The Fediverse on the Web
collated by Strypey https://pad.disroot.org/p/fediverse-on-the-web
So, now that Twitter is burning, you’ve decided to learn more about the Fediverse? Some might just call it Mastodon but it is actually a bunch of linked services that communicate with ActivityPub. Think of it like email. bob@gmail.com can communite with jane@hotmail.com using the ’email protocol'.
Coverage (writing about the ‘verse from the “outside”)
Edited articles
2022-11-16: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
2022-11-16: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/mastodon-private-and-secure-lets-take-look
2022-11-16: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it
2022-11-14: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018866914/is-mastodon-a-serious-twitter-alternative
2021-08-13: https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-the-fediverse-and-can-it-decentralize-the-web/
2018-09-18: https://newatlas.com/what-is-the-fediverse/56385/
2017-04-17: https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-mastodon-the-new-social-media-star-or-imploding-black-hole/
Blogs
2022-11-07 (updated 11-10): https://avoidthehack.com/twitter-to-mastodon
Coverage of Mastodon exclusively (no significant mention of fediverse)
Edited articles
November, 2022
2022-11-19: https://themarkup.org/newsletter/hello-world/mastodons-moment
2022-11-18: opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-website
2022-11-15: https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalists-want-to-recreate-twitter-on-mastodon-mastodon-is-not-into-it.php
2022-11-15: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/15/how-to-use-mastodon-twitter-alternative.html
2022-11-14: https://techplugged.com/mastodon-tumblr-and-other-platforms-user-counts-skyrocket-following-twitter-exodus/
2022-11-08: https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-how-to-dm-send-messages-twitter-1849759852
2022-11-07: https://thespinoff.co.nz/internet/07-11-2022/why-is-everyone-leaving-twitter-for-mastodon
2022-11-05: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-find-twitter-friends-on-mastodon/
October, 2022
2022-10-27 (updated on 10/31 and 11/1): https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/mastodons-microblogging-app-saw-a-record-number-of-downloads-after-musks-twitter-takeover/
Pre-2022
2021-10-21: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-mastodon-trump
2018-08-19: https://www.wired.com/story/join-mastodon-twitter-alternative/
2017-04-15: https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-has-instance-for-everyone
2017-04-13: https://www.wired.com/2017/04/like-twitter-hate-trolls-try-mastodon/
2017-04-06: http://technology.inquirer.net/60966/mastodon-the-new-alternative-to-twitter
2017-04-06: https://web.archive.org/web/20170406185449/http://technology.iafrica.com/news/1047534.html
2017-04-05: https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive
2017-04-05: https://hackernoon.com/mastodon-is-dead-in-the-water-888c10e8abb1
2017-04-04: https://www.vice.com/en/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it
2017-04-04: https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-twitter-social-network
Blogs
2022-11-05: https://trueviralnews.com/154287-how-to-find-your-twitter-friends-on-mastodon.html
2017-04-17: https://extratone.com/mastodon-eugen-rochko-federated-social-network
User guidance (writing about the ‘verse from the “inside”)
2022-11-21: https://medium.com/whither-news/on-joining-mastodon-d539eed5e41a
2022-11-19: https://fediverse.blog/~/ExploringTheFediverse/Thank%20you,%20Elon!
2021-04-17: https://wordsmith.social/elilla/a-futuristic-mastodon-introduction-for-2021
2020-07-08: https://write.as/eloquence/why-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-are-doomed-to-fail
2017-09-24: https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334
2016-03-31: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/the-licensing-and-compliance-lab-interviews-matt-lee-of-gnu-social
Community Resources
https://www.fediverse.party/ https://www.fediverse.to/ https://joinfediverse.wiki/ https://fedi.video/
Server Statistics
https://fediverse.space/ https://fediverse.observer/ https://mastodonservers.net/
Find an Instance
https://instances.social/ https://mastodon.help/
Tips for noobs:
https://fedi.tips/ https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/blob/main/README.md https://runyourown.social/
Find people to follow:
https://communitywiki.org/trunk https://fediverse.info/ https://fedi.directory/ https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon
Find users else in social media land:
https://twitodon.com/ https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/ https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ https://listfollowers.com/