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/
Loops is an open source Tiktok alternative for the #Fediverse, from the creator of Pixelfed. We've been experimenting with some tools and techniques for creating Loops videos, with some suggestions on how to get started!
https://wedistribute.org/2024/12/make-loops-video/
Due to the ongoing strain of trying to write, edit, and publish articles on a consistent basis, and a handful of personal obligations of our founders, We Distribute is officially on temporary hiatus.
This is not the end of our publication or our project, but we need to step back for a while and regroup, if the project hopes to survive.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/10/on-hiatus/
Earlier this month, the Mastodon project announced a new initiative funded by NGI Search: #Fediverse Discovery Providers! The goal is to build a resource framework for different kinds of services that can work with potentially any instance or platform.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/fediverse-discovery-providers/
We have to give a huge shout-out and thank you to Scott Kellum and his company, Typetura, for their amazing work with our redesign. We're excited to see what comes next!
Mozilla has decided to shut down their #Mastodon instance, after laying off the majority of the project's team earlier this year. The company is instead focusing on AI for the foreseeable future. #Fediverse
https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/mozilla-social-shutting-down/
