Fediverse Report 142 - this week's #fediverse news - More on @bonfire's crowdfunding and why software maintenance matters - But which communities are the ones that are going to start new fediverse servers? - @Mastodon#fediverseupdates their roadmap, with starter packs, new landing pages for mastodon […]

ATmosphere Report 142 (in two parts) - this weeks #atproto and #bluesky news - atproto platform Gander raises 1.3M CAD in fundraiser to build Canadian platform interoperable with Bluesky - first step set for atproto becoming part of the IETF - Semble.so is a new knowledge sharing platform […]

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news - @bonfire finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project - @Mastodon#fediversehas officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse […]

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news - @bonfire finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project - @Mastodon#fediversehas officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse […]

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news Mastodon is working towards making one of the longstanding pain points of the fediverse a thing of the past, with the new ability to show all replies to a post. Bonfire is making strides with their Open Science Network platform, and Ghost is […]

for this week's atproto news I'm comparing todays Dutch election result with how active the politicians are on Bluesky and in other news: - GreenEarth is building personalised algos on atproto, with 300k in funding - more interop between publishing platforms - polls on leaflet […]

@fediversereport I believe the next step has to be separating the moderation from the platform, we can build standalone moderation tooling that speaks to any and all platforms, common tools, open source, informed by current usage and existing best practice. Funders seem to favour the production […]

There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge. https://connectedplaces.online/on-the-coordination-for-better-moderation-systems/

Fediverse Report 139 - this week's #fediverse news: - on how the environment and context in which the fediverse, bluesky and the open social web exist is changing and getting more intertwined with politics - some thoughts on the recent FediForum keynote by @ben#fediverse- new #activitypub projects being […]

fediverse report is now scheduled to come out every friday (instead of every tuesday), due to some other work obligations. so a few more days until the next episode. in the meantime, check out all the fediverse projects nlnet is funding with their latest grant round […]

on the challenges when an authoritarian regime joins a social networking platform to troll https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m3nci5fap22n

Fediverse Report 138 - this week's #fediverse news - a closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, which connects to both #activitypub and #atproto. Their latest update allows people to migrate their #bluesky account to wafrn, joining the fediverse while staying connected to their bluesky […]

Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news - @altstore joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms - @Mastodon#fediverseis getting Starter Packs, with […]

fediverse report will be again on thursday this week so i can incorporate all the exciting #fediforum news and demos

Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news - @newsmast#fediversetakes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration - a paper by @inquiline on targeted harassment on Mastodon - #activitypub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with […]

Extremely pleased to announce the release of the ActivityPub Fuzzer! This is a tool that runs in a local development environment and (partially) emulates known ActivityPub software. It can even create a fake local "public fire hose" shaped like what you might see if you hooked your […]

This weeks fediverse report will come out on Thursday instead of today, apologies for the inconvenience

Fediverse Report 135 - This week's #fediverse news - @Mastodon#fediverselaunches paid hosting service for institutions - Gaza Verified is a grassroots initiative to verify Palestinians on Mastodon who need aid, and who have recently completed a 22k USD fundraiser […]

This is a really important piece, please read it. And if you think that this can happen to Bluesky but not in the ActivityPub world, think again. From: @fediversereport https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/115231698958411981

‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism […]

‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism […]

Fediverse Report 134 - this week's #fediverse news - @Mastodon#fediverseshows their quote post implementation, coming next week - @anewsocial 's Bridgy Fed makes it easier to see interactions to your post on other networks with a new DM feature https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-134/

On Discourse and Decentralisation The Community Group for #activitypub is drafting an open letter calling for respect and collaboration between the people working on the different protocols in the open social web. I'm signing the letter, and with it, I have some thoughts regarding discourse […]

Fediverse Report 133 - this week's #fediverse news: - Government of Nepal shuts down virtually all social media over the weekend, including Mastodon - An open letter calling for a cooling down of discourse and increased respect regarding debates between #activitypub and #atproto about […]

FediForum special event next week! Join us for an hour with Robert W. Gehl, who wrote a great new book about the Fediverse: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media." Come and hear excerpts from the book, and ask questions! We read […]

