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

Old town houses in Brugge
A major spam wave hits the fediverse. Bluesky opens up the network to federation.
Snapshot from Brussels
Drama about a bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky. The BBC extends their Mastodon trial. Flipboard expands their fediverse integration.
Blue skies of Schiermonnikoog
Bluesky drops the invite codes, and is massively popular in Japan.
Buttercup flowes in a meadow
NodeBB on how they think about federating forums, a Lemmy AMA, a variety of smaller ActivityPub projects, and much more!
birch trees
The Lemmy developers hosted an AMA, and I take a look at some of the comments that stood out to me.
bark of an old douglas tree
Updates on Bonfire, Threads adds quote posting, with implications for ActivityPub, and much more.
Snapshot from Brussels
Owncast releases an app, after many struggles with Apple, Dutch government urges Threads to implement federation, and more.
An look at all the components that make up the Bluesky network and the AT Protocol.
The polish abstract series
Podcasting news. Updates to the WordPress plugin. Bluesky has over 3m accounts and the invite system will go away soon.