Threads officially moves to Threads.com and updates its web app
[View Source] Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com. The transition will coincide with…
Category: Fediverse News
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet
[View Source] Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there’s currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured. Earlier this month, Bluesky…
Meta’s Threads opens up ads to global advertisers
[View Source] Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app would now expand…
Fediverse Report – #113
A slow news week in the fediverse, with some new research papers on Mastodon and more.
Burning questions (and some answers) about Bluesky’s new verification system
[View Source] Bluesky’s launch of a verification system has raised a slew of questions among its user base, from who will be picked — and…
Bluesky launches blue check verification
[View Source] Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to…
Bluesky may soon add blue check verification
[View Source] Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s public GitHub repository spotted Friday by reverse…
Bluesky Report – #112
Custom feed builder Graze raises 1M USD, and Deer is a new fork of the main Bluesky app.
Bluesky, censorship and country-based moderation
This week, Bluesky hid accounts in for users in Turkey after a government order. I take a closer look at government censorship and ATProto, how geogra…
Bluesky feed builder Graze raises $1M, rolls out ads
[View Source] Graze, a startup that lets people build and monetize custom feeds for Bluesky’s social network, has attracted new capital. Pre-seed investors, led by…