In another conversation about the server literature.cafe potentially defederating from the Hexbear server, I found this comment chain by @Janvier to be a worthwhile read. He makes the case for smaller servers to defederate from many large servers, and not only Hexbear, as a way for smaller communities to grow organically. It is...
So ein bisschen Fediverse Gossip&Drama fänd ich ziemlich cool auf dem Podcast. Würde auch mal das Drama zeigen, das mit förderierten sozialen Netzwerke einhergeht
The launch of Threads, with its promise of adding ActivityPub support in the future, is hotly debated. I take a look at 3 upcoming pieces of legislation, the DMA, DSA and the Canadian Online News Act, to see how this potentially impacts Threads decision to federate in the future.
The Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server, at social.overheid.nl. The server came online over the weekend, and today the Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary of Digitalisation, announced that the server has officially been taken into use. The server is hosted on the domain overheid.nl, the official...
The rapid rise of Lemmy and Kbin, dubbed the 'threadiverse', have altered the dynamic in the fediverse. A look at how this changes the structure and the dynamic of the fediverse at large.
Meta gives more information about their upcoming microblogging service that uses ActivityPub. Linux creator Linus Torvald yells at a far-right user, and the resulting discussion leads to Mozilla potentially committing engineers to help build better blocking systems. PixelFed has many updates, including Instagram Import.