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Newsmast Foundation<p>📢 “What are Community Feeds? Why has my post been boosted?”</p><p>You make a post, add a hashtag, and it’s immediately boosted by one of our Community Feeds - plus you get a notification. What’s going on?</p><p>We’re Newsmast and we’re all about knowledge sharing. We’ve built topical Communities, spaces that anyone can dip in and out of to get involved in the things they care about. Communities combine and curate posts from all over the Fediverse into an easy to access single source.</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/newsmast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>newsmast</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>We’re Newsmast! A Mastodon app and instance rolled into one. </p><p>We’re turning curiosity into collective knowledge and building communities which can create change, using the power of decentralised social media. </p><p>All backed by a UK registered charitable foundation.</p><p>If you’d like to be a part of our journey and help foster communities close to your heart please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you! </p><p>For more background, check out our website.</p><p><a href="https://www.newsmastfoundation.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsmastfoundation.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>It&#39;s that time again 🕔 </p><p>We&#39;re logging off now but we&#39;ll be back at 9am BST on Monday.</p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>ALT: The video shows a black dog wearing yellow goggles, its head out of a car window.</p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Social media that doesn&#39;t cater to the whims of billionaires, hateful politics,<br />or promote fake news. Can you imagine it? 💭</p><p>On the open social web, you have a home on social media that you control. You<br />can celebrate diversity, post links, and you can even share beyond your<br />platform.</p><p>It&#39;s better social media and we&#39;re proud to be helping others join.</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> [<a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsmast.social/tags/SocialMed</span><span class="invisible">ia</span></a>] <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a><br />[<a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>] <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/BetterSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BetterSocial</span></a><br />[https://newsmast.soci…</p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>We&#39;re helping news organisations, nonprofits, academic institutions, and activists re-discover ✨ social ✨ media.</p><p>Our charity mission is to improve knowledge sharing across microblogging platforms. To do that, we&#39;re introducing for-good organisations, who have the power to educate others, to the open social web.</p><p>If you want to help us, get in touch. We&#39;d love to hear from you. </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Learning</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Help <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SaveSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSocial</span></a> today by staying off Big Tech social platforms today.</p><p>Let’s pause and stop posting, liking and swiping for a day – to save the democratic power of the internet.</p><p>Because WE are social media</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SaveSocialDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSocialDay</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Actviism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Actviism</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Don&#39;t forget it&#39;s <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SaveSocialDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSocialDay</span></a> tomorrow - a unified effort to stay off Big Tech platforms for a day and remind owners that WE are social media. </p><p>If you want to get involved you can find out more details here <a href="https://savesocial.eu/day/#download" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">savesocial.eu/day/#download</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Now we&#39;re logging off now to go into another bank holiday weekend here in the UK 🙌 We&#39;ll be back on Tuesday at 9am BST! See you then.</p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>You can learn more about Save Social and sign their petition here: <a href="https://savesocial.eu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">savesocial.eu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Tomorrow is <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/PressFreedomDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PressFreedomDay</span></a> but press freedom is limited and controlled by Big Tech social networks. It&#39;s hardly free. That&#39;s why Save Social are organising an alternative - <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SaveSocialDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSocialDay</span></a> </p><p>Tomorrow, Save Social are calling on their supporters and partners to stay away from Big Tech platforms and remind platform owners that WE are social media. </p><p>We&#39;d love to see our followers and supporters get involved by staying off Big Tech for a day and sharing word! </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>We think social media should have three foundational principles:</p><p>🔒 Safety - Through human-led moderation, a platform should work to prevent hateful and harmful content</p><p>🦄 Diversity - The more diverse the creators and users of a platform are, the more communities it will be able to serve. </p><p>🏗️ Community-first Structure - Social media should be about finding your people, sharing experiences, and bringing together community. </p><p>What would you add? </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>We&#39;re still working to shake people and organisations free from the hold Big Tech has imposed on them. </p><p>We don&#39;t plan on stopping anytime soon. </p><p>If you want to help us, start simple. Share word of the open social web with the people around you!