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We Distribute is a news site reporting on the future of the Internet. We cover the Fediverse, Bluesky, Nostr, and more. We keep a pulse on the development of these spaces, and the people living in it.
Jay Graber Steps Down as Bluesky CEO
Jay Graber is most widely known as the CEO of Bluesky PBC. In a surprising announcement, she is stepping down from the role to serve as Chief Innovation Officer.
Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon
One of the Social Web Foundation's initiatives for improving ActivityPub will soon be a reality for the network.
Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy
What started as a Tumblr-inspired publishing platform has taken on a life of its own within the Fediverse, evolving into something far more wild.
Social Web Foundation is Betting Big on Client-to-Server API
Nonprofit organization Social Web Foundation is quietly focused on building tools, libraries, and prototypes to demonstrate what ActivityPub C2S could do.
CrowdBucks is a new payment system for the Fediverse
A new, open source, self-hostable fundraising system for the Fediverse has been released. The project is very young, but there's a huge amount of promise.
Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?
Is a large corporate entity scraping a community-run open social network to train AI models for profit?
Big Updates Are Coming to Loops
Loops, the open source Tiktok alternative for the Fediverse, is continuing to evolve. Here's what's new for the video platform.
Ghost 6.0 Ships with ActivityPub Support
Ghost, the popular open source competitor to WordPress and Substack, offers a new release with ActivityPub support.
WordPress-ActivityPub v 7.1.0 Introduces Following Capabilities
Automattic has made a new release of the WordPress-ActivityPub integration, with some key updates for remote follow functionality.
Bandwagon is Bringing Music Sales to the Fediverse
An open source music-sharing platform has been growing in popularity on the Fediverse. The next major milestone? Helping artists sell music.
Bounce Helps You Switch Networks
The team behind Bridgy Fed is building an innovative new tool that helps you automatically move from one network to another.
Our FediForum June 2025 Live Coverage
Welcome back! We’re here to talk about all things happening at FediForum for the next three days. Look at the space below to see our updates!
FediForum is Back!
Following community controversy and postponement, the Fediverse's most popular unconference is back on track. Here's the details on the next event!
Mastodon: Giving Journalists Options Away From Big Tech
At the International Journalism Festival, Mastodon joined forces with Save Social to make a case for journalists and publications to join the network.
FediForum Has Been Canceled
The FediForum Unconference is facing backlash and speakers pulling out in the face of public bigoted comments.
Hands on with Ghost’s New ActivityPub Beta
Ghost has announced a public beta for Social Web integration, bringing their publishing platform to the Fediverse. We test it out!
Farcaster is Coming To Coinbase Wallet
Coinbase is working on an updated wallet app that acts as a Farcaster social client, in a bid to onboard the next billion crypto users.
Website League and the Rise of Island Networks
We look at an interesting trend within federated networks where members build smaller insular communities using Open Web technologies.
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Funkwhale Wants to Filter Out Far-Right Music
Funkwhale is building a new mechanism to filtering out music from Nazis and White Supremacists. In doing so, this opens a can of worms.