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#FediIndex is a great toolset. We are lucky to have both them and #Fedidb as resources to see trends along this part of the open social web. fedi.wrm.sr
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Cool. Look at the growth in #GhostCMS websites joining the open social web - these are new #Activtypub users. Ghost does support bridging to #Bluesky too, curious what those numbers look like. fedi.wrm.sr/software/…
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“….Carvana Cybertruck offers have gone to as low as $49k…a 51% depreciation over a year.” www.torquenews.com/11826/tes…
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I am increasingly using #Microdotblog to publish out across Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads and other places. And using #surfsocial to browse content from the same, in one UX – plus blogs, plus podcasts, plus RSS. Open Social Web FTW! about.surf.social
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My wife & I are a house wide purge, tossing old papers, old junk and old photos that literally should have never kept. Made me think of this bit: youtube.com/shorts/sY…
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I’m only two episodes in, but I’m in. I think it is only partly comedy, but that is a quibble. #Murderbot www.npr.org/2025/05/1…
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Its grift all the way down. #Trump abcnews.go.com/Business/…
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“I am more excited about the web than I have been in a lonnnnng time….I am typing in a respectable editing window, where I retain copies…& because I’m hooking in through a protocol…this writing can go anywhere. Let me say that again. Any. Where.” scripting.com/2024/10/1…
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Good news for open #research and for keeping big tech platforms accountable. caad.info/analysis/…
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Always a good read for anyone who cares about the state of #political #tech. highergroundlabs.com/political…
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YouTube continues to push hard into the #podcast space; I wish they fully supported podcast #RSS standards. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/1…
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Important new report on #X profiting from and helping fundraise for sanctioned terrorist groups and individuals.
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I do like how the #Tumblr site has its own custom onboarding UX for Twitter users - to make their migration easier. Other open social web platforms should learn from that. www.tumblr.com/register/…
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As always from Sean, lots of good thinking in this article about what a “dream” Open Social Web service could be. deadsuperhero.com/my-dream-… #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb
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The 2025 report focuses on mainstream social platforms and the Safety Scores provided by #GLAAD. Spoiler: None do well, and X does the worst. We must build a better social web.
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This is a great video with Mike McCue at #Flipboard giving an update on what he’s building with the #SurfFeeds app and his view of the state of the Open Social Web writ large. www.youtube.com/watch
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The Next Stage for Indieweb.Social
Indieweb.social is a six-year-old. Launched only 3 years after Mastodon 1.0 itself did, give or take.Over the last two years, it was clear to me as the owner and admin that it was growing and would either need to find some form of new structure to take it to the next level, or, in some way, artificially cap or even have to find ways to shrink ongoing growth. Something I did not wish to do. Continue reading →
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Moderating Threads at a Server Level for Indieweb.Social
A few days ago, I expressed concern over Meta’s new fact-checking and content moderation policies. When Thread announced its move to the Fediverse over a year ago, we chose not to take preemptive action. Instead, we saw that we had all the tools needed for proportional responses to potential threats to keep our folks safe. And as we stated then, we would treat Threads.net like any other Fediverse server. For details on Meta’s new content policies see here: https://opentermsarchive. Continue reading →
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Predictions for the Open Social Web 2025
2025 Open Social Web Predictions I just finished looking over my 2024 predictions, and now onto 2025. I try to make these as quantifiable, verifiable and crisp as I can. OK - here goes - in no particular order: ▶️ The ActivityPub based Fediverse as measured by FediDB will grow by 1 million users in 2025 crossing over 12 million users. The BlueSky registered userbase will grow from its current number of 25 million registered users to over 50 million. Continue reading →
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Review of My 2024 Predictions
Looking over my 2024 predictions before I make some 2025 predictions, to soberly say which ones I got right, wrong and way wrong. ▶️ For starters got this one WAY, WAY wrong: " The overall Fediverse as measured by FediDB will cross 25 million registered users, and by year’s end over 3 to 5 million monthly active users. The Fediverse will cross over 35,000 servers in 2024." The open social web did grow to about this big, but did so on BlueSky, while Mastodon and fediverse based social grew too, but by less…about 1 million registered users or so this year. Continue reading →
