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The term fediverse can mean multiple different things, with different boundaries of the network, depending on your frame and perspective. In this piece I take a look at the fediverse as a community, as an implementation of the ActivityPub protocol, and as an interoperable social network.
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Defederation drama on Lemmy. Tragic news about Kris Nóva. Can you build a Mastodon server for 500 million people?
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The NLnet foundation has played a significant role in the fediverse, with their financial support for most major projects. In this piece I meet some of the people behind NLnet, and get to know the foundation.
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Search is coming to Mastodon soon. An AMA with the Lemmy developers. Misskey grows and incorporates.
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Misskey and the Japanese side of the fediverse continue to grow and be its own thing. An update on Misskey incorporating, and misskey.io restricting signups to Japan.
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The developers of Lemmy held an extensive AMA. Here are some of the highlights and themes of the things they talked about.
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The BBC sets up their own Mastodon server. A W3C meeting about CSAM and Mastodon. Mastodon on your watch?
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Stanford releases a report on CSAM on Mastodon. An extensive research on why some Bluesky users have stopped using Mastodon. Calckey rebrands with new forks.
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The feverish news regarding the launch of Threads the previous week has died down somewhat. The Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server. Lemmy experiences a critical vulnerability. And some mixed messages regarding Tumblr adding ActivityPub support at some point in the future.
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The launch of Threads, with its promise of adding ActivityPub support in the future, is hotly debated. I take a look at 3 upcoming pieces of legislation, the DMA, DSA and the Canadian Online News Act, to see how this potentially impacts Threads decision to federate in the future.
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The Dutch government has officially launched their own Mastodon server. In an accompanying letter, the State Secretary explains how this relates to the government strategy of supporting digital common goods.
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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.