Connected Places

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Connected Places gives you an in-depth overview of the world of decentralised social networks.

I write a weekly newsletter about the ATmosphere, a weekly newsletter about the fediverse, as well as the background articles on the networks.

Connected Placeshttps://connectedplaces.online
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Personal account fedihttps://indieweb.social/@laurenshof
Emailfediversereport at proton.me
Connected Places5h ago
Darius Kazemi6h ago

Lol. Lmao. From @fediversereport

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr162-eu-regulation-wont-save-open-social-networks/

Show threadConnected Places5h ago
@EUCommission oh forgot that the @Curia also has an account on here. Shoo! I give you a solid thumbs down. You should be deeply ashamed of yourself for the Russmedia ruling
Show threadConnected Places6h ago

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@hpod16/116538344713848285

@EUCommission I do appreciate the EC having an account on here, so I can at least tag them to say that the approach to vocally support open social networks, while the DMA misunderstands them, and the CJEU actively undermines them, is completely incoherent

Connected Places6h ago

New from me, on the decision by the @EUCommission to not extend the DMA interoperability requirements to social media, and how this closes off a pathway for mass adoption of open social networks.

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr162-eu-regulation-wont-save-open-social-networks/

FR#162 – EU Regulation Won’t Save Open Social Networks

The European Commission has decided not to extend the Digital Markets Act's interoperability rules to social media, closing off a potential pathway for adoption for open social networks.

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Connected Places1d ago
jaz-michael king's blog1d ago

There Are a Million Fediverses. Some of Them Are Louder than Others.

In my work supporting a broad array of open social web community managers, moderators, administrators, and developers, I regularly hear sweeping generalisations like "the fediverse is anti-this", "the fediverse doesn’t approve of that", "the fediverse holds this very specific opinion". I’ve always struggled with these statements. How can anyone possibly come to a definitive conclusion about what "the fediverse" believes? As I've said before, there isn't just one fediverse, there are a […]

https://jaz.co.uk/2026/05/12/there-are-a-million-fediverses-some-of-them-are-louder-than-others/

Connected Places6d ago
A New SocialMay 6

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/116528880367588655

We're so excited to have signed a declaration of cooperation with the amazing folks at @swf, @newsmast, @eurosky.social, and Save Social to bring the open social web together.

It's time to Build Bridgy, Not Walls 🌐

Connected PlacesMay 6

A writeup of two conferences about the fediverse this week, with @fediforum and the German 2MR.social conference from this week, and how they are both dealing with bridging work to both EU politics as well as atproto and the atmosphere

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr161-conference-edition/

FR#161 – Conference Edition

How the conferences FediForum and 2mr.social this week show how fediverse is trying to build connections with European politics, as well as with the atmosphere.

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Connected PlacesMay 1

New from me: Federation Has a European Legal Problem

on what the recent Russmedia ruling means for open social protocols like #ActivityPub and #atproto

warning: do not read if you value your sanity

https://connectedplaces.online/federation-has-a-european-legal-problem/

Federation Has a European Legal Problem

What the Russmedia ruling means for ActivityPub and atproto.

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Connected PlacesApr 23
Johannes ErnstApr 23

Great top-level question from @LaurensHof in his newsletter

"What will be the shape of the organisations that will actually build the future of the social internet?"

Would make a great conversation at #FediForum next week.

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr160-everyone-wants-servers-and-nobody-wants-servers/

FR#160 – Everyone Wants Servers And Nobody Wants Servers

What makes a social network resilient?

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Connected PlacesApr 23
Rad Web HostingApr 23

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/116454810293584357

Some really great insights into the resilience of the Fediverse-thanks to its open, decentralized network! Recommended reading for those interested in #mastodon #servers #fediverse #decentralized #social