Connected Places

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Connected Places gives you an in-depth overview of the world of decentralised social networks. I write a weekly newsletter about the ATmosphere, a weekly newsletter about the fediverse, as well as the background articles on the networks. Connected Places: https://connectedplaces.online Bluesky: @laurenshof.online Personal account fedi: https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof Email: fediversereport at proton.me
Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news: Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he "has always believed in this stuff", might not be so strong after all
Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news - @PeerTube releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions - @Bonfire reaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people - PieFed continues to improve, with an upcoming question-answer mode and better handling of links
RE: a long analysis and response to @Mastodon's call for digital sovereignty. How open social protocols provide the European Commission with an opportunity for digital sovereignty, but that this opportunity also comes with a loss of power, shifting their position from network regulator to one-among-equals image View quoted note →
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
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