"The thing with building in a decentralised space is that it's constantly changing. That can be hard to keep up with but, personally, I love it. Instead of one omnipotent platform, multiple projects build, launch, grow, fail, side-by-side. It's kind of romantic." Looking back at a year of Newsmast and decentralised social media

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Hope & The Power of a Year

It's been one year since the Newsmast app launched publically. A lot has changed. The thing with building in a decentralised space is that it's co...

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"It's not a shock that young people are the biggest users of social media. But I think this is often misunderstood and, because of that, strategies using this information lead to failure." Latest FORbetter blog explores how we make a platform stick and why young people are trickier than expected.

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Building a platform that sticks

A cool platform isn't enough to make the biggest audience stick around. As we explore social alternatives, there's a feeling of uncertainty, a que...

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"Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend MarketingLand. Besides learning that being a Zoom DJ is a job, my biggest takeaway was that no one in this space really realises what's on the horizon." The people running the marketing, social media, and branding of many important organisations have no idea how much potential the social web holds.

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Marketing in Uncharted Territory

How do we 'sell' an idea of the social media future? The social internet is changing. We're turning our backs on the established micro-blogging p...

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"These people, the organisations they represent, were at FediForum to learn. To develop. To grow together." See my biggest takeaway from @FediForum on my blog (& don't forget you can subscribe for free)!

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Eyes on the Future: FediForum September 2024

FediForum Sep 24 saw some of the biggest names in the open social web come together. Imagine walking into a room and seeing people from Threads, F...

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"...'Do I really need to support another new platform?' Consider this: If a Facebook or WhatsApp group had tens of millions of active users skewed progressive, welcomed organic outreach, and offered full access with zero cost to join, your team would jump at the chance. It would be a no-brainer." Really enjoyed this piece by @Tim Chambers & @Heidi Li Feldman on @npub18z2c...s6gs The Fediverse is definitely a no-brainer for any morally sound organisation! https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/the-revolution-will-be-federated/ #Fediverse #SocialMedia

The Fediverse aligns with a lot of people, organisations and charities ethics. So why don't more of them use it?

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The Future of Social Media: Are Ethics Enough?

The idea of democratic and open Fediverse aligns with many nonprofits, NGOs, and activists - but is that enough? The Fediverse, a network of decen...

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Since it's #OceanWednesday I thought I'd show this off again. #meermittwoch #photography #beach #UK

There are some really interesting UK journalists coming together on Threads. I'm hoping we can get some of them to federate so more people across the Fediverse can follow them without having to use Meta 🤞 Those that we manage to convince to share to the Fediverse will most likely be added to the @npub1ylvv...j658 Feed & Community. unless they specialise in a topic. Keep an eye out! #Journalism #News #Mastodon #Fediverse #Journalist #Threads

Earlier this week Newmast launched a big update with a few new features. I'll be honest, I didn't expect to love them as much as I do. So here is my take on why they work so well alongside the @Newsmast Foundation ethos to build knowledgeable communities.

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All About Community: Newsmast 3.1.0

Newsmast introduces a string of new features, perfect for growing a community online. There is a vast array of Mastodon clients and Fediverse enab...

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