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

The polish abstract series
The Swiss government joins the fediverse. How to organise the groups that are responsible for ActivityPub. Governance and Lemmy.
The polish abstract series
Postmarks is a new fediverse service, with social bookmarking. Switzerland is eyeing their own Mastodon server.
The polish abstract series
Lemmy is being attacked with CSAM, raising questions about the tools that moderators need. Social network Minds joins the fediverse. Stories is shipping to mobile on Pixelfed.
Waves on the North Sea
Tools like Clearsky allow you to find out who blocks you. New custom feeds in Bluesky. Spam networks are slowly being formed in the background.
The polish abstract series
Search is actually happening in Mastodon. More conversations around Lemmy and defederation. Gitlab plans to join the fediverse.
The polish abstract series
The term fediverse can mean multiple different things, with different boundaries of the network, depending on your frame and perspective. In this piece I take a look at the fediverse as a community, as an implementation of the ActivityPub protocol, and as an interoperable social network.
The polish abstract series
Defederation drama on Lemmy. Tragic news about Kris NĂ³va. Can you build a Mastodon server for 500 million people?
The polish abstract series
The NLnet foundation has played a significant role in the fediverse, with their financial support for most major projects. In this piece I meet some of the people behind NLnet, and get to know the foundation.
The polish abstract series
Search is coming to Mastodon soon. An AMA with the Lemmy developers. Misskey grows and incorporates.
The polish abstract series
Misskey and the Japanese side of the fediverse continue to grow and be its own thing. An update on Misskey incorporating, and misskey.io restricting signups to Japan.