The new organization establishes an interesting board of directors: Esra’a Al Shafei of Majal.org, Karien Bezuidenhout from The Shuttleworth Foundation, Amir Ghavi of Fried Frank, Felix Hlatky of SOLARYS, and former Twitter cofounder Biz Stone.

"Our operating structure is still the Germany-based Mastodon gGmbH. The new US non-profit is here to facilitate fundraising in the US and promote Mastodon there (plus maybe one day pay developers directly, if we hire in the US)."

The fediverse just got a little bigger today as Flipboard has now launched over 1,000 of its social magazines across the decentralized social web, allowing its curators and publishers to reach new audiences.

Seit 2022 erforscht Mozilla „gesunde Alternativen für soziale Medien“ und ist dabei, sich im Fediverse einzurichten. Jetzt hat man den eignen Mastodon-Client veröffentlicht.

Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko lauds Threads’ entry into the decentralized social media space, saying the move will make Mastodon — the open source Twitter/X rival — “a far more attractive option.” Mastodon’s app, which is powered by the decentralized social networking protocol ActivityPub, has gained more attention in the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition of […]© 2023 TechCrunch.

Image: The VergeMastodon, the decentralized Twitter / X alternative, is adding lists to its Android app, according to a blog post from CEO and founder Eugen Rochko.

Auf WordPress.com gehostete Blogs können heute direkt mit ActivityPub ausgestattet werden. Ein Paukenschlag, dessen Bedeutung für ein dezentrales Social Web kaum überschätzt werden kann.

The ActivityPub plug-in is now available for all WordPress.com plans, allowing users to communicate with each other across other federated platforms like Mastodon.

In den Zusammenbruch von Twitter aka X kommt immer mehr Bewegung. Nun sind relevante Teile der deutschen Twitter-Community zum Konkurrenten Bluesky gewechselt. Wir haben uns umgehört, was dahinter steckt und warum die Wechselbewegung in Richtung Mastodon weniger Momentum hatte.

In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others — with the acquisition of an ActivityPub plug-in that allows WordPress blogs to reach readers on other federated platforms.