The Fediverse report

For all the relevant news on the Fediverse

Connected Places is the new source that helps you better understand the new social web. It is a rebrand of the Fediverse Report website, to make it clearer that connected places is the place to go for news and analysis about the open social web, the fediverse, the ATmosphere and a variety of other online spaces that form part of this connected web of social platforms.

Publishing under the new name of Connected Places communicates more clearly that the focus is more than strictly just the fediverse. I will not publish new articles on this site anymore; now it is in fact an archive site.

But nothing really changes except the name plus a new website. Plus a more broader view on the new social web.

Latest news

Jack Dorsey leaves the board of Bluesky, DMs have arrived, and much more.
carriage on the shunting yard of the Baasrode station in Belgium
IFTAS launches a moderator community with IFTAS Connect. Canadian House of Commons is presented with a petition to work with open and federated social media.
carriage on the shunting yard of the Baasrode station in Belgium
A report on how The Verge and 404 Media are preparing to add federation to their sites. A single feed for Nostr and Mastodon with Openvibe. A 10k USD seed funding for building DeviantArt on top of ActivityPub.
Clouds and a blue sky
Three new products for the ATmosphere by Japanese developers: Video platform Bluemotion, Blogging with WhiteWind, and audio spaces with Bluecast.
Railway station Dendermonde
An update on fediverse and Bluesky bridges, Ghost shares info on their new ActivityPub reader app, and more.
Railway station Dendermonde
Bridge to Bluesky silently launches to significant interest. New features for PeerTube. Increased federation between the forums, WordPress and Lemmy.
Clouds and a blue sky
Brazilian president Lula joins Bluesky. Skygaze shuts down the most popular custom feed, 'For You'. Second batch of ATproto grant recipients announced.
Railway station Dendermonde
The EU pilot for the fediverse comes to an end, but the European Commission will stay on the fediverse; Ghost announces that they will support ActivityPub and build a fediverse news reading client, and Mastodon creates a U.S.-based non-profit.