More Mastodon / Twitter stuff: Tom MacWright does some development with ActivityPub makes some interesting observations: "it's going to be a lot more complicated than RSS." Yes (which is why I haven't attempted to code for it yet, only for the Mastodon API). More: the highly opinionated guide to learning about ActivityPub. Mike Lapidakis shows that you need a lot of resources to run a Mastodon server, and that probably applies to ActivityPub in general. Jon Udell shows some dashboards built for his Steampipe client.
The United Federation of Instances (UFoI) has set up shop. Basically its a group of instances that agree not to block each other, and to follow a certain code of conduct. It has attracted a lot of criticism and declarations by some that they will not join UFoI. Proponents try to clarify misconceptions. You want governance? That's what you get.
The collapse of Twitter credibility makes Muguel Guhlin rethink some of his choices for blogging platforms (I'm still surprised Google hasn't killed Blogger). Boris Mann is experimenting with the fediverse and microblogs. Also, remember Twitter Blue? It's set to relaunch with actual verification - so, just like it was before, but now with a fee. But they'll do it without Chuck Pearson, who writes a fine example of quit-Twitter lit.
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