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New: #Bluesky Report This week's news for Bluesky and ATProto - A new relay implementation is worked on by blockchain company Frequency - Flashes, a Bluesky client for image sharing, launches with 50k downloads in its first week - Tapbots announced they are making a Bluesky client […]

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I talked about #ActivityPub and #Fedify on @guu's wonderful podcast, Software Sessions. I'm embarrassed by my poor English, but if you're interested, please listen! https://www.softwaresessions.com/episodes/activitypub/ https://notacult.social/@guu/114080341111989473

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The latest FOSS Academic post is "Standards War?": https://fossacademic.tech/2025/03/05/standardsWar.html In which I contrast the fact that @iftas is shutting down some of its services against the advent of "Free Our Feeds," and I speculate that maybe we're seeing an ATProto/ActivityPub […]

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## Fedify is looking for new partnership opportunities! ### :fedify: What is Fedify? #Fedify is an #ActivityPub-based federated server framework that helps developers easily integrate their applications with the #fediverse, a decentralized social network. It simplifies the complex […]

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Fediverse Report #106 This week's fediverse news: - @iftas will shut down most of their services following a lack of funding - Tumblr-like platform Wafrn gets its own apps, and it has a native connection to Bluesky as well. https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-106/

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I'm finally unveiling the #ActivityPub project that has been consuming my weekends: Encyclia, an #ORCID bridge that will make ORCID records followable and interactable on the fediverse. 🙂 It's early-stage and the ORCID following function is not publicly available yet. We're seeking community […]

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Fediverse Report #106 This week's fediverse news: - @iftas will shut down most of their services following a lack of funding - Tumblr-like platform Wafrn gets its own apps, and it has a native connection to Bluesky as well. https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-106/

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ChatGPT recently released a new mode, Deep Research, and Casey Newton tested it out with a prompt to write a 5k word report on the fediverse. The best way to judge the quality of this new mode is with some in-depth analysis. So here is Fediverse Report with deep research on Deep Research's […]

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ChatGPT recently released a new mode, Deep Research, and Casey Newton tested it out with a prompt to write a 5k word report on the fediverse. The best way to judge the quality of this new mode is with some in-depth analysis. So here is Fediverse Report with deep research on Deep Research's […]

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New: Last Week in the ATmosphere The #ATProto tech news: - Sync 1.1 is a proposal to make relays cheaper to run - Multiple PDS browsers now show backlinks, making them a new type of entity in the network - #Bluesky has 2 new vacancies to expand their T&S team […]

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Fediverse Report #105 A quiet newsweek this week for the fediverse: - Importing your posts from other fediverse platforms into GoToSocial with Slurp - Some more information about Mastodon's plans for implementing quote posts https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-105/

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We at Vivaldi are the only browser company with a Mastodon server. We have chosen to support the Fediverse in every way we can. We will continue to do so as we need options away from Big Tech. https://social.vivaldi.net/ #Vivaldi @Vivaldi #Mastodon #fediverse

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Slurp is a new CLI tool for GoToSocial that is making post migration possible from Mastodon and Pixelfed archive formats. Learn about the complexities of previous import solutions and how I slurped up my Pixelfed archive into a new GoToSocial account […]

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New: Last Week in #Bluesky I wrote about how the rapid shift into authoritarianism in the US affects Bluesky, and how that impacts other projects on ATProto as well Plus, a look at all the news and updates for image and video apps for Bluesky […]

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New: Fediverse Report #104 In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means Mastodon's place in the wider network With other news: - @swf is now an official W3C member - @blog , a WordPress plugin for adding ActivityPub […]

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New: Fediverse Report #104 In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means Mastodon's place in the wider network With other news: - @swf is now an official W3C member - @blog , a WordPress plugin for adding ActivityPub […]

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We just posted a re-recording of the presentation of ActivityPods we did during #FOSDEM 2025. It focus on decentralized architecture, and mentions BlueSky and @nextgraph https://peertube.virtual-assembly.org/videos/watch/a8dc6bcc-8cef-485e-bfd8-438f1bfc04d2

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This week's news about ATProto and the ATmosphere: - roomy.chat is building a P2P public group chat app on ATProto, now in public alpha - Microcosm is a new selfhostable API that tracks backlinks for the entire network - Tracking all lexicons with Lexidex […]

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“What the fediverse currently is, is a countercultural network with little interest in mainstream pop culture.” +1. Worth noting that the early Web was also nurtured by “countercultural” types — eg hippies on The Well who went on to found Wired, etc. I even mentioned this today in my post […]

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New: Fediverse Report # 103 This week I wrote about #fediverse as a countercultural place for pop culture, and how that affects goals to bring the fediverse into the mainstream As well as the news: - @iftas announces that due to a lack of funding, they will likely have to wind down some […]

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New: Fediverse Report # 103 This week I wrote about #fediverse as a countercultural place for pop culture, and how that affects goals to bring the fediverse into the mainstream As well as the news: - @iftas announces that due to a lack of funding, they will likely have to wind down some […]

