Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services (arstechnica.com)
Interview About Building Trust & Safety in Decentralized Systems (wedistribute.org)
Just wanted to share this interview we just put out with Jaz Michael-King, the guy that founded IFTAS. They’re doing some really wild stuff trying to wrangle in harassment, spam, objectionable content, and CSAM, and are looking to provide tooling for the Fediverse, as well as trauma resources and training for moderators....
Early Access Federation for Self-Hosters | Bluesky (docs.bsky.app)
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/5484255...
What are the proposal to make the ActivityPub protocol better? (kbin.social)
I'm a fan of the Fediverse, but what are the major issues we faced right now because of the limitations of the #ActivityPub protocol? Recently, decentralize social networks are at their peak, big players are trying to be part of it, and is constantly in the news....
The Verge - The fediverse, explained (www.theverge.com)
Get Your Own Fediverse Trading Cards! (wedistribute.org)
An awesome new app just got released for free on itch.io, that lets Fedizens create their own MTG-style playing cards.
Changing PieFed's appearance with themes - PieFed (join.piefed.social)
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/4986083...
It's possible to talk about The Bad Space without being racist or anti-trans – but it's not as easy as it sounds (privacy.thenexus.today)
There’s another wave of discourse about The Bad Space on the microblogging side of the fediverse, so here’s my article from a couple of months ago....
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 57 - The Fediverse Report (fediversereport.com)
How Does BlueSky Work? (steveklabnik.com)
Interesting post about BlueSky’s underlying federated protocol (AT Protocol)
A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency (fungiverse.wordpress.com)
TL;DR: The current Mastodon-signup is only removing the confusion of users on first glance, because it either hides the server-choice altogether, or leaves them with a choice that is impossible to make at this point of their Mastodon-journey. Instead, it should introduce them to decentrality on a lower scale, with a handful of...
Pixelfed is introducing Curated Onboarding: A Personal Touch to Community Building (pixelfed.blog)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/7026921...
Steps towards a safer fediverse (privacy.thenexus.today)
The good news is that there are some straightforward opportunities for significant short-term safety improvements. If fediverse funders, developers, businesses, and “influencers” start prioritizing investing in safety, the fediverse can turn what’s currently a big weakness into a huge strategic advantage....
Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks (techcrunch.com)
Cyberbullying Gone Global: Fediverse Spam and Operation Beleaguer (blog.fyralabs.com)
A really interesting look at the recent spam wave.
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.
BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial (www.bbc.co.uk)
Spam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilities (techcrunch.com)
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 56 (fediversereport.com)
How much difference does a CDN make to a fediverse instance? - PieFed (join.piefed.social)
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/5391072...
are people still all riled up about beehaw? (kbin.social)
in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began....
Flipboard just brought over 1,000 of its social magazines to Mastodon and the fediverse (techcrunch.com)
Bonfire Offers Framework for Next-Gen Fediverse Platforms (wedistribute.org)
We recently chatted with two of the devs involved with Bonfire. Honestly, they have some really amazing ideas about building a modular Fediverse platform that developers can build on for their own apps.
Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges (wedistribute.org)
Bridgy Fed made a splash earlier this week by announcing its latest progress in connecting the Fediverse to Bluesky and Nostr. Sadly, not everyone was welcoming.
Lemmy Handshake - Beta release (sh.itjust.works)
The app that synchronizes multiple lemmy accounts so you can migrate and keep backup accounts across instances, it’s opensource and free, currently working in android and windows....
