Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news - @AltStore joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms - @npub163hd...mv0n is getting Starter Packs, with more details on the design, soliciting feedback - @A New Social announced a new version for Bounce, which allows you to transfer your account from the fediverse to #bluesky View quoted note →
Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news - @npub1dadl...y568 takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration - a paper by @tools for commensality 🧿 on targeted harassment on Mastodon - #ActivityPub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with interoperability - WordPress blog posts now can be quote posted! Read at: View quoted note →
Fediverse Report 135 - This week's #fediverse news - @npub163hd...mv0n launches paid hosting service for institutions - Gaza Verified is a grassroots initiative to verify Palestinians on Mastodon who need aid, and who have recently completed a 22k USD fundraiser
Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news - @npub163hd...mv0n shows their quote post implementation, coming next week - @A New Social 's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature
Fediverse Report 132 - this week's #fediverse news - Next Sosyal is a new social media platform with close ties to the Turkish ruling party, that is based on Mastodon but does not federate - A shuffle in the places, forums and sites to talk about #activitypub, with new owners for forum SocialHub, the activitypub.rocks website now managed by the W3C SocialCG, and the new activitypub.space forum
New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the #fediverse and #ActivityPub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner?
Fediverse Report #129 - this week's #fediverse news: - The SocialHub ActivityPub forum might shut down: the current admin is looking for another team to take over the operation, and it is currently unclear if this will happen - Meta is likely scraping many fediverse servers, a leaked document alleges - @npub163hd...mv0n is working on adding Starter Packs
This week's #Bluesky and #atproto news: - 38M accounts on Bluesky, with renewed discourse on a slowdown of the growth rate - The Verge's Nilay Patel talks about how SB Nation's new social feed for sports will integrate with bluesky in the future
Fediverse Report #127 Something different this week, where I take an overview of all the clients in the fediverse ecosystem and which ones stand out to me. There are a huge amount of great clients and apps for the fediverse available, so I'm giving an overview of the clients I pay the most attention to. Feel I missed some? I'd love to hear!
Fediverse Report #126 - This week's #fediverse news: - Music sharing platform Bandwagon adds the ability for artists to sell albums, create paid channels for exclusive content, and announces upcoming premium subscription tier for artists - @npub14rpe...za3l Social is getting close to release, and team already working on other features as well - some good articles on what its like to be a moderator, and the impact of LLMs on small communities on the fediverse