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Das Fediverse ist nicht nur ein weiterer Social-Media-Kanal



2026 Social Web Annual Survey & Needs Assessment Report Now Available


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Has "Mastodon" become a category name, rather than a product / brand name? In a similar way "Jeep" became a category word for "all-terrain vehicle".

So often I see people use #Mastodon, where they refer more broadly to #fediverse. And I think "How about all the other fine #microblogging apps other than Mastodon?"

Look how many others there are: delightful.coding.social/delig…

What do you think: Has "Mastodon" become a category name?

#poll #SocialWeb #ActivityPub

  • Yes, it has. You can use it instead of fediverse (0 votes)
  • No, Mastodon is an app, fediverse is category name (0 votes)
  • Other, please comment (0 votes)
Poll end: Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 12:40 PM


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"Culture used to be a river. Broadcast platforms and public feeds carried ideas wide and fast. Today the river is splintering into streams, tributaries, and hidden pools."

This article by Brad Davidson is a brilliant insight into the shift away from algorithmic feeds towards small sanctuaries, highlighting the craving for social in our social media consumption.

If, like us, you're interested in shifting digital social spaces, check it out 👉️ truffleculture.com/culture-aba…

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb


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What is your message to the world?
100,000,000 is a public collection built around one simple idea:

One person. One photograph. One original message.

If you’d like to join, Mastodon users can currently use the promo code MASTODONFREE for a free submission.

🌐 100000000.photos

#100Million #Mastodon #Photography #SocialWeb


Call for Proposals: Fediverse Multimedia Grants




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@michael and @benparker will be travelling to Northern Ireland to attend the Public Interest News Foundation Summit!

There, they will meet with leaders in UK's independent news and showcase the work we are doing to help news publishers stay connected with their readers, here on the Social Web.

#Journalism #SocialWeb #PINF #Belfast #Fediverse


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Want to hear Saskia and Ben discuss the power of bubbles on social media? 🫧

Check out our talk from FediDay here 👉️ fair.tube/w/1d5qbTYzJEWaj4ssb7…

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #FediDay #Fediverse #Mastodon


Saskia Welch - Ben Parker - Building Community on the Open Social Web- FediDay2026


Building Community on the Open Social Web
ctalx.c-base.org/fediday-2026/…




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Have you ever wondered when we lost the social in social media?

'Social', as defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary, means "relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are not working".
It's time to bring back digital spaces which are social.

But, do we need a new term to highlight the goals of these new spaces? Any suggestions?

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #BigTech #DigitalCommunities #Fediverse


Tomorrow is the submission deadline of an #EuropeanCommission grant for a pilot around youth and decentralized #SocialMedia. Contestants are given the choice to target either the #ActivityPub fediverse, or #ATProto atmosphere. Targeting both is also an option.

Competition is expected to be fierce. It will be quite interesting to see who the EC will pick as the winner, and what protocol their proposal is based on.

It is telling that there is only one pilot for either one or the other #SocialWeb protocol, and not two pilots, each for their own protocol. Though I hope that an AP-based #fediverse pitch will be granted, my gut feeling tells me they probably already made up their mind - driven by political and market(ing) forces - to select #atmosphere. Hope I'm proven wrong. Fediverse is the more "for the people, by the people" choice, and best fit to European culture and values imho, among others.

Results will be in near the end of the year.

ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tend…



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Wake up, September is over ⏰️

For us, September was a month full of adventures with our team dividing to tackle four countries in two weeks. We met leaders in civil society, news product, digital security, journalism, community regeneration, and, of course, in the Social Web space.

We've just about caught up with everything, now we're looking forward to a slightly quieter October...

#SocialWeb #September #October #Fediverse #Visibility


It's International Podcast Day so, what better day of the year to talk about our work with Find Out Media.

When the Find Out team approached us to build a dedicated mobile app for their listeners, we couldn't contain our excitement.

Now, the Find Out Social app has over 10,000 users. All listeners of the podcast who are able to interact with the hosts, guests, and fellow supporters in one dedicated space! 🎙️ 🫂

#Podcast #FindOutCrew #FindOutSocial #FindOutMedia #SocialWeb


Do you think that Mastodon and/or the Fediverse (Sharkey, Lemmy, PeerTube, etc) are "ready" for mass adoption beyond just the current nerd types?

That is, do you think the main problem facing Fedi is a *lack of users* or is it a failure of the software to properly handle user needs?

:cyber_boost_request: Please boost for more reach! My own opinion will be in the comments below.

