Hey #Musicians, if you're on #Bandwagon, the time has come. I'm prepping the #SearchEngine and giving you a preview of how it'll work. Just jump over to bandwagon.fm and hit "Discover" to check it out. I'm really pleased with this first step, but it will still be a just dumb, empty shell until we can get all your music is tagged, and optimize the tags/categories together. You can read my full post at

Bandwagon.fm - February 2025

for all the details. I can't wait to hear what you think.

Huge thanks to @dansup for creating

RespectfulPlatforms.org - Digital Platform Charter of Rights

. This is the kind of declaration everyone should get behind. Honestly, it's still a bit of a "to do" list for #Emissary and #Bandwagon. Moderation tools, in particular, are still lacking right now. But I'm going to work hard to complete these, because I believe every person - all 8 billion of us - deserves to use an Internet that values people over profits, privacy over censorship, and humanity over technology. https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113851929699796097

Hey #Musicians, between Christmas and New Years, I've been pretty quiet about #Bandwagon. But I have a bunch of huge news that I'm super excited to finally share with you. Here's the full news release. I'll put highlights in a reply

Bandwagon.fm - January 2025

So, 2025 is going to be a huge leap forward for the #Fediverse in general, and #Bandwagon specifically. I've finally made enough progress on the search engine that it's finally worthy of sharing a screenshot. There's TONS more to do, but I'm so excited about getting this into your hands in January that I couldn't wait to share this now.

Hey all.. What's the best way to fund a service like #Bandwagon? I strongly believe that the #Fediverse needs a sustainable funding model to be competitive with BlueSky, Xitter, and Facebook. More than just donations and mutual aid, people should be able to make careers on the Fediverse. I'm reevaluating how I'll pay for bandwagon.fm in the long term. And I want to make something that's still "free forever" Do you think there's a place for the #Freemium Fediverse?

I'm working to build an ethical home for #Musicians that doesn't siphon their work into the #AI torment nexus. Today, I've installed a new firewall on #Bandwagon called "Silicon Dome" that blocks every known AI and malicious bot. With regular monitoring and updates, Silicon Dome will actively protect human creativity from the rampant AIs already out in the wild. I think it's a win for humanity.