A New Social
@anew.social
Social media should be centered around people, not platforms. Let's build bridges, not walls. That's why we're building Bridgy Fed and Bounce. Learn more: https://anew.social
We're launching a community server on Discord! It's a space for folks who contribute, build on, or use Bridgy Fed and Bounce, and a place for folks to support each other through any issues they may run into. That said, we know Discord isn't everyone's ideal choice - it's not ours either... 1/🧵
Join the A New Social Discord Server!
Check out the A New Social community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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I am simply amazed by what the guys from @anew.social are doing with Bridgy Fed, connecting the two worlds. My bridged pixelfed account almost feels like a first class citizen here, now that I gave it a proper handle: @pixelfed.artistic-vision.de #atproto #activitypub #bridge #bridgyfed #pixelfed
We’re thrilled to have Bounce (@anew.social) as one of our honorable mentions at the Open Social Awards 🏆as one of many leading projects being built outside Big Tech! newpublic.org/OSA
Open Social Awards | New_ Public
The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the breakthrough products of developers building on the Open Web.
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“We believe the heart of social networks are people — not platforms or protocols.” This is @quillmatiq.com from @anew.social, the non-profit behind Bounce. Bounce makes it easy for users to shift between the two biggest open social web protocols: AT Protocol and ActivityPub.
Finally, Bounce (@anew.social) builds crucial infrastructure — making it easy for users to shift between the two biggest open social web protocols, ActivityPub (which powers Mastodon) and AT Protocol (which powers Bluesky.)
We also want to recognize our five amazing honorable mentions: Bounce from @anew.social, @dandelion.events, @stream.place, @leaflet.pub, and Bonfire Networks. These products all have something useful to offer, besides the fact that they’re running on decentralized protocols.
So honored that Bounce is on this list of amazing projects 🫶 And congrats to @newsmastfoundation.org, @sill.social, and @blackskyweb.xyz for winning awards today!! So very well deserved!
FediForum@fediforum.org · 2mo agoAnd congratulations to the honorable mentions: * Bounce * Dandelion * Streamplace * Leaflet * Bonfire Network at today's Open Social Award.
And congratulations to the honorable mentions: * Bounce * Dandelion * Streamplace * Leaflet * Bonfire Network at today's Open Social Award.
Today, we're announcing THREE migration-focused updates! We now support every kind of migration on all the networks Bridgy Fed supports (including web!): into Bridgy Fed, out of it, through it, and around it, all while keeping you connected with your people. Let's dive in... 1/🧵
Launches: Credible Exit, Bridged User Notifications, & Fediverse Re-Bridge
Today, we’re announcing a bunch of migration features and improvements across Bridgy Fed and Bounce. The main goal we had with these latest updates was to make it so people can migrate in every direct...
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This is such a crucial milestone for the open social web. Around here, we build Bridgy, not walls. And with this coalition of incredible organizations and individuals, we're going to break a whole lot more walls down together 🤝🏼💪🏼
Newsmast Foundation@newsmastfoundation.org · 2mo agoJust launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe
Incredibly proud to be a founding signatory as @anew.social! We're stronger together 🤝🏼
Newsmast Foundation@newsmastfoundation.org · 2mo agoJust launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe
Just launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe
Whoa, those stickers on the top right look pretty cool 👀 (we'd eat from both plates btw, maybe even make a double decker sandwich with one from each)
Eurosky Sebastian@sebastian.eurosky.social · 2mo agoFirst shots fired at #unconference #atproto #activitypub
"Leading projects in our space are launching a declaration backing the European Social Stack on Friday at PublicSpaces, with Eurosky, Mastodon, the Social Web Foundation and A New Social among the founding signatories" 👀 👀 👀
Michael Foster@michael.eurosky.social · 2mo agoHere's the call to action @newsmastfoundation.org is taking to @publicspaces.net It's time for a fresh start. Big dreams. In the Fediverse and the Atmosphere: Make connected community spaces our mission for the year ahead. Heading to PublicSpaces? Come find us. www.blog-pat.ch/connected-co...
"The protocol world has been trying to solve the problem of how to leave, and the next step is working on how we can stay together." We couldn't agree more
Laurens@laurenshof.online · 2mo agoso it turns out the new papal encyclical has a pretty good diagnosis of why the fediverse and the atmosphere keep struggling to govern themselves. guess were doing catholic theology in a protocol blog now connectedplaces.online/reports/fr16...
Connecting protocols is hard, complicated work. But somebody's gotta do it 💪🏼
Ben Werdmuller@werd.io · 3mo ago"When you all give us your hard-earned money, we feel a deep responsibility to use it as well, and as efficiently, as possible." A responsibility A New Social lives up to in spades. werd.io/bridging-fee...
"The end result of all of this is that we grew from 2k users to almost 150k, added a ton of heavy new functionality, and still managed to optimize and cut down costs from $.15 per active user per month to just $.03 or so." - @snarfed.org breaks down all the work he's done to optimize Bridgy Fed 1/
Bridging on a budget
Over the last few months, instead of adding new features to Bridgy Fed or Bounce, I’ve been focusing on cost cutting. It’s not fun, exactly. I’d rather be building new things! But we’re a non-profit, ...
