Fediverse Report

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Fediverse Almanac is an API that queries all the instances of the entire #fediverse. It shows bans between instances, banned keywords, and can gather data on the software, networks and companies of the fediverse.

Mastodon post by Rob Hafner API Documentation

The Mastodon organisation has posted a news update on their Patreon page. The organisation has grown from a monthly donation of 7k USD in November 2022 to 31k USD in January 2023. They plan to hire more people, and have layed out the public roadmap. For all the details, see the post on Patreon.

Where we`re at, by Mastodon organisation

Automattic CEO recently spoke on the podcast Hallway chats, and said the following:

”#Tumblr is...not open source yet. But we’ve said it’s going to be & we’ve tried to make the data super open. So the API’s, you can put your Tumblr into #WordPress very easily, you can export all your Tumblr content... then longer term, we want to support these new protocols like #ActivityPub on top of… We’re gonna support #RSS so things are easy to get in and out.”

Mastodon post by Tim Chambers

The guardian has done data analysis on the active users in the #Mastodon network, showing a huge peak in early December, but accompanying a significant dropoff in the following weeks.

Article by The Guardian

Paul Stamatiou is a designer that has worked at Twitter for over 9 years. In this extensive, 8000 word blogpost, he discusses Mastodon, Twitter, and owning your data from the perspective of someone that worked at Twitter for nine years.

Blog post by Paul Stamatiou

Techdirt: “Elon Musk has demonstrated contempt for free speech in general, and journalism in particular, with his behavior at Twitter. He is also demonstrating why it is foolhardy for anyone to rely on centralized platforms to create and distribute vital information. Journalists — among many information providers and users — should move to decentralized systems where they have control of what they say and how they distribute it. And philanthropic organizations have a major role to play. Here is a way forward.”

Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started , by Techdirt