#poll #askFedi #SocialWeb #FOSS #Mastodon

  • Fedi is ready, we just need more users (0 votes)
  • Fedi is ready, but lacks migration tools (0 votes)
  • (Mastodon/etc) is ready, but other parts are not (0 votes)
  • None of Fedi is ready. We need to work on things (0 votes)
  • Fedi shouldn't be looking for more users (0 votes)
  • Other (specify) (0 votes)
Poll end: Sunday, September 27, 2026, 1:45 AM


100,000,000 photographs.
100,000,000 messages.
One collection.

Most social platforms ask you to keep posting. 100M asks you to choose once.
One photograph. One original message. One place in the collection.

This first opening is deliberately small. Before 100M is introduced more widely, the first visitors are being invited to explore it, question it and tell us what doesn't make sense.

100000000.photos

What is your message to the world?

#Photography #IndieWeb #SocialWeb


So many organisations and groups are realising that big follower counts don't really mean that much.

We're a UK charity leading the conversation around building community on the social internet. We've even been recognised at the Open Social Awards where we won the Grand Prize! 🏆️

We're helping them realise that bigger isn't always better... and that meaningful, engaged community, is often higher value.

#SocialWeb #DigitalCommunity #Fediverse #Mastodon


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Today is the International Day of Peace 🕊️

Peace begins and ends with behaviour. We believe in an online world where we can treat one another with respect and dignity, rather than drive behaviour rooted in conflict.

Be kind to your neighbours, both in person and online.

un.org/en/observances/internat…

#Peace #Conflict #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Kindness


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We're excited to welcome Adam to the team in a fractional role as our Head of US Partnerships 🎉

Adam has a vast knowledge of the American news landscape and has experience building and strategising products which help newsrooms succeed.

We're looking forward to seeing what he can do to bring news publishers across the pond to online spaces dedicated to them and their audience 🗞️

#USNews #Newsmast #SocialWeb #Fediverse


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The idea for our Foundation sparked in an unlikely place, on the very Big Tech platforms we now oppose.

But, once upon a time, they did something amazing. They let people learn from other people.

That idea has fuelled the journey of the Newsmast Foundation, leading us to where we are today. Now, we understand that social media isn't bad, we just need to reclaim what made it work in the beginning. Community learning.

#SocialWeb #Newsmast #Fediverse #SocialMedia #Charity


[On the social web, like, the Fediverse,] ‘We desperately need more enthusiasts across the spectrum of interests. History dorks, art dorks, film, photography, music, sound design. We need you here, because we can’t find your stuff when you’re on Instagram, and there’s not enough of you on the Social Web yet for us to get our fill.’

Yeah. This is a really good and beautiful article that strikes several chords in my heart and mind.

It’s written by @riverpunk

riverseeber.net/blog/post/the-…

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Arts #Music #Film #Photography





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@saskia and @benparker are making the trip to Germany for @berlinfediday!

Alongside giving a talk titled "Building Community on the Open Social Web" and joining in with some panels, Ben and Saskia will be looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.

If you're going, let us know 🧡

#BerlinFediDay #FediDay #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon


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Michael and Mariana are heading to San Diego for the LION Independent News Sustainability Summit!

Bringing together online news leaders from around the world, we can't wait to showcase our open source news + community app technology ⚡️

If you're there, or in the area, reach out and let us know.

#LIONNews #Journalism #SocialWeb #Fediverse



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1.2M people joined 2.1K Pixelfed servers and shared over 55M photos and videos!

Legit can't believe it sometimes.

Never give up and keep building, homies ❤️

#pixelfed #socialWeb #fediverse #millionsServed


Here is a #FeaturedServer for 🌎 Earth, 🦎 Earthlings, and their ⚖️ Advocates...

earth.law/about

Earth.Law is for:
📜 Environmental lawyers & policy-makers
🦋 Conservationists & ecologists
🔬 Scientists in related fields
📚 Educators and students of environmental studies
🎤 Activists & advocates

♻️ Hosted on a dedicated server in 🇫🇮 Helsinki and recognised by the Green Web Foundation for using renewable energy.

#CommunitySpotlight #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb


Hey friends, it's me again :blobfoxwave:

We have more news to share today, though I must admit, this news is a little less fun.

Recently, the @Mastodon team received a fair number of questions about our trade mark policy. We realised we could add some guidelines to help make the Policy more clear, so over the last few months, we did just that! I'll post a "plain English" version of the guidelines as a comment.

You can read more background about the changes we made, and see the guidelines themselves, in this blog post:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/…

And the trade mark policy page is updated too:
joinmastodon.org/trademark

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #MastoDev #SocialWeb


Today we're sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received.

