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.

News

Sean TilleyJanuary 23, 2024
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Queer.af is Shutting Down, Due to Taliban

Mastodon instance Queer.af is shutting down because the country that provides the domain is now ruled by the Taliban.
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News

Sean TilleyJanuary 22, 2024
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Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy

The Threadiverse is growing again, this time offering an effort to build a new Lemmy replacement from scratch, with API…
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News

Sean TilleyDecember 26, 2023
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Authorized Fetch Circumvented by Alt-Right Developers

A controversial developer circumvented one of Mastodon's primary tools for blocking bad actors, all so that his servers could connect…
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Opinion

Sean TilleyDecember 21, 2023
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Getting Tangled Up in Threads

As Threads rolls out federation capabilities and tests out Fediverse compatibility, people are getting worked up over what's next.
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News

Sean TilleyDecember 13, 2023
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Threads Begins Testing Federation

Meta's fledgling microblogging platform is inching closer to properly interacting with the rest of the Fediverse.
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News

Sean TilleyDecember 7, 2023
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After Radio Silence, Kbin App Artemis Shuts Down

After a long silence from the developer, project moderators stepped down. The mobile app for Kbin appears to have closed…
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Culture

Sean TilleyNovember 13, 2023
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Faircamp is a Free Bandcamp Alternative

In response to the transfer of Bandcamp to a new owner and mass layoffs, a developer has already built a…
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Reviews

Sean TilleyOctober 17, 2023
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Audon provides fantastic virtual talk spaces for Mastodon

For a first attempt at making a talk space app that easily works with Mastodon, Audon is an incredible experience.
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News

Sean TilleyAugust 30, 2023
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Threads’ New Terms & Conditions Affects the Fediverse

Threads, Meta's new microblogging platform, is updating its terms to focus on data collection from "Third Party Users".
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News

Sean TilleyAugust 30, 2023
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Mastodon’s Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search

One of the biggest criticisms of Mastodon's technical capabilities involves how limited its search system is. With a new update,…
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