Fediverse
The Fediverse is an ensemble of social platforms that can communicate with one another through federation. The majority of the network consists of self-hosted platforms that are free and open source. Architecturally, the system is comprised of independent nodes that all leverage a common protocol and method to communicate with one another.
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News
Bonfire Launches Open Science Network for Academics and Researchers
One of the Bonfire project's partner communities has launched, and it's to support scientific research for the commons.
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Don’t Forget: FediForum is Coming Soon!
FediForum is the Fediverse's recurring unconference where developers, community members, designers, and thinkers come together to share their ideas!
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We’re Hosting Our Own Fediverse Instance. Here’s Why.
Sometimes, you have to do the hosting and community management part yourself.
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Lemmy’s Image Problem
The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins…
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Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity
It turns out, if people in an online community really don't like what you're doing, they can turn to harassment,…
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IFTAS
Decentered S1E5: Building Trust & Safety, with Jaz Michael-King
The Fediverse has been the Wild West of social since the beginning. Jaz-Michael King hopes to bring tools and resources…
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Newsmast Brings Huge New Features in 3.0 Update
The fledgling Fediverse discovery hub takes a big step today, showcasing deeper integrations with Mastodon, and a developer API for…
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Get Your Own Fediverse Trading Cards!
Here’s an awesome, fun project to start off the week. Fedi Trading Card Maker is a simple, easy-to-use app programmed…
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Moderation
Decentered S1E4: Shawn Grigson and the Oliphant in the Room
Oliphant is often seen as the community standard-bearer when it comes to shared blocklists. But how did it start, what…
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Opinion
Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges
A libre networking project that's designed to bridge protocol spaces together announced its progress and intentions, and Mastodon users freaked…
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