The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko

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Highlights include:

0:51 Looking back on Mastodon’s epic year3:22 Small team, big goals4:55 The arrival of Threads/Meta: pro or con?9:01 The way Mastodon/Fediverse is architected to provide a better social media experience11:24 The “big win” of Meta adopting an open standard12:10 The game-changing paradigm shift in how social media works17:30 Why Meta is committing to Threads — a significant moment for the social web18:10 Mastodon community’s reaction to Threads’ entry19:24 Preemptively building walls to block Threads: self-defeating?21:10 Tools and advice for instance owners on interoperating with Threads26:09 Gaining momentum: who will federate next?28:34 Bluesky30:00 ActivityPub: the beauty of a generic protocol38:24 User experiences in the Fediverse41:06 “Embrace, extend, extinguish” and the XMPP comparison50:28 Funding Mastodon through Patreon donations53:10 U.S. nonprofit version of Mastodon and grant applications54:23 On outside contributions to Mastodon’s code base57:42 Hopes and dreams for the future