Michael Foster

Co-Founder Newsmast Foundation (npub1dad…y568)
Discovering things, paths, people, ideas.
Working to share knowledge, curate content, build communities and onboard organisations to the open social web.

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Last Notes

2025-09-30 14:39:08 UTC

Things are coming together at @npub1dad…y568. Here’s the big idea we’re working on:
What if every community could have their own early-Twitter, driven by an own-branded mobile app, as easy to build as Facebook Groups?
#Fediverse #SocialMedia #Community
https://www.blog-pat.ch/building-apps-for-social-spaces/

2025-08-28 14:11:05 UTC

Users today want instant immersion - but we don't have to make the individual the centre of everything to escape the timeline void, and offer welcoming Third Spaces.
From Blacksky to a hometown Facebook Group, Anisota to the Provincetown Indie, feed readers to blogging newsletters, there are collective, curated ways to create immersive online experiences, connecting users to communities.
#Fediverse #SocialMedia
https://www.blog-pat.ch/homes-from-home/

2025-08-26 21:05:53 UTC

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huge thanks to @npub1w44…a3gm and @npub1wx2…re5f - there from the beginning!

2025-08-14 13:07:17 UTC

@npub1dad…y568 has many moving parts, and it hasn’t always been clear what they do, what we do, and how it all fits together.
The tech products, curation, content, education and support are all part of a bigger process of community onboarding, building and growth.
Over the coming months, we’re aiming to simplify things. Slow down, become comfortable with what we’re doing, and fit it all together in one #Fediverse onboarding programme.
We'll be sharing as we go.
https://www.blog-pat.ch/newsmast-unplugged-fedicon-part-iii/

2025-08-12 13:21:40 UTC

The most piratical thought at FediCon was presented by @npub1dvx…gems -
Stop battling oligarch-owned big-tech walled gardens in their own space, where they have all the power. Move away, to open, unexplored territories.
The big question of life, the Fediverse and everything, is how pioneering patches and pathways can combine distance and difference from walled gardens with comfortable scalability. Growth with a grassroots vibe.
#fediverse #socialmedia
https://www.blog-pat.ch/third-spaces-in-the-fediverse-fedicon-thoughts-part-ii/

2025-08-07 13:36:17 UTC

Patches, paths and The Matrix (or why we can't all be Trinity). First thoughts from FediCon, a vibrant Fediverse gathering in Vancouver on 1-2 August 2025, put together by @npub16d5…u6mu and team. Part II and III to follow. Thank you to everyone who organised, presented and attended. It was fun!
#fediverse
https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

2025-08-02 23:54:23 UTC

“The web becomes weird again?” @npub1e9x…msz2 needs a podcast! #FediCon last panel huge thanks to @npub16d5…u6mu for a wonderful conference !
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newsmast/media_attachments/files/114/961/848/217/202/272/original/c24267f4f15541a5.jpg

2025-08-01 17:06:27 UTC

@npub1764…nuj0 celebrating the contribution of nonprofits working across the social web #FediCon
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newsmast/media_attachments/files/114/954/596/707/167/109/original/388dbb82a887a35c.jpg

2025-07-31 13:15:09 UTC

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it’s exciting to be working with such a carefully crafted project - looking forward to seeing all we can do together !

2025-06-16 11:29:23 UTC

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great call Liz! Saturday was a really effective use of this tech! Cc @npub1vag…mjkp

2025-06-14 06:16:07 UTC

@npub1ejm…g9td
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/no-kings-protests

2025-04-21 14:20:33 UTC

#SilentSunday
#photography
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newsmast/media_attachments/files/114/376/389/937/055/661/original/ff3916ca3af49c86.jpg

2025-01-29 16:38:13 UTC

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This is such a lovely piece - there are so many amazing things going on #TogetherStronger

2025-01-19 17:11:34 UTC

#SilentSunday
#photography
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newsmast/media_attachments/files/113/856/127/194/313/875/original/7ddf104f56b79826.jpg

2024-12-20 11:41:40 UTC

A great read! "Middleware holds transformative potential to foundationally reshape the social media landscape. By decentralizing control...this shift has the potential to not only enhance user agency but also spark innovation, paving the way for more inclusive and engaging online spaces." cc @npub1dad…y568
https://www.thefai.org/posts/shaping-the-future-of-social-media-with-middleware
#Fediver
#SocialMedia

2024-11-22 20:16:36 UTC

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This post needs reading and rereading - thank you. Lovely to see Anna Tsing getting a mention.

