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My reflections on the recent atproto atmosphereconf On how the ...

2026-04-03T17:24:53Z

My reflections on the recent atproto atmosphereconf

On how the atmosphere can be understood as a subculture, what the holdfast is, and what We Can Just Do Things means

https://connectedplaces.online/reflections-on-atmosphereconf/

new from me: What is the purpose of protocols? ...

2026-03-18T16:54:45Z

new from me: What is the purpose of protocols?

https://connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-of-protocols/

FR#157 – Social Software Distribution on how @npub168y…upza, ...

2026-03-12T17:24:04Z

FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

on how AltStore (npub168y…upza), Tangled and npmx.dev are using open social networking protocols to build, distribute, and discover software, and how the most important part is not the code but the community building part

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr157-social-software-distribution/

new from me: FR#156 - Share Where? on @npub163h…mv0n 's new ...

2026-03-05T18:34:00Z

new from me: FR#156 - Share Where?

on Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) 's new Share button, the Mastodon API and protocol ownership

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr156-share-where/

FR#155 - Where Does Community Live - updates a whole bunch of ...

2026-02-27T17:59:35Z

FR#155 - Where Does Community Live - updates

a whole bunch of news from across the fediverse and the atmosphere, from the launch of toot.wales own app to the new Dutch ministers posting on Mastodon, to this week's FediMTL conference in Montreal

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr155-where-does-community-live-updates/

new from me: FR#154 - Search and Community @npub1akm…wns5 shut ...

2026-02-20T17:56:42Z

new from me: FR#154 - Search and Community

Holos Social (npub1akm…wns5) shut down their fediverse search engine, over concerns that some users have the flag for being indexable turned on without consciously enabling it.

If the consent flag Holos relied on frequently doesn't represent consent, that's a problem, because Mastodon's FASP project relies on the same.

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr154-search-and-community/

new from me - Where Does Community Live? A deep dive into how ...

2026-02-18T18:04:11Z

new from me - Where Does Community Live?

A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

new from me: FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look ...

2026-02-13T16:20:36Z

new from me: FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like?

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr153-what-does-a-discord-replacement-look-like/

new from me: FR#152 - The DSA Needs Big Tech The panel at FOSDEM ...

2026-02-07T18:10:49Z

new from me: FR#152 - The DSA Needs Big Tech

The panel at FOSDEM with Alexandra Geese (npub12wd…aatc) and Felix Hlatky (npub10gc…0m2k) about the DSA and the fediverse showed a deep structural tension: the DSA's power depends on Big Tech platforms existing, and the fediverse is a network specifically designed they won't

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr152-the-dsa-needs-big-tech/

new from me: Musk buying Twitter has strongly impacted the ...

2026-01-29T18:22:30Z

new from me: Musk buying Twitter has strongly impacted the cultures of the atmosphere and the fediverse. What impact will TikTok's new US ownership have on the open social web?

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr151-tiktok-wont-be-another-twitter/

New from me: FR#150 - On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm ...

2026-01-23T16:57:33Z

New from me: FR#150 - On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm

Bluesky has verified the account of ICE, which was a step too far for many in the fediverse, wanting to disconnect from the bridge between the networks

The presence itself of ICE on Bluesky is a form of harm, and Bluesky is not well equipped to deal with this new challenge. Making things worse, their verification system is set up to delegate responsibility, but instead they made no use of it

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr150-on-ice-verification-and-presence-as-harm/

#ActivityPub is getting its first formal update path since 2018. ...

2026-01-16T16:33:50Z

#ActivityPub is getting its first formal update path since 2018. I wrote about why this matters, how this leads to some strange and funny power dynamics, and about who actually participate

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

New from me: X is A Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem ...

2026-01-09T15:15:15Z

New from me: X is A Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/a-power-problem-not-a-platform-problem/

final post of the year about bluesky and atproto, with some ...

2025-12-23T16:01:42Z

final post of the year about bluesky and atproto, with some thoughts on what im expecting for 2026

https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3mao4mpv35c22

Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news: Threads ...

2025-12-19T18:07:18Z

Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news:

Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he "has always believed in this stuff", might not be so strong after all

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-147/

Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news - ...

2025-12-12T17:19:43Z

Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news

- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions
- Moved to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe (npub1lzd…urpr) reaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people
- PieFed continues to improve, with an upcoming question-answer mode and better handling of links

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-146/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088 a long ...

2025-12-11T14:41:02Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088

a long analysis and response to Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n)'s call for digital sovereignty. How open social protocols provide the European Commission with an opportunity for digital sovereignty, but that this opportunity also comes with a loss of power, shifting their position from network regulator to one-among-equals

https://connectedplaces.online/the-digital-services-act-and-theories-of-power/

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Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news: - ...

2025-12-05T14:51:41Z

Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news:

- HOLOS (npub1nx9…dz8r) is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-145/

New: ATmosphere Report 145, with collections of links to ...

2025-12-03T16:01:21Z

New: ATmosphere Report 145, with collections of links to interesting #atproto stuff for November

This time, all the links are on-protocol, as a Semble.so collection, with a custom page that also shows you comments on Leaflet and posts on Bluesky

https://traverse.connectedplaces.online/

Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news: ...

2025-11-28T16:40:28Z

Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news:

Newsmast Foundation (npub142g…kmy5) launches news app for the Bristol Cable that combines local news with fediverse integrated news feeds, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR

https://connectedplaces.online/fediverse-report-144/

this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with: how Eurosky helped show ...

2025-11-26T16:19:08Z

this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with:

how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky,
Bluesky doing dev grants,
and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform

https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3m6kaze4y3s2i

The main news of the week is that @npub1vl7…f6g0 is stepping ...

2025-11-21T18:42:27Z

The main news of the week is that Eugen Rochko (npub1vl7…f6g0) is stepping down as Mastodon CEO, with Felix Hlatky (npub10gc…0m2k) taking over the role, and this week's newsletter is a reflection on the change.

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-143/

Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool ...

2025-11-20T16:39:52Z

Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power

https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news - ...

2025-11-07T17:45:54Z

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news

- Moved to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe (npub1lzd…urpr) finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) has officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse
- Mo-Me is a new fediverse client from Newsmast Foundation (npub142g…kmy5) and the Media Revolution campaign

Read at:
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-141-2/

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news Mastodon ...

2025-10-31T15:46:14Z

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news

Mastodon is working towards making one of the longstanding pain points of the fediverse a thing of the past, with the new ability to show all replies to a post. Bonfire is making strides with their Open Science Network platform, and Ghost is now the most popular server software on the fediverse.

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-141/

for this week's atproto news I'm comparing todays Dutch ...

2025-10-30T16:31:41Z

for this week's atproto news I'm comparing todays Dutch election result with how active the politicians are on Bluesky

and in other news:
- GreenEarth is building personalised algos on atproto, with 300k in funding
- more interop between publishing platforms
- polls on leaflet

https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m4gf4sxrus2x

There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. ...

