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Mastodon launches a new project that will "[explore] decentralized search and discovery for the Fediverse".
And it's all very privacy-conscious, which is nice!
Announcement: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/113125057908864709
Fediverse Discovery ProvidersFediverse Discovery ProvidersA project exploring better search and discovery on the Fediverse as an optional, decentralized and pluggable service.
Yes, I should also say that I'd rather see the money for this go towards improving safety on Mastodon servers, but I don't really have any insights into the team's finances, so can't criticize too much.
Also worth mentioning that quote boosts, which have also recently received funding, will include work on privacy and safety features around them, possibly extending to other areas of the online experience.
https://oisaur.com/@renchap/112299860209222424
Can't wait for more updates around this!
OisaurRenaud Chaput (@renchap@oisaur.com)Nobody seems to have noticed it but the Mastodon project have been granted funding by @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz in the Entrust fund.
This is amazing, but the best part is that this funding is targeted at implementing… Quote Posts 🎉
This effort started several months ago and we already did some preliminary work, but this will be a big feature for our next 4.4 version. This funding will cover the ActivityPub work, as well as backend, web frontend and official mobile app implementation.