FediForum September 2023
Fediforum is a virtual unconference about the fediverse that saw the second edition this week. It showcased many demos, and interesting sessions. But to really move forward, the major projects need to be present as well.
Last Week in Fediverse – episode 35
The Swiss government joins the fediverse. How to organise the groups that are responsible for ActivityPub. Governance and Lemmy.
Last Week in Fediverse – episode 34
Postmarks is a new fediverse service, with social bookmarking. Switzerland is eyeing their own Mastodon server.
Last Week in Fediverse – episode 33
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.
Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 32
Search is actually happening in Mastodon. More conversations around Lemmy and defederation. Gitlab plans to join the fediverse.
The multiple meanings of fediverse
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.
Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 30
Search is coming to Mastodon soon. An AMA with the Lemmy developers. Misskey grows and incorporates.
Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 29
The BBC sets up their own Mastodon server. A W3C meeting about CSAM and Mastodon. Mastodon on your watch?
Last Week in the Fediverse – Episode 28
Stanford releases a report on CSAM on Mastodon. An extensive research on why some Bluesky users have stopped using Mastodon. Calckey rebrands with new forks.
Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 27
The feverish news regarding the launch of Threads the previous week has died down somewhat. The Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server. Lemmy experiences a critical vulnerability. And some mixed messages regarding Tumblr adding ActivityPub support at some point in the future.