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An open source music-sharing platform has been growing in popularity on the Fediverse. The next major milestone? Helping artists sell music.

The team behind Bridgy Fed is building an innovative new tool that helps you automatically move from one network to another.

Welcome back! We’re here to talk about all things happening at FediForum for the next three days. Look at the space below to see our updates! The liveblog has ended.No …

Following community controversy and postponement, the Fediverse's most popular unconference is back on track. Here's the details on the next event!

At the International Journalism Festival, Mastodon joined forces with Save Social to make a case for journalists and publications to join the network.

The FediForum Unconference is facing backlash and speakers pulling out in the face of public bigoted comments.

Ghost has announced a public beta for Social Web integration, bringing their publishing platform to the Fediverse. We test it out!

Coinbase is working on an updated wallet app that acts as a Farcaster social client, in a bid to onboard the next billion crypto users.

We look at an interesting trend within federated networks where members build smaller insular communities using Open Web technologies.

Funkwhale is building a new mechanism to filtering out music from Nazis and White Supremacists. In doing so, this opens a can of worms.

The weekend is coming up. You've been thinking a lot about that online community you want to start. It's time to launch a Fediverse server!

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The Fediverse’s premiere Trust & Safety organization is struggling to make ends meet, and needs help with meeting its goals.

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A beloved community radio station featuring only music by Fediverse artists has closed its doors. This is its legacy.

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In the face of public backlash, a Fediverse developer is forced to shut down a hobby project after people misunderstood what it did.

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After years of hardcore development, the Pixelfed project is taking a big next step by seeking crowdfunding dollars on Kickstarter.

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In order to capitalize on network effects as people shift from old platforms to new ones, we need to think about what's holding people back.

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A popular open source software for forums marks their 4.0 release with ActivityPub support, bringing their message boards to the network.

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The Mastodon project is continuing to grow and evolve. As the organization continues to take shape and raise funds, key members of the project have decided to transition several parts …

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Flipboard has unleashed Surf, a new kind of social app that combines a Feed Reader with a Feed Builder, with Social Interactions sprinkled in.

The post Surf is a “Social Browser” App From Flipboard appeared first on We Distribute.

Loops is a brand new Fediverse platform for short-form video. This guide covers some of the things we do with making Loops Videos.

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