Sean Tilley

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I write articles and interview people about the Fediverse and decentralized technologies. In my spare time, I play lots of video games. I also like to make pixel art, music, and games.

Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon

https://lemmy.world/post/43545989

Reimagining Fediverse Advocacy

https://lemmy.world/post/43339886

Reimagining Fediverse Advocacy - Lemmy.World

I wrote a little bit of what forms of advocacy on the Fediverse have historically looked like, and contrasted with a few interesting case studies that are trying to move the needle on network growth.

Ghost's ActivityPub Integration Feels Half-Baked

https://lemmy.world/post/40293651

Ghost's ActivityPub Integration Feels Half-Baked - Lemmy.World

Look, I think Ghost is a really great publishing platform. But after dogfooding their Fediverse integration for six months, I’m realizing there’s still a lot missing. With their blog dormant, I’m left to wonder: is development still happening?

The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization

https://lemmy.world/post/39605981

The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization - Lemmy.World

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about PeerTube, Loops, Bandwagon, and other platforms in the Fediverse that are geared around artists. I might get flamed for this, and you’re welcome to disagree, but I think the network is in dire need of having support for commerce. Not “Big Capitalism” commerce, but the ability for people to buy and sell things, support projects, and commission their favorite creators to keep making more stuff.

Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy

https://lemmy.world/post/37312751

Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy - Lemmy.World

For those seeking out a federated and open alternative to Tumblr, Wafrn is looking extremely promising. It can speak both ActivityPub and AT Protocol, offers a ton of interesting features and customization, and focuses on making an incredibly fun experience.

Decentered S2E5: Anuj Ahooja and Ryan Barrett from A New Social

https://lemmy.world/post/35778662

Decentered S2E5: Anuj Ahooja and Ryan Barrett from A New Social - Lemmy.World

This was a really great interview we had with the team from A New Social. We talked about bridging, being able to migrate data across different protocols, some of the team’s latest ongoing efforts, and a long rant about where the network is, and where we hope it will go.

Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API

https://lemmy.world/post/35187482

Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API - Lemmy.World

The Social Web Foundation has been experimenting with the lesser-known other half of the ActivityPub protocol. Here’s what they’re up to.

Relay, By We Distribute: Something Brewing

https://lemmy.world/post/34829916

Relay, By We Distribute: Something Brewing - Lemmy.World

We Distribute recently launched a dedicated weekly newsletter that aims at rounding up a lot of things happening around the Fediverse and wider Social Web, and adds other publications and community voices to amplify them. This is our very first issue!

CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse

https://lemmy.world/post/34716680

CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse - Lemmy.World

This was initially demoed at FediCon 2025, but CrowdBucks is an open source, self-hostable fundraising system that allows people to financially support one another. You use your existing Fediverse account to hold a fundraiser, and can also donate to other people’s fundraisers as well. The form factor is kind of similar to Kickstarter or Patreon.

Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?

https://lemmy.world/post/34310429

Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI? - Lemmy.World

Building on some initial reports coming from the FediPact account and Dropsite news, we dive into potential measures admins can take for their instances.