</p><p>Together, we can rethink social media. </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SmallActions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SmallActions</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>We&#39;re logging off for the weekend now! Have a good one everyone.</p><p>We&#39;ll be back at 9am BST on Monday ready for a mini-heatwave here in the UK 🔥</p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>We&#39;re inviting social media pioneers to join the open social web with Channel.org</p><p>Alongside receiving the tech to help them build better online communities across the open social web, we&#39;ll offer training on understanding next generation social media and how it can be used for knowledge sharing. </p><p>We believe in a better online social landscape. We can&#39;t wait to see it come to life.</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Organisations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Organisations</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>&quot;X as a platform is dangerous for queer people. Perhaps it always was, but it is especially true now with far less protection in place against hateful and harmful content.</p><p>Society is going backwards, but the OSW can catapult us forward with diverse pioneers leading the charge.&quot;</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.social/@saskia" class="u-url mention">@<span>saskia</span></a></span> on LGBTQ+ communities on the open social web</p><p><a href="https://forbetter.ghost.io/queer-hope-on-the-open-social-web/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forbetter.ghost.io/queer-hope-</span><span class="invisible">on-the-open-social-web/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Queer</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/OnlineCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnlineCommunities</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Our Foundation Ambassador, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.social/@FreddieJ" class="u-url mention">@<span>FreddieJ</span></a></span> is heading to Hamburg for <a href="https://ahoy.eu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ahoy.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 🕸️ </p><p>Although we&#39;re not ATProto experts, it&#39;s a great opportunity to meet up with friends in the open social web and to make some new ones. </p><p>If you&#39;re there, give Freddie a message!</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/AhoyEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AhoyEU</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ATProto</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>How are you helping protect the planet this Earth Day? 🌍 </p><p>Earth Day is a great chance to make a conscious action which will help protect our planet for the future. </p><p>Our team are taking <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/EarthAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EarthAction</span></a> today by donating unwanted clothing to their local clothing bank. </p><p>You can learn about the importance of protecting our planet in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@climatechange" class="u-url mention">@<span>climatechange</span></a></span> Channel.</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/EarthDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EarthDay</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/EarthActionDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EarthActionDay</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Recycling</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>🚨 From April 2025, Community Feeds are changing!</p><p>We’re slowly rolling out updates to our 62 Community Feeds. </p><p>Community Feeds bring together topical knowledge across the open social web. They won’t be going anywhere, don’t worry, but they’ll be getting a fresh lick of paint before we launch Channel.org - including changing their name from Feeds to Channels.</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Channels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Channels</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Feeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Feeds</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/CommunityFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommunityFeeds</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>Happy Easter to all celebrating 🐰 🐤 </p><p>We hope you enjoy the celebrations and don&#39;t eat too many treats!</p><p>Don&#39;t forget, our team are back on Tuesday at 9am BST.</p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Easter</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/HapyEaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HapyEaster</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>It&#39;s 5pm and tomorrow is a holiday here in the UK so we&#39;re logging off for the weekend now. </p><p>We&#39;ll be back at 9am BST Tuesday next week!</p>
Newsmast Foundation<p>&quot;I think we can help journalists. We can provide a platform for them to get back to their news values. But they have to be willing to try.&quot;</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.social/@saskia" class="u-url mention">@<span>saskia</span></a></span> reflects on her time at <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/IJF25" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IJF25</span></a> in her latest edition of FORbetter. </p><p>Check it out 👉 <a href="https://forbetter.ghost.io/anti-big-tech-journalism/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forbetter.ghost.io/anti-big-te</span><span class="invisible">ch-journalism/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Journalist</span></a> <a href="https://newsmast.social/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Blog</span></a></p>
Newsmast Foundation<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/15/liz-truss-to-launch-uncensored-social-network-to-counter-mainstream-media" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">apr/15/liz-truss-to-launch-uncensored-social-network-to-counter-mainstream-media</span></a></p>