Notices by Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)

Bluesky Report - this week's news:

- custom feed builder Graze raises 1M USD
- Deer Social is a fork of the official #Bluesky app, giving people the option to use the app with various features turned off
- a paper on the large impact of Starter Packs

https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-report-112/

Fediverse Report #112 - This week's #fediverse news:

- @peertube has published their 2025 roadmap, focusing on improvements for instance administrators this year. The PeerTube app is also coming to tablets and TV users this year
- building a blog using Lemmy as the backend
- new spam protection tools for DMs with PieFed

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-112/

Bluesky Report - This weeks news:

- Video client Skylight launches with 55k users in the first 24 hours, and funding from Mark Cuban
- Video platform Spark launches in beta with its own independent infrastructure
- an explainer how both video apps differ, and the tradeoffs that come with it

https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-report-110/

New: Fediverse Report #110

This week's news:
- A vulnerability in Pixelfed leaked private posts from other fediverse platforms
- @iftas shared results about running a CSAM detector for half a year for a few fediverse servers
- @fediforum has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-110/

@Gargron yeah, but that does not cover everything. Especially such more interesting cases as the mastodon threads research dataset that was just released.

Regardless, the essay is about who sets the default values, and that this decision should be delegated to server admins, and not made by software platforms such as mastodon itself

New: Fediverse Report 109

This week, an essay about #Bluesky's proposal for setting user preferences on their accounts. This allows people to indicate how they want their data to be handled off-protocol. I wrote about how the #fediverse can improve on this, using its strengths of many different communities, each with its own culture and values.

Also:
- Next week is the digital conference @fediforum
- A research dataset to compare Threads and Mastodon users

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-109/

New: Fediverse Report #108

This week's news:
- Ghost's (@index) connection to the #fediverse is now availabe in public beta for Ghost Pro users, with both an #ActivityPub connection to send long-form posts into the fediverse, and a reader app to read/comment/interact with the fediverse
- @anewsocial , the organisation that manages the bridge between the fediverse and #bluesky shared their upcoming plans

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-108/

New: Fediverse Report 107

This week's news:
- @pixelfed finishes their Kickstarter campaign, raising 138k CAD. The project has expanded significantly in scope, and the team has grown with it as well.
- @encyclia is an upcoming way to connect ORCID (a unique ID for researchers) to the fediverse, allowing you to follow any scientists work, even when they are not on the fediverse.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-107/

Fediverse Report #106

This week's fediverse news:
- @iftas will shut down most of their services following a lack of funding
- Tumblr-like platform Wafrn gets its own apps, and it has a native connection to Bluesky as well.

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-106/

ChatGPT recently released a new mode, Deep Research, and Casey Newton tested it out with a prompt to write a 5k word report on the fediverse.

The best way to judge the quality of this new mode is with some in-depth analysis. So here is Fediverse Report with deep research on Deep Research's fediverse report.

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-reports-deep-research-on-deep-researchs-fediverse-report/

New: Last Week in the ATmosphere

The #ATProto tech news:

- Sync 1.1 is a proposal to make relays cheaper to run
- Multiple PDS browsers now show backlinks, making them a new type of entity in the network
- #Bluesky has 2 new vacancies to expand their T&S team

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2025feb-d/

Fediverse Report #105

A quiet newsweek this week for the fediverse:
- Importing your posts from other fediverse platforms into GoToSocial with Slurp
- Some more information about Mastodon's plans for implementing quote posts

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-105/

New: Last Week in #Bluesky

I wrote about how the rapid shift into authoritarianism in the US affects Bluesky, and how that impacts other projects on ATProto as well

Plus, a look at all the news and updates for image and video apps for Bluesky

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-bluesky-2025feb-c/

New: Fediverse Report #104

In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means Mastodon's place in the wider network

With other news:
- @swf is now an official W3C member
- @blog , a WordPress plugin for adding ActivityPub support for events, launches as 1.0
- Controversial Lemmy server Hexbear loses control of their domain, leading to a bidding war for thousands of dollars

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-104/

New: Fediverse Report # 103

This week I wrote about #fediverse as a countercultural place for pop culture, and how that affects goals to bring the fediverse into the mainstream

As well as the news:
- @iftas announces that due to a lack of funding, they will likely have to wind down some crucial services for safety on the fediverse
- Tapestry is a new "timeline" app by @Iconfactory

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-103/

New: Fediverse Report #102

This week's news:
- a large crowd for the #fediverse at #fosdem
- some controversies around data scraping on the fediverse
- @openvibe gets 800k in funding to further work on the multi-protocol client

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-102/

New: Last Week in the ATmosphere

Lots of experimentation going on in the ATProto dev community, some highlights:
- live streaming with Streamplace
- p2p group chats with Roomy

And the first ATProto conference on March 22/23 in Seattle (not run by Bsky)

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-atmosphere-2025jan-d/

New: Fediverse Report #101

This week's news:
- @pixelfed continues to grow, adding 100k active users in a week. The platform now has grown from 20k active users a month ago to almost 300k active accounts currently
- The Pixelfed Kickstarter smashed its goals, raising over 100k CAD in funding
- Tumblr recommits to connecting to the #fediverse in the future, using the WordPress #ActivityPub plugin

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-101/

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 #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

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-99/