We Distribute
wedistribute.org · Group blog · on HN since 2019
An independent news site covering the Fediverse, ActivityPub and decentralized social software such as Mastodon, Pixelfed and BookWyrm.
What HN saysHN links it for news on ActivityPub features and for stories like Maven importing Fediverse posts and Meta's possible federation.
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- 1Altman backed AI Social Network 'Maven' imported 1.12M Fediverse posts3 people · 25 points · first shared 2024 · 5 comments on HN
- 2BookWyrm is a federated Goodreads replacement2 people · 331 points · first shared 2021 · 88 comments on HN
- 3Encrypted DMs Are Coming to ActivityPub2 people · 10 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 4Faircamp is a free Bandcamp alternative1 people · 350 points · first shared 2024 · 174 comments on HN
- 5First Look: Loops, by Pixelfed – Decentralised TikTok Competitor (2024)1 people · 186 points · first shared 2025 · 138 comments on HN
- 6Nomadic Identity Is Coming to ActivityPub1 people · 132 points · first shared 2024 · 14 comments on HN
- 7Evan Prodromou Launches the Social Web Foundation1 people · 69 points · first shared 2024 · 17 comments on HN
- 8Is Meta Scraping the Fediverse for AI?1 people · 28 points · first shared 2025 · 22 comments on HN
- 9Flipboard Users Can Now Follow Anyone in the Fediverse1 people · 25 points · first shared 2024 · 2 comments on HN
- 10Mastodon Announces Fediverse Discovery Providers1 people · 14 points · first shared 2024 · 2 comments on HN
- 11Tidal Embraces Nostr, CashApp May Follow – We Distribute1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 12A Crash Course Guide to Nostr – We Distribute1 people · 4 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 13Gab Is Forking Mastodon and Joining the Fediverse1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 14NodeBB Joins the Fediverse1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 15Pleroma Is Now a Mastodon Sponsor1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
CM30 · 2024-06-13
Apparently they're importing drafts and direct messages too, somehow?
https://wedistribute.org/2024/06/maven-mastodon-posts/
I'm not sure how that's possible, but it seems kinda worrying that ActivityPub lets you trivially make that mistake when mirroring data.
Vinnl · 2024-04-23
More analysis at https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/ghost-implements-activitypub/.
DeadSuperHero · 2024-04-03
Article is now available here: https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/us-government-hosted-fediverse/
Arnt · 2024-02-22
There's a bridge nowadays, but… see https://pleromanonx86.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/mastodon-dated-and-brok… which also links to https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-havin… and https://news.itsfoss.com/bluesky-mastodon-bridge/
luckystarr · 2023-07-04
People on the Fediverse expected it very much. Meta already was trying to talk to the larger instances "off the record"[1]. Fediverse users are already planning to boycott any instance which federates with Meta to block any Embrace, Extend and Extinguish moves.
[1] https://fosstodon.org/@kev/110592625692688836
edit: More info here: https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/fedipact-blocking-meta/
r721 · 2020-10-17
Lemmy plans to support ActivityPub:
https://wedistribute.org/2020/05/lemmy-announces-alpha-support-for-fed…
I didn't try it myself though.
self · 2020-03-09
A screenshot isn't as useful as you'd think. You can very easily point a third-party web frontend to it, like the ones at https://wedistribute.org/2019/04/your-guide-to-alternative-frontends-f…