This weeks news for #bluesky and the ATmosphere
- A new 1M USD fund for atproto with Skyseed
- A New Social is a governance org for the fediverse bridge
- Continued tension around moderation
- Recipe sharing with recipe.exchange
and much more!
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2412-c/
Fediverse Report will be on holiday break for the rest of 2024. The next edition of Last Week in Fediverse will be out on January 7th.
Thank you for all the support this year, I very much appreciate it!
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 97
This week's news:
- A New Social is a new non-profit for bridging platforms and protocols, and will take on the governance of Bridgy Fed
- @peertube released #PeerTube v7, their yearly update with a complete redesign
- The organisation behind #Mastodon app Mammoth and @subclub shuts down due to a lack of funding, as Mozilla has shut down their fediverse investment
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-97/
This week's news for #Bluesky and the ATmosphere
- A lack of action from mods about well-known anti-trans writer joining Bluesky leads to community uproar
- More information about Bluesky's upcoming subscription service
- Multiple new #atproto apps have launched
Bluesky's decision not to moderate a specific account leads to controversy in the community, more info on Bluesky's plans for monetisation, and 4 new apps appear in the ATmosphere
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New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 96
- Threads launches the ability to follow fediverse accounts from Threads
- @peertube launches their mobile app for Android and iOS
- A third-party solution for Starter Packs for #mastodon
Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-96/
New: Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads?
Threads' most recent update allows people on Threads to follow people on the #fediverse, albeit with some significant caveats.
But one simple question has bugging me for a long while: Why? Why is Meta adding interoperability to their platform?
Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads? What is Meta's goal here?
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Last Week in #Bluesky and the ATmosphere
This week's news:
- continued calls verification on bluesky
- more ai datasets with bluesky posts appear
- book reviews on #ATProto with Skylights
- Lexicon.community for devs to collaborate on lexicons
and a ton of links
Bluesky is cementing it's position for news, conversations on verification, book reviews with Skylights, and much more.
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Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 95
This week's news:
- National Dutch Broadcaster organisation NPO quits their Mastodon pilot, citing a lack of engagement
- Mastodon is working on adding Starter Packs
- A preview of @peertube upcoming 7.0 release
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-95/
Last Week in the ATmosphere - this week's news for Bluesky and ATProto:
- Bluesky grows by 15% in a week, and becomes Threads' Chief Product Officer
- Bluesky is banned in Pakistan
- New types of labelers
- Concerns over an ML dataset made of Bluesky posts
A busy news week for Bluesky, growing the network by 15% in a week. There are new types of labelers, Bluesky is banned in Pakistan, and much more.
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New: Last Week in the ATmosphere - The Links
A large collection of links to all the new tools, tech and articles of this week for #Bluesky, atproto and the ATmosphere
Some highlights:
- sdk.blue has all libraries for atproto
- useouranos.app is a Bluesky client thats gotten some cool ATmosphere integration
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-the-links-2411-d/
Last week in the #fediverse - ep 94
This week's news:
- Keeping up with links shared on your feeds with Sill
- a new open and decentralised protocol with Leaf
- @peertube is starting to test their mobile app.
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-94/
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/
