New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 99 This week's news: - @Mastodon announces their plans for a new organisational structure, with current CEO @Eugen Rochko stepping down to focus on product strategy for Mastodon - Meta blocked links to pixelfed on their platform, later calling it a mistake and lifting the block - Meta's new policy to allow hate speech draws responses from fediverse server admins, with more servers defederating from Threads
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 98 This week's news: - @Mastodon's annual report for 2023 (!) gives more insight into the operation and finances of the organisation - Surf is a new app by @Flipboard that allows you to create custom feeds across the open social web - I take a closer look at some comments by Misskey developer [@syuilo]( ) on the issues with interoperability between Misskey and Mastodon Read at:
This weeks news for #bluesky and the ATmosphere - A new 1M USD fund for atproto with Skyseed - A New Social is a governance org for the fediverse bridge - Continued tension around moderation - Recipe sharing with recipe.exchange and much more! Read at:
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 97 This week's news: - A New Social is a new non-profit for bridging platforms and protocols, and will take on the governance of Bridgy Fed - @PeerTube released #PeerTube v7, their yearly update with a complete redesign - The organisation behind #Mastodon app Mammoth and @npub15k9g...k2rv shuts down due to a lack of funding, as Mozilla has shut down their fediverse investment Read at:
This week's news for #Bluesky and the ATmosphere - A lack of action from mods about well-known anti-trans writer joining Bluesky leads to community uproar - More information about Bluesky's upcoming subscription service - Multiple new #atproto apps have launched
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 96 - Threads launches the ability to follow fediverse accounts from Threads - @PeerTube launches their mobile app for Android and iOS - A third-party solution for Starter Packs for #mastodon Read at:
New: Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads? Threads' most recent update allows people on Threads to follow people on the #fediverse, albeit with some significant caveats. But one simple question has bugging me for a long while: Why? Why is Meta adding interoperability to their platform?
Last Week in #Bluesky and the ATmosphere This week's news: - continued calls verification on bluesky - more ai datasets with bluesky posts appear - book reviews on #ATProto with Skylights - Lexicon.community for devs to collaborate on lexicons and a ton of links
Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 95 This week's news: - National Dutch Broadcaster organisation NPO quits their Mastodon pilot, citing a lack of engagement - Mastodon is working on adding Starter Packs - A preview of @PeerTube upcoming 7.0 release Read at:
Last Week in the ATmosphere - this week's news for Bluesky and ATProto: - Bluesky grows by 15% in a week, and becomes Threads' Chief Product Officer - Bluesky is banned in Pakistan - New types of labelers - Concerns over an ML dataset made of Bluesky posts