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fediversereport, 3 months ago to fediverse

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 55

• #Bluesky drops the invite codes, and turns out to be a massive hit in Japan. The network grew by more than 50% in less than a week's time.
• The different federated event planning apps (#mobilizon, #gath.io and Event Federation) are working together for a better unified experience
• @theverge explains the fediverse.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-55/

fediversereport, 3 months ago to bluesky

New: #Bluesky opens network, making it a massive hit in Japan

Bluesky's network grew by 50% in the last two days, adding 1.5million accounts since dropping the invite codes. The surge of popularity and interest seems to come mainly from Japan, with large popular Japanese accounts coming over.

Bluesky also talks more about their plans to make money, and how they will start with federation this month. With that, bridges to the #fediverse become possible.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-opens-the-network/

fediversereport, 4 months ago to bluesky

#Bluesky is ready to open the network.

Starting today, Bluesky will not require invite codes anymore and anyone can join the network. Later this month, the team will roll out an "experimental early version of federation", allowing other people to run their own 'Personal Data Server' (PDS).

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky

fediversereport, 4 months ago to fediverse

New: Last Week in #Fediverse ep 54

• The #Lemmy developers host an AMA, talking about decentralisation, platform identity and a roadmap
• @nodebb talks about how they are thinking about what federating forums actually means, and how their implementation of #ActivityPub will look like
• Project Tapestry by @Iconfactory is a Kickstarter to build an App that gives you a single chronological feed from a variety of sources, such as #mastodon, #bluesky and #rss

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-54/

fediversereport, 4 months ago to random

I'll be at #FOSDEM this weekend! Would love to chat with anyone who is involved with fediverse stuff in some capacity, so hit me up here or @laurenshof if you want to meet up for a coffee or a chat.

fediversereport, 4 months ago to random

New: Lemmy Ask You Anything (again)

The Lemmy developers held another AMA this week (https://lemmy.ml/post/11023519 ), and in this article I go over some of the answers that stood out to me. They gave answers about platform identity, why decentralisation matters for a healthy community, more details about their roadmap and funding, as well as a whole lot more.

read at: https://fediversereport.com/lemmy-ask-you-anything-again/

fediversereport, 4 months ago to fediverse

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 53

This week's news:

• a closer look at the upcoming project @bonfire
• Threads adds quote posting to their ActivityPub implementation
• @sublinks is a new link aggregating platform that recently started development

As well as a whole lot more! Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-episode-53/

fediversereport, 4 months ago to fediverse

New: Last Week in #fediverse, ep 52

• Dutch Government @avhuffelen urges Threads to quickly implement federation
• @owncast releases an app for iOS and tvOS, after struggles with getting it approved by Apple
• the term 'fediverse' is becoming enough of a buzzword to get metaverse companies interested
• @agora is a fediverse app with a For You algorithm, and build-in support for bridges

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-52/

fediversereport, 4 months ago to random

New: How Bluesky works

A short series explaining the components of the Bluesky network, how this relates to federation, as well as content moderation.

In this first article I describe all the individual parts that make up network, and how they relate to each other.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/how-bluesky-works-the-network-components/

fediversereport, 4 months ago to random

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/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to random

Last Week in Fediverse - ep 50

• The massive response to the launch of RSS Parrot, a new tool which allows you to view RSS feeds in your fediverse account, showcases the large demand for better integration of the fediverse with RSS
• an uncertain future for Firefish
• Authorized Fetch has been circumvented
• PieFed, a new link-aggregator platform launches

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-50/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to fediverse

PeerTube plans for 2024

In this article I take a look at @Framasoft plans for 2024 for PeerTube, with some new information from the AMA from recently as well. Learn more about what makes #PeerTube an alternative, not a rival, to Big Tech, their plans for a mobile app, redesign, and more!

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/peer-into-the-future-peertubes-plans-for-2024/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to fediverse

Last Week in #fediverse - ep 49

The final weekly update for the year. Thank you all so much for all the support this year, it has been amazing to see the project grow with so much community support!

