This is probably the most requested feature from Bridgy Fed users - so happy to finally roll this out!

Mastodon

A New Social (@anewsocial@mastodon.social)

Today, we're launching a feature that a number of Bridgy Fed users have been asking for: notifications for unbridged interactions. You can learn m...

@IFTAS is conducting its annual needs assessment survey, inviting Fediverse moderators, administrators, and community managers to provide input on how IFTAS can help them. In the past, this has led to the development of critical tools for CSAM detection and reporting, regulatory compliance guidance, and so much more. If you're a mod, admin, or community manager, fill out this survey so IFTAS can put its resources in the right place:

Annual Needs Assessment – IFTAS

The most unfortunate part of these decentralization convos is how much erasure there is of all the independent ATProto devs working hard to detach the open social web from any one organization or person

We're ramping up our funding efforts at @A New Social to ensure we can run Bridgy Fed and Bounce for the long run. As a non-profit, we want to be as community-funded as possible, so we're focusing on ways to make that easier. A quick thread about where we're at in terms of funds: (1/3)🧵

Mastodon

A New Social (@anewsocial@mastodon.social)

Today, we're launching $1 & $2 tiers on our Patreon so more of our community can support us! As a part of that, we also wanted to share where our ...

Bluesky is kicking off the formal process to make ATProto an IETF standard 👀

Authenticated Transfer

Another way Mastodon centralizes the ActivityPub experience is through the Mastodon API. In an ideal ecosystem, I should be able to use the ActivityPub API when building a client or competing platform. However, due to the popularity of Mastodon, every builder has to support the Mastodon API, which is under the control of the Mastodon organization. (1/2 🧵)

Mastodon

Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq@mastodon.social)

Bluesky, being the largest ATProto AppView, means that their moderation decisions have the broadest impact on the ATmosphere experience. Mastodon,...