Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news: - @HOLOS is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone - More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia
New: ATmosphere Report 145, with collections of links to interesting #atproto stuff for November This time, all the links are on-protocol, as a Semble.so collection, with a custom page that also shows you comments on Leaflet and posts on Bluesky image
Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news: @Newsmast Foundation launches news app for the Bristol Cable that combines local news with fediverse integrated news feeds, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR
this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with: how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3m6kaze4y3s2i
The main news of the week is that @Eugen Rochko is stepping down as Mastodon CEO, with @Felix Hlatky taking over the role, and this week's newsletter is a reflection on the change.
Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power
Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news - @Bonfire finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project - @Mastodon has officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse - Mo-Me is a new fediverse client from @Newsmast Foundation and the Media Revolution campaign Read at:
Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news Mastodon is working towards making one of the longstanding pain points of the fediverse a thing of the past, with the new ability to show all replies to a post. Bonfire is making strides with their Open Science Network platform, and Ghost is now the most popular server software on the fediverse.
for this week's atproto news I'm comparing todays Dutch election result with how active the politicians are on Bluesky and in other news: - GreenEarth is building personalised algos on atproto, with 300k in funding - more interop between publishing platforms - polls on leaflet
There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.