This update contains:

• Flipboard federation
• Peertube 2024 plans
• lots of quick news links

I'll be offline for the next week to reset and take a break. Fediverse Report will be back next year. Stay tuned, and happy holidays!

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-49/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to fediverse

New: Flipping the Federation Switch: Flipboard joins the fediverse

#Flipboard has joined the fediverse this week, with the first selection of Flipboard accounts now fully interacting with the #fediverse. I spoke with @mike to learn more.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/flipping-the-federation-switch-flipboard-joins-the-fediverse/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to random

New: Last Week in Fediverse - ep 48

A busy week, with two projects starting to federate:

• Discourse
• Threads

As well as:

• PeerTube releasing their plans for the new year
• Lemmy getting a major new update, with new features that help visibility for smaller communities

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-48/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to fediverse

New: How Newsmast is building curated news and communities on the #fediverse

The UK charity @newsmast has build a fediverse-powered platform for sharing curated news and communities. I spoke with Newsmast to hear their story and perspective. Can recommend checking them out, and give Newsmast a try.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/newsmast-and-news-curation-in-the-fediverse/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to bluesky

New: Last Month in Bluesky - mid December 23

An overview of the updates and changes that #bluesky has made recently:

• Reply controls, allowing you to specify who can comment on your posts
• The network is becoming publicly viewable, with new settings to discourage discoverability
• dealing with bulk follow/unfollow spam

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-mid-december-update/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to random

Thank you to all of you who joined the #PeerTubeAMA livestream, this was great fun. Great to see so many people tune in and ask all these questions, thanks a lot!

Link to the VOD will come tomorrow!

fediversereport, 5 months ago to random

We're live now! For the next 2 hours I'll be asking Framasoft all your questions about PeerTube. Ask your questions with #peertubeAMA

Join us here!
https://peer.tube/w/f6jxvT1WZzsBRHJF6t6saD

fediversereport, 5 months ago to random

In less than an hour the #peertubeama will go live!

You can ask your questions during the livestream in chat, or post them here with using the hashtag #PeerTubeAMA

Tune in at: https://peer.tube/w/f6jxvT1WZzsBRHJF6t6saD

fediversereport, 5 months ago to mastodon

A Mammoth of an update

@mammoth has released the latest version of their #Mastodon app, Mammoth 2. With it comes "Smart Lists", news curation and personalised suggestions for accounts to follow.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/a-mammoth-of-an-update/

fediversereport, 5 months ago to fediverse

Last Week in #fediverse - ep 47

• 5 years of Mobilizon, with new updates and new ownership
• Mammoth 2 launches, with more curated content
• A closer look at Mostr, the bridge that connects #Nostr with the fediverse

Don't forget there will be a PeerTube AMA livestream this Wednesday Dec 13th, 18u-20u CEST. Ask your questions now already with #peertubeama

Read this weeks news at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-47/

fediversereport, 6 months ago to fediverse

Have questions about #PeerTube or want to know more about the team, and where the project is headed?

Next week there will be an Ask Me Anything with the @peertube team, streamed live directly on PeerTube!

I'll be the one to ask the questions to the team. You can already ask your questions right now, use the #PeerTubeAMA hashtag with your question to get them answered live on stream.

The stream will be Wednesday, Dec. 13th, 6-8 pm (CET)

You don't want to miss this!

fediversereport, 6 months ago to fediverse

New: on Mostr, the bridge between #nostr and the #fediverse, that has just gotten an upgrade.

With the bridge, connections between the two networks become easier, and the borders of what the fediverse is become fuzzier. But not everyone might be interested in the connection, however.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/bridging-nostr-and-the-fediverse/

fediversereport, 6 months ago to fediverse

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 46

This week's news:

• NLnet funds a variety of fediverse projects
• #PeerTube has released there latest version with a variety of new features
• #Misskey has published their recap for 2023

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-46/