Notices by Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)

Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news:

- @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-145/

Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news:

@newsmast launches news app for the Bristol Cable that combines local news with fediverse integrated news feeds, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR

https://connectedplaces.online/fediverse-report-144/

this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with:

how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky,
Bluesky doing dev grants,
and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform

https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3m6kaze4y3s2i

Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power

https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25

Fediverse Report 139 - this week's #fediverse news:

- on how the environment and context in which the fediverse, bluesky and the open social web exist is changing and getting more intertwined with politics
- some thoughts on the recent FediForum keynote by @ben
- new #activitypub projects being funded by @nlnet

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-139/

@mackuba aaaahhh

should be fixed now again, thanks for letting me know!

@pfefferle is this issue still on your radar somewhere? its a consistent problem for me, to the point that it makes it hard to continue using the plugin

Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news

- @altstore joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms
- @Mastodon is getting Starter Packs, with more details on the design, soliciting feedback
- @anewsocial announced a new version for Bounce, which allows you to transfer your account from the fediverse to #bluesky

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-137/

fediverse report will be again on thursday this week so i can incorporate all the exciting #fediforum news and demos

On Discourse and Decentralisation

The Community Group for #ActivityPub is drafting an open letter calling for respect and collaboration between the people working on the different protocols in the open social web.

I'm signing the letter, and with it, I have some thoughts regarding discourse, decentralisation and why I think this space matters.

https://connectedplaces.online/on-discourse-and-decentralisation/

some thoughts on Bounce, the new tool by @anewsocial that lets you migrate your social graph from bluesky to mastodon and pixelfed

https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3lxhywrnwnc2d

Fediverse Report 128 - This week's #fediverse news:

- Ghost has officially launched their fediverse integration for all users with Ghost 6.0
- @fedicon happened this week!
- A follow-up to last week's overview of fediverse clients, with some more interesting clients to pay attention to

Read at: https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-128/

In other news: I've gotten funding from @nlnet to write Fediverse Report for the next year! Huge thanks to NLnet for the support!

For more information, as well as what I'll be writing about this summer, check out:

https://connectedplaces.online/funding-update-and-summer-schedule/

Fediverse Report #127

Something different this week, where I take an overview of all the clients in the fediverse ecosystem and which ones stand out to me. There are a huge amount of great clients and apps for the fediverse available, so I'm giving an overview of the clients I pay the most attention to.

Feel I missed some? I'd love to hear!

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-127/

New: Fediverse Report #125 - This week's #fediverse news:

- @Mastodon's 4.4 update brings more customisation, as well as the option to set referral headers to show that people indeed click on links
- Continued uncertainty around the UK's Online Safety Act, with Mastodon.social saying they "are still aligning on a way forward for people in the UK"
- new features and updates for PieFed
- @fedicon will be August 1-2 in Vancouver!

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-125/

Bluesky Report #125 - this weeks #bluesky and #atproto news:

- Bluesky adds age verification system to comply with new UK law
- Eurosky is a new initiative from to build a commons content moderation system in the EU
- Bluesky aims to be the place for US soccer conversations

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/bluesky-report-125/

🗞️ New essay

Bluesky and Mastodon users have drastically different perceptions to the UK's new age verification laws: either treating their platform is exactly the same as a Big Tech platform, or assuming their network is so different the laws dont apply

https://connectedplaces.online/age-verification-laws-are-the-new-social-networks-different-or-not-at-all/

ATmosphere Report - this week's #bluesky and #atproto news:

- More notification settings for Bluesky
- How atproto is becoming a place to build multiperson LLM chatbots
- Bluesky's proposal for Auth Scopes also introduces new questions for governance

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/atmosphere-report-124/

Alternative social networks like the fediverse and Bluesky have constructed a narrative of how growth of the network happens: when Musk does something particularly evil or stupid, people migrate in a wave looking for an ethical alternative. But what happens when that pattern breaks down?

I look at how this narrative came to be, how it reflects a specific time period, and how this period might just be over now

https://connectedplaces.online/growth-narratives-on-the-new-social-networks/

Fediverse Report #123 - this week's #fediverse news:

- Tumblr will not migrate to WordPress, and resulting from that, will not be joining the fediverse after all
- @Mastodon makes the release candidate for update 4.4 available, which among other features will display quote posts from other platforms
- new funding round from @nlnet with grants for better event federation, #activitypub -based polls on WordPress, and for NodeBB and Funkwhale

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-123/

ATmosphere Report #122 - This weeks #atproto news:

- Zeppelin is a new full-network appview, allowing you to use the Bluesky network without Bluesky PBC's infrastructure
- @roomy.chat shows the alignment and struggles of combining atproto with local-first computing
- combining atproto with OpenID Connect

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/atmosphere-report-122/