Sean Tilley

Sean Tilley has been a part of the federated social web for over 15+ years, starting with his experiences with Identi.ca back in 2008. Sean was involved with the Diaspora project as a Community Manager from 2011 to 2013, and helped the project move to a self-governed model. Since then, Sean has continued to study, discuss, and document the evolution of the space and the new platforms that have risen within it.

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Sean TilleyMarch 9, 2026
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Jay Graber Steps Down as Bluesky CEO

Jay Graber is most widely known as the CEO of Bluesky PBC. In a surprising announcement, she is stepping down…
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Sean TilleyFebruary 24, 2026
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Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon

One of the Social Web Foundation's initiatives for improving ActivityPub will soon be a reality for the network.
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Sean TilleyOctober 13, 2025
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Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy

What started as a Tumblr-inspired publishing platform has taken on a life of its own within the Fediverse, evolving into…
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Sean TilleyAugust 29, 2025
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Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API

Nonprofit organization Social Web Foundation is quietly focused on building tools, libraries, and prototypes to demonstrate what ActivityPub C2S could…
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Sean TilleyAugust 20, 2025
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CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse

A new, open source, self-hostable fundraising system for the Fediverse has been released. The project is very young, but there's…
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Sean TilleyAugust 11, 2025
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Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?

Is a large corporate entity scraping a community-run open social network to train AI models for profit?
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Sean TilleyAugust 8, 2025
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Big Updates Are Coming to Loops

Loops, the open source Tiktok alternative for the Fediverse, is continuing to evolve. Here's what's new for the video platform.
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Sean TilleyAugust 4, 2025
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Ghost 6.0 Ships with ActivityPub Support

Ghost, the popular open source competitor to WordPress and Substack, offers a new release with ActivityPub support.
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Sean TilleyJuly 23, 2025
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WordPress-ActivityPub v 7.1.0 Introduces Following Capabilities

Automattic has made a new release of the WordPress-ActivityPub integration, with some key updates for remote follow functionality.
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Sean TilleyJune 10, 2025
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Bandwagon is Bringing Music Sales to the Fediverse

An open source music-sharing platform has been growing in popularity on the Fediverse. The next major milestone? Helping artists sell…
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