Notices by Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)

new from me: What is the purpose of protocols?

https://connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-of-protocols/

FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

on how @altstore, Tangled and npmx.dev are using open social networking protocols to build, distribute, and discover software, and how the most important part is not the code but the community building part

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr157-social-software-distribution/

new from me: FR#156 - Share Where?

on @Mastodon 's new Share button, the Mastodon API and protocol ownership

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr156-share-where/

new from me: FR#154 - Search and Community

@HolosSocial shut down their fediverse search engine, over concerns that some users have the flag for being indexable turned on without consciously enabling it.

If the consent flag Holos relied on frequently doesn't represent consent, that's a problem, because Mastodon's FASP project relies on the same.

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr154-search-and-community/

@dansup whats the status exactly of the Pixelfed Foundation that you raised money for with the Kickstarter last year?

#ActivityPub is getting its first formal update path since 2018. I wrote about why this matters, how this leads to some strange and funny power dynamics, and about who actually participate

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news:

Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he "has always believed in this stuff", might not be so strong after all

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-147/

Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news

- @peertube releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions
- @bonfire reaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people
- PieFed continues to improve, with an upcoming question-answer mode and better handling of links

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-146/

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/