We're ramping up our funding efforts at @anewsocial to ensure we can run Bridgy Fed and Bounce for the long run. As a non-profit, we want to be as community-funded as possible, so we're focusing on ways to make that easier. A quick thread about where we're at in terms of funds: (1/3)🧵 […]

IFTAS is doing its annual fediverse survey. If you are involved in running/moderating an instance, it would be great if you could take a few minutes. The results are always worthwhile. https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

Fediverse Report 132 - this week's #fediverse news - Next Sosyal is a new social media platform with close ties to the Turkish ruling party, that is based on Mastodon but does not federate - A shuffle in the places, forums and sites to talk about #activitypub, with new owners for forum […]

What happens if Substack continues with their lock-in of writers, but other platforms on the open social web can offer better distribution and discovery? https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3lxrquusm4225

Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/

Mississippi’s age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/mississippis-age-assurance-law-puts-decentralized-social-networks-to-the-test/

Mississippi, Bluesky, Blacksky, the ATmosphere, Mastodon, and the Fediverse New on The Nexus of Privacy! https://privacy.thenexus.today/mississippi-bluesky-blacksky-the-atmosphere-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/ As well as a summary of the situation (both in the ATmosphere and the Fediverse) and […]

some thoughts on Bounce, the new tool by @anewsocial that lets you migrate your social graph from bluesky to mastodon and pixelfed https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3lxhywrnwnc2d

New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the #fediverse and #activitypub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner? […]

New: SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the #fediverse and #activitypub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner? […]

"Viewing the fediverses as a large number of independent places, shows both the value in diversity that it allows, as well as the very real challenges that individual server operates face when it comes to complying with global regulations. "None of the large fediverse servers have so far […]

This week's #fediverse news - Fediverse Report #131 - How age verification laws impact the fediverse, both how we understand the network as well as the impact on server admins - CrowdBucks is a new crowdfunding platform for the fediverse - Google's Play Store requirements for clients result in […]

Excited to share some great news from the creative community! Oeee Cafe, a fantastic oekaki drawing platform, just added ActivityPub support today. This means all the amazing artwork being created there can now be shared and discovered across the fediverse, which is such a wonderful step toward […]

#bluesky and #atproto news of the last 2 weeks: - A new ToS and community guidelines for bsky - Anisota pushes boundaries of what a bsky client can be - Cosmik Network gets 1M funding to build a knowledge network for researchers on atproto […]

For a sneak preview of my followup to the Fediverse Schema Observatory, there's now a project page on the lab website for the ActivityPub Fuzzer: https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/activitypub-fuzzer/ Basically it lets an ActivityPub server developer test against incoming messages from Fediverse […]

The 2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment is open! If you run or moderate an online community, your feedback will guide the tools, training, and resources we focus on next year. See https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/ for details #fedimods #moderators #fediadmin #moderation […]

Fediverse Report #129 - this week's #fediverse news: - The SocialHub ActivityPub forum might shut down: the current admin is looking for another team to take over the operation, and it is currently unclear if this will happen - Meta is likely scraping many fediverse servers, a leaked document […]

# Long-form articles I was reading the Fediverse Report – #128 post by @laurenshof and several sentences caught my attention: > Ghost’s connection to the fediverse currently means that following a Ghost blog from your fediverse account results in seeing a post with the article headline and a […]

This week's #bluesky and #atproto news: - 38M accounts on Bluesky, with renewed discourse on a slowdown of the growth rate - The Verge's Nilay Patel talks about how SB Nation's new social feed for sports will integrate with bluesky in the future […]

Fediverse Report 128 - This week's #fediverse news: - Ghost has officially launched their fediverse integration for all users with Ghost 6.0 - @fedicon#fediversehappened this week! - A follow-up to last week's overview of fediverse clients, with some more interesting clients to pay attention to Read at […]

At #fedicon last weekend, I had the opportunity to present my thoughts on the open social web, what we're building at @anewsocial, and what it's taught us about how to build for people, not platforms. Our aim is The Last Network Effect, and the path to that is building bridges, not walls. You […]

With the launch of Ghost 6.0, every publication that runs on Ghost becomes part of the #fediverse. You can follow and comment on Platformer or 404 Media articles without leaving your Mastodon feed. This is the future of social media. Congratulations to @johnonolan and all the team at Ghost!