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Our #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update for January (also including #FOSDEM) is here - here's what we have been working on so far this year. Includes an update on the #Fediscovery project, and some cool projects from the broader developer ecosystem […]

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Thank you for the support around our recent announcement about our lack of funding. Here’s some more detail on what our funding shortfall means for IFTAS and the communities we support. 1/7

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New: Last Week in Bluesky - The ongoing coup in the US shifts the understanding of what 'credible exit' from Bluesky means - Multiple video clients are competing to be the 'TikTok of Bluesky', but are they better than the Bluesky app itself? […]

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Hardest thing I've had to write in quite some time: https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/06/funding-challenges-and-the-future-of-our-work/ tl;dr - we are running out of money and will not be able to pay our bills in April. As such, unless we can secure funding by end of February, we will be […]

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New: Fediverse Report #102 This week's news: - a large crowd for the #fediverse at #fosdem - some controversies around data scraping on the fediverse - @openvibe gets 800k in funding to further work on the multi-protocol client Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-102/

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@laurenshof I just read the latest Fediverse report, and wanted to mention that other AP implementors like Mastodon were also at the longform workshop along with the other mentioned projects. We (Mastodon) want to ensure that consuming long form content over ActivityPub is the best experience […]

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New: Fediverse Report #102 This week's news: - a large crowd for the #fediverse at #fosdem - some controversies around data scraping on the fediverse - @openvibe gets 800k in funding to further work on the multi-protocol client Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-102/

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I'll be at #fosdem this weekend. Come say hi on Saturday in the SocialWeb room, or let me know if you want to meet up for a chat on Sunday!

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New: Last Week in the ATmosphere Lots of experimentation going on in the ATProto dev community, some highlights: - live streaming with Streamplace - p2p group chats with Roomy And the first ATProto conference on March 22/23 in Seattle (not run by Bsky) […]

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2024 saw a range of non-profit organisational growth across the #Fediverse, let's talk about some of the most exciting. And do let us know if we've missed anything that you're think deserve to be highlighted. 1/6

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New: Fediverse Report #101 This week's news: - @pixelfed continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently - The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding - […]

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New: Fediverse Report #101 This week's news: - @pixelfed continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently - The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding - […]

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New: Last Week in Bluesky This week's news: - The shortlived US TikTok ban leads to focus on video, with Bluesky's new video feeds and multiple TikTok clones in development - Bluesky's moderation overview for 2024 - the NFL is not allowed to be on Bluesky Read at […]

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New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 100 (!) This week's news: - massive growth for @pixelfed, growing from 20k active users last month to almost 200k active users currently. - @nodebb has officially launched their #activitypub integration - Meta will not commit or confirm a timeline for adding […]

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New blog post about the roadmap of ActivityPods for 2025: https://activitypods.org/our-roadmap-for-2025

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Latest FOSS Academic: https://fossacademic.tech/2025/01/18/makingAlts.html In which I talk about how state regulations are affecting the development of ActivityPub and the fediverse, and how trying to make a TOS for Loops by using an online service resulted in a surveillance […]

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Here is our engineering update for December, featuring the latest code changes, news on #Fediscovery, a RubyWorld keynote, and our plans for #FOSDEM. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/trunk-tidbits-december-2024/

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New: Last Week in #Bluesky - freeourfeeds.com announces campaign for an independent governance organisation for ATProto - Mark Cuban looking to fund a TikTok alternative on ATProto - A deep dive explainer on Lexicons, and why they matter Read at […]

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New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 99 This week's news: - @Mastodon announces their plans for a new organisational structure, with current CEO @Gargron stepping down to focus on product strategy for Mastodon - Meta blocked links to pixelfed on their platform, later calling it a mistake and […]

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Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control […]

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New: Last Week in #Bluesky This week's news: - Bluesky reportedly close a new funding round, valuing the company at 700MUSD - Custom Feed builder Graze discusses monetisation plans, showing how ads might come to bsky - Bluesky's issues with bots Read at […]

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IFTAS is working on providing support for the UK #OnlineSafetyAct and its impact on decentralised providers. We are building a page of links and resources here: https://connect.iftas.org/library/legal-regulatory/online-safety-act/ - please let us know if you want us to add something. We are in […]

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New: Last Week in #Bluesky This week's news: - Bluesky reportedly close a new funding round, valuing the company at 700MUSD - Custom Feed builder Graze discusses monetisation plans, showing how ads might come to bsky - Bluesky's issues with bots Read at […]

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New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 98 This week's news: - @Mastodon's annual report for 2023 (!) gives more insight into the operation and finances of the organisation - Surf is a new app by @Flipboard that allows you to create custom feeds across the open social web - I take a closer look at […]

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New year, new role @Mastodon! Our core team is looking for a senior Front-end Developer to elevate the web UI/UX experience for our users. Ideally: 1. You are highly skilled in accessible and semantic #HTML 2. Proficient in modern #CSS 3. Experienced with #Javascript, #Typescript and complex […]

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