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[Sarah Perez at TechCrunch] This was a very nice surprise to see: "Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today." ActivityPub is the open protocol behind
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[Free Our Feeds] The non-profit social media foundation space is really heating up. Which is not a bad thing! Enter Free our Feeds: "It will take independent funding and governance to turn Bluesky’s underlying tech—the AT Protocol—into something more powerful than a single app. We want
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[Mastodon] Mastodon is growing up: "Simply, we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components (including name and copyrights, among other assets) to a new non-profit organization, affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual. [...] We are in
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[Social Web Foundation] The Social Web Foundation's statement about Meta's moderation changes is important: "Ideas matter, and history shows that online misinformation and harassment can lead to violence in the real world. [...] Meta is one of many ActivityPub implementers and a supporter of the Social
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[A New Social] I'm psyched about this announcement: "We're A New Social, a new non-profit organization focused on building cross-protocol tools and services for the open social web. [...] The first project we'll take on to accomplish this mission is Bridgy Fed, a service
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[Ghost] Another great update from the Ghost team, this time with some lovely animation to illustrate the fediverse reading experience. The second topic of the post gave me a little bit of pause, because, whoa Nelly, I've been there: "In light of that, we opted to go
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[Erin Kissane] Erin Kissane breaks down some interesting research about alternative social media platforms for social justice organizations in the Majority World: "The Engine Room team found that their informants with deep experience in Majority World civil society and social justice work understand exactly what’s wrong with and
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[Skyseed] Really fascinating play: "Open Source veteran entrepreneur Peter Wang today launches Skyseed Fund, the world's first venture fund and incubator focused exclusively on Bluesky and its open ecosystem." Peter has been involved in decentralized social networking for a long time. There's $1M in
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[Wes Davis at The Verge] Threads added a little more fediverse support: "While fediverse posts won’t show in feeds, Instagram head Adam Mosseri says their profile and posts do appear on Threads, and you have the option to get notifications when they publish. That’s something, at least.
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[Christine Lemmer-Webber] Christine Lemmer-Webber has written a superb post that sets out to ask how decentralized Bluesky is but goes far deeper into the different models at play in decentralized social networking. It's required reading for anyone who cares about the space. "What many users fleeing X-Twitter
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[Oxford Martin School] The Oxford Martin School is a multidisciplinary research institution at the University of Oxford focused on tackling global challenges and shaping a sustainable future through innovation and collaboration. It ran a study on the societal implications of decentralized social media and found that "such platforms offer
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[Julia Angwin at The New York Times] In an op-ed for The New York Times, Julia Angwin makes a strong argument for the open social web: "If we want a quality information environment, we have to build a new one beyond the walls of the existing Big Tech social