Here is an overview of all the other news that has happened this week in the #fediverse.
Mastodon has a reputation for a harboring a culture of ‘reply guys’. There is a culture of high engagement and reactions on people’s posts, which further alleviates the level and amount of replies that are annoying, irritating or demeaning. The account Mastodon Migration recently collected some posts by large accounts that all experience this issue, […]
Flipboard has already committed to decentralised social media a while ago, and is now taking the next steps in their commitment. The company announced yesterday that they will completely stop tweeting, and that they have launched a new podcast, Dot Social, about the ‘open social web movement’. Flipboard will stop posting on Twitter, citing the […]
Nivenly is the member-run co-operative that is also behind the Mastodon server Hachyderm.io, and supports various open source projects. They gave an update on projects and project applications, some of which are of specific relevance to the fediverse. Pachli is a Mastodon Android app, and a fork of the Tusky app. Pachli creator Nik Clayton […]
A roundup of the other news items of the week. For the full article, check here.
Framasoft, the French non-profit organisation behind projects such as PeerTube and Mobilizon, has published their yearly report, titled ‘Let’s regain ground on the toxic web’. It details the work they have been doing over the last year, their future plans, as well as a donation drive. Over the next few weeks, Framasoft will dive deeper […]
