Defederation
The fediverse used to have a culture of seeing defederation as a tool to deal with unwanted situations around search and spam. New developments have changed that calculus. At the same time, Bluesky’s ATproto and Meta’s new microblogging platform raise new questions regarding (de)federation.
The roundup – episode 18
The fediverse loves Eurovision, a chaos era for social networks, Calckey news, and more!
Trends in fediverse structure
Below the surface, structural changes are happening in the fediverse. Advocacy for publically owned digital spaces has long term implications for the fediverse. Meanwhile, Mastodon is entering a new phase in it’s life as an organisation, and facing new competition.
The Roundup – episode 17
A crypto spam wave, Blue skies, and so much more news is happening.
Transit alerts are in the news
Large news outlets like CNN and The Verge have been talking a lot about transit notifications not being available on Twitter anymore. I take a deeper look at what is happening with transit from the perspective of the fediverse, and talk to a developer who has build a notification system for it.
Fediverse 201: Owncast
Owncast is a selfhosted streaming service that connects to the fediverse. I take a look at how this works, and talk with the creator Gabe Kangas.
The Roundup – episode 16
Bridges between Bluesky and the fediverse, new tools, admin drama, interviews, and so much more!
The Roundup – episode 15
Tons on news this week! ActivityPub gets a major spotlight, Misskey is rapidly growing, Flipboard is expanding further into the fediverse, and so much more!
The Roundup – episode 14
11 million Mastodon accounts, the first Fediverse Developer Network meeting, lots of talk about news organisations that should join the fediverse, and much more!
Last Quarter in the Fediverse, Q1 2023
Lots has happened in the last three months regarding the fediverse. An extensive look and summary of the last quarter.