There’s a new playbook being written right now when it comes to the future of social media. The early-mover advantage is still in effect, and there’s a lot to figure out. Gone are opaque algorithms and the whims of any single company.
The fediverse represents a chance for quality journalism to shine again.
We talked to two leaders at fedi-forward publications — @TheConversationUS's @BostonAbrams, and @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler — about why they’re investing in the open social web, what they’ve learned so far, and their advice for other publishers just getting started.
We'd love to get the #NewstodonFriday hashtag going again. This, as far as we can remember, was started by @gbhnews, and is an initiative to feature work from newsrooms that have an active presence in the #fediverse
If you're a news organization, share your handle and your favorite story of the week in the comments to this! And if there's a publication in the fediverse that you love, let us know about that in the comments too.
@molly0xfff is a leading cryptocurrency critic, but get to know her and you’ll see she’s anything but cynical about the future of the web. Hear why this researcher, writer and software engineer thinks so in this fascinating conversation with @mike:
When he built a bridge to connect Bluesky to Mastodon and other ActivityPub-powered platforms, @snarfed.org@snarfed.org started a new chapter for the fediverse. The software engineer opens up to @mike about his rollercoaster ride in the latest episode of Dot Social:
We got 10 more signatures yesterday! Only need 13 more to break 1000!
Share this link and post about the #e4769 petition on your Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky, and Threads feeds!
I'm going to keep asking you until we have reached over 1000 AND it closes on Sunday! :+D
Last month, Meta's Threads took its first step into the fediverse. @quillmatiq, aka @quillmatiq took that as his cue to experiment with how his Threads feed would look like on Mastodon. Here's what he discovered about organizing the chaos, different clients (hello @phanpy) and whether he'll cut the Threads cord when federation is complete.
"Follower counts matter less than view and like counts”.
Discuss!
(Not only the statement itself, but why the head of Threads would say this, at this moment in particular).
Thank you to all of our supporters who appreciate our human curation. We're so pleased to be welcomed into a community with such a genuine passion for all things tech. We'll continue to champion exceptional journalism and boost posts we think deserve some eyeballs.
Let us know in the replies what you'd like to see more of in the future and we'll do our best to make this an even more enjoyable and insightful space for tech lovers. #Flipboard#OpenSocialWeb#TechNews#Tech#SocialMedia#AI
Join the open social web or be relegated the same fate as AOL, who couldn't even sustain their dominant instant messaging silo. #Twitter, #Pinterest, #Snapchat, #Quora, you're not special enough to survive on your own. And tick-tock #TikTok.
Today, we're beginning to federate a selection of publishers based in Germany and the U.K. We've also introduced @FlipboardDE, a new profile for the Mastodon community in Germany. In the first test, we are partnering with 21 publishers to federate their profiles and Magazines. Follow the profile to see all the stories they are posting on Flipboard, or topically curated Magazines to get coverage on specific areas of interest. Here's a blogpost that explains more.
Hier sind alle Profile von föderierten Publishern in Deutschland, denen Du nun folgen kannst. Verwende einfach die Suche mit dem jeweiligen Publisher-Profil, um ihre Magazine zu finden und eine Liste von allem zu sehen, was sie kuratieren.
Here are all the accounts you can follow for federated publishers in the United Kingdom. To find their Magazines, simply search for the publisher profile and you should see a list of everything they're curating.
We've launched a biweekly newsletter on LinkedIn to help connect the dots on the world of decentralized social media. We'll be taking a big step back to help non-technical people understand what the Fediverse is, why it's an improvement on traditional social media, and how to get started.
We'll also be cross-posting these articles to our own blog and Medium. We hope they're helpful, and we're open to your ideas on things you want to better understand. Just let us know!
I occasionally log in here to keep it alive because this is historical and memorable for me. During this time, and before Mastodon was released, I was running my own Fediverse instance powered by #Hubzilla.
Back then, the protocol of the fediverse was #OStatus, work on #ActivityPub was still about to be started (IIRC).
Today, we have another federated protocol: #ATproto which is powering the #BlueSky network. (Or, is it ATproto network and BlueSky PDS?)
(PS. Max chars in Aleph.Land is 1024; and using the #GlitchSoc fork since it came out.)
It's vacation-planning time (and also Travel Tuesday), so here are a few federated Magazines to follow, whether you're looking for gear recommendations, ideas for family travel, outdoor adventures, restaurant suggestions in the world's best cities (we want to visit NYC) or hotel tips.
We are working on the best way of sharing the 1,000 Magazines we've federated, but in the meantime, here's a taste of what you can now follow, which includes Magazines about news, politics, technology, science food, culture, travel, sports, and much more.
@adventure-travel-outside by Outside @apple-news-theverge by The Verge @artificial-intelligence-and-mi by The News Literacy Project @arts-culture-Smithsonianmag by Smithsonian @axios-local-san-francisco-Axio by Axios @beauty-HelloBeautiful by Hello Beautiful @business-Semafor by Semafor @climate-tech-BloombergGreen by Bloomberg Green @eater-dc-Eater by Eater @ebikes-NewAtlas by New Atlas @environment-energy-Conversatio by The Conversation @explore-nyc-thrillist by Thrillist @family-travel-FrommersMag by Frommers @fashion-forward-Refinery29 by Refinery 29 @fast-co-design-FastCompany by Fast Company @film-IndieWire by IndieWire @gardening-and-plants-TheSpruce by The Spruce @healthy-eating-RealSimple by Real Simple @history-Worldatlascom by WorldAtlas @humans-ScienceAlert by ScienceAlert @immigration-AxiosNews by Axios @los-angeles-lakers-fansided by Fansided @national-security-TheIntercept by The Intercept @news-straight-from-space-Masha by Mashable @philosophy-ancient-modern-thec by The Collector @politics-society-ConversationU by The Conversation @russia-ukraine-crisis-euronews by EuroNews @stories-of-black-america-thecu by Flipboard’s The Culture Desk @throwbacks-SPINMag by SPIN @wellness-Allure by Allure @zora-Medium by Medium
500 signatures in less than 48 hours!!
Everything after this point, as they say, is gravy! The more signatures we have will now show just how serious we are.
We have 89 more days.
Share the petition everywhere.
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Talk to your friends, your colleagues, about why Parliamentarians should use a Parliamentary Social Media instance!
GREAT JOB!! #e4769#Canada#CanPoli#CdnPoli#Fediverse#OpenSocialWeb#Mastodon
The Fediverse gives @coachtony “early internet vibes.” The Medium CEO joins Flipboard CEO @mike to discuss what’s wrong with the attention economy, why human curation still matters, and how decentralized social media is enabling entrepreneurs to “rethink everything.”
The use of email #newsletters and #rss could mostly disappear if there were dedicated #ActivityPub apps to ingest/parse feeds and read or listen to articles. The bonus being that we'd also have comments and virality. Then podcasts and video too. #fediverse#OpenSocialWeb