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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

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

Toot toot

Tootle is a new Linux GTK3 client for elementary OS and Mastodon. Confirmed to also work with Pleroma. Already available in elementary OS AppCenter

05.06.18 #mastodon

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

Federated image sharing Pixelfed

Pixelfed reached beta stage. It supports ActivityPub and will federate with other networks. Follow @pixelfed on mastodon.social for latest news

02.06.18 #fediverse

Friendica 2018.05 release

This release includes bug fixes and enhancements, like hashtag autocomplete, automatic installations, terms of service module and translation updates

02.06.18 #friendica

New brutal Mastodon client

Brutaldon is a brutalist web interface for Mastodon. It is compatible with almost any web browser, including text-mode browsers like lynx, w3m or eww

02.06.18 #mastodon

Mastodon 2.4.0 finally out

As always, new release has many additions and improvements. In terms of better privacy, you can now hide following / followers lists, if you wish.

23.05.18 #mastodon

Misskey part of Fediverse

Welcome Misskey - ActivityPub platform. Polls, recommended users, server info, dark mode, emoji reactions! (news by @wakest@mastodon.social)

06.05.18 #misskey

Hubzilla 3.4 release

This release is focused on usability improvements. It introduces a new permission role and autosave functionality, along with other changes.

05.05.18 #hubzilla

Fediverse statistics

Have a look at 'fediverse.network' - new stats. Glue them together with 'the-federation.info' and you'll get a good picture of Fediverse.

27.04.18 #fediverse

+ 1 Rust project

Here comes Rustodon - Mastodon-compatible, ActivityPub speaking server in Rust. Currently under development. Go check it out, join and contribute.

11.04.18 #fediverse

Pinafore Mastodon web client

New web client for Mastodon. Simple, fast on low-end laptops and phones. Mastodon already has several alternative clients. Good open API is the key!

09.04.18 #mastodon

ActivityPub in GNU Social?

User @dansup confirmed that ActivityPub support for GNU Social is in the works. They'll be working on the plugin this summer. Good news, Fediverse!

05.04.18 #gnusocial

diaspora* features and bounties

New feature — client-side picture resize — merged in diaspora* develop brunch, will soon be available. Author got a $200 bounty. Take a bounty too!

04.04.18 #diaspora