Notices by Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)

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/

Some more practical stuff:

- The publishing schedule stays exactly the same. Tuesdays is Fediverse Report, Thursday is Bluesky/ATmosphere Report, Friday is an essay and personal takes for email subscribes.
- Because you all love RSS: https://connectedplaces.online/feed/
- You can follow the blog via activitypub: @laurenshof@connectedplaces.online
- Ill cross post to fediversereport.com for a while still, still figuring out the moving account on wordpress stuff

The weekly Fediverse Report doesnt disappear though, its just on a different domain name. In fact, Fediverse Report #122 is right here!

This week's news:
- @Mastodon announces and retracts a new ToS for their instances
- Threads moves their fediverse integration to a separate feed
- Wanderer is a new fediverse platform for sharing your hiking and biking trails

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

Fediverse Report is now Connected Places!

As the open social web grows, my writing has expanded to cover the large variety of places within this connected network of platforms. Fundamentally I think the open social web are Connected Places. The platforms, instances and communities we're building are digital places, connected via open protocols.

This name changes better reflects what my writing is all about. To read more: https://connectedplaces.online/welcome-to-connected-places/

This week's #fediverse news:

- @activitypub.blog talks about how they plan to make WordPress sites a full member of the fediverse, with replies, follows, and your own feed
- @fediforum videos now available, with some thoughts on the ones that stood out to me
- server admins can now opt-in to @fed.brid.gy on a per-server basis
- @swf releases draft for E2EE messaging over #activitypub with MLS

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-121/