Hello Fediverse! I'm excited to let you know that we have stood up our very own [#PeerTube](https://flipboard.social/tags/PeerTube) instance. This is so cool. We've posted all the videos for my Dot Social podcast. We also posted our original Flipboard launch video for fun. You can check out our PeerTube instance here: [http://flipboard.video](http://flipboard.video) You can follow the Dot Social channel on our PeerTube instance here: [@dot\_social](https://flipboard.video/video-channels/dot_social) I'm super impressed with PeerTube. It's quite a capable platform and it is fully federated via ActivityPub.

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It’s been an exciting time in the world of decentralized social media. New versions of Mammoth and Ivory launched. WordPress and Tumblr reaffirmed their commitment to integrating ActivityPub. And then both Threads and Flipboard rolled out their plans to federate. What does this all mean for the Fediverse? How will moderation work as the Fediverse grows in leaps and bounds? Who will be next to federate? These are the questions tackled in today’s episode of Dot Social, the first podcast to explore the world of decentralized social media. Each episode, host (and Flipboard co-founder and CEO) Mike McCue talks to a leader in this movement; someone who sees the Fediverse’s tremendous potential and understands that this could be a significant shift for the internet. This time, Mike’s talking to Eugen Rochko, the founder and CEO of Mastodon. Eugen is on a hero’s journey right now. He’s not only working tirelessly to provide a safer, more trustworthy and less commercial alternative to platforms like X, but also he’s on a mission to fundamentally shift how social media works and how we connect to each other. This is a sprawling conversation that looks back on Mastodon’s epic year, dissects the moment we’re in today, and ponders a future filled with big changes and new ideas. More urgently, if you’re following what’s happening with Threads, it is essential listening for understanding Meta’s strategy and how the Fediverse is responding. Highlights include: 0:51 Looking back on Mastodon’s epic year 3:22 Small team, big goals 4:55 The arrival of Threads/Meta: pro or con? 9:01 The way Mastodon/Fediverse is architected to provide a better social media experience 11:24 The “big win” of Meta adopting an open standard 12:10 The game-changing paradigm shift in how social media works 17:30 Why Meta is committing to Threads — a significant moment for the social web 18:10 Mastodon community’s reaction to Threads’ entry 19:24 Preemptively building walls to block Threads: self-defeating? 21:10 Tools and advice for instance owners on interoperating with Threads 26:09 Gaining momentum: who will federate next? 28:34 Bluesky 30:00 ActivityPub: the beauty of a generic protocol 38:24 User experiences in the Fediverse 41:06 “Embrace, extend, extinguish” and the XMPP comparison 50:28 Funding Mastodon through Patreon donations 53:10 U.S. nonprofit version of Mastodon and grant applications 54:23 On outside contributions to Mastodon’s code base 57:42 Hopes and dreams for the future 💰Mastodon is a non-profit that runs on donations from the community. You can help Mastodon succeed by supporting the organization via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon 🔎 You can follow Eugen on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@Gargron ✚ You can connect with Mike McCue on Mastodon at https://flipboard.social/@mike, or via his Flipboard federated account, where you can see what he’s curating on Flipboard in the Fediverse, at https://flipboard.social/@mike@flipboard.com 💡 To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the Fediverse, sign up here: http://about.flipboard.com/a-new-wave

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There was a time where people couldn’t email each other unless they were using the same email client. That changed when developers came up with a protocol that made it so it didn’t matter if you were using AOL, CompuServe or Prodigy — it just worked. The same analogy explains how things work in the Fediverse, an open-source system of interconnected, interoperable social networks. The Fediverse is powered by a protocol called ActivityPub, which provides an API for creating, updating and deleting content across several platforms. What does ActivityPub unlock for product builders and tech entrepreneurs? How will social networks without walled gardens change our relationship to content and to each other? Why does any of this matter? All that’s covered in this episode of Dot Social, a podcast about the world of decentralized social media, aka the Fediverse. Each episode, host (and Flipboard co-founder and CEO) Mike McCue talks to a leader in this movement; someone who sees the Fediverse’s tremendous potential and understands that this could be the internet’s next wave. Mike is a true believer in the open social web and what it will unlock for how we connect, communicate and innovate online. In this episode, Mike talks to Evan Prodromou, one of the co-authors of ActivityPub. Evan is a long-time entrepreneur, technologist and advocate of open source software. He’s also the Director of Open Technology at the Open Earth Foundation.