2024-11-17 11:35:23 UTC

#SilentSunday
#photography
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newsmast/media_attachments/files/113/498/082/754/220/056/original/ce8597a2ea3ab60d.jpg

2024-11-13 11:44:10 UTC

Big news and a great step from The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x
#press #journalism #X
#SocialMedia

2024-11-13 11:00:39 UTC

Five reasons for charities to be cheerful when leaving #X (with thanks to Ian Dury and the Blockheads).
One. The obvious - Elon Musk, Trump and X
Two. The content steal
Three. Great alternatives - the #fediverse !
Four. Better engagement
Five. Defending our values
At @npub1dad…y568 we’re helping communities and organisations join New Social. Building a better web. We’d love to hear from you.
https://www.blog-pat.ch/charities-cheerfully-leave-x/
#charities #nonprofit #twitter
#SocialMedia

2024-10-30 13:33:00 UTC

It’s our birthday! |The best thing that’s happened over a year of @npub1dad…y568 on the Fediverse is the network of friends and allies we've made. Thank you everyone!
We’re celebrating with a big upgrade to our Foundation website, highlighting what we're going to be working on in the coming year. We can’t wait to see what the next year brings.
https://www.blog-pat.ch/our-birthday/
#Fediverse #Newsmast
#SocialMedia

2024-10-22 13:17:14 UTC

Bluesky & the Fediverse: How 3 + 0 adds up to more than 1 + 2
Building a different web and bringing back its magic means choosing what matters. Making the most of the bridge with Bluesky. Turning people first, post once social media - Fediverse 3.0 - into a reality. And nurturing communities through small and medium sized servers, feeds, hashtags and Fediverse 0.0.
www.blog-pat.ch/addition-magic-community
#Fediverse #Bluesky
#SocialMedia

2024-10-17 16:26:36 UTC

“Looking at nature without fungi is like trying to diagnose a disease without doing a blood test. Fungi are the firmament of life on Earth. They make systems ecosystems.” This is a big deal !
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/16/fungi-status-boost-conservation-cop16-uk-chile-biodiversity-plan
#lichensubscribe
#nature #wildlife

2024-10-01 21:24:27 UTC

A groundbreaking episode of Dot Social.
@npub17fe…w0a6 - “I think that the work that you've done, the work that Eugen’s done, there is an opportunity to bring this together and take us to a whole new level.”
[@jay.bsky.team](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team ) - “Our goal is to try to show you the world that's possible.”
https://dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/jay-graber
#Bluesky #Fediverse
#SocialMedia

2024-09-22 11:03:41 UTC

#SilentSunday
#photography
https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/newsmast/media_attachments/files/113/180/868/396/815/595/original/78edaacad70f8046.jpg

2024-09-04 12:11:43 UTC

Two million Brazilians joined Bluesky over the weekend. Here’s why that’s good news for the #Fediverse.
By moving on from the clone wars, embracing multiple protocols and injecting a big dose of politics, we can expand Fediverse 2.0 and start to build Fediverse 3.0 and the open web: the “paradise to which we may all yet escape.”
https://www.blog-pat.ch/brazil-bluesky-fediverse/
#Bluesky
#SocialMedia

2024-08-15 14:00:38 UTC

Anyone in or around #Bristol or just keen to support a local news #coop here’s your chance to show support. 90% there with two weeks to go!
https://thebristolcable.org/join/
#SocialMedia #journalism #media #newstodon

2024-08-07 12:26:30 UTC

Bringing organisations and content creators into the #Fediverse isn’t about the how. The tools are already there, or on the way. It’s about the why.
That’s where Fediverse storytelling comes in. The campfires, the open spaces, the secret paradise. It’s the joy of the open web - a place for organisations and creators to make a stake, grow, nurture, build a home.
And the punchline of the story? We’re just at the very beginning. It’s like the world wide web all over again.
https://www.blog-pat.ch/enter-the-fediverse/
#SocialMedia