Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks ( techcrunch.com )
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement ( www.anildash.com )
[…] being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have...
Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy. ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too:...
BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App ( wedistribute.org )
The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He's helping other projects in the space, too.
Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services ( arstechnica.com )
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse ( www.theverge.com )
Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy ( wedistribute.org )
Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy's Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps of...
Report – Unsafe: Meta Fails to Moderate Extreme Anti-trans Hate Across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | GLAAD - might be a reason to defederate from Threads ( glaad.org )
Over 1 million new users and over 600 new servers added in one month across the fediverse. ( fedidb.org )
Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal ( techcrunch.com )
Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media ( techcrunch.com )
Quick video demonstrating that lemmy.world sends every activity out twice ( i.imgur.com )
I realise this is a known issue and that lemmy.world isn't the only instance that does this. Also, I'm aware that there are other things affecting federation. But I'm seeing some things not federate, and can't help thinking that things would be going smoother if all the output from the biggest lemmy instance wasn't 50% spam....
Flipboard just brought over 1,000 of its social magazines to Mastodon and the fediverse ( techcrunch.com )
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit ( blog.joinmastodon.org )
Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024) ( wedistribute.org )
Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.
The Verge - The fediverse, explained ( www.theverge.com )
Reddit exodus - Using Lemmy from my existing Mastodon ( vijayprema.com )
Maker Naomi Wu is Silenced by Chinese Authorities (And Why I Blame Elon Musk) ( skepchick.org )
The fediverse Goodreads alternative: Bookwyrm ( bookwyrm.world )
If you are interested in sharing book recommendations with other, or just manage your books, then bookwyrm is great for that! The .world team also has a bookwyrm instance up and running at bookwyrm.world with a community here on lemmy as well at !bookwyrm. Read Ruuds original post about it here: https://lemmy.world/post/5904792...
Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover ( github.com )
If your instance is not up to date (see footer), you can pass this along to your admins to check
Wafrn is a tumblr clone that connects to the fediverse ( app.wafrn.net )
if this counts as spam sorry not sorry. I created a tumblr clone two years ago. And then I conected it to the fedi like a year ago. its been hard, its buggy and its fun. Did a big redesign during christmas
Why publishers are preparing to federate their sites - Digiday ( digiday.com )
The Verge and 404 Media are building out new functions that would allow them to distribute posts on their sites and on federated platforms – like Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky – at the same time. Replies to those posts on those platforms become comments on their sites.
Public Broadcasters of Europe, Let's All Join Mastodon! ( www.ebu.ch )
