New: Fediverse Report 109 This week, an essay about #Bluesky's proposal for setting user preferences on their accounts. This allows people to indicate how they want their data to be handled off-protocol. I wrote about how the #fediverse can improve on this, using its strengths of many different communities, each with its own culture and values. Also: - Next week is the digital conference @FediForum - A research dataset to compare Threads and Mastodon users Read at:
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Fediverse Report – #109
An essay on user preferences, and how the fediverse's interconnected network of communities can play into that, as well as some other news.
New: Fediverse Report #108 This week's news: - Ghost's ([@index](
Building ActivityPub
Building ActivityPub
Ghost is federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world’s largest publishing network
 )) connection to the #fediverse is now availabe in public beta for Ghost Pro users, with both an #ActivityPub connection to send long-form posts into the fediverse, and a reader app to read/comment/interact with the fediverse - @npub13rs5...s8u8 , the organisation that manages the bridge between the fediverse and #bluesky shared their upcoming plans Read at:
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Fediverse Report #108
Newsletter publisher Ghost is now connecting to the fediverse in public beta, updates about the bridge that connects the fediverse with Bluesky, an...
ATmosphere Report - This week's #atproto news: - #Bluesky releases a protocol roadmap and a proposal for handling user intents - Tangled is a git collaboration platform on atproto - Blacksky is working towards Cypher, an AppView with local-only posting
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ATmosphere Report – 2025march.b
Bluesky PBC shares their protocol roadmap, and a way to indicate user preference to how external parties can handle their data. Tangled is a newly ...
New: Fediverse Report 107 This week's news: - @pixelfed finishes their Kickstarter campaign, raising 138k CAD. The project has expanded significantly in scope, and the team has grown with it as well. - @npub120sd...0fq8 is an upcoming way to connect ORCID (a unique ID for researchers) to the fediverse, allowing you to follow any scientists work, even when they are not on the fediverse. Read at:
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Fediverse Report #107
Pixelfed raises 138k Canadian dollars for their project, and a new way to connect researchers to the fediverse with an upcoming ORCID bridge.
New: Last Week in #Bluesky I wrote about how the rapid shift into authoritarianism in the US affects Bluesky, and how that impacts other projects on ATProto as well Plus, a look at all the news and updates for image and video apps for Bluesky
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Last Week in Bluesky – 2025feb.c
Social platforms are not, and can not, be neutral in a context of authoritarianism, and Bluesky cannot avoid this dynamic either. On a lighter note...
New: Fediverse Report #104 In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means Mastodon's place in the wider network With other news: - @Social Web Foundation is now an official W3C member - @Event Federation , a WordPress plugin for adding ActivityPub support for events, launches as 1.0 - Controversial Lemmy server Hexbear loses control of their domain, leading to a bidding war for thousands of dollars
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Fediverse Report – #104
Mastodon has announced it will add quote posts to the platform, and some other news.
New: Fediverse Report # 103 This week I wrote about #fediverse as a countercultural place for pop culture, and how that affects goals to bring the fediverse into the mainstream As well as the news: - @npub1y2r2...kvzk announces that due to a lack of funding, they will likely have to wind down some crucial services for safety on the fediverse - Tapestry is a new "timeline" app by @The Iconfactory Read at:
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Last Week in Fediverse #103
This week I'm zooming in on the culture of the fediverse, prompted by the Superbowl halftime show. IFTAS announces they'll run out of fun...
New: Fediverse Report #102 This week's news: - a large crowd for the #fediverse at #fosdem - some controversies around data scraping on the fediverse - @Openvibe gets 800k in funding to further work on the multi-protocol client Read at:
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Fediverse Report – #102
Large interest for the fediverse at FOSDEM, more conversations about data usage and consent, and multi-platform client Openvibe gets 800k in funding.
New: Fediverse Report #101 This week's news: - @pixelfed continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently - The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding - Tumblr recommits to connecting to the #fediverse in the future, using the WordPress #ActivityPub plugin Read at:
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Fediverse Report #101
Its another massive week for Pixelfed, growing by another 100k active users and doubling their Kickstarter goal, raising over 100k CAD. Tumblr conf...
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 100 (!) This week's news: - massive growth for @pixelfed, growing from 20k active users last month to almost 200k active users currently. - @NodeBB has officially launched their #activitypub integration - Meta will not commit or confirm a timeline for adding account migration to #threads Thank you to everyone for reading and supporting 100 editions of Last Week in Fediverse! Read at:
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Last Week in Fediverse – ep 100
Pixelfed sees massive growth, NodeBB officially launches ActivityPub support, and Threads will not commit to a timeline on account portability.