Newsmast and news curation in the fediverse
Newsmast, a social network committed to thoughtful knowledge sharing and curated communities, has emerged as a notable project within the fediverse. It is backed by the UK Newsmast Foundation Charity, which has set itself as a mission to change social media for the better. I spoke with Michael Foster, co-founder of Newsmast, and Freddie Johnson, […]
A Mammoth of an update
Mastodon app Mammoth has released a major update, focusing on ease of use and curated content.
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 45
Mastodon aims to tackle problems with reply culture. Flipboard takes the next steps towards the social web. Nivenly updates on the projects they support.
Mastodon reply culture
Mastodon has a reputation for a harboring a culture of ‘reply guys’. There is a culture of high engagement and reactions on people’s posts, which further alleviates the level and amount of replies that are annoying, irritating or demeaning. The account Mastodon Migration recently collected some posts by large accounts that all experience this issue, […]
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 44
Framasoft starts talking about the upcoming features for PeerTube, as well as next year’s plans. German newspaper Zeit interviews Eugen Rochko. Fediverse safety.
Last Week in Fediverse – episode 39
Free wordpress.com accounts can now connect to the fediverse. Questions about server ownership. A new update on the Twittermigration.
Last Week in Fediverse – episode 38
An update to the last month over at Bluesky. Mastodon releases their annual report.
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.
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.