Within the last few years, publishing within the Fediverse has started to take off. This week’s opinion piece focuses on some of the current hurdles this network has, when it comes to user experience, and proposes ideas and a vision of what’s possible.
Sometimes, developing a new app, platform, or concept for the #Fediverse can seem like a minefield. Here’s some rules of thumb on how to maintain goodwill with the community, and ideas of how to do it.
In an effort to better help prospective Fediverse developers understand Solid, the ActivityPods team has released an example app as a reference point for understanding how everything works under the hood.
And now, for some lighthearted fun: Canvas, the r/Place alternative for Lemmy, is back for its 72-hour collaborative art event, and this time, the whole Fediverse is invited!
We sat down with Matthias Pfefferle to talk about his journey in developing an ActivityPub integration for WordPress, along with the challenges of implementing a protocol for a platform that everybody customizes in a wide variety of ways....
Das Fediverse wächst weiter: Über das zugrundeliegende Protokoll ActivityPub soll in diesem Jahr auch die Blogging- und Newsletter-Plattform Ghost föderieren.
Biden is posting into the fediverse. Vernissage is a new photo platform in development. Newsmast’s report on the diversity of communities in the fediverse.
Mobilizon gets new ownership. One of the primary suppliers of shared deny lists in the fediverse is spinning down, in favour of IFTAS’ new upcoming FediCheck shared deny list project. Updates on the amount of Threads accounts that connect to the fediverse.
This ended up being such a great interview. I know some people will shrug it off, because it’s Bluesky and not Mastodon, but Rudy’s a super smart dude and an amazing guest, and he shed a lot of light on building a community space for black people on an emergent platform. There’s so much good info coming from this man!