2025-10-29T17:47:25Z

There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.

https://connectedplaces.online/on-the-coordination-for-better-moderation-systems/

Fediverse Report 138 - this week's #fediverse news - a closer ...

2025-10-14T16:40:24Z

Fediverse Report 138 - this week's #fediverse news

- a closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, which connects to both #activitypub and #atproto. Their latest update allows people to migrate their #bluesky account to wafrn, joining the fediverse while staying connected to their bluesky network
- loops (npub1wa2…zalq) is getting closer to joining the fediverse

Read at: https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-138/

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note1a4n…xh7q

**Fediverse Report – #138**##

The NewsWeDistribute has [published an extensive overview](https://wedistribute.org/2025/10/wafrn-chaotic-good/ ) and review of [Wafrn](https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard ), the Tumblr-like platform that is both on the fediverse as well as on ATProto. Wafrn is a unique platform in the open social web, and it is the first and only platform that fully integrates both protocols. The name Wafrn explains the tone of the project well: it stands for ‘We Allow Female Representing Nipples’, which is a reference to the language Tumblr used when they banned porn. Because Wafrn natively integrates both protocols, there is no bridging involved like there is with Bridgy Fed, and a Wafrn account connects with all accounts on both networks, although the ATProto features are somewhat limited and not all implemented. Wafrn also recently released a new feature to [migrate your Bluesky account](https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/61a60b96-2937-49fd-811c-60c923d8b18b ) to a Wafrn server. This gives another option for people who are looking to move away from Bluesky and are interested in the fediverse, without having to give up their connection to the rest of the Bluesky network.

Short-form video platform Loops has [announced](https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-joins-the-fediverse/ ) it is joining the fediverse. In an announcement post, creator Daniel Supernault explains that Loops has now implemented support for ActivityPub. The [marketing](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks ) on Loops and the fediverse was always a bit fuzzy, while it was advertised as a fediverse platform, the actual fediverse integration was still in development. With this update, Loops is now using ActivityPub. However, this does not go for the main Loops server, Loops.video, just yet, as Supernault [says](https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115372103940864789 ) that he is “working on an updated app build that supports the new APIs and other servers besides just the hardcoded loops.video server!” Supernault [says](https://loops.video/ ) that this will happen ‘this week’, although the project has missed deadlines before. Still, for those people who are self-hosting a Loops server, the code for federation is now indeed available.

In the update, Supernault also talks about some of the technical design choices that he’s made for federation with Loops. Loops servers use the ‘Note’ content type to send out the videos. This means that a Loops video is effectively quite similar to a microblog made on a platform like Mastodon or Misskey, which also use the ‘Note’ type. Most platforms indeed use ‘Note’, as this allows for compatibility with Mastodon. ActivityPub allows for a wide variety of content types (called Activities, which is where the protocol gets its name from), but in practice most platforms fall back to ‘Note’, even when other types (like ‘video’ for Loops) would make more sense. It indicates one of the challenges of the open-ended nature of how ActivityPub works: the protocol allows for a diverse set of Activities, but in practice it is more beneficial for most platforms to fall back to a single type, that all other platforms also use.

[An excellent overview of last week’s FediForum](https://thenewstack.io/everything-big-starts-small-building-open-social-web-apps/ ) by Richard MacManus for The New Stack. MacManus covers the keynote speech, as well as some of the products that were demoed at the event: alternative app store AltStore, how you can now move your Mastodon account to Bluesky with Bounce, as well as two platforms currently in development that are getting close to release: the privacy-focused photo sharing app Frequency, and the monetisation platform CrowdBucks.

Pandacap is a single-user artwork gallery and feed reading platform, that supports a wide range of protocols. It supports ActivityPub, ATProto, RSS. It also has the option to crosspost your image posts and text posts to attached DeviantArt, Fur Affinity, or Weasyl accounts. Pandacap does not have a timeline like most platform, instead opting for a design that centers around an inbox, similar to feed reading apps for RSS. Pandacap has been around for a bit, but I had completely missed it and don’t think I had ever covered it before.

PeerTube is now [officially](https://framapiaf.org/@peertube/115366743864181446 ) recognised as a [Digital Public Good](https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/peertube ). A digital public good recognized by the Digital Public Goods Alliance is an open-source resource that uses approved open licenses and demonstrably supports at least one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). For PeerTube this means that it contributes to SDG 9, which aims to “significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries. PeerTube also contributes to the SDG for developing “effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels” and ensuring “responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.”

Fedify, the ActivityPub server framework that [secured two sources of funding last week](https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-137/ ), has a major new [update](https://hollo.social/@fedify/0199e1ef-5007-7465-b784-de987439f98c ), with security enhancements, improved DX, and expanded framework support.

An [extensive interview](https://www.projets-libres.org/en/podcast-en/open-source-publishers-mobilizon-sharing-the-events-of-its-communities-in-the-fediverse/ ) with the creators of event planning app Mobilizon. Mobilizon got created by Framasoft, the organisation who also builds PeerTube. Framasoft saw the project as completed, and handed the further development over to Kaihuri, a small French organisation who also runs one of the most active Mobilizon instances. The Project Libres podcast interviews Alexandra, one of the two people behind Kaihuri, in French, but a transcript in English is available. ##

The Links
https://mitra.social/post/0199cfeb-216a-fe8c-33b9-014862b4405a">This week’s fediverse software updates.
https://video.fedihost.co/w/gt2QJzod4UKHQ8Z9jb3USB">The Solo Instance Problem – a PeerTube video by FediHost in which they talk about some of the challenges for self-hosting a solo instance for the fediverse.
The Social Web Foundation https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/10/interview-with-john-onolan-about-ghost-6/">talks with Ghost CEO John O’Nolan about Ghost 6 and ActivityPub.
https://discoverfedi.app/">DiscoverFedi.app is a new site that lets you explore other instance’s timelines in various manners, with an https://mkultra.monster/social-media/2025/10/13/discover-fedi/">accompanying blog post explaining the project.
#nlnet

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-138/

Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news - ...

