Isn't this a missed opportunity for the #fediverse, #Pixelfed in particular?

«A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies»

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/a-social-app-for-creatives-cara-grew-from-40k-to-650k-users-in-a-week-because-artists-are-fed-up-with-metas-ai-policies/

#Cara #Meta #Instagram #AI #ActivityPub #Mycelial #MycelialWeb #SocialWeb #DDFON #Photography #Creatives #Mycelium #MyceliumNetwork

This is a really cool Social Web/Fediverse logo mosaic that imo. more people should know about and use! https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_mosaic.svg

#Fediverse #SocialWeb

File:Fediverse mosaic.svg - Wikimedia Commons

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The first, original, and true, account portability, #NomadicIdentity, is coming to #ActivityPub!

@news explained it in an easy to understand way, so be sure to read this article.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/activitypub-nomadic-identity/

#Fediverse #MycelialWeb #SocialWeb #SNS #Streams #Hubzilla #Zot #Nomadic #DDFON #ActivityPub2

Oh, Zot! Nomadic Identity is Coming to ActivityPub

Even if you've been a part of the Fediverse for a long time, you'd be excused if you had never heard of Nomadic Identity. Within the confines of Mastodon, it's a relatively unknown concept. But, for s

^{Sean Tilley (We Distribute)}

Politics drives knowledge sharing across the Fediverse, Bluesky & Threads.

The team at The Newsmast Foundation are excited to share new, original research on the social web, communities, and how we all fit together!

There’s a summary below 👇 or read the full report here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/our-blog/mapping-the-social-web/

#fediverse #socialmedia #threads #bluesky #socialweb #tech

Mapping the social web - NewsMast

Newsmast's latest report follows their initial investigation into the structure of knowledge sharing networks on the Fediverse. Now, the team have done a deep dive on Bluesky and Threads to understand how the wider social web ties together.

^NewsMast

#fediverse teasered by the same authors:

"a secret new internet you may not have heard of, a paradise to which we may all yet escape."

A hub for the social web
https://www.blog-pat.ch/a-hub-for-the-social-web/

#SocialWeb

A hub for the social web

The Fediverse has around a million monthly active core users. Increasingly they are connected with millions more as the Fediverse emerges as a hub for the wider social web, giving it significant influence.

^{Michael Foster (Patchwork Blog)}

Yesterday, we published a blog post authored by our co-founder @michael

It's a really candid look at what we imagine the future can be for Fedi and how Newsmast and the Newsmast Foundation fit into it.

If you're interested, you can see the full thing on our website here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/our-blog/a-hub-for-the-social-web/

#SocialMedia #Tech #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

A hub for the social web - NewsMast

The Fediverse has around a million monthly active core users. Increasingly they are connected with millions more as the Fediverse emerges as a hub for the wider social web, giving it significant influence.

^NewsMast

@molly0xfff is a leading cryptocurrency critic, but get to know her and you’ll see she’s anything but cynical about the future of the web. Hear why this researcher, writer and software engineer thinks so in this fascinating conversation with @mike:

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/molly-white/

Catch up on past episodes of the podcast in Mike’s Storyboard collection:

https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965

To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the fediverse, sign up here:

http://about.flipboard.com/a-new-wave

#Flipboard #DotSocial #Podcast #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenSocialWeb #ActivityPub #Federation