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Fediverse saves you from pickup artists, and 7 more reasons you should make a Fediverse account

The Internet is huge, with millions of websites. But Internet users concentrate on large well-known platforms. We are all familiar with the names of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Weibo, Vkontakte, Google, YouTube, Tinder. These services may be useful, but they are not the only ones.

05.07.18 by @lostinlight,

IN THE NEWS

Osada 2.0 major release

Osada reaches version 2.0, which brings fully threaded conversations, forums compatible with ActivityPub and Twitter/StatusNet compatible API

10.12.18 #osada

PeerTube 1.1.0

PeerTube new release. Featuring speedier startup, PeerTube CLI, bulk actions, ability to list all local videos, muting accounts and much more

05.12.18 #peertube

diaspora* 0.7.8.0

New minor diaspora* release features full-resolution images, memory usage improvement, docker image and admin panel enhancement

26.11.18 #diaspora

Fediverse glossary

Have a look at this extensive glossary about Fediverse

16.11.18 #fediverse

Friendica hackathon 2018

Join Friendica hackathon this weekend, offline in Berlin, or online! Hacking will be focused on the open issues of the upcoming 2018.12 release

13.11.18 #friendica

Mastodon 2.6.0 / 2.6.1

Several long-awaited additions in this Mastodon release, including 'read more' link on overly long in-stream toots and link previews

31.10.18 #mastodon

Hubzilla 3.8 release

Hubzilla 3.8 released this morning. The entire apps and settings infrastructure was re-organised, simplifying the settings and improving general UX

19.10.18 #hubzilla

PeerTube stable 1.0.0 [updated]

PeerTube reached first stable release. A great ammount of work has been put into the project, most milestones met, new features ahead

12.10.18 #peertube

Friendica 2018.09

This release brings the restructuring of the item table in the database, alongside some 100 closed issues from the tracker

24.09.18 #friendica

FediverseCast

Announcing the first episode of a new podcast about Fediverse! The show will feature conversations with fediverse makers and community members

19.09.18 #fediverse

Mastodon 2.5.0

Federation relays, public profiles and toots redesign, new interaction dialog for remote toots, public profile endorsements, and other additions

03.09.18 #mastodon

Feneas organization

Will it be useful to have official Fediverse entities to provide financial, media and other support? Feneas is the first initiative

31.08.18 #fediverse

Federation Myths

Do federated networks provide more privacy by default? Is federation more important than encryption? Some myths debunked in this article

15.08.18 #fediverse

postActiv 1.0.5. release

This stability and security update lays foundation for supporting more protocols in postActiv. Adding diaspora protocol is one of the goals

30.07.18 #postactiv

Socialhome 0.9.0 release

This release brings support for limited content, notifications on mentions, tag search, new local content stream and user data export

21.07.18 #socialhome

Hubzilla HowTo

Disroot community created a comprehensive HowTo about Hubzilla. Check it out to know more about Hubzilla features (news by @paulfree14@todon.nl)

12.07.18 #hubzilla

diaspora* 0.7.6.0 release

This version improves poll federation, diaspora emails, languages support, and refines account migration, that'll be added in the next major release

28.06.18 #diaspora

Mastodon 2.4.2

This release adds autofollow option to invites, preferred languages choice, default language instead of auto-detect, UI improvements and minor fixes

19.06.18 #mastodon

Hubzilla moves to GitLab

Hubzilla project moved source code to Framasoft's GitLab instance. GitHub repos are archived. Remember to point your installation to new repository

07.06.18 #hubzilla

History of the Fediverse

Bob Mottram, Freedombone maintainer, shares A People's History of the Fediverse, covering federation advantages, Fediverse milestones and much more

07.06.18 #fediverse

Fedicrypt - what would it take?

Hypolite Petovan, Friendica developer, wrote a summary of making private data in Fediverse macroblogging networks truely private. Join the discussion

05.06.18 #friendica