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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 26m

Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news

- @altstore joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms
- @Mastodon is getting Starter Packs, with […]

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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

We’re thrilled to be bringing you a upcoming feature to help you find your people on Mastodon: Packs. (Or something… we’re still figuring out the name.)
As always, we want to build this important feature for the community WITH the community.
Read this blog post about our approach and let us know […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

October is Black History Month in the UK 🤎 🖤

Black history is woven into the identity of the UK. The theme this year is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride', focusing on the power of individuals in history who exercised courage, vision, and agency.

You can […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

FediForum begins later today!

We're so excited to see all the cool things happening in the Fediverse and the wider Social Web.

If you're going to be showing off what you're working on, we wish you the best of luck. If not, we hope you have fun 🕺

#fediforum #fediverse #socialweb #mastodon

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Richard MacManus @ricmac.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

In this week's Web Technology News, I unveil a new and improved format. I've added a "WTN Note" to many of the news items, so that this becomes more of a business and strategy briefing than just a list of interesting links. The 3 categories are now:

1. Web Platform Opportunities
2. Open Social […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

It's the first Friday of spooky season 🧙‍♀️

We'll be back on Monday after we've dusted off our spell books.

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

🔥 Bonfire now supports post imports when migrating instances.

You can bring your posts (+ optionally replies) with you when moving to a Bonfire instance from another instance or platform. Imported posts keep their original dates and URIs. Threads are preserved, as are like/boost counts. It […]

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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 6d

Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news

- @newsmast takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration
- a paper by @inquiline on targeted harassment on Mastodon
- #activitypub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Your profile on the Open Social Web looks the same as your profile on Big Tech social platforms, but there's a big difference.

Your profile is no longer a profile on a platform, but an address across a web. You can use it to signal far and wide, across […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Today we're wishing our friends a meaningful Yom Kippur.

The Day of Atonement is a Jewish holy day, in which practising Jews ask for forgiveness.

It may be intended for children, but this explanation of Yom Kippur by BBC Bitesize is the best we can find! 👇 […]

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An illustration of a rams horn, known as a shofar. In the background, three Stars of David look to be hung from the edge of the frame. The text reads: Wishing our friends a meaningful Yom Kippur. Newsmast Foundation.

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Michael Foster @michael.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Things are coming together at @newsmast. Here’s the big idea we’re working on:

What if every community could have their own early-Twitter, driven by an own-branded mobile app, as easy to build as Facebook Groups?

#fediverse #socialmedia #community […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

"Where the social connection for a Facebook Group is the Meta walled garden, our community apps connect through to the open social web, on the Fediverse, and, across the bridge, Bluesky."

@michael on the Newsmast Foundation and everything we're up to at the moment […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Some new users give up on the Open Social Web after only a few days of trying.

So, how do we help people who manage to make an account stay engaged in the Open Social Web? Show them people and posts they like, on topics they love.

That's why we built 62 topical Newsmast Channels and then […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

We're sad to see that IFTAS Connect has begun the process of shutting down.

We, like many other server admins, often found advice and help from the community there.

We hope that by preserving the 'Connect' news feed with Channel.org tech we can give back to the community.

Thank you for the […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

It's the weekend!

Have a great time and we'll see you on Monday at 9am here in the UK 🦆

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Media Revolution @mediarevolution.mo-me.social · 13d

📢 Join us for the next News Club Live!
🗓️ Tuesday 30th September
⏰ 17:00 (BST)

Come together to explore the week’s news, share perspectives, and dig deeper into the stories that shape our world. 🌍📰

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Pay or consent advertising is coming the UK 👎

At the Newsmast Foundation we oppose this binary choice approach to advertising which will, without doubt, affect the most marginalised communities.

We hope that the UK will follow the example of the EU and block Meta from actioning this change […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 14d

What are you a fan of? 🎸 🏀

Whether it's sports, music, TV, or something else. It's human nature to be a fan.

But here on the Social Web, it can sometimes be hard to find fan content, leading to many hanging around platforms like X for their fan content […]

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An image of a woman sat on the shoulders of someone in a crowd. Her arms are outstretched and she is smiling, clearly enjoying herself. The text around her reads: "Be a fan on the Social Web. Newsmast Foundation."

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

🍎 The Forbidden Fruit

Social media is designed to keep you there, giving you everything you think you need, from AI-trained algorithms that know your favourite dog breed, to adverts and shops which will throw the next-best-thing in your face. But, you don't have to stay confined within the […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d

From tomorrow, our team are meeting up for a long weekend to brainstorm, collaborate, and improve what we do here at the Newsmast Foundation so please be aware we may not be as responsive as usual!

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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

The investigative newsroom I work for, @ProPublica, is raising money right now. This is the last few days of our pledge drive.

We report on abuses of power in the public interest. We reported on who works for DOGE and revealed Clarence Thomas’s conflicts of interest.

It was the first outlet to […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

We asked you if you'd go back to X if it had new ownership.

Of the 812 people who responded, 67% said no.

The future of social media IS the Open Social Web 🔒

#socialmedia #socialweb #fediverse #mastodon #poll #x #twitter #musk #leavex

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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

It’s more important than ever to support independent media free from corporate caving to autocracy and wherever possible on the open social web and on direct open media.
https://journa.host/@w7voa/115222129277589068

Steve Herman (@[email protected])

Variety - Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show on ABC TV will be off the air“indefinitely” after criticism of comments the host made about the motives of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-abc-charlie-kirk-1236522584/

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Eugen Rochko @gargron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21d

Good morning! If you’re on mastodon.social (or another server running nightly builds) you can begin quoting posts in your posts (quooting?) starting today. Remember, you control whether you can be quoted, and call always retract your post from a specific quote. And you can quote me on that!

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 22d

"At the end of the day, no matter how good and ethical something is, it has to feel right to the user. Unfortunately, for the majority of the Social Web, the vibe isn't good enough for new users to trust and try the tech. But, if we know that, we can work to change it."

@saskia takes a look at […]

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