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Threads users can now share to the open social web, aka the fediverse (techcrunch.com)

Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected social network that includes apps like Mastodon, PeerTube and others running the ActivityPub protocol. On Tuesday, Meta announced that it’s now opening up its beta for sharing to the fediverse to Threads users who are 18...

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 75 (fediversereport.com)

Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and more (techcrunch.com)

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away (this one, in fact), a few internet rebels decided that they were tired of the corporate overlords controlling their online lives. Thus, the fediverse was born — an attempt to wrest control of microblogging services, such as Twitter and its ilk, away from centralized powers and...

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 74 (fediversereport.com)

[Lemmy] Lemmy v0.19.5 Release (join-lemmy.org)

Meta releases Threads API for developers to build “unique integrations” (www.theverge.com)

The Threads API is finally here for all developers.

Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)

A social network founded by a former OpenAI employee was caught importing public posts from Mastodon...and ran AI analysis to add tags to them.

VIVERSE Joins the Fediverse: Cross-Platform Connection Made Possible (www.news.viverse.com)

Looks like it's so far just surface-level integration with Mastodon friends/DMs. But it's still nice seeing the fediverse embraced and integrated at all by what was once a walled garden.

[Lemmy] Lemmy v0.19.4 Release (join-lemmy.org)

You can now customize your For You feed on Threads using swipes (techcrunch.com)

Instagram Threads is rolling out the ability for users to signal which sort of posts they wanted to see more or less of by swiping.

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 71 (fediversereport.com)

Threads’ TweetDeck-style redesign is rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)

Get your Following and For You feeds side by side.

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 70 (fediversereport.com)

Bluesky Introduces Direct Messages (wedistribute.org)

A Primer on Mastodon’s New Board Members (wedistribute.org)

Meta's Oversight Board takes its first Threads case (techcrunch.com)

Meta's Oversight Board has now extended its scope to include the company's newest platform, Instagram Threads. Designed as an independent appeals board

Threads starts testing a TweetDeck-like feed of real-time posts (www.theverge.com)

This new UI is limited to Threads on the web.

Video, audio and blogging: Japanese Bluesky is building in the ATmosphere (fediversereport.com)

Three new products for the ATmosphere by Japanese developers: Video platform Bluemotion, Blogging with WhiteWind, and audio spaces with Bluecast.

Threads finally starts its own fact-checking program (techcrunch.com)

Meta's newest social network, Threads is starting its own fact-checking program after piggybacking on Instagram and Facebook's network for a few months.

Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It (www.techdirt.com)

There was a bit of news in the world of decentralized social media over the past few weeks. It kicked off with the announcement that Jack Dorsey had left the board of Bluesky. This was followed by an interview Jack gave to Mike Solana where he explained his thinking on all of this. There was also a flurry of talk claiming...

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