Mastodon

The team will be at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia in April, and are hosting a side event to discuss current progress with the Mastodon project, and how we aim to support independent journalists. If you are attending #IJF25, you are most welcome to join us. https://lnkd.in/egvpCXrg

Reminder that Felix H. from the Mastodon team will be on the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) EFFecting Change panel this Thursday, 20th March - online, and free to attend. https://lnkd.in/erJa6-8t

Our Head of Communications, Andy Piper, took part in the two day #FediverseHouse event at #SXSW, alongside our friends from Flipboard and thanks to support from the Social Web Foundation - the community around the open social web is growing every day.

We shared our monthly engineering update for February, including more information on the impending retirement of version 4.1.x, as well as some great projects around the community. https://lnkd.in/eTFmxxvC

Coming up later in March, Felix H. will be joining our friends at Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) as part of their series on EFFecting Change, in the panel "Is there hope for Social Media?" Here's how to register to watch: https://lnkd.in/erJa6-8t

?? Mastodon, un réseau social radicalement opposé à X ! “Mastodon est basé sur un système de fédération, pas contr?lé par une seule personne donc chaque serveur est soumis à des lois locales.” Alors que depuis l’arrivée de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche, les initiatives pour faire émerger des réseaux alternatifs ont le vent en poupe, comme Escape-X (FR, ex-HelloQuitteX), Mastodon a annoncé la création d’une fondation à but non lucratif. ? ?? Renaud Chaput, son directeur technique nous en parle dans SMART TECH, au micro de Delphine Sabattier : https://lnkd.in/e8Ajbb76 #smarttech #Mastodon #X #HelloQuitteX #fondation

We're taking part in the Fediverse House this coming weekend at SXSW, with our friends from Flipboard and Social Web Foundation (among others). Our Head of Communications Andy Piper will be "in the House" both days, and will also be on a panel on Monday. If you're in or near Austin, do come along to say hi, and share what excites you about the Fediverse. Make sure to RSVP for "The Open Social Social" on Saturday evening! Find all the details here: https://lnkd.in/ehYPtDZk

This week, our team will be taking part in RightsCon 2025 in Taipei. Meet Felix H. and Andy Piper around the event to discuss the importance of the #Fediverse and independent social media. Andy will also be part of the panel "How we build the new social web" on Tuesday at 9am, and speaking about Ruby and Mastodon at the RubyJam on Tuesday evening.

Our head of Developer Relations and Communications, Andy Piper, co-hosted the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM, and also delivered the closing talk of the track, at the Social Web After Hours event. Here's a re-recording of his talk. #Fediverse #FediverseForFreedom