Federico Viticci Dec 16, 2022

And here's the official announcement:

The entire @macstories team and media properties are now on Mastodon. We did it on our own server, which we fully control, and which anyone can follow thanks to federation.

I'm excited to own our social media presence. Long live the open web. Let's go 🚀

https://www.macstories.net/news/macstories-is-on-mastodon-with-its-own-server/

MacStories Is on Mastodon with Its Own Server

As of today, MacStories is officially on Mastodon with its own server for each of its properties and team members. You can find us here: MacStories Accounts MacStories AppStories Club MacStories MacStories Team Accounts. Federico John Alex Silvia We’re not closing down our Twitter accounts (yet), but as you may have noticed, they haven’t been

Show threadFederico Viticci 

Like many others, when Mastodon first launched, I didn't really pay attention to it and the vision @Gargron had for a decentralized social network. And I wish I did.

Now that we're here, I hope other publications can follow the @macstories approach: own your identity, control your tech, and engage with your audience everywhere.

We have lots of ideas for how we can take this further with MacStories 5.0. It feels liberating and exciting to do all of this now.

Dec 16, 2022 at 4:56pmWeb
Show threadRyanDec 16, 2022
@viticci Totally agree. I think I made excuses: it’s too difficult, it’s not ‘cool enough’ etc etc. Turns out I was being a pretentious fool.
Show threadMark GardnerDec 16, 2022
@viticci @Gargron @macstories To be fair this was the #IndieWeb approach before #Mastodon… and a whole lot of others’ approaches before that https://indieweb.org
IndieWeb

Show threadChris HannahDec 16, 2022
@viticci That is the most MacStories thing you could have done. I love it.
Show threadTom BurbidgeDec 16, 2022
@viticci @Gargron @macstories would love to see news outlets setting up their own instances so could have a federated feed from verified sources. ❤️ that you did this
Show threadJoe SchmittDec 16, 2022
@viticci would love to read a deep dive by @alex on what it’s like to get an instance set up, keep it running, and how to mitigate scaling issues.
Show threadAlex GuyotDec 17, 2022
@josephschmitt @viticci Will probably write this up soon for either @macstories or @club 👍
Show threadrealdaweiDec 16, 2022
@viticci @Gargron @macstories definitely the right model kudos
Show threadStefan ですDec 17, 2022

@viticci @Gargron @macstories I'm calling this now: MacStories 5.0 will be a full redesign of the page in order to include both short-form and long-form content, similar to The Verge. It will be fully ActivityPub compatible, meaning you can follow the content from Mastodon or other services in the fediverse. Replies will basically be the comment section of an article.

Maybe I'm going a little far here, but this would be awesome, wouldn't it?

Show threadFederico Viticci Dec 17, 2022
@stefandesu I like the way you're thinking, but it's actually much bigger than that 😅
Show threadStefan ですDec 17, 2022
@viticci Oh wow, I can't wait to see it! 🤯 I hope we'll get some teasers on Connected Pro. 😁