@taylorlorenz

Why not corporate #socialmedia?

1. Algorithm - pushes specific ideology, causes depression in young adults, distorts reality.

2. Owners propagandise their ideology (see above)

3. Certain voices are censored, just like in communist China. YouTube kicked off Aljazera news. TikTok US censors anti- #ICE sentiment, anti-genocide voices.

4. At election time, owners and the wealthy change the outcome of actual elections with social media.

If you haven't seen the outstanding #fediverse promo video by @_elena (4m)
Highly recommend it;

https://peertube.c44.com.au/w/tiwUDBzdYW8CWkNU1fgMqW

FediMTL, on the fedi at @info is a new 1-day fediverse related conference in Montreal in just a few weeks on February 24 (is it Fedi-conference season or something?)

There's a streaming option, too! And the sessions look good. Check it out, and spread the word.

https://fedimtl.ca/#about

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Saskia Welch @saskia Head of Social & Community at @newsmast, working to build healthier online spaces for news, journalism, and civic discourse on the #Fediverse.
🎟️ In-person and streaming tickets: https://fedimtl.ca/

#FediMTL #DigitalSovereignty #SocialWeb

My fosdem talk is up!

I make a case for more platforms to support the ActivityPub client API, and how we should look beyond microblogging for future growth of the ‘verse

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QK7XSV-activitypub-c2s/

#c2s #fosdem #fediverse #ActivityPub

🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Saskia Welch @saskia Head of Social & Community at @newsmast, working to build healthier online spaces for news, journalism, and civic discourse on the #Fediverse.
🎟️ In-person and streaming tickets: https://fedimtl.ca/

#FediMTL #DigitalSovereignty #SocialWeb

@taylorlorenz

Mastodon is the anti-influence platform

On the social web we are
- free from the influence of megalomaniacs or any one person
- free from the influence of VCs and profit motivations
- free from the influence of algorithmic manipulation

Plus as a bonus, you can follow a friend's "Instagram" from your "Twitter" account ✨

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb

🦣 Stegodon v1.7.1 brings full-text search with SQLite FTS5 and major performance optimizations! Timeline rendering is now faster and search uses less memory. #stegodon #fediverse #golang #tui

🦣 Stegodon v1.7.1 brings full-text search with SQLite FTS5 and major performance optimizations! Timeline rendering is now faster and search uses less memory. #stegodon #fediverse #golang #tui

Seems like the #Fediverse is something of a "Second Republic of Letters"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Letters

@apps
Perfecly ok. I'd compare to what a decent employer would supply so you can do the job.

And thank you so much for the best Mastodon (my main use case) client ever!

#fedilab #mastodon #fediverse

2 questions for all that read it:

Did you not post or reply much on previous social media? Specifically, out of concerns around data collection.

And if so, does that habit still influence how you post on the Fedi?

#Question #Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #SocialMedia

Hey everyone, we have some pretty big news to share. You might remember that we announced a big restructuring for the Mastodon team earlier this year. Today marks an important milestone in this transition.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

2 questions for all that read it:

Did you not post or reply much on previous social media? Specifically, out of concerns around data collection.

And if so, does that habit still influence how you post on the Fedi?

#Question #Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #SocialMedia

Will Mastodon, the platform that keeps the #Fediverse alive, miss a strategic opportunity to bring official institutions on board at scale?

By watching how #EuroSky is being marketed compared to #Mastodon, it certainly seems that way.

I wish the folks at Mastodon would invest in more professional marketing, similar to what we're seeing from its rival, Bluesky.

There was a major meeting in the EU Parliament focused on this topic, yet there was no announcement or microblog post from Mastodon. Zero engagement.

Compare these two approaches:

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ituoear7k6qx3smjfoxhufm4/post/3me7pxwrgerri

#ActivityPub #ATProtocol #EU #lobby

Seems like the #Fediverse is something of a "Second Republic of Letters"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Letters

Week in Fediverse 2026-02-06

Servers

- Gush v0.0.29
- PieFed v1.6.0
- Bookwyrm v0.8.4
- Mastodon v4.5.6
- Mitra v4.17.0
- Stegodon v1.7.0
- Hollo v0.7.1
- Wafrn v2026.02.01
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.9.0
- Castopod v1.14.1
- Ktistec v3.2.9
- Wanderer v0.18.4
- Forgejo monthly report - January 2026
- Fedisky: ActivityPub extension for Bluesky PDS

Clients

- Tusky v32.0
- Fedilab v3.36.0
- Mangane 1.19.3
- Aria v1.4.2
- Phanpy changelog
- Coho: A fast, offline-first Mastodon client

Tools and Plugins

- Fedimap: An independent map for the Fediverse

Articles

- The best Mastodon client now has an iOS version!
- PkgFed: ActivityPub for Package Releases
- Statistics for Lemmy Instances and Communities

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019c10b9-e3f7-b6da-ef96-350864d2f791