Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news - @Mastodon 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
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Fediverse Report – #134
Mastodon adds quote posts, Bridgy Fed DMs you for missing interactions and more.
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
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Fediverse Report – #132
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.
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?
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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 ...
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 - @Mastodon is working on adding Starter Packs
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Fediverse Report – #129
Fediverse servers might be scraped by Meta for AI training, the SocialHub ActivityPub forum might shut down and more.
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
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Bluesky Report – #128
38 million accounts on Bluesky, Vox Media is building a new social platform for sports that will integrate with Bluesky in the future, and more in ...
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!
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Fediverse Report – #127
A closer look at ecosystem of clients for the fediverse.
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 - @Bonfire 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
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Fediverse Report – #126
Bandwagon allows artists to sell music albums and share exclusive content with paying members, and Bonfire keeps adding working on more features fo...
New: Fediverse Report #125 - This week's #fediverse news: - @Mastodon's 4.4 update brings more customisation, as well as the option to set referral headers to show that people indeed click on links - Continued uncertainty around the UK's Online Safety Act, with Mastodon.social saying they "are still aligning on a way forward for people in the UK" - new features and updates for PieFed - @FediCon will be August 1-2 in Vancouver!
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Fediverse Report – #125
Mastodon's new 4.4 update brings new customisation features, the UK's Online Safety Act comes closer with not a lot of clarity within the...
🗞️ New essay Bluesky and Mastodon users have drastically different perceptions to the UK's new age verification laws: either treating their platform is exactly the same as a Big Tech platform, or assuming their network is so different the laws dont apply
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Age Verification Laws: Are the New Social Networks Different, Or Not At All?
Bluesky and Mastodon have drastically different perception on Age Verification Laws: either just as the Big Tech platforms, or so different to be o...