2025-10-09T14:36:55Z

Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news

- AltStore (npub168y…upza) joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) is getting Starter Packs, with more details on the design, soliciting feedback
- A New Social (npub13rs…s8u8) announced a new version for Bounce, which allows you to transfer your account from the fediverse to #bluesky

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-137/

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**Fediverse Report – #137**##

The NewsAltStore, an alternative app store for iOS, is [joining](https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/ ) the fediverse. The store launched early last year as an alternative to Apple’s own App Store, thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act. AltStore has been growing over the last year, and is now taking the next steps. AltStore is now connecting to the fediverse via their own Mastodon server. The integration that AltStore has build consists of every app on the store automatically also becoming a fediverse account, hosted on their [AltStore Mastodon server.](https://explore.alt.store/about ) They explain: “Using ActivityPub, we plan to federate apps, app updates, and news alerts from AltStore to the open social web. Each AltStore source will receive its own ActivityPub account, which can then be followed by any other open social web account. You’ll be able to like, boost, and reply to everything, and most importantly all these interactions will appear natively in AltStore.” For now, they are using the microblogging format (ActivityPub ‘Notes’), but AltStore plans to publish new native ActivityPub objects specifically for software releases, that can be used by other fediverse app market places.

The organisation also has raised 6M USD in VC funding for further development. They believe that the long-term success of the AltStore is tied closely to the success of the open social web, and they are donation 500k USD to various fediverse projects. AltStore is donating 300k USD to Mastodon, and the other 200k USD is split across various fediverse projects: the bridging software Bridgy Fed (which AltStore uses to also connect their store to Bluesky), the fediverse clients Ivory, Phoenix and Tapestry, the mastodon server mstn.social (as operator Stux is also a regular publisher to the AltStore), and the platforms Akkoma, PeerTube and Bookwyrm, as well as the Fedify ActivityPub software framework.

Recently I [wrote](https://connectedplaces.online/blueskyism-political-violence-and-open-social-networks-under-authoritarianism/ ) about how the app stores are the most likely choke point that authoritarian governments will use to apply pressure to force open social web platforms into compliance. Alternative ways of distributing apps that fall outside of the control of two Big Tech platforms is a crucial part of keeping the open social web open. AltStore connecting their marketplace to the fediverse is a great step into taking back control from these two gatekeepers, although much more work remains to be done. Over on ATProto people are also experimenting with distributing apps and software packages via the protocol, and the space of app distribution via open protocols is primed for more experimentation and projects.

Mastodon has shared more [information](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/ ) on their upcoming plans to introduce ‘Packs’ to Mastodon. The design is based on Bluesky’s Starter Packs, which is a list of accounts you can create and share for other people to easily follow. Mastodon is taking a careful approach to designing the feature, and is actively soliciting feedback from the community. The main change that Mastodon is making is in giving people control over if and when they can appear in a Pack, as well as giving people the ability to easily remove their account from a Pack if they so desire.

One of the pain points for Starter Packs on Bluesky is that people got included on Starter Packs with no easy way to remove them from the list. When the Starter Pack got popular, that resulted in an account getting lots of new followers, but in a way that collapsed the context of the account, resulting in conflict. One of the [challenge](https://bsky.app/profile/old.ruffruff.party/post/3m2mlrosqf22r ) points with Starter Packs is that the identity of an account does not always match with what they are actually posting about. For example, if someone has a PhD in philosophy and sometimes posts about that, they might get added to a philosophy Starter Pack. But in practice they might mostly post about US politics, or reposts anime, which creates a mismatch in expectation and friction between the original account and the new follower from a Starter Pack.

Bluesky’s Starter Pack have gotten a lot of praise for their effectiveness in onboarding entire communities at the same time during migration waves, when entire communities move from one platform to another all at once. This seems to be one of the major reasons for Mastodon to also adopt a similar feature with Packs. But for Bluesky, the feature has turned out to be a mixed bag, with the developer who created Starter Packs being decidedly [mixed](https://bsky.app/profile/hailey.at/post/3m2mldbsmys2t ) on the feature herself. She [says](https://bsky.app/profile/hailey.at/post/3m2mlvt4jtc2c ) that Starter Packs are indeed highly valuable during migration waves, but that in other times they are susceptible to abuse for engagement-hacking, as well as the context collapse earlier. Mastodon is taking a careful approach with their Pack feature, and they are [actively engaging](https://bsky.app/profile/jenson.org/post/3m2ntqrfm7k2j ) with the learnings from Bluesky, so it’ll be interesting to see how the feature will turn out in Mastodon.

You can soon [transfer](https://blog.anew.social/bounce-mastodon-to-bluesky/ ) your social graph from Mastodon to Bluesky, with the new version of Bounce. [Bounce](https://bounce.anew.social/ ) is a tool by A New Social, the organisation behind the bridging software that connects various open social web protocol. With Bounce, you can move your account from one social networking protocol to another. The organisation [earlier released a version](https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/ ) which allows you to port your Bluesky account to the fediverse. With the new update, which will be available on October 20, you can now do the same in reverse: move from the fediverse to Bluesky.

The projects by A New Social, both Bounce and Bridgy Fed, represent an effort to give people more control over their own digital identity and social graph. Both ActivityPub and ATProto give people the option to move their account to a different platform on the same protocol. With tools like Bounce, this capability is enhanced even more, with the ability to move an account to a different protocol as well. For people more interested in moving from Bluesky to the fediverse, the tool [Slurp](https://github.com/VyrCossont/slurp?tab=readme-ov-file#downloading-and-importing-a-bluesky-archive ) now allows you to import your Bluesky posts into your fediverse account.

Fediverse podcasting platform Castopod now has a [repository](https://blog.castopod.org/official-castopod-plugin-repository/ ) for plugins for the platform. With [plugins](https://plugins.castopod.org/?page=1 ) people can customise their Castopod instance to their own needs. As anyone can create plugins, this allows for greater diversity in development of the software. Castopod also announced during this week’s Fediforum that there are now over [1000 podcasts](https://index.castopod.org/ ) using Castopod.

A pro-Russian propaganda network has [targeted](https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/ ) the fediverse and Bluesky, “promoting pro-Russian narratives and linking to Telegram channels associated with known state-aligned disinformation operations”, IFTAS reports. Their findings are based on the work of the [antibot4navalny research team](https://bsky.app/profile/antibot4navalny.bsky.social/post/3m22256476k25 ), which notes that the campaign makes use of the Bridgy Fed to get their accounts that impersonate news organisations into Bluesky.

The ActivityPub framework Fedify has gotten a [192K EUR grant](https://hollo.social/@fedify/0199a579-adb3-7bf5-a8ea-970c8fa91f09 ) by the Sovereign Tech Fund to further strenghten the ecosystem. The grant will be used for further development of the framework. Fedify is already in use by Ghost, and is also supported by Ghost.

Mastodon is [soliciting](https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115328251385808942 ) feedback for their new Terms of Service for their mastodon.social and mastodon.online servers. The organisation originally proposed a new ToS in June, but retracted those after criticism from the community. ##

The Links
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/getting-started-with-mastodons-quote-posts-technical-implementation-details-for-servers/">Getting started with Mastodon’s Quote Posts – technical implementation details for servers
https://lemmy.ml/post/37159433">Lemmy development update for September 2025.
https://openchannels.fm/how-decentralized-social-platforms-grew-from-identica-to-modern-day-mastodon/">How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon – a podcast interview with Evan Prodromou by WordPress-ActivityPub developer Matthias Pfefferle.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/trunk-tidbits-september-2025/">Trunks & Tidbits, Mastodon’s monthly engineering blog, for September 2025.
A new https://fediversobr.org/">forum for the Brazilian fediverse community.
#nlnet

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-137/

Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news - ...

