Connecting many threads in the federated web
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Connecting many threads in the federated web
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
A Crash Course Guide to Nostr (wedistribute.org)
Nostr is a strange beast: in some ways, it resembles what the Fediverse built with ActivityPub. In other ways, it follows a bunch of totally different concepts. This guide is a best attempt to understand and explain what Nostr is, why it’s different, and how it works. We’ll also cover how to get started with using it....
FediVision 2024 Has Begun! (wedistribute.org)
It’s that time of the year for something truly wonderful: FediVision, the Fediverse’s annual music contest, is back, and accepting submissions from May 5th to May 12th....
Jack Dorsey is No Longer on Bluesky’s Board of Directors (wedistribute.org)
Former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey briefly confirmed yesterday that he is no longer part of Bluesky’s board of directors. While he had distanced himself from the platform over the course of the last year, opting for Nostr instead, it was still a somewhat surprising announcement....
Encrypted DMs Are Coming to ActivityPub (wedistribute.org)
The prospect of making the Fediverse more secure is an ongoing topic, with a number of developers, privacy advocates, and user communities weighing in on how to do it. On Tuesday evening, ActivityPub spec co-author Evan Prodromou announced that he and Tom Coates have received a grant to develop end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for...
Mastodon Incorporates as a Non-Profit in the US (wedistribute.org)
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Decentered S1E8: WordPress-ActivityPub with Matthias Pfefferle (wedistribute.org)
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ActivityPods: Federated Solid Pods (wedistribute.org)
One of the Fediverse’s most-repeated selling points is the following premise: YOU OWN YOUR DATA. It’s a wonderful sentiment, the idea that you can pack up everything and take it with you. The problem is, most platforms on the network can, at best, redirect your followers to a new account....
Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration (wedistribute.org)
Today, open source publishing platform Ghost announced that it will soon join the Fediverse with ActivityPub integration baked-in to its feature suite. The announcement includes a handy explanation of what ActivityPub is, the benefits that provides to publishers on Ghost, and a deep dive into where these features will be found...
Emissary is Whatever You Want It To Be (wedistribute.org)
There were some really cool demos at FediForum last month, but the one that really opened my eyes was Emissary. It’s a newer project developed by Ben Pate, and it does something totally new: composable interfaces....
PubKit Officially Launches Closed Beta (wedistribute.org)
The long-awaited developer offering from the Pixelfed project took a big step today! PubKit is a suite of tools designed to help people build the next generation of Fediverse applications. For now, it can be broken down into four components:...