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Last Week in the Fediverse - episode 26
Threads has launched to massive interest. Mastodon grows it's active users by 50% in a week. The Dutch government is in the process of launching a Mastodon server.
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Last week
Last Week in the Fediverse - episode 25
Chaos at Reddit and Twitter have a direct impact on the fediverse. Growth at Lemmy and Kbin. The server database of kolektive.social gets seized by the FBI.
Last week
Last Week in the Fediverse - episode 24
An eventful week in the fediverse, filled with discourse and drama about Meta's new microblogging platform. A summary of events and a separation of the different topics that were talked about. Beyond that, WeDistribute, a blog with a long history and legacy talking about decentralized social network
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Lemmy and Kbin
The rapid rise of Lemmy and Kbin, dubbed the 'threadiverse', have altered the dynamic in the fediverse. A look at how this changes the structure and the dynamic of the fediverse at large.
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Last Week in the Fediverse - episode 23
The growth of Lemmy and Kbin continues with the #redditmigration. Flickr is considering ActivityPub support, and new proposals to help people join the fediverse.
Last week
The Roundup - Episode 22
Meta gives more information about their upcoming microblogging service that uses ActivityPub. Linux creator Linus Torvald yells at a far-right user, and the resulting discussion leads to Mozilla potentially committing engineers to help build better blocking systems. PixelFed has many updates, includ
Last week
The Roundup - episode 21
The fediverse keeps expanding in different and new directions. The Japanese Misskey community continues to grow rapidly. Link aggregators such as Lemmy and Kbin are getting more popular, and much other news!
Last week
The Roundup - episode 20
Conversations about Meta's new project continue, a look at what's happening with federated forum software, new updates for Pixelfed and more!
Last week
The Roundup - episode 19
News about Meta's new fediverse project Barcelona, bridging with Bluesky, and much more
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Defederation
The fediverse used to have a culture of seeing defederation as a tool to deal with unwanted situations around search and spam. New developments have changed that calculus. At the same time, Bluesky's ATproto and Meta's new microblogging platform raise new questions regarding (de)federation.
Last week
The roundup - episode 18
The fediverse loves Eurovision, a chaos era for social networks, Calckey news, and more!
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Trends in fediverse structure
Below the surface, structural changes are happening in the fediverse. Advocacy for publically owned digital spaces has long term implications for the fediverse. Meanwhile, Mastodon is entering a new phase in it's life as an organisation, and facing new competition.