Last Week in Fediverse – ep 90
The Fediverse Schema Observatory helps to improve interoperability, the botsin.space server will shut down, and more.
Last Week in the ATmosphere – Oct wk 5
Some big news for Bluesky this week, as they raise $15M in their series A. Another new option to import your old tweets into Bluesky, and more.
5 ways to fight election disinformation on Bluesky and the Fediverse
Grassroots election protection activism made the difference in 2020. It's time to do it again. Fighting disinfo is one good way to help – on the Fed…
Ted Han and Andrés Monroy-Hernández join the IFTAS Advisory Board
We are excited to announce that Ted Han and Andrés Monroy-Hernández have joined the IFTAS Advisory Board! Ted is a distinguished leader in open-sour…
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 89
Shortform video platform Loops opens a waitlist for signups, Mosaic is a service to help organisations create their custom version of upcoming platfor…
Last Week in the ATmosphere – Oct 2024 week 4
A new signup wave for Bluesky with 2 million new accounts, a way to store arbitrary files on your PDS, the Japanese Bluesky apps continue to build int…
Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack
On October 8, 2024, an IFTAS Connect member observed one of the first spam posts from a network attack conducted by what appeared to be a reuse of the…
2024 Survey – Early Highlights
We are now reviewing the fantastic responses from our 2024 Needs Assessment participants. Thank you to everyone who participated! A very special thank…
Last Week in the ATmosphere – Oct 24 week 3
Chatting comes to the ATmosphere with Picosky, X is unbanned in Brazil, and a significant group of Brazilians moved back, and a deeper dive into aviar…
How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and ProPublica’s Ben Werdmuller
It’s tough being a media outlet these days. Audiences are fractured, referrals from search engines are dropping, and publishers are at the mercy of algorithms…