We Distribute has been in operation in one form or another for the past 9 years. Our project has managed to reach thousands of people, both inside and outside of the Fediverse, to promote a vision of social media and the Web that are open, federated, and free. We have published hundreds of articles, interviewed […]
Mastodon Announces Fediverse Discovery Providers
One of the most difficult challenges that most decentralized social networks face is that of content and user discovery. Everybody and all of their stuff lives in different places on the network, and finding anything often requires being aware of where that thing lives in the first place. It’s a growing pain that only gets […]
Evan Prodromou Launches The Social Web Foundation
In a gesture that’s been a long time coming, Evan Prodromou, co-author of the ActivityPub protocol, has launched The Social Web Foundation. The organization aims to tackle the various headaches and challenges the ActivityPub ecosystem has faced over the last decade of its development. Their mission? A bigger, better Fediverse. “I wish I would’ve started […]
The Revolution Will Be Federated
In this final, crucial campaign stretch: Mainstream platforms are oversaturated, while millions on the “fediverse” are perfectly situated for progressive organizing – and largely overlooked. The 2024 US presidential election has sparked a historic digital arms race, with billions spent on microtargeted ads and digital outreach. However, mainstream social media platforms are increasingly inhospitable for […]
Mozilla.Social is Shutting Down
Earlier this week, the Mozilla.social instance sent messages to members regarding closure of the service. We’ve made the hard decision to end our experiment with Mozilla.social and will shut down the Mastodon instance on December 17, 2024. Thank you for being part of the Mozilla.social community and providing feedback during our closed beta. You can continue to […]
sub.club Emerges to Offer Paid Fediverse Subscriptions
Historically speaking, the act of financially supporting creatives on the Fediverse has always been something of a pain point. The network lacks a meaningful payment layer, and most of the network’s infrastructure relies on donations made through Patreon, LiberaPay, OpenCollective, KoFi, and GoFundMe. Having to sign up to yet another platform to support someone’s work […]
Bandwagon is Emissary’s Bandcamp Alternative
The Fediverse has a bustling music scene with thousands of artists putting out their original work for everyone else to enjoy. We’ve written in the past about Radio Free Fedi and FairCamp, two amazing initiatives to help this community at a grassroots level. They go a long way towards providing a social good for the […]
Our FediForum September 2024 Live Coverage
FediForum is back! The popular community tech event is kicking off again in its fourth iteration, where people come together, watch cool demos, and share their ideas on all things Fediverse. The event starts this week on Thursday, September 12th, 2024, at 8am PDT. This time around, the event will be three days instead of […]
A Brief History of the Fediverse Symbol
Recently, a new symbol was proposed to represent the Fediverse. The network notoriously lacks an official symbol, although most people are familiar with the Fedigram, a five-point star made of connected lines. There have actually been a few different proposed symbols in the past, and we’ve compiled a list to talk about their differences and […]
ATypl Copenhagen 2025
April 22, 2025 @ 8:00 am – April 26, 2025 @ 4:00 pm CEST ATypI, also referred to as Association Typographique Internationale, is an international non-profit organization dedicated to typography and type design. The organization runs a global fonts and typography conference that has been held annually since 1957. The 2025 conference is set in […]