Extensibility

Arguing that at least some ActivityPub servers should act more like email servers, allowing clients to communicate data that doesn’t fit into the server’s data model.

Events

How you can promote events with the new Event Bridge Wordpress plugin. I think this is a model for helping the Fediverse live up to its potential.

Decentralisation

I wonder about the definition of “decentralisation”, and realise that the political meaning of the term is far more important than the technical or mathematical senses preferred by Fedinerds.

Winning

People panic that the latest Twitter wave is going to BlueSky not Mastodon. But they are chasing different “wins”.

Fedivision 2024

Wrapup from Fedivision 2024, the first time I really paid attention. My impressions, speculation about how it could grow, and my suggestion for a voting system that can handle so many entries.

Censorship on Bluesky

Bluesky has been in the news. They’ve opened to the public, removing their invitation system. But I want to talk about censorship. Specifically: Bluesky actually has two censorship regimes, but they only talk about one. The second censorship regime arrogates decisions about speech to a handful of Americans, away from democratic government. I don’t want to fall into that trap, again.