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Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news: Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he "has always believed in this stuff", might not be so strong after all

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Fediverse Report -#147

Threads' fediverse integration is on maintenance mode, signalling the end to a tumultuous story and period for the fediverse.

Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news - @PeerTube releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions - @npub1lzdq...urpr reaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people - PieFed continues to improve, with an upcoming question-answer mode and better handling of links

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Fediverse Report – #146

PeerTube releases their new annual software version update, and more on Bonfire.

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Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments sh...

a long analysis and response to @npub163hd...mv0n's call for digital sovereignty. How open social protocols provide the European Commission with an opportunity for digital sovereignty, but that this opportunity also comes with a loss of power, shifting their position from network regulator to one-among-equals

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The Digital Services Act and Theories of Power

The European Commission put a 120M EUR fine on X for DSA violations. But as the European politicians cannot get themselves to leave the platform, i...

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Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news: - @npub1nx9m...dz8r is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone - More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia

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Fediverse Report – #145

Holos is a new project to run an ActivityPub server on your mobile phone, more on Thread's user statistics, and an interview with Mastodon&#03...

New: ATmosphere Report 145, with collections of links to interesting #atproto stuff for November This time, all the links are on-protocol, as a Semble.so collection, with a custom page that also shows you comments on Leaflet and posts on Bluesky

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Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news: @npub142g8...kmy5 launches news app for the Bristol Cable that combines local news with fediverse integrated news feeds, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR

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Fediverse Report – #144

Newsmast launches news app that combines local news with fediverse integration, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR

this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with: how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3m6kaze4y3s2i

The main news of the week is that @npub1vl7j...f6g0 is stepping down as Mastodon CEO, with @npub10gcu...0m2k taking over the role, and this week's newsletter is a reflection on the change.

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Fediverse Report – #143

Mastodon has a new CEO as Eugen Rochko steps down.

Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power

ATmosphere Report 143 - Eurosky Live - Connected Places

on protocol architecture and power

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news - @npub1lzdq...urpr finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project - @npub163hd...mv0n has officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse - Mo-Me is a new fediverse client from @npub142g8...kmy5 and the Media Revolution campaign Read at:

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Fediverse Report – #141

Fediverse community platform Bonfire launches, together with a crowdfunding campaign. Mastodon now officially quote posts, and a fediverse client f...