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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 7d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · 1d

Tumblr is great, for the most part! However, the initial announcement of open sourcing Tumblr and moving it to the Fediverse appears to be significantly delayed. Wafrn is an attempt to build something similar from first principles.

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · 1d

For those seeking out a federated and open alternative to Tumblr, Wafrn is looking extremely promising.

Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy

What started as a Tumblr-inspired publishing platform has taken on a life of its own within the Fediverse, evolving into something far more wild.

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · 10d

Great suggestion, we found a lot of gems!

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · 10d

Threads now includes their long form text attachments to fediverse enabled posts. Gonna go login for the first time in a few weeks and try it out.

#fediverse #threads
https://www.threads.com/@shubhankar_91/post/DPWtTFwjp-M

Shubhankar Srivastava (@shubhankar_91) on Threads

We now support Fediverse sharing of long form text attachment

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · 10d

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · 10d

We've been working to build up a list to keep track of people and projects within the ATproto ecosystem. If there's anyone we've missed, let us know!

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daniel 🫠 @dholms.xyz · 21d

very excited to share this update about bringing AT to the IETF!

last week we uploaded two drafts to the IETF datatracker and today we heard that we’re approved to host a Birds of a Feather at IETF 124 (the formal meeting towards establishing a working group)

Taking AT to the IETF | Bluesky

Last week we posted two drafts to the IETF Data Tracker. This is the first major step towards standardizing parts of AT in an effort to establish long-term governance for the protocol.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 15d

Tynan @tynanpurdy.com is wanting to have a set of resources to send to local publications & journalists about posting to Bluesky.

Looking for resources & articles about success stories and getting started. Get involved and share in the forum here discourse.atprotocol.community/t/boilerplat...

Boilerplate Pitch to Publications

We know that Bluesky has better click-through rates than any other social media platform, and that publishing independence from platforms is more important now than ever. To that effect, advocating fo...

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 12d

The problem with banning someone who hasn't broken any policies is that the evilest people in the world may own this platform in the future and they can use that in the other direction and point to the OG builders actions and I swear we've seen this before am I in a timeloop

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Why @why.bsky.team · 10d

A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.

GitHub - whyrusleeping/konbini

Contribute to whyrusleeping/konbini development by creating an account on GitHub.

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Sep 11

The video version of our latest episode is now on #PeerTube! We chatted with @quillmatiq.com and @snarfed.org about A New Social, what they're working on, and some interesting side conversations about where the Fediverse is heading!

S2E5: Anuj Ahooja and Ryan Barrett from A New Social

We sat down with our friends from A New Social, the nonprofit organization behind projects such as Bridgy Fed and Bounce. Joining us for the interview are A New Social's two co-founders, Anuj Ahooj...

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Sep 7

Here's this week's issue of Relay, a roundup of things happening across the Social Web. Governance changes, questions of decentralization, and some new developments in the field.

September 7th: Rising Tides

Here's this week's roundup of things happening across the Social Web. Governance changes, questions of decentralization, and some new developments in the field.

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

FediForum special event next week!

Join us for an hour with Robert W. Gehl, who wrote a great new book about the Fediverse: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media."

Come and hear excerpts from the book, and ask questions! We read […]

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Box464 @bsky.box464.social · Aug 30

I wouldn’t say this is 100% accurate but enjoy it for what it is.. a nerdy concept explained with meme cats. 🐱

#caturday #oauth

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 30

The Social Web Foundation has been experimenting with the lesser-known other half of the ActivityPub protocol. Here's what they're up to.

Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API

Nonprofit organization Social Web Foundation is quietly focusing on building tools, libraries, and prototypes to demonstrate what ActivityPub C2S could do.

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · Aug 24

On a brighter note, I do think it's really cool that this conversation about decentralized protocols is decentralized at the protocol layer and still accessible across networks

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Boris @bmann.ca · Aug 22

If you @-mention @henryzoo.com it will print to his printer.

#ATProto_NYC

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 22

The first issue of our Social Web newsletter, Relay, is out. Take a look!

August 22rd, 2025: Something Brewing

Please be gentle. This is our first time doing this kind of thing. Welcome to our first issue of Relay.

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 21

We're trying something new, and starting a newsletter that adds more voices to the coverage of the Social Web. Check out Relay!

Welcome to Relay

This is just a brief introduction to what Relay is, what we're planning to do, and what we hope to accomplish.

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 20

After a brief demo at FediCon 2025, a new, open source fundraising system for the #Fediverse has been released to the public. It's native to the network, and you sign in using your own Fediverse account.

CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse

A new, open source, self-hostable fundraising system for the Fediverse has been released. The project is very young, but there's a huge amount of promise.

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 12

We Distribute is evaluating whether to launch a crowdfunding campaign to support our organization. Right now, almost everything we do is created, produced, and edited by one guy, @deadsuperhero.com.

If you're interested, feel free to fill out this survey:
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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 12

Is a large corporate entity scraping a community-run open social network to train AI models for profit? Dropsite News claims to have received a leak, and the list contains a significant amount of #Fediverse instances.

Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?

Is a large corporate entity scraping a community-run open social network to train AI models for profit?

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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.com · Aug 9

It was a huge honor to be able to host a panel and interview some really incredible people at FediCon. I got the privilege to interview some incredibly thoughtful people that I admire and look up to.

If you like this, check out @wedistribute.org.

We Distribute Live — Sean Tilley — FediCon 2025

Sean Tilley hosted a panel at FediCon 2025: "We Distribute Live". Sean Tilley's panelists were (from left to right): Boris Mann, Anuj Ahooja, Evan S. Prodromou, Janet Vertesi, Christopher Joseph Al...

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We Distribute @wedistribute.org · Aug 9

There's a lot of cool stuff in the pipeline for the open source federated alternative to Tiktok and Vine, including a Web UI and a boatload of new features. Let's dive in, and see what's coming in the next release.

Big Updates Are Coming to Loops

Loops, the open source Tiktok alternative for the Fediverse, is continuing to evolve. Here's what's new for the video platform.

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