The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko https://flipboard.video/videos/watch/60495342-c321-4949-9cc9-0fa1a1f2d788 It’s been an exciting time in the world of decentralized social media. New versions of Mammoth and Ivory launched. WordPress and Tumblr reaffirmed their commitment to integrating ActivityPub. And then both Threads and Flipboard rolled out their plans to federate. What does this all mean for the Fediverse? How will moderation work as the Fediverse grows in leaps and bounds? Who will be next to federate? These are the questions tackled in today’s episode of Dot Social, the first podcast to explore the world of decentralized social media. Each episode, host (and Flipboard co-founder and CEO) Mike McCue talks to a leader in this movement; someone who sees the Fediverse’s tremendous potential and understands that this could be a significant shift for the internet. This time, Mike’s talking to Eugen Rochko, the founder and CEO of Mastodon. Eugen is on a hero’s journey right now. He’s not only working tirelessly to provide a safer, more trustworthy and less commercial alternative to platforms like X, but also he’s on a mission to fundamentally shift how social media works and how we connect to each other. This is a sprawling conversation that looks back on Mastodon’s epic year, dissects the moment we’re in today, and ponders a future filled with big changes and new ideas. More urgently, if you’re following what’s happening with Threads, it is essential listening for understanding Meta’s strategy and how the Fediverse is responding. Highlights include: 0:51 Looking back on Mastodon’s epic year 3:22 Small team, big goals 4:55 The arrival of Threads/Meta: pro or con? 9:01 The way Mastodon/Fediverse is architected to provide a better social media experience 11:24 The “big win” of Meta adopting an open standard 12:10 The game-changing paradigm shift in how social media works 17:30 Why Meta is committing to Threads — a significant moment for the social web 18:10 Mastodon community’s reaction to Threads’ entry 19:24 Preemptively building walls to block Threads: self-defeating? 21:10 Tools and advice for instance owners on interoperating with Threads 26:09 Gaining momentum: who will federate next? 28:34 Bluesky 30:00 ActivityPub: the beauty of a generic protocol 38:24 User experiences in the Fediverse 41:06 “Embrace, extend, extinguish” and the XMPP comparison 50:28 Funding Mastodon through Patreon donations 53:10 U.S. nonprofit version of Mastodon and grant applications 54:23 On outside contributions to Mastodon’s code base 57:42 Hopes and dreams for the future 💰Mastodon is a non-profit that runs on donations from the community. You can help Mastodon succeed by supporting the organization via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon 🔎 You can follow Eugen on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@Gargron ✚ You can connect with Mike McCue on Mastodon at https://flipboard.social/@mike, or via his Flipboard federated account, where you can see what he’s curating on Flipboard in the Fediverse, at https://flipboard.social/@mike@flipboard.com 💡 To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the Fediverse, sign up here: http://about.flipboard.com/a-new-wave Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:44:41 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://flipboard.video The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko https://flipboard.video/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://flipboard.video/videos/watch/60495342-c321-4949-9cc9-0fa1a1f2d788 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://flipboard.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - unexpectedteapot]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5463 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5463 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:17:50 GMT @flipboard great questions! Thank you for the interview.

]]> unexpectedteapot <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - Adam Dalliance]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5458 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5458 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:38:08 GMT @flipboard Humm, "Cooperating" with the protocol is what Eugen thinks Facebook are doing.

🤔

We will see.

]]> Adam Dalliance <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - 12foxfire]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5457 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5457 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:53:34 GMT @flipboard wondering what you’re thinking about all this @stux

]]> 12foxfire <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - Rémi]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5456 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5456 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:18:23 GMT @flipboard Just wanted to say that viewing this video on Mastodon, with chapters, P2P video loading through an iframe, and seeing comments as replies to the toot... holy shit

]]> Rémi <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - Jessica Jordan]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5453 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5453 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:00:03 GMT @flipboard Great conversation!

@Gargron, your Christmas tree in the background is beautiful. Happy holidays!

]]> Jessica Jordan <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - hansup]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5445 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5445 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:48:20 GMT @flipboard pro or contra the arrival of threads, nice to here Eugen’s point if view in a bit more extended way.

]]> hansup <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - StarrWulfe 🌟🐺 (JLGatewood)]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5444 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=5444 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:01:17 GMT @flipboard Not sure why my original comment from my blog post isn't federating here properly, but I'll just leave a link to it here and you can read it in its entirety.

https://starrwulfe.xyz/2023/12/eugen-rochko-on-dot-social-podcast/

The gist of it was about how ActivityPub should be branded better as Rochko implies so it doesn't fade from popular use like XMPP did.

]]> StarrWulfe 🌟🐺 (JLGatewood) <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - Andres Jalinton]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=4279 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=4279 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 01:27:42 GMT I don't agree with everything on the video, but it's a good start for a conversation.

]]> Andres Jalinton <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - spaduf]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=3501 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=3501 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 23:45:28 GMT @flipboard So excited to see a fediverse podcast. Y'all have got a lot of big names already too

]]> spaduf <![CDATA[The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - Julien Deswaef :tw:]]> https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=1381 https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY;threadId=1381 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:26:40 GMT @flipboard @mike There seems to be an issue with the playback of this video.

]]> Julien Deswaef :tw: