Bluesky
Last Week in Bluesky - 2025jan.c
The temporary TikTok ban in the US results in new video products. The moderation report for Bluesky for 2024. The NFL is not allowed to be on Bluesky.
Laurens Hof
Bluesky
ATProto Explained - Lexicons and video
A deep dive into how Lexicons work on ATProto, and how it impacts the different ways people are building video apps on the network.
Fediverse
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 100
Pixelfed sees massive growth, NodeBB officially launches ActivityPub support, and Threads will not commit to a timeline on account portability.
Bluesky
Last Week in Bluesky and the ATmosphere -2025jan.b
Free Our Feeds is a new initiative for ATProto governance, Mark Cuban is open to investing in a TikTok alternative on ATProto, and a large interest in Instagram alternatives on ATProto with newly announced Bluesky client Flashes.
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 99
A major news for governance this week on the open social web, with Mastodon shaking up their organisational structure and more. The News Mastodon published plans for their new governance structure, with control of Mastodon moving to a new non-profit organisation, and moving ownership away from CEO Eugen Rochko. Mastodon
Bluesky
Last Week in Bluesky - 2025jan.a
Bluesky rumoured to be valued at 700M USD, adds Trending Topics, Graze talks about how to monetise custom feeds, and a persistent bot problem on Bluesky.
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 98
Mastodon's 2023 Annual Report with more insights into the organisation, Surf is a new browser for the social web, and some considerations about the federation between Mastodon and Misskey
Bluesky
Last Week in the ATmosphere - 2412.c
Investors are starting to eye Bluesky, a new governance organisation for the bridge for the social web, no resolution but more tension around moderation questions, new platforms for the ATmosphere, and more!
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 97
A new non-profit for governance of Bridgy Fed, PeerTube releases their yearly update with a complete redesign, and the organisation behind Mammoth and sub.club winds down due to a lack of funding.
Bluesky
Last Week in the ATmosphere - 2412.b
Bluesky's decision not to moderate a specific account leads to controversy in the community, more info on Bluesky's plans for monetisation, and 4 new apps appear in the ATmosphere
Last week
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 96
Threads now has a better connection with the fediverse, PeerTube launches their mobile apps, and more.
Slices
Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads?
Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads? What is Meta's goal here?