Facebook getting interested in the fediverse indeed looks like XMPP or OOXML all over again. Beware of those old tactics, they are very efficient against communities.

Clearly the UI design matters quite a bit in term of how addictive all those social network systems are. The alternative proposed here is interesting, I wish it'd be more widely implemented.

Interesting article. This is a good introduction to the ActivityPub protocol. It also gives nice flies and pointers on how to dive deeper.

Indeed people still seem to assume Mastodon is just a Twitter clone. This is a good reminder that it's not, it's just one front to the Fediverse and that's much more interesting than a Twitter clone.

A very interesting metaphor. Indeed on social media we're not dealing with gardens.

Nice explanation of the Mastodon architecture, how it propagates messages and interactions or how it scales.

This sudden rise of the Fediverse is indeed a chance. Let's hope it's not wasted. Good list of things to pay attention to in this article.

There are indeed a few architectural problems with the Fediverse as it is. Can this be solved? Hopefully yes.

Success is a two sided coin. Clearly this mass exodus of Twitter users will overwhelm existing Mastodon users and a few instance administrators. It's understandable that is can be perceived as some kind of assault from people not used to the customs. How will the preexisting culture hold? The Pandora box is now opened we shall see.

Good thinking about the recent Mastodon users increase. Highlights fairly well why it's desirable, why it's a better social media platform but also the challenges ahead... including resources consumption.

Not very scientific but gives a rough idea of which services are heavy or not in the fediverse. Matrix seems to be still dismal in that regard... I wonder if we'll see a revival of XMPP, that'd be very funny.