2025-10-02T16:50:52Z

Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news

- Newsmast Foundation (npub1dad…y568) takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration
- a paper by tools for commensality 🧿 (npub1aq0…mq9f) on targeted harassment on Mastodon
- #ActivityPub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with interoperability
- WordPress blog posts now can be quote posted!

Read at: https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-136-2/

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note1u9c…t2ac

**Fediverse Report – #136**##

The News[Newsmast](https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/ ), the UK organisation that helps news organisations create their own social media places on the fediverse, has taken a new direction. In a [blog post](https://www.blog-pat.ch/building-apps-for-social-spaces/ ) founder Michael Foster describes how news organisations do not gel well with the original approach of either Mastodon servers or the channel.org communities. The finding of Newsmast is that this is too confusing and tech-centric for news organisations to really grasp. Instead, Newsmast is now going in the direction of apps, as “independent news publishers and campaigning organisations love the idea of having an app.” The product offering is that Newsmast creates a white-label of an app that uses their (fediverse-enabled) backend, which the news organisation can theme and customise to their needs. This gives news organisations an app, which is what they want and conceptually relate to, while also giving them a community that can connect to the wider open social web if they want to. Newsmast has already rolled out one of such apps, for the Media Revolution campaign. Foster says that they are about to start working with a UK-based Fediverse community for another such project, where the Newsmast white-label app will be used to create a customised app for the community.

A new [paper](https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644/6411 ) by [Christina Dunbar-Hester](https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/115255339883075174 ) about her experiences dealing with targeted harrassment on Mastodon, describing what some of the moderation practices in a decentralised system actually looks like. She writes: “As currently configured, Mastodon values noncentralization, but it stops short of rewriting power relations to encodeheterogeneity (Suchman, 2002). FLOSS universalism and FLOSS relations of domination pervade both the user base and many (certainly not all) “power users” who assume control of and take responsibility for many of the parts of the network through moderationand administration roles.” The entire paper is worth reading, Dunbar-Hester concludes: “a possibility for a more accountable decentralized social media network might *resemble* Mastodon, but prioritize intentional, self-organized choices about *equitable* online sociality that foreground social power”.

[ActivityPub Fuzzer](https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/10/01/introducing-the-asml-activitypub-fuzzer-improving-testing-in-the-fediverse/ ) is a new tool to help ActivityPub developers test their interoperability with other fediverse projects. Fuzzer is a program that runs locally, and emulates how other fediverse projects structure their messages. This allows a developer to test interoperability against a large array of fediverse platforms. The open nature of ActivityPub makes it so that interoperability between platforms is trickier than it might be assumed, with various platforms all having their slightly different interpretations of the protocol. Fuzzer is created by Darius Kazemi at the Applied Social Media Lab.

IFTAS, the Independent Federated Trust And Safety organisation has [announced](https://about.iftas.org/2025/09/29/sunsetting-iftas-connect/ ) they are shutting down the IFTAS Connect community at the end of the month. The IFTAS Connected community was a place for fediverse moderators to come together and have conversations about moderation, share resources and more. IFTAS also runs their yearly moderator [Needs Assessment survey](https://about.iftas.org/2025/08/11/the-2025-fediverse-needs-assessment-is-open-have-your-say/ ), and one of the consistent [findings](https://about.iftas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Fediverse-Trust-Safety-Needs-Assessment-Report-2024.pdf ) is that fediverse moderators often struggle with guidance, toolings and burnout. Such a community was meant as a place for moderators to connect with each other and help towards those issues. However, IFTAS found that after 18 months of operating the place, usage remained low. It indicates one of the persistent challenges for fediverse moderation: moderation is largely done by each server independently, with little cooperation between communities which have a lot in common. There is a large potential in the fediverse for collaboration between communities, but making this collaboration happen has proven to be challenging.

WordPress is continuing towards becoming a full fediverse platform with their ActivityPub plugin. The latest update of the plugin now [supports](https://activitypub.blog/2025/10/01/7-5-0-follow-the-feed-quote-the-lead/ ) following a ‘reader timeline’, showing all the posts of accounts you follow from your WordPress account. There is now also support for Mastodon’s new quote posting feature, allowing you to quote post the WordPress post from Mastodon.

Matthias Pfefferle, developer of the WordPress ActivityPub integration, also talked on his [podcast](https://notiz.blog/podcasts/exploring-wordpress-textcasting-and-open-web-standards/ ) to Dave Weiner, creator of the RSS standard, about WordPress, textcasting and open web standards.

Bandwagon, the fediverse platform for music sharing, discovery and sales, shares their [updates](https://bandwagon.fm/2025-september ) of the last few months, with various improvements to the platform across the board. Developer Ben Pate says that the next big priority is to add account migration. Elsewhere in fediverse music, a [blog post](https://nham.co.uk/2025/09/how-indie-video-killed-the-spotify-star/ ) on how to revive indie music videos on the fediverse.

A selection of [tools](https://lemmy.lvanrem.com/ ) for Lemmy, which gives you the option to view trends, threadiverse statistics, a leaderboard of most active users, stats on individual users, and more.

Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini has published an extensive [fediverse starter guide](https://news.elenarossini.com/my-fediverse-starter-guide/ ). The guide explains what the fediverse is ([via her excellent video](https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN )), the various types of software that are available, the values of the fediverse, and why it matters. It is these last two points I think are noteworthy: the fediverse is inherently a political project, and it is important to understand the values of the network as a context of why the network exists and why people care about it.##

The Links
https://mitra.social/post/019987c8-484d-f913-d511-5e8329f9741f">This week’s fediverse software updates.
A https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/09/26/mapping-bike-rides-part-iv/">blog post on how to map your bike rides using the fediverse https://wanderer.to/">wanderer.to platform.
A blog post reflecting on the https://destructured.net/labeling-politics-mastodon">Labeling politics on Mastodon.
The Fireside Fedi livestream had episodes talking about https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/hetrYEY5ZBYFNjKtdyEBhS?start=3s">ActivityPub, the W3C and more with Ben Goering, and with https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/osXBTapZ1ocYoyYwkXEzgi">Reiver about FediCon and CrowdBucks.
Utrecht University (shout-out to my alma mater) https://dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/directie-its-wil-dat-uuers-mastodon-gaan-gebruiken">wants their students to use Mastodon.
Fediverse advocate Chris Trottier is in the process of setting up a https://atomicpoet.org/objects/2289eb47-0f39-463d-a056-8568e12e70f3">PeerTube co-op.
#nlnet

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-136-2/

Fediverse Report 135 - This week's #fediverse news - ...

