An interview with Evan Prodromou, the “inventor of the Fediverse”, on ActivityPub's origins, Mastodon's privacy focus, expanding beyond microblogging, and more
https://openchannels.fm/... #ostatus #activitypub #statusnet #identica #openmicroblogging #wordpress
Newsletter service Ghost launches support for ActivityPub integration in beta for Ghost(Pro) subscribers, letting them share their posts across the fediverse
Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web.
Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed debuts iOS and Android apps; its Android app is the top Social app on Google Play in some markets, including the US
I am unsure if being based on ActivityPub (the same as Mastodon) will help or hurt it. @vikingsvssamurai : Pixelfed: the rebel Instagram we've been waiting for—no ads, no Meta meddling, just pure, chr...
Loops, a fediverse TikTok competitor, begins accepting signups, plans to become open-source and integrate with ActivityPub, and seeks user donations
Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor.
A look at Sub.club, which aims to let users on ActivityPub-based platforms monetize content via subscriptions while taking a 6% cut, available in dev preview
The fediverse has the potential to help create enduring and interoperable social networks. But many creators and businesses rely on bigger …
Newsletter service Ghost says it plans to add ActivityPub support in 2024; rival service Buttondown also plans ActivityPub support
Newsletter Platform Ghost Adopts ActivityPub Meera Navlakha / Mashable : Look out Substack, Ghost will join the fediverse this year Karissa Bell / Engadget : Newsletter service Ghost will support the ...
Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on why federation is the future of social media, Threads' fediverse integration, monetization, composable moderation, and more
https://www.theverge.com/... Long, but worth your time to read. Andrew Melder / @andrew@melder.social : Even if you are not into Bluesky this is a great episode of Decoder. — @reckless1280 and Jay ...
Meta rolls out a beta of Threads' fediverse integration in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated tools like Mastodon
tbh, same. ✨ The big idea: Threads is helping people find community, no matter which platform they use. … Mastodon: Alex Standiford / @alexstandiford@fosstodon.org : Looks like Meta kept good on its ...
Q&A with Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko on the platform, its future, collaborating on ActivityPub with Meta's Threads team, why Bluesky should ditch AT, and more
because they get to control their entire IT infrastructure, and we get to see and subscribe to these important announcements.” … Bluesky: @t1u.bsky.social : Would Bluesky developers really just say “o...
Adam Mosseri details Threads' fediverse plans, including following non-Threads accounts, showing replies from other platforms, and follower portability
including by trying every obvious solution out there— on several occasions. If the problem were easy to solve, it would have been solved by now. The reason we bring up the problem in a public forum ...