Bridgy Fed, a project to connect the open social web, is now becoming a nonprofit
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Bridgy Fed, a project to connect the open social web, is now becoming a nonprofit | TechCrunch
Bridgy Fed, which is working to connect the social network Bluesky with the wider fediverse (i.e., the open social web), which includes sites like
Bluesky is at a crossroads as users petition to ban Jesse Singal over anti-trans views
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Bluesky at a crossroads as users petition to ban Jesse Singal over anti-trans views, harassment | TechCrunch
Now with 25 million users, Bluesky is facing a test that will determine whether or not its platform will still be seen as a safe space and place of...
Bluesky’s teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup
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Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup | TechCrunch
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new revenue stream b...
Sill’s new app rounds up the best links from your Bluesky and Mastodon networks
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Sill's new app rounds up the best links from your Bluesky and Mastodon networks | TechCrunch
Want to keep up with what everyone's talking about on alternative social media sites like Bluesky and Mastodon, but don't have time to co...
Bluesky is seeing an exodus of unhappy X users following the election
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Bluesky is benefitting from an exodus of unhappy X users following the election | TechCrunch
X, formerly Twitter, is no longer the "digital town square" it once promised to be. Following the results of the U.S. presidential election, floods of
With this latest deal, Flipboard looks to build a news ecosystem beyond X
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With this latest deal, Flipboard looks to build a news ecosystem beyond X | TechCrunch
An effort to bring a broader news ecosystem to the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is now in the hands of the social magazine app Fli...
‘For You’ feeds fail on election night, offering outdated information, angering users
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'For You' feeds fail on election night, offering outdated information, angering users | TechCrunch
"For You" algorithms that promote the most interesting content across a social network, personalized to the individual user, offered a disjointed,
Substack is giving out free subscriptions to boost app installs
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Substack is giving out free subscriptions to boost app installs | TechCrunch
Publishing platform Substack is now pushing users to install its mobile app by offering gifted subscriptions. While Substack itself is available ac...
Cross-posting social app Openvibe now supports Threads, too
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Cross-posting social app Openvibe now supports Threads, too | TechCrunch
The decline of X (formerly Twitter) under Elon Musk has boosted engagement with alternative social networks like Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon, bu...
The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops
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The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops | TechCrunch
Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called