Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called

Loops promises to bring the TikTok experience to the fediverse.

A Threads update allows users to see more details about their followers and interactions with people from other servers across the fediverse.

Meta is dipping its toes into an idealistic vision for social media, known as the “fediverse.”

Threads users can now see who follows them and likes their posts from other fediverse servers, such as Mastodon and Pixelfed.

The Social Web Foundation is a new non-profit for the W3C standard, ActivityPub. But it doesn't include Bluesky, which W3C's founder uses.

A new project launching today aims to capitalize on the momentum seen within the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which describes

Will an app or a protocol be the next big thing?

Users will be able to download their data or migrate their account to another Mastodon instance, if they choose.

You can now post on the Threads and be seen in the fediverse.

During the FediForum conference, Threads showed off a new link that leads directly to its fediverse sharing settings. This may seem like a small update, but it could make it easier to convince other users to toggle on the feature, as they won’t have to dig through their settings themselves.

It’s a small advance, but one that speaks to Meta’s enginerring team paying attention to how the fediverse community is trying to educate Threads users about the possibilities.

“There’s a lot of free labor that runs the fediverse right now.”

Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community's Mastodon server, for instance.

You’ll now start seeing replies from other parts of the fediverse under posts that aren’t yours, as shared by Threads’ Peter Cottle. Nice way to see more posts from other ActivityPub-based platforms.

Threads is allowing users who have opted in to fediverse sharing to see replies on other people’s posts.

Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own.

How do you integrate your own software with ActivityPub? We spoke with Evan Prodromou, who has written a book about fediverse development.

Flipboard is making good on its fediverse promises.

With the update, any Flipboard user can follow user profiles from any other federated service.

That includes The Verge.

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, an alternative way to connect on the internet has emerged: The Fediverse, and it is generating a lot of questions for

Evan Prodromou, of the creators behind the fediverse protocol ActivityPub, talks with host Chris Pirillo in this episode of The New Stack Makers.

Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.

The Verge and 404 Media are exploring the fediverse as a way to take more control over their referral traffic and onsite audience engagement.

If you've lived online long enough for Facebook to start dredging up embarrassing status updates from a decade ago, chances are you've picked up on a distinct vibe shift in our virtual world.

Ghost, an open source rival to Substack's newsletter platform, has confirmed it will this year officially join the fediverse -- or the open social network

While the launch of a survey isn't necessarily a commitment to federating Ghost, it is another signal pointing to the broader reshaping of the web that's now underway.

Here's what you need to know about President Biden and Threads joining the fediverse.

Flipboard users can now see their new followers and other activity around the content they share in the fediverse directly in the Flipboard app.

Lyrak is a new X rival that aims to differentiate itself by focusing on real-time news and monetization options for creators.

Biden’s Threads posts can show up in Mastodon clients.

The post-Twitter world is fractured among a handful of potential alternate social networks—which is exciting, but also annoying. Things got slightly more integrated last week. That's because Threads, the Twitter alternative owned by Meta, made it possible for users of Mastodon and other services to ...

We’ve known for a while that Threads is joining the fediverse, and parent company Meta has now provided a preview...