Notices by Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 93

This week's news
- With Bluesky the main topic of conversations, people are experimenting with Starter Packs on the fediverse as well
- @subclub can now turn any RSS feed into a paywalled #activitypub newsfeed
- Pixelfed will not pursue an #atproto integration following negative feedback from the community

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-93/

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 92

This week's news:
- New updates on @loops and more information about further plans for their For You Algorithm
- @Flipboard is taking over the automated accounts on press.coop
- An ActivityPub bot+server that consists of only 2 simple files

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-92/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- @loops has launched and is now available for everyone!
- @radiofreefedi will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 90

This week's news
- The Fediverse Schema Observatory is a new tool to help interoperability
- the botsin.space server will shut down
- Add monetisation to federated WordPress blogs with @subclub
- You can now set custom handles on fediverse accounts that are bridged to Bluesky

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-90/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 90

- Upcoming shortform video platform @loops opens a waitlist for signups
- Mosaic is a service to help organisations create their custom version of upcoming platform @bonfire , and
- the new owners of event planning platform Mobilizon release a big new update.

Read at:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-89/

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 85

This week's news:

- The Swiss government shuts down their Mastodon server
- @gotosocial latest update brings Interaction Policies to the fediverse, giving people control over who can interact with their posts (or turn off replies altogether
- The Social Web Foundation has launched, with controversy about Meta being a partner

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-85/

I also made an easy-to-share PDF, Fediverse for Publishers. It gives a quick overview of what the fediverse is, why it matters for publishers and journalists, and an easy overview of the different ways to get started. Check it out, and feel free to share and use it.

Check it out here!

https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-for-publishers/

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 82

This week's news:

- A massive signup wave on #Bluesky after Brazil bans X
- Premium feeds in the fediverse with @subclub
- Moderated microblogging groups by @newsmast
- Popular tech show WVFRM with YouTuber @mkbhd discusses the fediverse as the protocol wars.
- Hiding comments and preventing quote posts with Bluesky's latest update

Read at https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-82/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 80

This week's news:
- A British migration wave to #Bluesky as the UK gov feuds with Musk
- @Flipboard expands their fediverse integration
- Some thoughts on how experimental features on Bluesky get repurposed by the community for different goals instead

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-80/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 79

This week's news:
- @mmasnick joins Bluesky's Board of Directors
- @bonfire shows some more information on Mosaic, another project of Bonfire, and puts out bounties for developers to help get to a 1.0 release
- A platform for football fans with CollabFC
- 3d printing platform @manyfold has added early #activitypub support

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-79/

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 78

This week's news:
- @gotosocial latest update adds reply controls
- Conversations about racism on the fediverse, leading to work on a separate allow-list based federated network
- @peertube adds automatic video transcription using Whisper
- A closer look at Patchwork, an upcoming plugin system for Mastodon

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-78/

extra fun fact: the announcement post made by the government is natively available in the fediverse via their Wordpress ActivityPub connection!

You can see for yourself:

https://mastodon.social/@digitaleoverheid.nl@www.digitaleoverheid.nl/112772786233619445

Dutch government announces that they'll make Mastodon available to all layers of the entire Dutch government, as a shared service of the government, starting in 2025!

The Mastodon pilot of the government celebrates their 1-year anniversary today, and as part of the evaluation they stated the Mastodon pilot "strengthens digital autonomy and [creates] a safe and reliable information supply".

Announcement (in Dutch): https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/1-jarig-mastodon-overheid-blikt-terug-en-vooruit/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 75

This week's news:
- #Threads expands their fediverse connection
- Bandwagon is a new platform for musicians on the fediverse that has entered early testing
- @dot_social interviews Ghost's John O'Nolan

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-75/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 74

This weeks' news:
- More updates by Ghost on their work on implementing #ActivityPub
- Statistics shared by Mastodon show the power of an open API, and the incredible diverse ecosystem that it enables
- NLnet supports fediverse event planning software Gancio with a new grant

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-74/

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 71

- @iftas has launched a community for fediverse moderators with IFTAS Connect
- The Canadian House of Commons has been presented with a petition to work towards open and federated social media
- @piefedadmin now federates with #peertube, and for some Topics (community aggregators) peertube videos will now show up
- Some more news from #Farcaster and #nostr

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-71/

Correction: the original version stated that the Mostr.pub bridge was used for a spam wave on Bluesky. This is incorrect, a different bridge between Nostr and the fediverse, momostr.pink, was used. Mostr.pub creator Alex Gleason explains that the Mostr.pub bridge has anti-spam filtering that would have prevented such as spam attack.

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