Reviving Federated Networking: The Emergence of Wildebeest and Collaborative Projects

This chapter explores recent advancements in open-source projects, focusing on the introduction of Wildebeest, a new server by Cloudflare compatible with Mastodon and ActivityPub. It highlights the growing engagement of organizations and individuals in the federated social networking space, signaling a resurgence of interest in platforms like Mastodon.