"Above all, Connected Places is a newsletter about power. Centralised social media leads to power concentration at the very top, creating billionaire oligarchs. Decentralising social media takes power away from the oligarchs. But that does not mean that the power has disappeared. Power is spread out over many places, but with it, new gatekeepers can appear, in ways that can be hard to see."

@LaurensHof, 2025

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Welcome to Connected Places

Fediverse Report has relaunched as Connected Places!

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Fediverse Report – #119

A quiet news week this week, as all the new announcements seem to be waiting for FediForum. FediForum will be this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Thursday I’ll hold a session on What’s new in the Open Social Web, so come check that out!

I also run a weekly newsletter, where you get all the articles I published this week directly in your inbox, as well as additional analysis. You can sign up right here, and get the next edition this Friday!

Some info about peertube along bunch of links :)

Fediverse Report – #119

A quiet news week, with some more updates from PeerTube and PieFed.

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Fediverse Report – #117

PieFed, a link aggregator platform for the fediverse, has made some interesting updates recently. It is one of the first (if not the first) platform to add support for Passkeys to the platform. It has also added flair (community-specific tags) to posts, that are federated as well. PieFed has also made a image hashing service available that can be used by any fediverse platform.

The branch of fediverse software that consists of Friendica, Hubzilla and more, is now 15 years old. The main developer Mike Macgirvin lists the large number of features that the platforms have, including groups, nomadic identity, comment controls, and much more. When it comes to the large variety of features, no fediverse platform comes anywhere close to what this branch of platforms offer

The United States has signed the Take It Down Act into law, which criminalises the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images, and requires social media platforms to remove them when notified within 48 hours. IFTAS has written a guide with more information, focused on fediverse server administrators. IFTAS notes that “even small, volunteer-run instances will be expected to comply if they are based in or hosted in the US, host US user accounts, or federate content that reaches US audiences.”

Fediverse Report – #117

Keynote speakers for FediForum announced, some new interesting updates for PieFed, and 15 years of the software group of Hubzilla, Friendica and others.

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A new challenger has entered the ring!

While I'm working on getting today's #FiresideFedi uploaded, thank you again to @blenderdumbass , I can now confirm that our next #episode on Wednesday May 5th at 1430 Eastern / UTC -4 will feature #special #guest @[email protected] . Lauren runs @fediversereport !

If you don't follow the #Fediverse #Report, go do so now! It has lots of interesting topics and isn't just centered on #Mastodon or #Peertube, but includes even #BSKY .

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet
#podcast #fedicast #FediverseReport #livestream #show
Fireside Fedi Livestream

Fireside Fedi is an attempt to learn more about folks within the Fediverse.

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@laurenshof where do you get your #WordPress #ActivityPub update news from? What would be your ideal way to consume them?

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#HatTip again to @LaurensHof for the fantastic work they do on the fediverse report.

FYI this account appears to be used only to post the report, so if you subscribe to it (in apps that support the Subscribe action) you'll get every edition in your notifications. I just did that : )

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Ciekawa opinia @LaurensHof z @fediversereport na temat zamykanego projektu pilotażowego serwerów fedi UE (wcześniej przedłużonego o rok), zakończonego sukcesem:

"Z mojego osobistego odczytania tej sytuacji wynika, że ​​jest to konieczne i bolesne przejście, a fakt, że Komisja Europejska pozostanie aktywna i zwiększy swoje wysiłki, to dobra wiadomość. UE jest, delikatnie mówiąc, niezwykle zróżnicowaną i złożoną organizacją i wątpię, czy posiadanie jednej instytucji w ramach organizacji UE, która jest odpowiedzialna za całą obecność UE w różnych obszarach, sprawdzi się. Nie jest dla mnie zaskoczeniem, że #EIOD nie mógł znaleźć w UE grupy lub organizacji, która byłaby skłonna wziąć na siebie odpowiedzialność. Propozycja przejęcia EU Voice na własność jest w zasadzie następująca: „jeśli wszystko pójdzie dobrze, będziesz właścicielem i odpowiedzialnym za obecność społeczną dużej liczby unijnych polityków i organizacji”. To rzeczywiście brzmi jak przerażająca ilość odpowiedzialności, którą należy wziąć na siebie, zwłaszcza że nie jest jasne, co to oznacza w praktyce. Bardziej logicznym rozwiązaniem wydaje mi się posiadanie wielu różnych serwerów Fediverse UE, na których każda organizacja UE staje się odpowiedzialna za swoją obecność. Wydaje się, że w tym kierunku zmierza również sprawozdanie Komisji Europejskiej."

Więc pewnie będzie wiele serwerów wielu organizacji z UE, a nie jeden centralny "dla wszystkich".

Całość [EN] w ostatnim #FediverseReport:
https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-66/

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 66

The EU pilot for the fediverse comes to an end, but the European Commission will stay on the fediverse; Ghost announces that they will support ActivityPub and build a fediverse news reading client, and Mastodon creates a U.S.-based non-profit.

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I have just discovered #FediverseReport with weekly news about #Fediverse software and projects:

https://fediversereport.com/

Have fun!

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Oh wow, checking the traffic on my blog I realized that one of my posts got into the #fediversereport by @LaurensHof

Episode 55, nice!

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-55/

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 55

The major news of the week is that Bluesky drops the invite codes, and that it turns out to be massively popular in Japan. The network grew from just over 3 million to some 4.7 million accounts this week. For more information, you can find my article below. The news Last week, some 20 people […]

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Last Week in Fediverse – Ep 47

5 years of Mobilizon, new update for Mammoth, bridges, and more! #fediversereport #fediverse

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-47/

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 47

5 years of Mobilizon, new update for Mammoth, bridges, and more!

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