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Substack alternative Ghost now also connected to Fediverse
Almost a year ago, the head of the blogging software Ghost announced that it would be coming to the Fediverse. Now you can try it out in a beta test.Martin Holland (heise online)
Hands on with Ghost’s New ActivityPub Beta
Recently, Ghost announced that their new ActivityPub offering is available in public beta. The company has been famously public with documenting their development, soliciting feedback from the wider cSean Tilley (We Distribute)
PeerTube news | JoinPeerTube
Discover the latest PeerTube news, the YouTube decentralized alternative developed by Framasoft.JoinPeerTube
Farcaster is Coming To Coinbase Wallet
Coinbase, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced that the Farcaster social-feed and mini-apps (called "frames") will be coming to the Coinbase Wallet. This collaboration has the potenCharles Iliya Krempeaux (We Distribute)
How and integrated team workspace elevates your workflows - Nextcloud
Disconnected team workspace affects efficiency, productivity and compliance - a well-integrated collaboration platform can solve that.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Why I recommend against Bluesky
Have you ever heard of the term federation-washing?Niccolò Venerandi (LibreNews)
Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse | TechCrunch
Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web. Federated apps runSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Website League and the Rise of Island Networks
There's an interesting schism happening in the Fediverse, illustrating two competing visions for the network. One advocates for massive growth and universal adoption as a means for changing the shapeSean Tilley (We Distribute)
The fediverse: passing fad or a real alternative to Big Tech? - TechCentral
Democratised technology doesn’t always guarantee democratic outcomes. The emerging fediverse faces similar potential pitfalls.The Conversation (TechCentral)
Now is the time: Nextcloud supports Eurostack's open letter calling for technological sovereignty - Nextcloud
Today, the need for a sovereign European technology stack is more urgent than ever. It is the only way for Europe to make itself more independent from political and economic blackmail – a scenario that seems more and more threatening.Thomas Ritter (Nextcloud)
PeerTube news | JoinPeerTube
Discover the latest PeerTube news, the YouTube decentralized alternative developed by Framasoft.JoinPeerTube
The social web beta is here
You can now try out ActivityPub on Ghost(Pro)Ghost (Building ActivityPub)
AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality
Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
GoToSocial empowers you to have your own home on the Fediverse - with unique controls
An overview of GoToSocial: a fast, lightweight, security-focused server that makes self-hosting on the Fediverse easyElena Rossini
Digital sovereignty in Munich: Join us at the Nextcloud Summit 2025 - Nextcloud
Explore digital sovereignty at the Nextcloud Summit 2025. Join us on 5 June in Munich for actionable insights on secure collaboration.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.
For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few m…Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
The fediverse promises an egalitarian, noncommercial alternative to Big Tech for social media, but there’s a lot of work needed to make it work.The Conversation
Standards War?
While I was not surprised by the announcement, it was still sad to read the news that IFTAS is shutting down several of its services for lack of funding.RWG (FOSS Academic)
»#Decentralized #SocialNetworks & #WordPress with #AlexKirk: WordPress Can Be a Decentralized #SocialHub. The #Friendsplugin allows WordPress users to follow other sites, aggregate content, and even act as a #socialnetwork using ActivityPub.« dothewoo.io/decentralized-soci… #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
In the episode of Open Web Conversations, Matthias talks with Alex about the Friends plugin, decentralized networks, and transforming WordPress into a social networking platform.
Fediverse Report #107
Pixelfed raises 138k Canadian dollars for their project, and a new way to connect researchers to the fediverse with an upcoming ORCID bridge.fediversereport.com
Open social web browser Surf integrates with Bluesky in latest beta | TechCrunch
Surf, the new app from Flipboard for browsing the open social web, is expanding its support for Bluesky's social network. On Monday, the company announcedSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Fediverse Discovery Providers
A project exploring better search and discovery on the Fediverse as an optional, decentralized and pluggable service.Fediverse Discovery Providers
Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms
Facing the looming threat of A.I. as a competitor, some publishers are considering an alternative to the internet’s all-powerful algorithms.John Markoff (The New York Times)
🌐 Wer sind die #Fedizens und wie prägen sie das #Fediverse?
1️⃣ Wie unterscheidet sich die #Kultur im Fediverse von zentralisierten sozialen Netzwerken?
2️⃣ Welche #Plattformen und #Tools nutzen Fedizens für den Austausch?
3️⃣ Wie trägt die #dezentraleStruktur zur #Vielfalt und #Meinungsfreiheit bei?
4️⃣ Welche #Herausforderungen gibt es für neue #Nutzer.innen im Fediverse?
👉 Jede.r #Fedizen gestaltet das #offeneWeb aktiv mit: Sei dabei! Fedizen.DE
Fedizens im Fediverse dank ActivityPub - Fedizen.DE
Fedizen.DE ist deine offene Quelle für alle wirklich relevanten Fediverse News: Werde Teil der Fedizens im Fediverse dank ActivityPub!Gerrit Eicker (eicker.net)
Trunk & Tidbits, February 2025
Development updates from the Mastodon team. Code changes and updates made during February 2025.Mastodon Blog
What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions answered | TechCrunch
Meta launched the Threads app on July 5, a text-based Twitter rival connected to your Instagram account. Here's everything you need to know.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Making the Fediverse More Accessible With Claude 3.7 Sonnet - The New Stack
How Claude's Sonnet LLM and ChatGPT helped simplify connections between decentralized and centralized social networks.Jon Udell (The New Stack)
Tapbots teases a new Bluesky app, Phoenix, saying it can't 'survive on Mastodon alone' | TechCrunch
There's a new Bluesky app in the works from a popular developer of iOS applications. Tapbots, the company behind the popular Mastodon client Ivory, bornSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 1: first impressions)
A walk-through of PeerTube, an open-source, federated alternative to YouTubeElena Rossini
Supporting the Fediverse, one small act at a time
If we want the Fediverse to be sustainable and to emerge as the ethical alternative to Big Tech's social platforms we need to actively help it out. From the bottom up.Elena Rossini
Fedizens im Fediverse dank ActivityPub - Fedizen.DE
Fedizen.DE ist deine offene Quelle für alle wirklich relevanten Fediverse News: Werde Teil der Fedizens im Fediverse dank ActivityPub!Gerrit Eicker (eicker.net)
Meta and X are going rogue. Here is what Europe should do now. - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
To solve the core problem, we have to curb the immense grip Big Tech has on our institutions and invest in independent digital alternatives.European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Tumblr backs Tapestry, a timeline app for the open social web | TechCrunch
Automattic-owned blogging site and social platform Tumblr has financially backed Tapestry, the newly launched app designed to organize feeds from acrossSarah Perez (TechCrunch)