Making sense of Threads and regulation

The launch of Threads, with its promise of adding ActivityPub support in the future, is hotly debated. I take a look at 3 upcoming pieces of legislation, the DMA, DSA and the Canadian Online News Act, to see how this potentially impacts Threads decision to federate in the future.

Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 26

Threads has launched to massive interest. Mastodon grows it’s active users by 50% in a week. The Dutch government is in the process of launching a Mastodon server.

Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 25

Chaos at Reddit and Twitter have a direct impact on the fediverse. Growth at Lemmy and Kbin. The server database of kolektive.social gets seized by the FBI.

Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 24

An eventful week in the fediverse, filled with discourse and drama about Meta’s new microblogging platform. A summary of events and a separation of the different topics that were talked about. Beyond that, WeDistribute, a blog with a long history and legacy talking about decentralized social networks is back!

Lemmy and Kbin

The rapid rise of Lemmy and Kbin, dubbed the ‘threadiverse’, have altered the dynamic in the fediverse. A look at how this changes the structure and the dynamic of the fediverse at large.

Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 23

The growth of Lemmy and Kbin continues with the #redditmigration. Flickr is considering ActivityPub support, and new proposals to help people join the fediverse.

The Roundup – Episode 22

Meta gives more information about their upcoming microblogging service that uses ActivityPub. Linux creator Linus Torvald yells at a far-right user, and the resulting discussion leads to Mozilla potentially committing engineers to help build better blocking systems. PixelFed has many updates, including Instagram Import.

The Fediverse Report

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