New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 100 (!)
This week's news:
- massive growth for @pixelfed, growing from 20k active users last month to almost 200k active users currently.
- @nodebb has officially launched their #activitypub integration
- Meta will not commit or confirm a timeline for adding account migration to #threads
Thank you to everyone for reading and supporting 100 editions of Last Week in Fediverse!
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-100/
New: Last Week in #Bluesky
- freeourfeeds.com announces campaign for an independent governance organisation for ATProto
- Mark Cuban looking to fund a TikTok alternative on ATProto
- A deep dive explainer on Lexicons, and why they matter
Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-bluesky-and-the-atmosphere-2025jan-b/
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 99
This week's news:
- @Mastodon announces their plans for a new organisational structure, with current CEO @Gargron stepping down to focus on product strategy for Mastodon
- Meta blocked links to pixelfed on their platform, later calling it a mistake and lifting the block
- Meta's new policy to allow hate speech draws responses from fediverse server admins, with more servers defederating from Threads
A major news for governance this week on the open social web, with Mastodon shaking up their organisational structure and more. The News Mastodon published plans for their new governance structure, with control of Mastodon moving to a new non-profit organisation, and moving ownership away from CEO Eugen Rochko. Mastodon will set up a new […]
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New: Last Week in #Bluesky
This week's news:
- Bluesky reportedly close a new funding round, valuing the company at 700MUSD
- Custom Feed builder Graze discusses monetisation plans, showing how ads might come to bsky
- Bluesky's issues with bots
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-bluesky-2025jan-a/
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 98
This week's news:
- @Mastodon's annual report for 2023 (!) gives more insight into the operation and finances of the organisation
- Surf is a new app by @Flipboard that allows you to create custom feeds across the open social web
- I take a closer look at some comments by Misskey developer @syuilo on the issues with interoperability between Misskey and Mastodon
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-98/
Hey everyone! I'm back after a break for the holidays, where I have not really kept up with my socials over that period. Any news I've missed over the last 2 weeks that I should know about? Feel free to tag me or drop a link in the comments here, would be much appreciated.
Last Week in the #atmosphere
This week's news for #Bluesky and #atproto
- A linktree-like app on atproto with linkat.blue
- Building custom feeds with Starrysky
- Real-time emoji stats with emojistats.bsky.sh/
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-oct-24-week-2/
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 87
This week's news:
- @Mastodon has launched their latest version, 4.3
- ClubsAll is a new Reddit-like build on #activitypub
- IFTAS is slowly launching their Content Classification System that allows servers that have opted in to scan for CSAM
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-87/
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 73
This week's news:
- Scraper drama as AI-powered network Maven works on implementing #ActivityPub
- Ghost will use fediverse server framework Fedify for their ActivityPub implementation
- @Castopod releases version 2.0 with plugins
- an on-device 'For You' algorithmic feed for Lemmy with 3rd party client Quiblr
- Lemmy releases local-only communities
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-73-and-72/
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 69
It's this weeks news, with:
Celebrating the 16th birthday of the fediverse
European Commission sets up their own Mastodon server after the previous fediverse pilot by the EDPS has ended.
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-69/
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 68
This week's news:
- Significant interest and use of the bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky, even though it is still in active development
- Ghost gives a first glimpse at their #ActivityPub powered reading app
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-68/
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 66
This week's news:
- The EU Voice pilot that hosted Mastodon and Peertube instance for the EU over the last 2 years will come to an end. The @EU_Commission account will continue to be active and grow their Mastodon presence.
- Ghost announces a major push for fediverse support, adding #Activitypub to their posts and building an ActivityPub powered news reader app.
- Mastodon starts a US-based nonprofit.
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-66/
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 64
- the DSA for server admins by @iftas
- P2P video calls with your fediverse account, with iOS app Sora @SoraSNS
- Full 2-way federation with @Flipboard
- An escalating fight between the Brazilian government and Musk's X leads to president Lula joining #bluesky
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-64/
