Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey has invested $10 million in experimental open-source projects that could impact the social media ecosystem. Dorsey’s online group, “and Other Stuff,” which ...

Periwinkle offers managed hosting for AT Protocol users who want social media accounts on their own domains, with backups, ...

Bluesky raises $100M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto to scale its decentralized social network, now serving 43M users and 1,000+ weekly active apps.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. At a time when established social media platforms are facing criticism and turbulence — from TikTok's temporary shutdown to Meta's ...

Free Our Feeds, which includes support from the Mozilla Foundation, is working with Bluesky to make sure the open source social media landscape is robust — even if it means more competition for ...

TikTok’s potential U.S. ban has sparked a flurry of development within the open social web community. Several new applications are being built that could one day serve as a TikTok replacement for ...

Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival as part of the organization’s transition to a nonprofit structure, announced at ...

MEDLab recently concluded the Open Social Incubator, a 6-month long peer-learning program bringing together community builders from around the world united by a shared curiosity about open social ...