2025-09-23T16:22:38Z

Fediverse Report 135 - This week's #fediverse news

- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) launches paid hosting service for institutions
- Gaza Verified is a grassroots initiative to verify Palestinians on Mastodon who need aid, and who have recently completed a 22k USD fundraiser

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-135/

Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news - ...

2025-09-16T16:01:31Z

Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news

- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) shows their quote post implementation, coming next week
- A New Social (npub13rs…s8u8) 's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-134/

Fediverse Report 132 - this week's #fediverse news - Next ...

2025-09-02T15:39:08Z

Fediverse Report 132 - this week's #fediverse news

- Next Sosyal is a new social media platform with close ties to the Turkish ruling party, that is based on Mastodon but does not federate
- A shuffle in the places, forums and sites to talk about #activitypub, with new owners for forum SocialHub, the activitypub.rocks website now managed by the W3C SocialCG, and the new activitypub.space forum

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-132/

New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks ...

2025-08-27T17:52:09Z

New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks

SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the #fediverse and #ActivityPub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner?

https://connectedplaces.online/socialhub-and-the-substrate-of-decentralised-networks/

Fediverse Report #129 - this week's #fediverse news: - The ...

2025-08-12T17:08:10Z

Fediverse Report #129 - this week's #fediverse news:

- The SocialHub ActivityPub forum might shut down: the current admin is looking for another team to take over the operation, and it is currently unclear if this will happen
- Meta is likely scraping many fediverse servers, a leaked document alleges
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) is working on adding Starter Packs

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-129/

This week's #Bluesky and #atproto news: - 38M accounts on ...

2025-08-07T16:48:28Z

This week's #Bluesky and #atproto news:

- 38M accounts on Bluesky, with renewed discourse on a slowdown of the growth rate
- The Verge's Nilay Patel talks about how SB Nation's new social feed for sports will integrate with bluesky in the future

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/bluesky-report-128/

In other news: I've gotten funding from @npub1n8y…l96n to ...

2025-07-29T18:24:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…lu7p
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In other news: I've gotten funding from NLnet (npub1n8y…l96n) to write Fediverse Report for the next year! Huge thanks to NLnet for the support!

For more information, as well as what I'll be writing about this summer, check out:

https://connectedplaces.online/funding-update-and-summer-schedule/

Fediverse Report #127 Something different this week, where I take ...

2025-07-29T18:24:23Z

Fediverse Report #127

Something different this week, where I take an overview of all the clients in the fediverse ecosystem and which ones stand out to me. There are a huge amount of great clients and apps for the fediverse available, so I'm giving an overview of the clients I pay the most attention to.

Feel I missed some? I'd love to hear!

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-127/

Fediverse Report #126 - This week's #fediverse news: - Music ...

2025-07-22T17:46:55Z

Fediverse Report #126 - This week's #fediverse news:

- Music sharing platform Bandwagon adds the ability for artists to sell albums, create paid channels for exclusive content, and announces upcoming premium subscription tier for artists
- Bonfire (npub14rp…za3l) Social is getting close to release, and team already working on other features as well
- some good articles on what its like to be a moderator, and the impact of LLMs on small communities on the fediverse

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-126/

New: Fediverse Report #125 - This week's #fediverse news: - ...

2025-07-15T18:26:59Z

New: Fediverse Report #125 - This week's #fediverse news:

- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n)'s 4.4 update brings more customisation, as well as the option to set referral headers to show that people indeed click on links
- Continued uncertainty around the UK's Online Safety Act, with Mastodon.social saying they "are still aligning on a way forward for people in the UK"
- new features and updates for PieFed
- FediCon (npub1t20…l7dl) will be August 1-2 in Vancouver!

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-125/

🗞️ New essay Bluesky and Mastodon users have drastically ...

2025-07-14T16:55:22Z

🗞️ New essay

Bluesky and Mastodon users have drastically different perceptions to the UK's new age verification laws: either treating their platform is exactly the same as a Big Tech platform, or assuming their network is so different the laws dont apply

https://connectedplaces.online/age-verification-laws-are-the-new-social-networks-different-or-not-at-all/

This week's #Bluesky and #atproto news: - Bluesky as a ...

2025-07-03T17:11:48Z

This week's #Bluesky and #atproto news:

- Bluesky as a destination for sports and political campaigns
- What impact does Brazil's latest Supreme Court ruling has on Bluesky?
- New tool to connect your atproto account with your ethereum wallet

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/bluesky-report-123/

Fediverse Report #123 - this week's #fediverse news: - Tumblr ...

2025-07-01T18:29:32Z

Fediverse Report #123 - this week's #fediverse news:

- Tumblr will not migrate to WordPress, and resulting from that, will not be joining the fediverse after all
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) makes the release candidate for update 4.4 available, which among other features will display quote posts from other platforms
- new funding round from NLnet (npub1n8y…l96n) with grants for better event federation, #activitypub -based polls on WordPress, and for NodeBB and Funkwhale

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-123/

The weekly Fediverse Report doesnt disappear though, its just on ...

2025-06-24T18:42:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…pvc0
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The weekly Fediverse Report doesnt disappear though, its just on a different domain name. In fact, Fediverse Report #122 is right here!

This week's news:
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) announces and retracts a new ToS for their instances
- Threads moves their fediverse integration to a separate feed
- Wanderer is a new fediverse platform for sharing your hiking and biking trails

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-122/

Fediverse Report is now Connected Places! As the open social web ...

2025-06-24T18:41:56Z

Fediverse Report is now Connected Places!

As the open social web grows, my writing has expanded to cover the large variety of places within this connected network of platforms. Fundamentally I think the open social web are Connected Places. The platforms, instances and communities we're building are digital places, connected via open protocols.

This name changes better reflects what my writing is all about. To read more: https://connectedplaces.online/welcome-to-connected-places/

Fediverse Report - This week's fediverse news: - ...

2025-06-11T18:11:26Z

Fediverse Report - This week's fediverse news:

- FediForum (npub1cza…d6az) happened, with a ton of demos, sessions and keynotes
- Moved to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe (npub1lzd…urpr) gets close to a formal 1.0 release, and is already available for usage
- A New Social (npub13rs…s8u8) announces Bounce, a tool to migrate your social graph from #atproto to #activitypub
- shutdown of a lemmy server provides opportunity for piefedadmin (npub1hj4…533m)

and much more!

read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-120/

How we understand the new open social networks, like the ...

