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A chart of Mastodon active users during 2024: a bit over 900,000 in January, slowly decining to 800,000 in October

A faux "Eternal September" turns into flatness

Part 3 of Mastodon, two years later

A tale of two prototypes

Part 2 of Mastodon, two years later

5 Ways to Fight Disinformation. starting with THINK before you engage or share. The full text is at the start of the article

5 ways to fight election disinformation on Bluesky and the Fediverse

Grassroots election protection activism made the difference in 2020. It's time to do it again. Fighting disinfo is one good way to help – on the Fediverse, on Bluesky, and on other social networks.

Mastodon, two years later

A continuation of Mastodon: a partial history

A lot of good stuff is happening in the fediverses!

A lot of good stuff is happening in the fediverses!

There really is a lot going on!

Railroad tracks. On the ties, a blue sigh with white letters saying "Safety first"

9 things the Social Web Foundation could do to prioritize safety (if they decide they want to)

Will they? Time will tell!

More questions than answers: another post about the Social Web Foundation and the fediverses

Questions for others in the fediverses as well as SWF

The Social Web Foundation and the elephant in the federated room

And I don't mean Mastodon!

Is Bluesky part of today's Fediverse?

Is Bluesky part of today's Fediverse?

I think so! But it depends on how you define "the Fediverse"

I for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS ARMY, and millions of Brazilians to the fediverses!

Bem-vendos aos fediverses!

A post by DaysWithoutWhiteNonsense: I gregreat to inform you that there have been zero days since that white nonsense.

5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people

Anti-Blackness is a long-term problem in the fediverse. Now's a good time to start changing that.

A Lemmy post: "Lol, how is race relevant? Obv rage bait shitpost"

Ah, Lemmy: Racism and Denial in the Threadiverse (DRAFT)

Fediverse discussions about racism in the fediverse frequently provide examples of racism in the fediverse

A post by Jon: The best time for a hard fork of Mastodon was six years ago. The second-best time is now.

Fork it! It's time for a Mastodon hard fork (UPDATED)

An opportunity to improve safety, the Mastodon ecosystem, and fediverse software development

The US Capitol, with a gray sky in the background

Federal privacy legislation

Federal privacy legislation update: the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA)

Expect a fierce legislative battle!

A menu, with red text. The third entry, with a big red circle around it, is "Block domain threads.net"

How to block Threads on Mastodon - and a reminder that blocking on the fediverse only provides limited protections (NEW VERSION)

With screenshots!

A road sign in the shape of an arrow with the word Safety

Steps towards a safer fediverse

Part 5 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse -- and whatever comes next."

The US Capitol building, with a gray sky in the backround

Business is business: Snap, Microsoft, and X endorse the anti-LGBTQ+, pro-censorship KOSA bill

What's important is *looking like* they're trying to protect children -- even though KOSA would actually harm kids

a biulding with a dome, and lots of trees aroud it, reflected in in a pond,

Testimony opposing Washington HB 1951, weak algorithmic discrimination legislation

Despite good intentions, the bill looks like it was written by tech lobbyists.

Instances in the free fediverses should consider "transitive defederation" from instances that federate with Meta

Part 7 of Strategies for the free fediverses. As the first post in the series discusses, the "free fediverses" are regions of the fediverse that reject Meta and surveillance capitalism, and these strategies position the free fediverses as an alternative to Threads and "Meta's fediverses&

Stylized human figures in multiple colors in a circle holding hands and looking up at the sky

The free fediverses should work together with people and instances in Meta's fediverses and on Bluesky whose goals and values align

Part 6 of "Strategies for a free fediverse"

Brown cardboard moving boxes on the floor, with a person beneath them whose feet are sticking out

The free fediverses should make it easier to move between (and create) instances

Part 5 of Strategies for the free fediverses

Concentric circles, each made up of multiple circles, in multiple bright colors

The free fediverses should support concentric federations of instances

Part 4 of Strategies for the free fediverses

A network diagram showing nodes connected by lines in multiple colors

The free fediverses should emphasize networked communities

Part 3 of Strategies for the free fediverses

A highway sign, in the shape of an arrow, with the word Consent.

The free fediverses should focus on consent (including consent-based federation), privacy, and safety

Part 2 of Strategies for the free fediverses