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The Fediverse Report

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Transit alerts are in the news

Waves on the North Sea
Large news outlets like CNN and The Verge have been talking a lot about transit notifications not being available on Twitter anymore. I take a deeper look at what is happening with transit from the perspective of the fediverse, and talk to a developer who has build a notification system for it.

Fediverse 201: Owncast

rusty corrugated iron wall
Owncast is a selfhosted streaming service that connects to the fediverse. I take a look at how this works, and talk with the creator Gabe Kangas.

A next generation of follow-finders

Frozen turkey tail mushrooms
People have been building different tools to help find interesting accounts to follow for a while now. Recently, multiple new follow-finders tools have been launched. I take a look at each of them, as well as some historic context.

News outlets, Twitter, and the fediverse

Brown wet oakleaves
The news cycle is talking about NPR leaving Twitter. This is a good moment to look at a case study of Heise, a big German news outlet, and what joining Mastodon actually means in terms of numbers and engagement.

Last Quarter in the Fediverse, Q1 2023

birch trees
Lots has happened in the last three months regarding the fediverse. An extensive look and summary of the last quarter.

Sneak peak: the state of the fediverse Q1 2023

Young corn plants
A sneak peak at a new feature coming next week!

Documenting a point in time: Mastodon and fediverse naming discussion

Sunset on the beach
A snapshot in time of a debate about names: can you use Mastodon when you mean fediverse? And how should the community approach this debate?

Talking fediverse at FediForum

Mushrooms on the bark of a dead tree
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.

Local news on a global network

Fediverse report - The major theme of this week is news around technical infrastructure. Mastodon.social experiences a DDoS attack, Twitter shuts down free access to the API, Stanford is called on by the community to start their own Mastodon server, and new tools get released with some interesting implications on the capabilities of the fediverse.
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?

Mozfest and the fediverse

bubbles on the beach
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.