Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 45
Mastodon aims to tackle problems with reply culture. Flipboard takes the next steps towards the social web. Nivenly updates on the projects they support.
Laurens Hof
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Fediverse Report: in other news - episode 45
Here is an overview of all the other news that has happened this week in the #fediverse. * ActivityPods is a project that aims to combine the ActivityPub protocol with the Solid protocol. The goal of the project is that you can have one account on the fediverse, which hosts your
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Mastodon reply culture
Mastodon has a reputation for a harboring a culture of 'reply guys'. There is a culture of high engagement and reactions on people's posts, which further alleviates the level and amount of replies that are annoying, irritating or demeaning. The account Mastodon Migration recently collected some
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Flipboard takes the next steps into the social web
Flipboard has already committed to decentralised social media a while ago, and is now taking the next steps in their commitment. The company announced yesterday that they will completely stop tweeting, and that they have launched a new podcast, Dot Social, about the 'open social web movement'. Flipboard
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Nivenly update
Nivenly is the member-run co-operative that is also behind the Mastodon server Hachyderm.io, and supports various open source projects. They gave an update on projects and project applications, some of which are of specific relevance to the fediverse. Pachli is a Mastodon Android app, and a fork of the
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In other news - Last Week in Fediverse 44
A roundup of the other news items of the week. For the full article, check here. * @Jpd23 has been writing an extensive blog series about safety and blocklists. I’ll write more about it once the series has finished, but it is already worth reading, and provides good context and
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 44
Framasoft starts talking about the upcoming features for PeerTube, as well as next year's plans. German newspaper Zeit interviews Eugen Rochko. Fediverse safety.
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Framasoft's yearly report
Framasoft, the French non-profit organisation behind projects such as PeerTube and Mobilizon, has published their yearly report, titled 'Let's regain ground on the toxic web'. It details the work they have been doing over the last year, their future plans, as well as a donation drive.
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 43
The monthly update for Bluesky, Dutch broadcaster NPO joins the fediverse, and German news organisation Heise Online reflects on a year of being on Mastodon.
Bluesky
Last Month in Bluesky - October 23
Bluesky has a roadmap, and federation is scheduled for early 2024. Plans for protocol governance. Impersonation of the Kyiv Independent.
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 42
Mastodon shares some plans for future updates, social network Pebble shuts down and starts a Mastodon experiment, and more information about Mozilla's fediverse project.
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 41
The Verge writes about publishing on the internet, and how their plans for the future include the fediverse. New rules at Twitch provide an opportunity for Owncast. Stars will be hearts.