2025-06-09T18:41:08Z

How we understand the new open social networks, like the fediverse and the ATmosphere, is continually changing. With new tools like A New Social (npub13rs…s8u8) Bounce, which allows you to port your social graph between atproto and activitypub, it changes again

https://fediversereport.com/bounce-and-how-the-open-social-web-is-continually-changing/

Fediverse Report - This week's #fediverse news A quiet week ...

2025-06-03T18:37:42Z

Fediverse Report - This week's #fediverse news

A quiet week as the hype announcements are waiting for this week's FediForum (npub1cza…d6az) . You can catch me on Thursday on Fediforum with a session on whats new on the open social web!

In other news:
- A PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) AMA on Lemmy, and the first milestone of their fundraising for their app reached
- The Social Web Foundation (npub1tuh…89y4) publishes #activitypub Web Components

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-119/

This week's #atproto and #Bluesky news: - ATP Airport makes ...

2025-05-29T18:04:29Z

This week's #atproto and #Bluesky news:

- ATP Airport makes PDS migration accessible, in style
- Bluesky expands verification system
- Surf (npub1ekk…vy6m) gives more customisation and building blocks for custom feeds
- Graze funds 2 new atproto projects

https://fediversereport.com/atmosphere-report-118/

Fediverse Report - This week's #fediverse news: - open social ...

2025-05-27T16:30:14Z

Fediverse Report - This week's #fediverse news:

- open social web browser Surf (npub1ekk…vy6m) latest beta helps people get started with custom feeds with starter sets, as well as even more customisation options
- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) starts a crowdfunding campaign for their mobile app
- A New Social (npub13rs…s8u8) makes it easier for people to manage the connection between the fediverse and #bluesky
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) announces some additional options for server admins to help with legal stuff

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-118/

Fediverse Report #117 - This week's #fediverse news: - ...

2025-05-20T17:11:34Z

Fediverse Report #117 - This week's #fediverse news:

- piefedadmin (npub1hj4…533m) implements passkeys and an easier way for moderators to deal with spam, via image hashing takedowns
- FediForum announces keynote speakers: Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden (npub1xhq…4vjh) , Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) and Christine Lemmer-Webber (npub1urx…v0z4) will be giving talks during the event
- IFTAS (npub1y2r…kvzk) has published a guide for fediverse admins on how to approach the US's new Take It Down Act

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-117/

Fediverse Report #116 - This week's #fediverse news: - ...

2025-05-13T16:41:03Z

Fediverse Report #116 - This week's #fediverse news:

- FediForum (npub1cza…d6az) will be June 5-7 with a new advisory board
- updates from Moved to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe (npub1lzd…urpr) on their upcoming platform
- A new fediverse onboarding tool by fediDB (npub1tv2…0l3c)
- Fediverse music sharing platform Bandwagon talks about their plans for financial sustainability

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-116/

Fediverse Report #115 - This week's #fediverse news: - ...

2025-05-06T17:15:51Z

Fediverse Report #115 - This week's #fediverse news:

- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) launches v1 of their mobile apps
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) shares more information on their team is growing
- Social Web Foundation (npub1tuh…89y4) launches places.pub, a way to put OpenStreetMap data directly on #activitypub

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-115/

Fediverse Report #114 - This week's #fediverse news: - Drama ...

2025-04-29T19:15:44Z

Fediverse Report #114 - This week's #fediverse news:

- Drama around a Fosstodon moderator, leading to the admins of the Fosstodon server stepping down. I take a closer look on what this says about how instance selection works on the fediverse, and why this means more servers should have a federation policy
- NLnet announces their latest round of fundings, with a grant for Peertube and a new project build on top of Bonfire.

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-114/

Fediverse Report #112 - This week's #fediverse news: - ...

2025-04-15T17:21:51Z

Fediverse Report #112 - This week's #fediverse news:

- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) has published their 2025 roadmap, focusing on improvements for instance administrators this year. The PeerTube app is also coming to tablets and TV users this year
- building a blog using Lemmy as the backend
- new spam protection tools for DMs with PieFed

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-112/

New: Fediverse Report #110 This week's news: - A ...

2025-04-01T17:40:37Z

New: Fediverse Report #110

This week's news:
- A vulnerability in Pixelfed leaked private posts from other fediverse platforms
- IFTAS (npub1y2r…kvzk) shared results about running a CSAM detector for half a year for a few fediverse servers
- FediForum (npub1cza…d6az) has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-110/

New: Fediverse Report 109 This week, an essay about ...

2025-03-25T18:26:51Z

New: Fediverse Report 109

This week, an essay about #Bluesky's proposal for setting user preferences on their accounts. This allows people to indicate how they want their data to be handled off-protocol. I wrote about how the #fediverse can improve on this, using its strengths of many different communities, each with its own culture and values.

Also:
- Next week is the digital conference FediForum (npub1cza…d6az)
- A research dataset to compare Threads and Mastodon users

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-109/

New: Fediverse Report #108 This week's news: - Ghost's ...

2025-03-18T18:15:27Z

New: Fediverse Report #108

This week's news:
- Ghost's ([@index](https://activitypub.ghost.org/ )) connection to the #fediverse is now availabe in public beta for Ghost Pro users, with both an #ActivityPub connection to send long-form posts into the fediverse, and a reader app to read/comment/interact with the fediverse
- A New Social (npub13rs…s8u8) , the organisation that manages the bridge between the fediverse and #bluesky shared their upcoming plans

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-108/

ATmosphere Report - This week's #atproto news: - #Bluesky ...

2025-03-14T20:13:28Z

ATmosphere Report - This week's #atproto news:

- #Bluesky releases a protocol roadmap and a proposal for handling user intents
- Tangled is a git collaboration platform on atproto
- Blacksky is working towards Cypher, an AppView with local-only posting

https://fediversereport.com/atmosphere-report-2025march-b/

New: Fediverse Report 107 This week's news: - ...

2025-03-11T18:31:46Z

New: Fediverse Report 107

This week's news:
- pixelfed (npub1gq5…qcul) finishes their Kickstarter campaign, raising 138k CAD. The project has expanded significantly in scope, and the team has grown with it as well.
- Encyclia (npub120s…0fq8) is an upcoming way to connect ORCID (a unique ID for researchers) to the fediverse, allowing you to follow any scientists work, even when they are not on the fediverse.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-107/

New: Last Week in #Bluesky I wrote about how the rapid shift into ...

2025-02-20T20:00:42Z

New: Last Week in #Bluesky

I wrote about how the rapid shift into authoritarianism in the US affects Bluesky, and how that impacts other projects on ATProto as well

Plus, a look at all the news and updates for image and video apps for Bluesky

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-bluesky-2025feb-c/

New: Fediverse Report #104 In this edition I take a closer look ...