The new guidelines, and more background about these changes, are available on our blog:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/…

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #FediDev #MastoDev #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin


I have exciting news to share!! :mastodondance:

It looks like we're finally gearing up to start migrating people over into @Mastodon's new @zulip instance for certain parts of our community next week (#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #FediDev #Mod etc.)! It has been a long time in the making and I'm sorry for the delay, but I'm so glad we're finally going to start getting people in there ❤ We'll start by beta testing with a few individuals next week to make sure everything is ready for a larger wave of people to join ❤ ❤

More on #DefaultServerRecommendations soon too — stay tuned!

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia


My advice to new activitypub devs:

- be bold: ship what big tech won't.
- consent first: opt in, never opt out.
- keep evolving: your v1 federation code will be wrong, and that's fine.
- federate the future: interop over lock in, every time.

8 years in and I still come back to these.

#activityPub #fediverse #socialWeb #builders


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Your friends don't care about instances. They care about joining in 5 seconds.

On Loops for iOS it's one tap with Sign in with Apple. No server to pick, no email, no password, nothing to verify.

It. Just. Works.

Federation stays invisible until you go looking for it.

This is how #SocialWeb platforms go mainstream.

#Loops #LoopsDev


We published two new resources on our Help Centre today.

To bring you more transparency about how our moderation team makes decisions, actions they might take against rule-violating behaviour, and the pathways available to you for appealing our decisions: help.joinmastodon.org/article/…

Plus, learn how to use one of our newest features, Collections, and help people across the #fediverse find new accounts to follow: help.joinmastodon.org/article/…

#Mastodon #SocialWeb #Collections


We're excited to share the results from Mastodon's first #DiscoveryWeek!

In case you missed it, earlier this year our Head of Design @imanijoy arranged a week of workshops and surveys to get to know you, learn about your needs and wants, and discover how you're using (and want to use) Mastodon.

This week was tremendously helpful for us, and we're grateful to everyone who participated.

Here's what we learned:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/…

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenSocial


It's a strange feeling, building something with no one to answer to but the people using it.

No walls to raise. No data to harvest. No quarter to hit.

Just a network of communities that actually belong to the people in them.

#ActivityPub #SocialWeb #Fediverse #AtProto


Have you taken the @iftas Social Web Operations Survey yet? 🧐 There's only one day left!

#Fediverse #socialWeb #MastoAdmin


Only 2 days left to share your voice in our annual #Fediverse survey!

If you run, manage, or moderate a #SocialWeb service, your anonymised and aggregated feedback goes directly to lawmakers and regulators around the world.

If they don’t know our concerns, they can’t write laws that protect our mission.

Help shape the policies that impact us. Take 5 minutes to share your experience:

➡️ tally.so/r/81MW6k



Only 2 days left to share your voice in our annual #Fediverse survey!

If you run, manage, or moderate a #SocialWeb service, your anonymised and aggregated feedback goes directly to lawmakers and regulators around the world.

If they don’t know our concerns, they can’t write laws that protect our mission.

Help shape the policies that impact us. Take 5 minutes to share your experience:

➡️ tally.so/r/81MW6k


Mein Umzug von Pixelfed zu WordPress


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The thing about the fediverse is that when one of us wins, we all win.

I couldn't be more proud to work alongside so many talented people who share the same belief: together we're stronger, and there's so much more we can build.

The corporate platforms had a decade and billions of dollars on us. They still can't build the one thing we did: a network nobody owns, nobody can sell, and nobody can take away.

A social home for the people. By the people.

❤️

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #SocialWeb


It's time for our first Server Spotlight!

We want to help people find their communities across the #fediverse so we're featuring servers here on this account.

First up: The Mended Drum, a home for fans of all things Sir Terry Pratchett.

It is said that if you stay on The Mended Drum long enough, you'll meet every hero on the server: mendeddrum.org/directory

(keep an eye on your horse, though 😉)

#FeaturedServer #CommunitySpotlight #Mastodon #SocialWeb #GNUTerryPratchett


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The annual #SocialWeb Operations Survey from @iftas is open!

With over 8,000 active installs, we want the #Mastodon community's voice to be heard. Whether you're running a single-person server or a larger community hub, your feedback directly shapes the tools, resources, and advocacy IFTAS takes on. And they've rebuilt the survey on Tally this year, so it's EU-based and mobile-ready.

Please take 10 minutes to complete the survey: tally.so/r/81MW6k


Don't get me wrong, a lot of fediverse developers do not want millions of users, they are designing their software carefully for them and people like them.

I'm a dreamer, and love to think bigger, and build platforms with millions and even billions of people.

Both types of devs and projects can thrive, because we give the people control and power.

That is what matters, nobody can control this, not even me or mastodon.social

The protocol is the true power.

#activityPub #socialWeb #fediverse

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