Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news Mastodon is working towards making one of the longstanding pain points of the fediverse a thing of the past, with the new ability to show all replies to a post. Bonfire is making strides with their Open Science Network platform, and Ghost is now the most popular server software on the fediverse.
for this week's atproto news I'm comparing todays Dutch election result with how active the politicians are on Bluesky and in other news: - GreenEarth is building personalised algos on atproto, with 300k in funding - more interop between publishing platforms - polls on leaflet
There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.
Fediverse Report 138 - this week's #fediverse news - a closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, which connects to both #activitypub and #atproto. Their latest update allows people to migrate their #bluesky account to wafrn, joining the fediverse while staying connected to their bluesky network - @npub1wa2m...zalq is getting closer to joining the fediverse Read at: View quoted note →
Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news - @npub168yq...upza joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms - @npub163hd...mv0n is getting Starter Packs, with more details on the design, soliciting feedback - @npub13rs5...s8u8 announced a new version for Bounce, which allows you to transfer your account from the fediverse to #bluesky View quoted note →
Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news - @npub1dadl...y568 takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration - a paper by @npub1aq0h...mq9f on targeted harassment on Mastodon - #ActivityPub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with interoperability - WordPress blog posts now can be quote posted! Read at: View quoted note →
Fediverse Report 135 - This week's #fediverse news - @npub163hd...mv0n launches paid hosting service for institutions - Gaza Verified is a grassroots initiative to verify Palestinians on Mastodon who need aid, and who have recently completed a 22k USD fundraiser
Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news - @npub163hd...mv0n shows their quote post implementation, coming next week - @npub13rs5...s8u8 's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature
Fediverse Report 132 - this week's #fediverse news - Next Sosyal is a new social media platform with close ties to the Turkish ruling party, that is based on Mastodon but does not federate - A shuffle in the places, forums and sites to talk about #activitypub, with new owners for forum SocialHub, the activitypub.rocks website now managed by the W3C SocialCG, and the new activitypub.space forum
New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the #fediverse and #ActivityPub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner?