There is a long-running pattern of conversations on issues/PRs around some features getting quite heated and sometimes turning into personal insults, venting frustrations, borderline conspiracy acc...
Lessons from Mastodon's False Start: Understanding AT Protocol and Bluesky's Dilemma - Nightflight
Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse
In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the fediverse.
Michael R. Crusoe (@biocrusoe@fairpoints.social)
Oh, I like this part > No AI-generated text in human-to-human communication > When our maintainers volunteer their time to review your issue, PR, or proposal, they do not want to talk to a machine. This is a basic principle of respect. https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine/116839550229253906
Migration to Pagecord - bstn.info
This is a crazy story. It started completely out of the blue. A few days ago, I read a post by Gobino on Mastodon. He wrote: If anyone is looking for a...
Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the executive director as the company becomes structured as a nonprofit government by a board.
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Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
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Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
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Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
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Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
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Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
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Sill streamlines your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what's happening.
Communities of Not
On the strange hostility that grows in communities built around abstinence.
Postcard · Paste a post, get a clean image
Turn posts and profiles from X, Bluesky and Mastodon into clean, shareable images.
The politics of decentralization and the libertarian allure of Mastodon – Structural Integrity
I am currently reading the fabulous “Hayek’s Bastards” by Quinn Slobodian. It made me think about decentralisation in Mastodon (yes, the federated social network). And it made me think about the lack of a coherent progressive vision for the digital age. I will explain what that book has to do with both. But let’s go back to the political meaning of “decentralisation” in digital discourse first.
Where Does Community Live?
ActivityPub and ATProto both promise to rebuild social life online, but they answer the question of where community actually forms in fundamentally different ways. Protocol design is institutional design, and right now those institutions are being built.