2025-02-18T18:43:38Z

New: Fediverse Report #104

In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means Mastodon's place in the wider network

With other news:
- Social Web Foundation (npub1tuh…89y4) is now an official W3C member
- Event Federation (npub1fxv…u9e5) , a WordPress plugin for adding ActivityPub support for events, launches as 1.0
- Controversial Lemmy server Hexbear loses control of their domain, leading to a bidding war for thousands of dollars

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-104/

New: Fediverse Report # 103 This week I wrote about #fediverse as ...

2025-02-11T18:32:42Z

New: Fediverse Report # 103

This week I wrote about #fediverse as a countercultural place for pop culture, and how that affects goals to bring the fediverse into the mainstream

As well as the news:
- IFTAS (npub1y2r…kvzk) announces that due to a lack of funding, they will likely have to wind down some crucial services for safety on the fediverse
- Tapestry is a new "timeline" app by The Iconfactory (npub1wha…fj2r)

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-103/

New: Fediverse Report #102 This week's news: - a large crowd ...

2025-02-04T21:38:50Z

New: Fediverse Report #102

This week's news:
- a large crowd for the #fediverse at #fosdem
- some controversies around data scraping on the fediverse
- Openvibe (npub1nwk…dgjz) gets 800k in funding to further work on the multi-protocol client

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-102/

New: Fediverse Report #101 This week's news: - ...

2025-01-28T18:51:22Z

New: Fediverse Report #101

This week's news:
- pixelfed (npub1gq5…qcul) continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently
- The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding
- Tumblr recommits to connecting to the #fediverse in the future, using the WordPress #ActivityPub plugin

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-101/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 100 (!) This week's news: - ...

2025-01-21T18:45:54Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 100 (!)

This week's news:
- massive growth for pixelfed (npub1gq5…qcul), growing from 20k active users last month to almost 200k active users currently.
- NodeBB (npub1d43…jl5u) has officially launched their #activitypub integration
- Meta will not commit or confirm a timeline for adding account migration to #threads

Thank you to everyone for reading and supporting 100 editions of Last Week in Fediverse!

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-100/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 99 This week's news: - ...

2025-01-14T18:38:18Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 99

This week's news:
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) announces their plans for a new organisational structure, with current CEO Eugen Rochko (npub1vl7…f6g0) stepping down to focus on product strategy for Mastodon
- Meta blocked links to pixelfed on their platform, later calling it a mistake and lifting the block
- Meta's new policy to allow hate speech draws responses from fediverse server admins, with more servers defederating from Threads

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-99/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 98 This week's news: - ...

2025-01-07T18:18:53Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 98

This week's news:
- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n)'s annual report for 2023 (!) gives more insight into the operation and finances of the organisation
- Surf is a new app by Flipboard (npub13fk…z5hw) that allows you to create custom feeds across the open social web
- I take a closer look at some comments by Misskey developer [@syuilo](https://misskey.io/@syuilo ) on the issues with interoperability between Misskey and Mastodon

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-98/

This weeks news for #bluesky and the ATmosphere - A new 1M USD ...

2024-12-18T17:59:27Z

This weeks news for #bluesky and the ATmosphere

- A new 1M USD fund for atproto with Skyseed
- A New Social is a governance org for the fediverse bridge
- Continued tension around moderation
- Recipe sharing with recipe.exchange

and much more!

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2412-c/

Fediverse Report will be on holiday break for the rest of 2024. ...

2024-12-17T18:28:07Z

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Fediverse Report will be on holiday break for the rest of 2024. The next edition of Last Week in Fediverse will be out on January 7th.

Thank you for all the support this year, I very much appreciate it!

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 97 This week's news: - A ...

2024-12-17T18:17:49Z

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 97

This week's news:
- A New Social is a new non-profit for bridging platforms and protocols, and will take on the governance of Bridgy Fed
- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) released #PeerTube v7, their yearly update with a complete redesign
- The organisation behind #Mastodon app Mammoth and sub.club (npub15k9…k2rv) shuts down due to a lack of funding, as Mozilla has shut down their fediverse investment

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-97/

This week's news for #Bluesky and the ATmosphere - A lack of ...

2024-12-11T19:36:25Z

This week's news for #Bluesky and the ATmosphere

- A lack of action from mods about well-known anti-trans writer joining Bluesky leads to community uproar
- More information about Bluesky's upcoming subscription service
- Multiple new #atproto apps have launched

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2412-b/

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 96 - Threads launches the ...

2024-12-10T18:47:47Z

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 96

- Threads launches the ability to follow fediverse accounts from Threads
- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) launches their mobile app for Android and iOS
- A third-party solution for Starter Packs for #mastodon

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-96/

New: Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads? ...

2024-12-10T18:24:17Z

New: Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads?

Threads' most recent update allows people on Threads to follow people on the #fediverse, albeit with some significant caveats.

But one simple question has bugging me for a long while: Why? Why is Meta adding interoperability to their platform?

https://fediversereport.com/why-is-meta-adding-fediverse-interoperability-to-threads/

Last Week in #Bluesky and the ATmosphere This week's news: - ...

2024-12-04T19:12:06Z

Last Week in #Bluesky and the ATmosphere

This week's news:
- continued calls verification on bluesky
- more ai datasets with bluesky posts appear
- book reviews on #ATProto with Skylights
- Lexicon.community for devs to collaborate on lexicons

and a ton of links

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2412-a/

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 95 This week's news: - National ...

2024-12-03T18:35:11Z

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 95

This week's news:
- National Dutch Broadcaster organisation NPO quits their Mastodon pilot, citing a lack of engagement
- Mastodon is working on adding Starter Packs
- A preview of PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) upcoming 7.0 release

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-95/

Last Week in the ATmosphere - this week's news for Bluesky ...

2024-11-28T19:13:57Z

Last Week in the ATmosphere - this week's news for Bluesky and ATProto:

- Bluesky grows by 15% in a week, and becomes Threads' Chief Product Officer
- Bluesky is banned in Pakistan
- New types of labelers
- Concerns over an ML dataset made of Bluesky posts

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-the-news-2411-d/

New: Last Week in the ATmosphere - The Links A large collection ...

2024-11-27T19:33:15Z

New: Last Week in the ATmosphere - The Links

A large collection of links to all the new tools, tech and articles of this week for #Bluesky, atproto and the ATmosphere

Some highlights:
- sdk.blue has all libraries for atproto
- useouranos.app is a Bluesky client thats gotten some cool ATmosphere integration

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-the-links-2411-d/

Last week in the #fediverse - ep 94 This week's news: - ...

2024-11-26T18:30:12Z

Last week in the #fediverse - ep 94

This week's news:

- Keeping up with links shared on your feeds with Sill
- a new open and decentralised protocol with Leaf
- PeerTube (npub17gp…7p4g) is starting to test their mobile app.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-94/

Last Week in the #ATmosphere: - 20 million accounts on #Bluesky - ...

