News
Updates and developments concerning the fediverse itself.
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Public Firehose Project Shutters After Backlash
In the face of public backlash, a Fediverse developer is forced to shut down a hobby project after people misunderstood…
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Pixelfed Smashes Kickstarter Campaign Goal on Day One
After years of hardcore development, the Pixelfed project is taking a big next step by seeking crowdfunding dollars on Kickstarter.
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NodeBB Officially Joins the Fediverse
A popular open source software for forums marks their 4.0 release with ActivityPub support, bringing their message boards to the…
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Mastodon Announces New EU Non-Profit
The Mastodon project is continuing to grow and evolve. As the organization continues to take shape and raise funds, key…
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Surf is a “Social Browser” App From Flipboard
Flipboard has unleashed Surf, a new kind of social app that combines a Feed Reader with a Feed Builder, with…
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Threads Beta Feature Enables Fediverse Profiles
Meta's social microblogging platform has enabled a new, fundamentally important feature: the ability to look up and follow profiles from…
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First Look: Loops, by Pixelfed
Loops is a Fediverse TikTok alternative by the creator of Pixelfed. We try the app out for a spin, and…
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We Distribute Is On Temporary Hiatus
Our regular schedule has been interrupted, due to difficulties sustaining our regular programming. It's not over, but we need help,…
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Mastodon Announces Fediverse Discovery Providers
Mastodon Engineering has announced a new network-wide effort to create a framework for service providers offering a variety of capabilities.
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Evan Prodromou Launches The Social Web Foundation
A new organization emerges to help tackle some of the challenges the Fediverse faces, from advocacy and policy to training…
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