Very few moderators are receiving any compensation for their labour.

This is your reminder to donate to your admin if you’re able to.

#FediFacts#Fediverse#Decentralisation

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko

#Mastodon#Fediverse

#FediFacts#Fediverse#Moderation

RE: https://hannahaubry.online/on-community-governance-for-mastodon

A Ecotxe estam de mudança comunicativa. Hem decidit deixar de publicar a #X, #Facebook i #Instagram per passar-nos plenament a les xarxes socials lliures i obertes del #Fedivers.

➡️ https://url.pangea.org/m2501xfi

Com més serem, més riurem! El 20 de gener, som-hi #juntes!

@vamonosjuntas#Mastodon#SocialMedia#Coop#Cooperativa#Cooperatives#EconomiaSocial#EconomiaSolidària#Fediverse

42% of respondents host 100 accounts or fewer; 6 respondents host over 100,000 accounts.

Let’s hear it for the amazing people who area helping create #BetterSocialMedia for us all - thank your admin today!

#Fediverse#OpenSocialWeb

#FediFacts#Fediverse#Moderation

The definition for Fediverse in this case may include Threads & Bluesky & possible others.

Any papers, hints, links etc are very welcome. Feel free to boost & share this question

CC:
@kissane
@darius
@dansup
@bjoernsta
@iftas
@swf
@cwebber
@evan
@Framasoft
@thisismissem
@fediforum
@elipariser
@_elena
@FediTips
@fediversereport

#Fediverse#Economics#Tech#Opensource#Fediforum

The #Fediverse is considered to be the “next big thing” in social media. Usage has roughly tripled from 2022 - 23, and as larger platforms begin adopting we can expect a tenfold increase in adoption in 2024.

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You can get a run down of everything happening in the Fediverse in a consumable way, check it out if you haven't already: https://fediversereport.com/ .
https://fediversereport.com/

We can't wait to see what happens next year.

We'll be logging off today and won't be back until the New Year as our team take a well deserved break.

We hope you and yours have a wonderful festive period, whether you're celebrating or not 🎄

#Fediverse#Festive#Festiverse#Christmas#Hanukkah#WinterSolstice#MerryChristmas#HappyHolidays

- most communities operate on donations
- very few moderators receiving compensation
- roughly 1 moderator for every 1,200 active accounts
- only 16% of communities have 24–hour moderator coverage
- nearly 1/2 of moderator teams lack formal guidance
- 1 in 5 moderators report experiencing trauma or burnout this year

https://about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/

#fediverse#FediAdmin#MastoAdmin#IFTAS#TrustAndSafety

Read more about it in this blogpost.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/

Listen to the conversation on https://flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos or wherever you get your podcasts.

#DotSocial#Podcast#Fediverse#Flipboard#OpenSocialWeb#SocialMedia#Tech#SocialWeb#Governance#Federation#Bluesky#ActivityPub#ATProtocol#SocialNetworks

#loops #activitypub #fediverse

You've been a good instance.

https://emacs.ch/

#Sad#Fediverse#Mastodon#Farewell

Observed annually, Human Rights Day celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.

As the world becomes more divided, we hope that the rights of humans across the globe will be respected and protected. We also believe in social media as a place to raise awareness for such injustices.

You can find out more about the 2024 campaign here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/get-involved/campaign/hrd2024

#HumanRights#Fediverse#SocialWeb#SocialMedia#UN

We've woken up to find that Fediverse accounts can now be followed from Threads (we haven't tried it yet, but that means they can bridge to Bluesky too).

This is HUGE!

To get involved, ensure your server isn't blocking the Threads or Bluesky domains.

To bridge with Bluesky, follow @bsky.brid.gy

#Fediverse#Threads#Mastodon#SocialMedia#SocialWeb#NewSocial#Bluesky

• If you're concerned about harassment, stalking, and data harvesting threats from Threads ... the risks just increased substantially. This post is for you, with information about how to dcerease them.

• if on the other hand you're one of the many people here who see federaton with Threads as a good thing, then Zuckerberg's announcement is good news, and this post is for you to share with friends who are at risk.

So, if you don't want your posts going to Threads, now's a good time to move to an instance that blocks Threads.

If you're on an instnace that doesn't block Threads and don't want to move yet, you can still block the domain yourself. This doesn't provide as much protection as being on an instance that blocks Threads, but it's certainly better than nothing. How to block Threads on Mastodon - and a reminder that blocking on the fediverse only provides limited protections has instructions, with screenshots.

Still, if you're concerned about Threads, it really is much better to move to an instance that blocks them. Even this doesn't provide bulletproof protection, but it's stronger than individual domain blocking. Unfortunately, you can't move your posts (although you can create an archive), but you can usually keep of your followers.
@FediTipsTransferring your Mastodon account to another server is a thorough guide. Erin Kissane's Notes From a Mastodon Migration and Cutie City's Migrating Servers are also very useful -- it's worth reading all of these before you move!

And if you're really concerned about the risks and want to have protection be as bulletproof as possible, I agree with Kissane's suggestions in Untangling Threads

"I think the nearest thing to reasonably sturdy protection for people on fedi who have good reason to worry about the risk surface Threads federation opens up is probably to either…

• block Threads and post followers-only or or local-only, for fedi services that support it, or
• operate from a server that federates only with servers that also refuse to federate with Threads—which is a system already controversial within the fediverse because allowlists are less technically open than denylists.

We're starting to see examples of that second approach now -- The Website League is one, an island network where none of the servers federate with Threads; see their December update for more. I expect we'll see more of these over time.

#threads #fedipact #fediverse