Molly White is a leading cryptocurrency critic, but get to know her and you’ll see she’s anything but cynical. In fact, this researcher, writer and software engineer cares so deeply about free and open access to high-quality information that sh

Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Bridgy Fed’s Ryan Barrett

Apr 30th, 2024 1h 1m

The beauty of an open system is that anyone can build on top of it and try to make it a better place. In the Fediverse, software engineer Ryan Barrett is one such developer.Ryan’s been building social network bridges and related tools for over

Threads Has Entered the Fediverse, with Meta’s Rachel Lambert and Peter Cottle

Apr 22nd, 2024 41m 16s

On March 21, Meta’s Threads entered the fediverse. This means that people on other ActivityPub-powered platforms, like Mastodon, can follow federated Threads profiles and see, like, reply to, and repost posts from the fediverse. (Eventually, yo

Moving the Fediverse Forward at FediForum and Beyond, with Johannes Ernst of Dazzle Labs

Mar 15th, 2024 43m 55s

For stewards of the fediverse (they sound like superheroes, right?), FediForum is a key date on the calendar. The third edition of the “unconference” is happening soon, on March 19-20, 2024. With Threads saying it will federate later this year,

Pivoting Out of the Attention Economy, with Medium's Tony Stubblebine

Jan 16th, 2024 50m 8s

Something happened when the internet turned into an ad-driven business. Incentives became oriented around grabbing attention over valuing substance and connection. What’s happening now in the Fediverse gives us a chance to reverse that. To pivo

Moderation and Migration for a Better Social Web, with Fediverse Leader Tim Chambers

Jan 9th, 2024 51m 31s

The Fediverse is not a monolithic place. It’s constantly evolving and being shaped by smart, passionate people who want to make sure that the open social web is better than the social media we’ve had before. One steward everyone should know is

The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko

Dec 20th, 2023 1h 4m

It’s been a momentous time for the Fediverse. New versions of Mammoth and Ivory launched. WordPress and Tumblr reaffirmed their commitment to integrating ActivityPub. And then both Threads and Flipboard rolled out their plans to federate.What d

Overcoming the ‘Extraordinary Inertia’ of the Web We've Built, with Author John Battelle

Dec 12th, 2023 47m 51s

The Internet as we know it is now over 30 years old, and author John Battelle says we must get over the ‘extraordinary inertia’ of the system we’ve built. He would know: As a founder of WIRED Magazine and as an entrepreneur himself, John’s been

BBC's Experiment in the Fediverse, with Senior Firestarter Ian Forrester

Dec 5th, 2023 48m 15s

We’re on the precipice of a new wave of innovation in the Fediverse, and it’s important that even established organizations listen up and see what’s unfolding.One person watching closely is the BBC’s Ian Forrester. As the Senior Firestarter in

ActivityPub and the End of Walled Gardens, with Evan Prodromou

Nov 28th, 2023 53m 9s

There was a time where people couldn’t email each other unless they were using the same email client. That changed when developers came up with a protocol that made it so it didn’t matter if you were using AOL or CompuServe or Prodigy — it just

Decentralizing Innovation, with Techdirt's Mike Masnick

Nov 21st, 2023 58m 36s

In the 1990s, we saw an acceleration from walled gardens like America Online to the open web. This marked an era of exciting innovation and meteoric growth. But, over time, we witnessed the rise of a new set of walled gardens: Facebook, Twitter