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October 2025

Detail of the city Luik

On the coordination for better moderation systems

There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.
Detail of the city Luik

Fediverse Report #139

On the changing environment that the open social web exists in, and how to build better places for communities.
Detail of the city Luik

Fediverse Report – #138

A closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, and Loops is getting closer to federating.
Detail of the city Luik

Fediverse Report – #137

Alternative iOS app store AltStore joins the fediverse, with a 500k USD donation to various fediverse projects. Mastodon talks about their upcoming Starter Pack feature. Bounce your account from the fediverse to Bluesky.
Detail of the city Luik

Fediverse Report – #136

White-label fediverse apps for news organisations with Newsmast, a paper exploring how harrassment on Mastodon works, and a new tool for easier fediverse interoperability.

September 2025

Detail of the city Luik

‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism

After Kirk's murder, calls for censorship and the crackdown on political places started to include Bluesky. Open social networks must now fight political suppression as well as platform monopolies.
Detail of the city Luik

Fediverse Report – #134

Mastodon adds quote posts, Bridgy Fed DMs you for missing interactions and more.
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On discourse and decentralisation

Tree stub with moss

Fediverse Report – #133

The government of Nepal blocked most social media, including Mastodon. A statement on discourse and collaboration between the ActivityPub and ATProto community. Group system a.gup.pe shuts down after accidental domain transfer.
Detail of the city of Gouda

Fediverse Report – #132

Next Sosyal is a new social media platform with close ties to the Turkish ruling party, that is based on Mastodon but does not federate.

August 2025

protecting apple trees

SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks

SocialHub, one of the primary forums to talk about the fediverse and ActivityPub, has been struggling how to continue the operation. Decentralised networks need a coordination layer, but how to build this in a decentralised manner?
Detail of the city of Gouda

Fediverse Report – #131

On understanding the fediverse as a plurality of places, and how that impacts compliance with age verification laws. In other news, CrowdBucks is a new crowdfunding platform for the fediverse, and Bounce is a new tool to migrate your followers from Bluesky to the fediverse.
Detail of the city of Gouda

Fediverse Report – #129

Fediverse servers might be scraped by Meta for AI training, the SocialHub ActivityPub forum might shut down and more.
Detail of the city of Gouda

Fediverse Report – #128

Newsletter platform Ghost ships their fediverse integration to the public, and FediCon 2025 was this week.

July 2025

Empty Dutch polder

Fediverse Report – #127

A closer look at ecosystem of clients for the fediverse.
Detail of building in Amsterdam-North

Funding Update and Summer Schedule

detail of a building in Brugge Belgium

Age Verification Laws: Are the New Social Networks Different, Or Not At All?

Bluesky and Mastodon have drastically different perception on Age Verification Laws: either just as the Big Tech platforms, or so different to be out of scope for the laws.