Trends in fediverse structure

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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.

Transit alerts are in the news

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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

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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 15

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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!

A next generation of follow-finders

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People have been building different tools to help find interesting accounts to follow for a while now. Recently, multiple new follow-finders tools have been launched. I take a look at each of them, as well as some historic context.

The Roundup – episode 14

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11 million Mastodon accounts, the first Fediverse Developer Network meeting, lots of talk about news organisations that should join the fediverse, and much more!