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FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like?

With Discord announcing age verification globally, people are searching for alternatives. But a Discord alternative on the open social web might just look structurally quite different.
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FR#152 – The DSA Needs Big Tech

On the tension in the DSA, that needs Big Tech platforms to exist so it can regulate them, while the fediverse does away with large platforms altogether.
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FR#151 – TikTok Won’t Be Another Twitter

The conditions that made 'leaving Twitter' a meaningful part of the open social web's identity don't exist for TikTok. What happens when people can't see each other leave?
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FR#150 – On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm

Bluesky built a verification system designed to distribute trust, and then didn't use it when it mattered.
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Fediverse Report – #149 – On Protocol Governance

On the complexities of protocol governance.
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Fediverse Report -#147

Threads' fediverse integration is on maintenance mode, signalling the end to a tumultuous story and period for the fediverse.

Fediverse Report – #146

PeerTube releases their new annual software version update, and more on Bonfire.
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Fediverse Report – #145

Holos is a new project to run an ActivityPub server on your mobile phone, more on Thread's user statistics, and an interview with Mastodon's creator Eugen Rochko.
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Fediverse Report – #144

Newsmast launches news app that combines local news with fediverse integration, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR
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Fediverse Report – #143

Mastodon has a new CEO as Eugen Rochko steps down.