Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.
EU : Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay. (social.network.europa.eu)
EU :...
Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App (wedistribute.org)
The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He's helping other projects in the space, too.
Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024) (wedistribute.org)
Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.
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.
Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover (github.com)
Jack Dorsey says he quit Bluesky because it was becoming another Twitter (www.businessinsider.com)
Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too:...
Lemmy.ml is supposedly blocked in China (emacs.ch)
Funny if true.
Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal (techcrunch.com)
Defederating with Threads overview (fedipact.veganism.social)
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/112174670147908804
Fediverse turns 16 tomorrow (cosocial.ca)
You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
Both President Biden and the White House have enabled the Fediverse integration on Threads.
Russia's first politically motivated block of a Fediverse server (reestr.rublacklist.net)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14155096...
Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)
Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.
Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’ (www.theverge.com)
They’re not done yet. Just announcing (and the verge reporting on it)....
Prismic: A federated social VR sandbox using ActivityPub. (codeberg.org)
Mastodon rolls out built-in bylines for journalists in the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
I think this is a good incentive for Journalists to be more active on the fediverse.
Single-user Mastodon Instance is a Bad Idea (mull.net)
Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative (ioc.exchange)
Codeberg was asking about this. The linked toot by a commenter points to :...
PeerTube 6.1 is out! (joinpeertube.org)
Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy (wedistribute.org)
Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy's Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps of...
George Takei looks like good company on the Fediverse, agreed ? (universeodon.com)
I think it was last week when George Takei announced to quit with social media but is still there! Does the Fediverse need a few more well known names to attract more users ?...