#Fediverse #SocialWeb #Canada News!

mastodonserver.ca is now thesocialweb.ca

Its Fediverse handle should be updated automagically (i think?) to @directory but you might need to re-follow it so please tap through and check if you're following!

All servers and instances in Canada are welcome to get in touch and have their server listed on the webpage!

#mastodon #Peertube #Lemmy #Loops #community #pixelfed
https://thesocialweb.ca/welcome-to-thesocialweb-ca-a-new-name-to-welcome-all-social-web-and-fediverse-communities-in-canada/

btw. If anyone has the skills and generosity to design/donate a logo for thesocialweb.ca that would be super cool!
#fediverse #opensocialweb #socialweb #mastodon #pizelfed #canada #peertube #lemmy #design #graphicdesign #volunteer
https://thesocialweb.ca/welcome-to-thesocialweb-ca-a-new-name-to-welcome-all-social-web-and-fediverse-communities-in-canada/

Wer hat Lust über das Fediverse zu diskutieren? - Für unsere Mitglieder gibt es am 25.11. einen Online-Lunchtalk zum Thema: Sind soziale Medien noch sozial? – Reden wir über Angriffe im digitalen Raum und Auswege ins Fediverse!

Mit dabei Referent:innen der @uniinnsbruck , @ruhr-uni-bochum.de und vom Scicomm Support (https://scicomm-support.de/)

Wir freuen uns über rege Beteiligung!

👉 Weitere Details hier: https://idw-online.de/de/idwnews?detail=476

#fediverse #mastodon #gewalt #hatespeech

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569615176946969

I am passing the torch to @mellifluousbox, who will be the new Executive Director. Felix has been involved with #Mastodon since 2020 and has been instrumental in evolving the organization, raising funds, and growing the team to get us to where we are now. With @haubles and @renchap by his side, and the team we have assembled over the years, I have faith that the new leadership will do a stellar job.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures/

#mastodon

The company Northern Playground is has a campaign right now where they are trying to ditch advertising on Meta products.

If you want to raise some awareness to them and to their followers about Mastodon, get in the comments of their post and mention oslo.town and Mastodon.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGwy3lEbog/
https://www.facebook.com/NorthernPlayground/posts/pfbid0dY8FiHwzp9VDXB5zSJWQwaUjk132iUt3nnpLcnXNRFPDBrqmN63P4Ef2TMv8qfebl

#Mastodon #PromoteMastodon #NorthernPlayground #Meta #FuckMeta #FuckFacebook #FuckInstagram #Oslo #Allheimen

🆕 blog! “The Peaceful Transfer of Power in Open Source Projects”

Most of the people who run Open Source projects are mortal. Recent history shows us that they will all eventually die, or get bored, or win the lottery, or get sick, or be conscripted, or lose their mind.

If you've ever visited a foreign country's national history museum, I…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/the-peaceful-transfer-of-power-in-open-source-projects/
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#BDFL #mastodon #OpenSource #oss

"The Bristol Cable/Newsmast Foundation collaboration shows how adaptable design can empower communities. By engaging the Cable editorial team and cooperative membership, and creating a design that meets the community’s needs, the Newsmast Foundation enables innovation that reflects local priorities."

We're honoured that our work has been featured in a Good Commons case study ✨

You can read it here: https://goodcommons.world/casestudies/bristol-cable-newsmast-foundation-uk-news-coop

#SocialWeb #BuildInPublic #CaseStudy #Fediverse #Mastodon #Journalism

Hi everyone,

@joynewacc and I had the honour of speaking to four friends from Gaza today, meet some of their families, and to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Yosef (@yosefAziz)
• Mohammad (@Mohmad30)
• Asar (@AsarSameer)
• Doaa (@Aa102030)

They are also already showing on our donations page (and, as you can see, their fundraisers have had very little in donations over the past week, so hopefully the fediverse can step up and start to help them):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Please give them a follow and please share this so others can too.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

#Hollo 0.7 brings a redesigned #notification system with much better performance. We've moved from generating #notifications on-demand to storing them as they happen, which makes the notifications endpoint about 60% faster. We've also added response compression (though if you're using a reverse proxy, you probably had this already).

More notably, Hollo 0.7 implements Mastodon's v2 grouped notifications API. Notifications like favorites, follows, and reblogs targeting the same post or account are now grouped together server-side, reducing clutter. Clients that support the new API (introduced in #Mastodon 4.3) will show cleaner, more organized notifications automatically.

Hollo 0.7 is still in development, but we're excited to share it with you when it's ready!

Three years ago today, we opened the doors to our corner of the Fediverse. 💙

What started as an idea has grown into a friendly space for good conversations, smart humor, and authentic interactions. It’s been amazing watching this community grow with all of you.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared, posted, and made Vivaldi Social part of their online space. You’ve helped shape this community into what it is today.

Here’s to everyone who’s been part of it, and to all the new voices we’ll meet along the way.

Happy 3rd birthday, Vivaldi Social! 🎉

- Team Vivaldi

#VivaldiSocial #Fediverse #Mastodon #Community

@Gargron what a step! thank you so much for helping shape the #fediverse into what it is today, it simply wouldn’t be the same without your work on #mastodon.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Maybe I wouldn’t have even started working on #ActivityPub for #WordPress if you hadn’t, in a way, pushed me toward it, even if indirectly 🙂

https://notiz.blog/2019/08/16/farewell-ostatus/