Poptalk.scrubbles.tech is going down temporarily due to fear of federating CSAM (lemmy.world)
poptalk.scrubbles.tech/c/poptalkmeta...
Mbin is a community fork of Kbin focused on what the community wants, pull requests can be merged by any repo member. (github.com)
Is Mastodon's Link-Previewing Overloading Servers ? (news.itsfoss.com)
The blog Its FOSS has 15,000 followers for its Mastodon account — which they think is causing problems:...
Instagram Users Shown Transphobia As Promotional Tool To Join Threads (neuromatch.social)
The link goes to this users Mastodon post on the subject. I’m going to copy part of the text of his post without having to post the Threads post they were shown. Click through if you want to see for yourself, avoid if such things are upsetting to you....
Faircamp is a Free Bandcamp Alternative (wedistribute.org)
There’s a really cool open source alternative to Bandcamp that just came out. With some questions raised about Bandcamp’s future, some musicians in the Fediverse are leaning into the new platform as a different approach to selling their music....
mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev (dotart.blog)
mastodon.art has decided to suspend firefish.social from their instance due to issues with its administrator. The administrator of firefish.social was found to be boosting posts from a known harasser on another instance. mastodon.art takes a firm stance against racism and suspending full instances in these situations is part of...
Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)
A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) (yewtu.be)
A federated internet is forming. It’s built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.
Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Russia's first politically motivated block of a Fediverse server (reestr.rublacklist.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14155096...
EU : Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay. (social.network.europa.eu)
EU :...
Oh, Zot! Nomadic Identity is Coming to ActivityPub (wedistribute.org)
Mike Macgirvin, the long-time developer that brought us Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, and the Zot protocol, is bringing his most powerful concept to the rest of the Fediverse: Nomadic Identity.
If this ActivityPub-fueled change takes off, it will break every social network into a thousand pieces (www.theverge.com)
Tumblr’s ‘fediverse’ integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg (techcrunch.com)
queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban (archive.fo)
The admin stated they won’t be renewing the domain because .af is now controlled by the Taliban....
Another “governance” think tank has its eye on the fediverse (infrastructureinsights.fund)
Three months ago I posted about the Atlantic Council’s interest in the controlling the fediverse: lemmy.ml/post/6641106...
Erik Moeller on Mastodon: There's a common false dichotomy about Threads [...] (nerdica.net) en-gb
There's a common false dichotomy about #Threads: cut them off, or leave it to user choice.I can't speak to other software, but Mastodon offers a third option: limiting Threads. This can be done for all users of a server....
Lemmy and my Switch to PieFed (jeena.net)
TLDR: The main reason was Lemmy hogging server resources....
Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative (ioc.exchange)
Codeberg was asking about this. The linked toot by a commenter points to :...
Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity (wedistribute.org)
Seppo: Personal Social Web (seppo.social)
#Seppo empowers you to publish short texts (and images yet to come) and to network in the Social Web. By renting commodity web space and dropping a single file. Without being subject to terms and conditions. Without having to fret about small print or tech lore. And without the need for an IT-consultant. But rather having a...
Could We Build a Decentralised Social Platform Rooted in Place? (carlnewton.github.io)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/10422101...
Getting Tangled Up in Threads (wedistribute.org)
The Fediverse is currently divided over whether or not to block Threads. Here are some of the things people are worried about, some opportunities that might come from it, and what we need to do to prepare.
WordPress blogs can now be followed in the Fediverse (techcrunch.com)
Pixelfed Groups Are Coming to the Fediverse "Very Soon" (wedistribute.org)
Pixelfed, an alternative to Instagram, has matured over the years. One of its biggest, most powerful features is about to touch down - federated groups. And it will be compatible with Lemmy and Kbin.