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FR#159 – Sovereign Tech Agency funds Mastodon

Mastodon has received a 600k grant by the Sovereign Tech Agency, and Surf has launched.
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FR#158 – What is Mastodon for?

On AI and place, and how Mastodon gives tools to create communities at the instance level, but people experience 'place' at the federation level.
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FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

Open social protocols are expanding beyond social media into the infrastructure developers use to build, distribute, and discover software. Three recent launches show what that looks like in practice.
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FR#156 – Share Where?

On Mastodon's new Share button, and protocol ownership.
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FR#155 – Where Does Community Live – updates

A big grab bag of news, that ties into the question of 'Where Does Community Live?'
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FR#154 – Search and Community

Fediverse search engine Holos Discover shut down this week, showing structural issues how to distinguish between individual and community consent.

Older weekly reports

Bluesky Report – #128

Fediverse Report – #128

Bluesky Report – #127

Fediverse Report – #127

Fediverse Report – #126

Bluesky Report – #125

Fediverse Report – #125

ATmosphere Report – #124

Bluesky Report – #123

Fediverse Report – #123

ATmosphere Report – #122

Fediverse Report – #122

Bluesky Report – #121

Fediverse Report – #121

ATmosphere Report – #120

Fediverse Report – #120

Bluesky Report – #119

Fediverse Report – #119

ATmosphere Report – #118

Fediverse Report – #118

Bluesky Report – #117

Fediverse Report – #117

ATmosphere Report – #116

Fediverse Report – #116

Bluesky Report – #115

ATmosphere Report – #114