Last Week in Fediverse – episode 37
Mark Zuckerberg talks about Threads, with implications for the fediverse. Fediseer is a new take on sharing information about server blocks. Tying some trends about Germans and social networks together.
Mark Zuckerberg on Threads and ActivityPub
Mark Zuckerberg recently gave an interview with The Verge, in which he made a variety of comments on Threads and ActivityPub. In this article I take a look at what this says about his vision on Threads, the fediverse, and more.
Last Week in Fediverse – episode 36
Interesting discussions at FediForum, search has arrived with Mastodon 4.2, new tools for safety on the fediverse.
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 Month in Bluesky – August 23
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.
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.