When joining or returning to a service with potentially hundreds of servers, it's possible to get mixed-up about what part of the network you joined on. Pixelfed has a handy new feature to put you on the right path again.
After a fast launch, popularity of the platform has waned....
The NLnet foundation has played a significant role in the fediverse, with their financial support for most major projects. In this piece I meet some of the people behind NLnet, and get to know the foundation.
Unsure if this fits here, but the tool's been quite fun to look through. It lets you look at specific Fediverse software and instances, see graphs for their growth. And there's even a whole section for the Threadiverse (Lemmy & Kbin)
As the Fediverse continues to grow, new challenges arise in community management and user safety. A new organization seeks to make it easier.
As co-admin of one of the largest tech instances on the Fediverse, it's ironic that I struggle with social platforms so much.
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/3509989...
over at lemmy.ml/post/2920188
An in-depth report reveals an ugly truth about isolated, unmoderated parts of the Fediverse. It's a solvable problem, with challenges.
Akkoma is an active fork of Pleroma, which implements ActivityPub protocol underneath and serves an interface similar to microblogging platforms such as Twitter or Tumblr. It implements a complete Mastodon client API, so all Mastodon clients work with it without trouble, even the Mastodon web UI can be installed and used with...
The BBC has launched its own “experimental” Mastodon server, marking one of the first major news outlets to establish an instance on the Twitter alternative. You can access the server at social.bbc, which encompasses posts from a handful of BBC accounts, including BBC Radio 4, BBC Taster, BBC Research & Development, and a...
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The unconference for "the people who move the Fediverse forward" is taking place again this year from September 20th - 21st. Learn more here!
“You asked, we answered,” Meta wrote in the notes for an iOS update released on Monday. “New features coming, so keep an eye out as you browse the latest version of the app.” I don’t see any obvious differences in my updated version of the app. But Instagram boss Adam Mosseri teased a “following” feed in a video,...
The 2023 Summer Fediverse Jam has closed, and the voting phase has started. Check out the games that were submitted, and give them a try!
cross-posted from: geddit.social/post/321375...
After a month of waiting, CalcKey's official rebranding has been announced as...Firefish? The project's future is looking bright.
Interesting rundown of the whole Meta/Threads/Fediverse situation so far. Not a lot of new information but might be a handy primer for curious newbies....
It’s just a filter that lets you see all your new followers....
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.
ActivityPub API service - Werd Cloud
If you ever have the problem of forgetting you were writing something and closing a window, or accidentally navigating away from the page on which you are composing, this is the browser extension to save your ass: Form History Control....
To all #readers and lovers of #books (and here there is a sea!) I point out the federated...
