https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

On the complexities of protocol governance.

>There are only two organisations that are active in the fediverse that are a paid member of the W3C: Meta and the Social Web Foundation.

>With the Social Web Foundation also receiving funding from Meta, the company that built Threads now has more institutional standing in ActivityPub governance than any of the organisations actually building open fediverse software.

>Mastodon gGmbH, Framasoft, and others are not W3C members and cannot participate in the Working Group unless they are invited.

#CHATONS #fediverse #fedivers #ActivityPub #w3c #Mastodon #Peertube #Lemmy #mBin #Piefed #NodeBB #Iceshrimp #Pixelfed #Loops

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

On the complexities of protocol governance.

>There are only two organisations that are active in the fediverse that are a paid member of the W3C: Meta and the Social Web Foundation.

>With the Social Web Foundation also receiving funding from Meta, the company that built Threads now has more institutional standing in ActivityPub governance than any of the organisations actually building open fediverse software.

>Mastodon gGmbH, Framasoft, and others are not W3C members and cannot participate in the Working Group unless they are invited.

#CHATONS #fediverse #fedivers #ActivityPub #w3c #Mastodon #Peertube #Lemmy #mBin #Piefed #NodeBB #Iceshrimp #Pixelfed #Loops

Not sure what I think of this news. I've been in the private beta for awhile, but I still like the idea of open source and federated. But, it's still not Reddit.

I do find it funny that Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose teamed up on this.

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/14/digg-and-reddit-creators-relaunch-digg-to-compete-with-reddit/

#Digg #Reddit #Lemmy

🐭 Real question:

Sometimes I read negative comments about #Lemmy or even calls to defederate...

Why do some people on the #Fediverse feel so strongly about Lemmy?

Isn't an #opensource alternative to #Reddit a good thing?

Questi i numeri del #Fediverso Italiano di inizio anno 2026

In cima spicca il server pixelfed.uno (6.996), seguito da mastodon.uno (5.283).

Mantiene gli utenti livellosegreto.it (1.074) mentre guadagnano qualcosa mastodon.bida.im (692) e sociale.network (294)

Tengono bene le nostre 3 istanze storiche poliverso.org (186) feddit.it (163) e poliversity.it (100)

Poco dietro puntarella.party (90) e vivere.uno (78)

https://fediverse.observer/list

@fediverso

#pixelfed #mastodon #lemmy

Questi i numeri del #Fediverso Italiano di inizio anno 2026

In cima spicca il server pixelfed.uno (6.996), seguito da mastodon.uno (5.283).

Mantiene gli utenti livellosegreto.it (1.074) mentre guadagnano qualcosa mastodon.bida.im (692) e sociale.network (294)

Tengono bene le nostre 3 istanze storiche poliverso.org (186) feddit.it (163) e poliversity.it (100)

Poco dietro puntarella.party (90) e vivere.uno (78)

https://fediverse.observer/list

@fediverso

#pixelfed #mastodon #lemmy

Satisfying.

"ICE Chief #Bovido and his goons get yelled out of a store after using the bathroom"

#ICE #Fascism

From #Lemmy: https://lemmy.world/post/41511181

Questi i numeri del #Fediverso Italiano di inizio anno 2026

In cima spicca il server pixelfed.uno (6.996), seguito da mastodon.uno (5.283).

Mantiene gli utenti livellosegreto.it (1.074) mentre guadagnano qualcosa mastodon.bida.im (692) e sociale.network (294)

Tengono bene le nostre 3 istanze storiche poliverso.org (186) feddit.it (163) e poliversity.it (100)

Poco dietro puntarella.party (90) e vivere.uno (78)

https://fediverse.observer/list

@fediverso

#pixelfed #mastodon #lemmy

I have been thinking what it was #linkedin in the pre-crappy pre-influencer era, and it was jobs postings + professional networking + celebrating professional achievements.

If we look to build a "linkedin" in the fediverse, job postings could pretty much be (and it was for many years) forums, so #lemmy or #nodebb could achieve that. #lemmy could even foster professional discussions.

Celebrating could be #badgefed, and professional networking could happen inside #mastodon.

If you create a site with the 3, interconnected, reducing friction (e.g. single sign-on between the three) it could have some traction.

One can only dream.

#SelfHosting week 1, phase 3.
Decision is almost made, considering a site based on hybrid solutions:
Newsletter -> buttondown
stories -> writefreely
interactions/comments -> lemmy (where stories from writefreely will spread to fediverse) and at this point I find less useful to federate Writefreely, given that this platform has no comments. Makes sense a "reply via e-mail" pointing to LetterBird page I have, and "follow [category/community] on Lemmy to comment via Fediverse.
What's missing? A stable navigation menu, and an internal search engine. Found a way to place a landing for the site, through writefreely's admin settings.
My main (no longer so hidden) intention is get rid of WordPress, despite self-hosted its philosophy is drastically changing.
And I even have Bearblog which solves some of the issues for nav menu and maybe search bar, but it's a centralized platform depending on one person only. Of course accessibility is the main focus, both in back and front-end.

Any suggestion or feedback is highly appreciated, this month will be dedicated to tests and experiments.
#a11y #accessibility #ActivityPub #blog #blogging #feedback #fediverse #FollowerPower #lemmy #newsletter #WordPress #WriteFreely #writing