what the road ahead looks like, and how to help.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas-funding-crisis/
Radio Free Fedi was one of the greatest artist projects to ever hit the #Fediverse. With an unprecedented ethos and a fanatical approach to building and supporting the music community, it became an institution. Today, we remember and honor RFF.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/radio-free-fedi-shuts-down/
We live in interesting times. As users migrate en masse from existing social platforms to new networks and apps, we ought to think about how to make the experience of signing up, connecting to friends, and finding the good stuff as solid as humanly possible.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/01/upward-momentum/
Another day, another non-profit. Mastodon is aiming for an organizational shake-up in 2025, with greater emphasis on stewardship and shifting away from a SABDFL development model.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/01/mastodon-eu-non-profit/
Today, we get into the nitty-gritty details of Surf, a new project by Flipboard ! It's a feed reader with #Fediverse social features, where you can build your own community newsfeeds.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/12/surf-social-browser/
