Fediverse Report

The Fediverse Report is a curated blog, giving you links and context to all the news that is happening in the fediverse.

Every week you get 'Last Week in the Fediverse', with a summary of the relevant news of the week.

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2024-07-14 15:51:55

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Fediverse Report will be off for the next two weeks, I'm taking a vacation break. I'll not be actively reading feeds and keeping track of what's happening, so if you feel that there is something I should see when I get back, feel free to tag me in the meantime.
Thanks!

2024-07-12 14:52:02

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extra fun fact: the announcement post made by the government is natively available in the fediverse via their Wordpress ActivityPub connection!
You can see for yourself:
https://mastodon.social/@digitaleoverheid.nl@www.digitaleoverheid.nl/112772786233619445

2024-07-12 14:51:25

Dutch government announces that they'll make Mastodon available to all layers of the entire Dutch government, as a shared service of the government, starting in 2025!
The Mastodon pilot of the government celebrates their 1-year anniversary today, and as part of the evaluation they stated the Mastodon pilot "strengthens digital autonomy and [creates] a safe and reliable information supply".
Announcement (in Dutch): https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/1-jarig-mastodon-overheid-blikt-terug-en-vooruit/

2024-07-12 14:40:52

The Dutch government celebrates 1 year of their Mastodon Project!
As part of their 1-year pilot evaluation, they announced that they strive towards offering Mastodon to all Dutch government agencies, starting in 2025. This includes all layers of the Dutch government (state, provincial, municipality), as a "shared service of the government".
Announcement in Dutch: https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/1-jarig-mastodon-overheid-blikt-terug-en-vooruit/

2024-07-04 18:37:59

Last Month in #Bluesky - June 2024
all the news that happened this month:
- 2 major labelers, Aegis and Taurus quit
- easier onboarding for Bluesky with starter packs
- new platforms starting to appear in the ATmosphere beyond microblogging
read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-may-2024/

2024-06-30 16:52:53

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 75
This week's news:
- #Threads expands their fediverse connection
- Bandwagon is a new platform for musicians on the fediverse that has entered early testing
- @npub1py2…s9cm interviews Ghost's John O'Nolan
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-75/

2024-06-24 11:09:45

Framing online Discourse as a war that has to be won instead of a productive conversation is not new, but this article has some of the most clear and explicit examples of it that I've seen
https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/arguments-are-soldiers

2024-06-23 15:18:35

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 74
This weeks' news:
- More updates by Ghost on their work on implementing #ActivityPub
- Statistics shared by Mastodon show the power of an open API, and the incredible diverse ecosystem that it enables
- NLnet supports fediverse event planning software Gancio with a new grant
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-74/

2024-06-09 13:10:09

No newsletter this week, as I gotta listen to Justice and Slowdive at a festival this weekend. Back next week! In the meantime you can check out Last Month in Bluesky I wrote this week: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-may-2024/

2024-06-05 16:15:43

New: Last Month in #bluesky
The news:
- Jack Dorsey has left the board of Bluesky
- DMs have arrived on, in a basic implementation so far
- New roadmaps for the app and the protocol
- The timeline for applying #atproto to formal standards body is pushed back until more independent active projrects have been build
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-may-2024/

2024-05-30 17:00:53

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Neynar announces today that they have raised 11M USD to build a technology stack for social protocols; in their case #Farcaster
Neynar is a development platform for Farcaster. It helps devs build clients, bots, Hubs (relays), as well as provide easy APIs that allow other products to easily add things like 'sign in with Farcaster'.
https://neynar.com/blog/series-a-fundraise-announcement

2024-05-30 12:53:12

I'll be the moderator for the session on "What's neXt? From Mastodon via ActivityPub to the Fediverse or Social Web" on the PublicSpaces conference next week in Amsterdam!
Come check it out and join the conversation!
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https://social.publicspaces.net/@publicspaces/112529943297959269

2024-05-29 14:05:08

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Torment Nexus on the blockchain
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/524/755/365/258/130/original/a03d28a5a177d143.png

2024-05-29 14:03:48

New: What is Farcaster, and why did a16z value it at 1 billion dollar?
#Farcaster is a decentralised social network that has seen significant growth recently, with currently around 80k daily active users. The network has strong ties with crypto and Ethereum. They got an investment of $150M recently by (among others) a16z.
I take a closer look at how Farcaster works, and why some crypto VCs think its worth a billion dollars.
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/what-is-farcaster-and-why-did-it-raise-150m-usd/

2024-05-21 14:43:32

Correction: the original version stated that the Mostr.pub bridge was used for a spam wave on Bluesky. This is incorrect, a different bridge between Nostr and the fediverse, momostr.pink, was used. Mostr.pub creator Alex Gleason explains that the Mostr.pub bridge has anti-spam filtering that would have prevented such as spam attack.
https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/112468656710956489

2024-05-19 16:18:28

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 69
It's this weeks news, with:
- Celebrating the 16th birthday of the fediverse
- European Commission sets up their own Mastodon server after the previous fediverse pilot by the EDPS has ended.
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-69/

2024-05-16 17:41:19

New: Video, audio and blogging: Japanese #Bluesky is building in the ATmosphere
I take a look at 3 new products build on #atproto
Blogging with whtwnd.com
Video with bluemotion.app
Audio spaces with bluecast.app
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/video-audio-and-blogging-japanese-bluesky-is-building-in-the-atmosphere/

2024-05-12 16:52:27

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 68
This week's news:
- Significant interest and use of the bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky, even though it is still in active development
- Ghost gives a first glimpse at their #ActivityPub powered reading app
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-68/

2024-05-02 16:03:51

New: Last Month in #Bluesky - April 2024
Last months news:
- Brazilian president Lula joins Bluesky, and a Portugese community with it
- Skygaze shuts down the popular For You algorithmic feed
- #atproto grant recipients announced
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-april-2024/

2024-04-22 15:14:42

@npub13d7…6dpp Hey! I'm Laurens, author of a weekly newsletter about the fediverse. Excited to hear you are working together with Ghost on adding ActivityPub. Would love to have a short chat or email you some more questions about this, are you available for this? Thanks! -Laurens

2024-04-04 13:45:48

New: Last Month in Bluesky - March 24
- Stackable moderation is live, and people can subscribe now to third-party labelers
- Blogging comes to the ATmosphere with WhiteWind, allowing anyone with a Bsky account to blog
- More information on how Bluesky plans to make money
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-march-24/

2024-03-24 17:16:37

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 61
A busy newsweek in the fediverse:
- Threads has joined the fediverse in an open beta, allowing people from US, Canada and Japan to opt-in to having their Threads post be visible in the fediverse
- @npub1r0x…nrzq happened this week, with a ton of great demos, a large variety of sessions, and multiple calls and initiatives for more collaboration across the fediverse
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-61/

2024-02-22 18:48:02

Bluesky has announced that today they have started with federation, allowing anyone to host their own data on the #bluesky network.
In a blog post they announced that anyone can now host their own PDS, framing it as a way to control your own data, and also explaining how it differs from Mastodon.
Bluesky describes it as an 'early access of federation for self-hosters'.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web

2024-01-14 17:33:47

New: Last Week in Fediverse - ep 51
In this week's news:
- WordPress ActivityPub plugin gets updated to v2.0
- Bluesky hits 3m accounts, invites going away soon
- Podcasting news (including WeDistribute launching a new podcast!)
- And a whole load of other news items, bridges, more information on Thread's roadmap, updates to ActivityPods, and more!
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-51/