110: Fediverse Goes Mainstream

Folks have been talking about different terminology and ways of describing this brave new world of decentralized social networking. But with Threads’ staggering growth to 150 million MAU (Monthly Active Users), combined with its embrace of the colloquial term “fediverse”, I make the case that fediverse is here to stay. I also touch on the recent news around Google’s flailing leadership causing Googlers to get real grumpy real fast. And in the Fusion+ segment: after a long period of time where microblogging (aka text-focused social media) and blogging seemed at odds with each other, we finally have an opportunity to go back to what made the web great, where both blogging and microblogging can not only co-exist but thrive together. Yay! Links & Show Notes Sign Up for Intuitive+ to listen to Fresh Fusion+ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to Creator Class (a Newsletter) Follow Jared on Mastodon & Pixelfed See the comments on this very episode, and add your own! Google’s CEO Responded to Intense Criticism at the Company’s All-Hands Meeting. It Didn’t Go Well Adam Mosseri on Threads reaching 130m MAU Alessandro Paluzz on Threads’ Fediverse sharing UI Fusion+: Blogging and “microblogging” can now evolve and thrive in tandem! It’s hard to look back fondly on the Twitter algorithm in the days when it was still considered cool…