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
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Fediverse Report -#147
Threads' fediverse integration is on maintenance mode, signalling the end to a tumultuous story and period for the fediverse.
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
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Fediverse Report – #146
PeerTube releases their new annual software version update, and more on Bonfire.
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Mastodon
Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)
Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments sh...
 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
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The Digital Services Act and Theories of Power
The European Commission put a 120M EUR fine on X for DSA violations. But as the European politicians cannot get themselves to leave the platform, i...
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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
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Fediverse Report – #145
Holos is a new project to run an ActivityPub server on your mobile phone, more on Thread's user statistics, and an interview with Mastodon&#03...
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
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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
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Fediverse Report – #144
Newsmast launches news app that combines local news with fediverse integration, 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.
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Fediverse Report – #143
Mastodon has a new CEO as Eugen Rochko steps down.
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
ATmosphere Report 143 - Eurosky Live - Connected Places
on protocol architecture and 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:
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Fediverse Report – #141
Fediverse community platform Bonfire launches, together with a crowdfunding campaign. Mastodon now officially quote posts, and a fediverse client f...