💙 Season’s greetings to all the Fediverse moderators, admins, and community builders. Thank you for the time, care, and emotional labour you give to keeping online spaces safer, fairer, and more humane. Your work often goes unseen, but it truly matters […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

final post of the year about bluesky and atproto, with some thoughts on what im expecting for 2026 https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3mao4mpv35c22

Fediverse Report 147 - this week's #fediverse news: Threads is putting their fediverse integration on maintenance mode after it has seen very little use, signalling the end to a tumultuous period for the fediverse. Zuckerberg's belief in decentralised social networking, saying in 2023 that he […]

At the Fediverse track at SFSCon last month, Johannes Ernst spoke about: From the Fediverse to the Open Social Web: Towards the Digital Freedom to Subscribe, Communicate and Interact Across the Entire Web Recording and other talks: https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List vive dot im https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List gs dot leftic dot club https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

v1.112 is live! We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky. Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts. Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

I just sent the 1,000th report of an account created by a Russian state-sponsored contractor building a network of accounts all across the Fediverse, simply to regurgitate pro-Russian sentiment in the hopes of being scooped up by LLMs to seed their responses when asked about Russia, Ukraine, the […]

social[.]5th[.]ro is a free speech/minimal moderation and SEO advertorial farming business, connected to a WordPress plugin that provides "Auto Boosting" to its customers - which requires third party service accounts. Be on the lookout for accounts being registered for this purpose by the […]

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS DNI List parcero[.]casa tsundere[.]love https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-dni-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news - @peertube releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions - @bonfire#fediversereaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people - […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115689198997943088 a long analysis and response to @Mastodon's call for digital sovereignty. How open social protocols provide the European Commission with an opportunity for digital sovereignty, but that this […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I'm getting a lot of "please use the Mastodon report function to tell us about the Russian disinformation accounts we are hosting". With all due respect, if you have three or more, I'm not sitting here and clicking through each and every account to create a report, you're going to get a DM or […]

Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️ Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in. Read about why this matters and how it can […]

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Mayel de Borniol and Ivan Minutillo spoke about: Bonfire: Public Interest Social Networks https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/ #fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb #bonfire

Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news: - @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone - More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia […]

Australia's eSafety Act comes into force on December 10. Here's a guide for federated service providers including some practical advice on how to demonstrate good faith compliance. For now, no federated services are on the list for enforcement, but being prepared is easy, simple, and way better […]

New: ATmosphere Report 145, with collections of links to interesting #atproto stuff for November This time, all the links are on-protocol, as a Semble.so collection, with a custom page that also shows you comments on Leaflet and posts on Bluesky https://traverse.connectedplaces.online/

The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS DNI List gimmeloli[.]cc https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-dni-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List formosa[.]aspa[.]idv[.]tw todon[.]ploud[.]fr https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news: @newsmast launches news app for the Bristol Cable that combines local news with fediverse integrated news feeds, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR https://connectedplaces.online/fediverse-report-144/

this weeks ATmosphere/bluesky news, with: how Eurosky helped show that the atproto ecosystem is bigger than just Bluesky, Bluesky doing dev grants, and how Gander is thinking about creating cultural sovereignty with their platform https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3m6kaze4y3s2i

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List abyss[.]fun liberdon[.]com https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

@swf has announced the Social Web Devroom at #fosdem2026 - with three formats for various size projects to showcase ActivityPub protocol or API services; advocacy efforts; libraries, toolkits, frameworks... if it's Fediverse related we'd like to hear from you! Submissions are open through Dec 1 […]

The main news of the week is that @Gargron is stepping down as Mastodon CEO, with @mellifluousbox taking over the role, and this week's newsletter is a reflection on the change. https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-143/

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List circus[.]town https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25

Today marks a significant moment in the life of the Fediverse. Leadership of Mastodon is transitioning from Eugen Rochko @Gargron to Felix Hlatky @mellifluousbox who steps into the role of Executive Director. Eugen’s contribution to the web cannot be overstated. His vision, persistence, and […]

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]

#followfriday Das Bündnis “Offene Netzwerke & demokratische Öffentlichkeiten”¹ bringt wichtigen Input zum 🇪🇺-#DigitalGipfel #DigitaleSouveränität am 18. Nov. ²: ✅ 30 Millionen € für einen #fediversefund ✅ #plus1prinzip verankern ✅ Anerkennung der #Gemeinnützigkeit ✅ 🇪🇺-#Mediendatenraum 👉 […]

Okay, FIRES reference server 0.5 is now out, this will probably be the last release before 1.0.0 This release contains the ability to import changes into a dataset from a mastodon, fediblockhole or domain-only CSV file, helping people migrate to using FIRES for datasets. If you've historical […]

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 […]

@iftas The moderators at @moderators are amazing! I've had the chance to meet some of them and also have been aware of situations they have handled with calm, good judgement, and yes firmness where needed (fortunately, mostly situations I heard about secondhand).

A gentle reminder: much like tech support, moderation is most visible when something goes wrong. The vast majority of moderation work - unseen, unpaid, and often unacknowledged - quietly contributes to a safer, more welcoming experience for everyone. There is no justification for careless or […]

I'm seeing a lot of conversation around usernames and the implementation of reserved words or profanity/harmful language filters. This ties in to to a soon-to-be-available feature in Mastodon that will enable rules to proactively moderate account usernames. The IFTAS Community Library has a […]

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The daily data for the Russian Telegram channel spam network will no longer be updated. The actor in question has now created over 750 accounts on 180 servers, and shows no sign of slowing down. All activity appears to be manual, but automation of new accounts could quickly […]

RE: https://actu.blois.fr/@villedeblois/115486831898803392 Welcome, @villedeblois! We are happy to help, and work with more cities or other civic organisations that want to join the Fediverse!

IFTAS Connect is being decommissioned today 😢 I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated, contributed resources, and helped build a shared understanding of moderation and safety in federated systems. I am still full-time, IFTAS isn't […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

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 […]

Launching http://xodus.online ! Building a movement away from toxic social media, towards alternative social media (open social web) - the why, the where-to and the how! Please support our launch ! https://xodus.online/2025/10/30/launching-xodus-online/ #mastodonmigration

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 […]

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/

Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more! #onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood

Less than 10 days until SFSCon and the Fediverse track we are organizing there. Looking forward to many interesting presentations from technology to public policy, from community building to the future of the Open Social Web. See you in Bolzano? https://fediforum.org

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged List mstdn[.]gunma[.]jp silverbay[.]space truthsocial[.]co[.]in https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-abandoned-and-unmanaged-domain-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory The following domain(s) have been added to the IFTAS DNI List merovingian[.]club nationalist[.]social noauthority[.]social ravergram[.]club https://about.iftas.org/library/iftas-dni-list/ #sw_isac_advisory

I am incredibly delighted and impressed to see the domain access subscription feature in #gotosocial - allowing admins to subscribe to a domain list for allowing or denying domains, and - more importantly - processing retractions when those lists remove an entry 💯 If you are building federated […]

Any #Wordpress experts able to help me figure out how to change the og:image for the IFTAS blog? I'm using the Nook theme, I have a Site Logo set in the site editor, Jetpack is enabled (.com business plan). I have a 1200x630 image ready to use, but […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory As part of the ongoing monitoring of a coordinated Russian spam campaign, we have identified a number of open registration servers that are either unwilling to act on known spam and coordinated inauthentic behaviour; or are clearly abandoned. We may make an importable CSV […]