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The roundup - episode 12
A two day unconference, a big interview with Eugen Rochko, and more!
Laurens Hof
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Talking fediverse at FediForum
This week was the FediForum unconference, with demos and sessions. I zoom in on the sessions about Trust and Safety, talk about some demos, and more.
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Local news on a global network
The Texas Observer is a news outlet that has been active on the fediverse. It almost was shut down, but a successful fundraiser avoided this. What was the role of the fediverse in all of this?
Last week
The roundup - episode 11
The weekly roundup of news, interviews, and other things to keep your eyes on.
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Mozfest and the fediverse
Mozilla hosted their annual Mozfest festival this week, a virtual event with lots of different sessions and speakers about different subjects. Three sessions were specifically about the fediverse, and I joined them to see what people were talking about.
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10 million Mastodon accounts
This Sunday marked a major milestone for Mastodon as it reached 10 million registered accounts. Milestones like this are important to acknowledge and celebrate, highlighting the growth of both Mastodon and the fediverse. But how reliable is this number actually?
Last week
The roundup - episode 10
The weekly roundup of news, interviews, and other things to keep your eyes on.
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New initiatives around journalism
Two new initiatives around journalism on the fediverse popped up this week. The journalism-focused server Newsie.social launched the verifiedjournalist.org project. It aims to provide an extra level of verification and credibility for journalism. Federated.press, another journalism-themed server, la
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WordPress and the fediverse
WordPress makes it easier to allow your website to join the fediverse via a plugin. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is now an official author of the plugin. I take a look at the potential future impact of this.
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The roundup - episode 9
Lots of major news making their way on the feeds this week, like Meta considering a project to join the fediverse. In the tech world, the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank was the major news. Personally I have found more coverage and comments on this event on my Mastodon feed than expected, indica
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Meta plans on joining the fediverse - the responses
Meta is planning on joining the fediverse. There are early plans on making a decentralized network with ActivityPub, so that it connects to the fediverse. This lead to a lot of different reactions within the community. This article documents some of the different types of responses.
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Medium launches their paid me.dm Mastodon server
Publishing platform Medium has opened up their me.dm Mastodon server to all current Medium subscribers, the company announced this week. I take a look at what this paid server actually offers.