2024-11-20T19:02:14Z

Last Week in the #ATmosphere:

- 20 million accounts on #Bluesky
- #Threads is taking the competition with Bluesky serious; Bluesky might be closer in size to Threads than thought
- experiments with visualising the firehose
- and a ton of links

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2411-c/

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 93 This week's news - With ...

2024-11-19T17:36:01Z

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 93

This week's news
- With Bluesky the main topic of conversations, people are experimenting with Starter Packs on the fediverse as well
- sub.club (npub15k9…k2rv) can now turn any RSS feed into a paywalled #activitypub newsfeed
- Pixelfed will not pursue an #atproto integration following negative feedback from the community

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-93/

#Bluesky is building a decentralised network. But how does ...

2024-11-18T19:15:44Z

#Bluesky is building a decentralised network. But how does decentralisation contribute to a better distribution of power?

I wrote about the difference between decentralisation as a technology and as a way to build better social structures.

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-decentralisation-and-the-distribution-of-power/

Last Week in the ATmosphere This week's news for Bluesky and ...

2024-11-13T19:31:17Z

Last Week in the ATmosphere

This week's news for Bluesky and ATProto

- 15 million accounts and over 7M MAU for Bluesky
- Massive increase in the use of Starter Packs
- PinkSea is a new platform on atproto for all your drawing needs

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2411-b/

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 92 This week's news: - New ...

2024-11-12T17:46:27Z

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 92

This week's news:
- New updates on loops (npub1wa2…zalq) and more information about further plans for their For You Algorithm
- Flipboard (npub13fk…z5hw) is taking over the automated accounts on press.coop
- An ActivityPub bot+server that consists of only 2 simple files

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-92/

New: Last Week in the ATmosphere This week's news: - ...

2024-11-07T18:59:14Z

New: Last Week in the ATmosphere

This week's news:
- visualise statistics about your account with multiple new tools
- Bridgy Fed (software to connect multiple protocols) discusses governance
- Further integration of the ATmosphere ecosystem with 3p clients

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-24-11-a/

And a teaser for next week: a demonstration of having a different ...

2024-11-05T18:16:59Z

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And a teaser for next week: a demonstration of having a different username on activitypub than your server's address with https://correct.webfinger-canary.fietkau.software/

(wanted to write about it this week, but slight error in planning on my part)

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91 This week's news: - ...

2024-11-05T18:14:35Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- loops (npub1wa2…zalq) has launched and is now available for everyone!
- radio free fedi (npub1568…d5ss) will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/

New: A Conceptual Model of ATProto and ActivityPub You might want ...

2024-11-04T19:57:35Z

New: A Conceptual Model of ATProto and ActivityPub

You might want to know a little bit more about how #Bluesky and #atproto works, without needing to know all the technical details. This is a high level overview of how to think about how atproto works, and how it differs from #ActivityPub.

It is also a reflection on the concepts of decentralisation and federation, and what they bring to both the #fediverse and the #atmosphere

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/a-conceptual-model-of-atproto-and-activitypub/

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2024-11-02T08:59:54Z

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This is a modified and slightly extended version of the analysis ...

2024-10-31T18:08:51Z

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This is a modified and slightly extended version of the analysis I wrote yesterday in the Last Week in the ATmosphere article

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-oct-wk-5/

Bluesky recently raised $15M in a series A, led by crypto-based ...

2024-10-31T18:07:30Z

Bluesky recently raised $15M in a series A, led by crypto-based venture capital fund. The news caused people to talk about Bluesky and enshittification.

But is enshittification the right framework to understand the dynamics that are at play?

https://fediversereport.com/on-bluesky-and-enshittification/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 90 This week's news - The ...

2024-10-30T19:01:16Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 90

This week's news
- The Fediverse Schema Observatory is a new tool to help interoperability
- the botsin.space server will shut down
- Add monetisation to federated WordPress blogs with sub.club (npub15k9…k2rv)
- You can now set custom handles on fediverse accounts that are bridged to Bluesky

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-90/

New: Last Week in the #ATmosphere This week's news: - ...

2024-10-30T18:44:22Z

New: Last Week in the #ATmosphere

This week's news:

- #Bluesky raises $15M in series A
- An analysis of the 'enshittification' response to the series A news
- importing your old tweets into Bluesky
- custom handles for bridged accounts

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-oct-wk-5/

Last Week in the #ATmosphere This weeks #atproto news: - 2 ...

2024-10-23T17:49:47Z

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Last Week in the #ATmosphere

This weeks #atproto news:

- 2 million new accounts join #Bluesky
- store files on your PDS with ATFile
- further interoperability between the atproto apps by the Japanese dev community

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-oct-2024-week-4/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 90 - Upcoming shortform video ...

2024-10-23T17:48:30Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 90

- Upcoming shortform video platform loops (npub1wa2…zalq) opens a waitlist for signups
- Mosaic is a service to help organisations create their custom version of upcoming platform Moved to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe (npub1lzd…urpr) , and
- the new owners of event planning platform Mobilizon release a big new update.

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-89/

New: Last Week in the #ATmosphere: This weeks news: - Chatrooms ...

2024-10-16T18:28:53Z

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New: Last Week in the #ATmosphere:

This weeks news:
- Chatrooms on atproto with Picosky
- A week after X was unbanned in Brazil, ~2/3 Brazilians moved back, and ~1/3 stayed on #bluesky
- a deeper dive into aviary.domains, which helps with domain management for handles

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-oct-24-week-3/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 88 This week's news: - ...

2024-10-16T16:46:32Z

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 88

This week's news:
- Manyfold (npub1wfk…zv38) , a self-hosted platform for 3d printed files joins the fediverse
- sub.club (npub15k9…k2rv) expands to [@write_as](https://writing.exchange/@write_as ) , allowing people to put long-form writing behind a subscription wall

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-88/

Last Week in the #atmosphere This week's news for #Bluesky ...

2024-10-09T18:11:33Z

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Last Week in the #atmosphere

This week's news for #Bluesky and #atproto

- A linktree-like app on atproto with linkat.blue
- Building custom feeds with Starrysky
- Real-time emoji stats with emojistats.bsky.sh/

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-oct-24-week-2/

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 87 This week's news: - ...

2024-10-09T18:09:25Z

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 87

This week's news:

- Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n) has launched their latest version, 4.3
- ClubsAll is a new Reddit-like build on #activitypub
- IFTAS is slowly launching their Content Classification System that allows servers that have opted in to scan for CSAM

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-87/

Last Week in the #ATmosphere This week's news about #bluesky ...

2024-10-02T17:22:58Z

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Last Week in the #ATmosphere

This week's news about #bluesky
- Audio spaces app Bluecast adds support for officially licensed Karaoke
- Labelers continue to shift from moderation towards self-expression
- The DID:placeholder is not a placeholder anymore

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2/