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"The end result of all of this is that we grew from 2k users to almost 150k, added a ton of heavy new functionality, and still managed to optimize and cut down costs from $.15 per active user per month to just $.03 or so." - @snarfed.org breaks down all the work he's done to optimize Bridgy Fed 1/
Bridging on a budget
Over the last few months, instead of adding new features to Bridgy Fed or Bounce, I’ve been focusing on cost cutting. It’s not fun, exactly. I’d rather be building new things! But we’re a non-profit, ...
blog.anew.social
Wrote up some thoughts on new *atmospheric generatives* Things that can generate value even in environments where everything can be copied, like: contextualization • fluidity • aggregation • relationality Riffing on a @kevinkelly.bsky.social piece from years ago; extending for the atmosphere!
On atmospheric generatives…
How can we build moats on an open network? How can we make money when all the data's free? Here, I sketch some ideas for new generatives — contextualization, fluidity, aggregation, and relationality — for value creation in the atmosphere.
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At #2MR our founder, @michael.eurosky.social, and Björn Staschen introduced the Hamburg Declaration - a shared set of principles, across protocols, focused on growing European social media alternatives. watch.2mr.social/w/mSkBvuNN2R... #EuropeanSocial #DigtialSovereignty
The Hamburg Declaration – offene Netze gemeinsam stärken
Michael Foster, The Newsmast Foundation Björn Staschen, Save Social – Networks For Democracy
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We're so excited to have signed a declaration of cooperation with the amazing folks at @eurosky.social, @newsmastfoundation.org, Social Web Foundation, and Save Social to bring the open social web together. It's time to Build Bridgy, Not Walls 🌐
Laurens@laurenshof.online · 3mo agoA writeup of two conferences about the fediverse this week, with @fediforum.org and the German 2MR.social conference from this week, and how they are both dealing with bridging work to both EU politics as well as atproto and the atmosphere connectedplaces.online/reports/fr16...
We're so excited to have signed a declaration of cooperation with the amazing folks at @eurosky.social, @newsmastfoundation.org, Social Web Foundation, and Save Social to bring the open social web together. It's time to Build Bridgy, Not Walls 🌐
Laurens@laurenshof.online · 3mo agoA writeup of two conferences about the fediverse this week, with @fediforum.org and the German 2MR.social conference from this week, and how they are both dealing with bridging work to both EU politics as well as atproto and the atmosphere connectedplaces.online/reports/fr16...
wow he's a patron of @anew.social that's like so cool I Will Also Support A New Social With My Dollars 😵💫🐸
A New Social@anew.social · 3mo agoWe've been launching a ton of Bridgy Fed & Bounce features, and we have a lot more coming! We're also a non-profit run by two full-time volunteers, and majority of our expenses are infrastructure to keep it all running. If you believe in the mission and love our work, please consider donating 🫶🏼
Get these guys paid! They do so much critical work that is legitimately changing the internet for the better.
A New Social@anew.social · 3mo agoWe've been launching a ton of Bridgy Fed & Bounce features, and we have a lot more coming! We're also a non-profit run by two full-time volunteers, and majority of our expenses are infrastructure to keep it all running. If you believe in the mission and love our work, please consider donating 🫶🏼
Infrastructure isn't cheap, especially when you have nearly 150K accounts, most of which are *very* active. Please consider donating! We have tiers starting at less than $1/mo if you subscribe annually. We have a lot more coming, and Bridgy Fed and Bounce will be the foundation for all of it.
A New Social@anew.social · 3mo agoWe've been launching a ton of Bridgy Fed & Bounce features, and we have a lot more coming! We're also a non-profit run by two full-time volunteers, and majority of our expenses are infrastructure to keep it all running. If you believe in the mission and love our work, please consider donating 🫶🏼
The EFF has a cool post about Bridgy Fed! www.eff.org/deeplink... #mastodon #blueksy #activitypub #atproto #eff
A Bridge to Somewhere: How to Link Your Mastodon, Bluesky, or Other
One of the central promises of open social media services is interoperability—the idea that wherever you personally decide to post doesn’t require others to be there just to follow what you have to
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We've been launching a ton of Bridgy Fed & Bounce features, and we have a lot more coming! We're also a non-profit run by two full-time volunteers, and majority of our expenses are infrastructure to keep it all running. If you believe in the mission and love our work, please consider donating 🫶🏼
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The true secret sauce of Bridgy Fed: That it doesn’t just bridge Mastodon and Bluesky, it also bridges them both to and from the IndieWeb. And what’s the IndieWeb? At its core it’s POSH (Plain Old Semantic HTML), with some added WebMention on top. You can even make it work with a static site!
A New Social@anew.social · 3mo agoA new challenger appears 💥 You can now log into the Bridgy Fed settings page with your website using IndieAuth! Bridging your website to the Atmosphere and the Fediverse just got a whole lot easier.
