Managing a social presence these days can be tough. It’s even tougher for those who are experimenting with the new wave of Twitter-like services, like Mastodon, Nostr and Bluesky, where staying active means a lot of duplicate posts to different networks. Thankfully, developers are starting to address our needs for cross-posting tools. In addition to … Read more
People on Bluesky and Mastodon are fighting over how to bridge the two decentralized social networks, and whether there should even be a bridge at all. Behind the snarky GitHub comments, these coding conflicts aren’t frivolous — in fact, they could shape the future of the internet. Mastodon is the most established decentralized social app … Read more
Our goal is to combine both approaches—to run a moderation service that tries to provide a baseline and to also have an open ecosystem where anyone who wants to innovate can come in and start building. I think this is particularly useful around cases where information is really fast moving and there’s specialized knowledge. There … Read more
Metal bands Lamb of God and Mastodon have announced a co-headlining summer tour. The North American tour begins in July and features support from Slayer’s Kerry King, British metalcore group Malevolence, and Boston metalcore act Unearth. See the tour dates below. Lamb of God and Mastodon are calling their trek the Ashes of Leviathan Tour … Read more
Rachel Lambert, a product manager at Meta, started her company’s journey towards interoperability by breaking Adam Mosseri’s Threads account. In December, Meta activated a test where users could follow the head of Instagram’s Threads feed on an open-source social media platform, Mastodon. But when users tried to view Mosseri’s posts over on Mastodon, nothing showed … Read more
Pebble, a startup that took on Twitter and failed, has returned from the dead — as a Mastodon instance, it seems. The company announced last month that it was shutting down its Twitter/X alternative citing the increasingly competitive landscape, X’s ability to retain users and its own failure to gain traction with a wider audience. … Read more
When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, experts warned that his proposed changes—including less content moderation and a subscription-based verification system—would lead to an exodus of users and advertisers. A year later, those predictions have largely borne out. Advertising revenue on the platform has declined 55 percent since Musk’s takeover, and the number … Read more
Mastodon, the open source, decentralized alternative to Twitter/X is adding a feature to its app that will help make the transition smoother for newcomers: Lists. The company today announced the Mastodon app for Android is adding the much-in-demand feature, which allows users to create custom lists around specific topics or interests. An update for iOS … Read more
The fediverse is increasing. WordPress launched model 1.0.0 of the ActivityPub plugin final week, permitting customers to attach their WordPress weblog to different social media platforms on the fediverse like Mastodon. As soon as bloggers set up the brand new plugin, customers can comply with them on different platforms and see their posts straight on … Read more
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As defined in a latest article, Meta has rolled out the power to confirm a hyperlink to your Threads profile on social media platforms like Mastodon, in keeping with a Threads put up from Instagram head Adam Mosseri. In different phrases, the Mastodon account in your profile will present a verified checkmark for a Threads profile — so that you’re … Read more