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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.

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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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Meta's social microblogging platform has enabled a new, fundamentally important feature: the ability to look up and follow profiles from the network.

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Loops is a Fediverse TikTok alternative by the creator of Pixelfed. We try the app out for a spin, and give our honest thoughts.

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Our regular schedule has been interrupted, due to difficulties sustaining our regular programming. It's not over, but we need help, and we're sorry.

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Mastodon Engineering has announced a new network-wide effort to create a framework for service providers offering a variety of capabilities.

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A new organization emerges to help tackle some of the challenges the Fediverse faces, from advocacy and policy to training and tooling.

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Dr. Heidi Li Feldman and Tim Chambers make the case for the Fediverse and other decentralized social networks being crucial for enabling activism.

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Mozilla has announced that they are officially closing down their Fediverse social instance, to focus on their other efforts.

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A new startup in Fediverse space offers a unique way for people to support their favorite creatives and builders on the network.

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