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Mastodon's new notifications won't blow up your phone after a viral post anymore
Mastodon is releasing one of its biggest updates of the year, with changes to how notifications work and more.
Igor Bonifacic10.08.2024Threads will show how many followers you have in the fediverse
A Threads update allows users to see more details about their followers and interactions with people from other servers across the fediverse.
Karissa Bell10.01.2024Threads is making fediverse replies more visible in its app
Threads is allowing users who have opted in to fediverse sharing to see replies on other people’s posts.
Karissa Bell08.28.2024A Threads beta lets you share to Mastodon and other fediverse services
Fediverse support in Meta Threads is up and running in beta. Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that adult Threads users in eligible countries can turn on sharing to the fediverse — including Mastodon and other ActivityPub services.
Will Shanklin03.21.2024Flipboard is moving to the fediverse
Flipboard is the latest mainstream app to officially join the fediverse, the collection of decentralized services that run on the ActivityPub protocol.
Karissa Bell12.18.2023Meta tests making Threads posts available on Mastodon and other fediverse apps
A new test will make some Threads content available on Mastodon and other apps for the first time.
Karissa Bell12.13.2023Is decentralization the future of social media?
Meta’s adoption of ActivityPub could expose a lot more people to the power, and perils, of decentralized social networks.
Karissa Bell08.03.2023Mastodon's decentralized social network has a major CSAM problem
A study from Stanford shows that Mastodon has a big child sexual abuse (CSAM) problem.
Peter Cao07.24.2023You can now use Flipboard to browse Bluesky
Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized Twitter alternative, isn’t even out of beta yet but it’s already drawing the attention of more mainstream platforms.
Karissa Bell05.23.2023Meta’s rumored Twitter competitor could launch as early as next month
Folks are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the social media site last year, but there’s still plenty of demand for similar platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky. To that point, Meta has long been rumored to be building its own platform to rival Twitter. Reports indicate that it’s being built as an offshoot of Instagram.
Lawrence Bonk05.19.2023Mastodon simplifies sign-ups to attract new users
Mastodon has rolled out a new onboarding process that makes one of the instances it operates, mastodon.social, a default sign-up option.
Mariella Moon05.02.2023Tech's biggest winners in 2022
In 2022, we were distracted and saved by space pictures and word games.
Engadget04.17.2023Twitter blocks interactions on tweets with Substack links
Any tweet featuring an outgoing link to Substack content is now being massively restricted with virtually no engagement allowed. These tweets cannot be liked, retweeted, or replied to. It remains to be seen if this is an error or a move by Elon Musk and Twitter similar to how they’ve handled competitors in the past.
Lawrence Bonk04.07.2023Flipboard is leaning into Mastodon — and away from Twitter
Flipboard announced that it’s integrating Mastodon into its main app and that it's starting up its own Mastodon instance.
Karissa Bell02.28.2023Like users, app developers are fleeing Twitter for Mastodon
Former Twitter developers join a growing group of independent app makers who have embraced Mastodon.
Karissa Bell01.28.2023Tapbots shuts down Tweetbot as it pivots to Mastodon
Tweetbot has shut down due to Twitter's ban on third-party apps, but a Mastodon client is taking its place.
Jon Fingas01.20.2023There’s never been a better time to stop tweeting
There's never been a better time to explore alternative "micro blogging" websites.
Karissa Bell12.30.2022Twitter briefly banned links and username mentions relating to Facebook, Instagram and other rivals
Twitter abruptly announced a policy restricting links to competing platforms.
Igor Bonifacic12.18.2022Vivaldi integrates Mastodon into its desktop browser
Vivaldi's latest feature allows users to view Mastodon instances directly from a sidebar within the browser.
Mariella Moon12.10.2022Engadget Podcast: Kindle Scribe review and the rise of Twitter clones
This week, we dive into our review of the Kindle Scribe, Amazon’s first e-reader that can also capture handwritten notes.
Devindra Hardawar12.02.2022