Updates

Dear backers, The new protocol is taking shape and we are getting a clear picture of how it's going to look like. The theoretical part of the protocol is 90% done (I'll share soon what the remaining 10% is) and then it's only a matter of im...

Hey backers, The world of social media and social networking is still very much unstable, with the decline of Twitter, the rise of Bluesky / Nostr / Mastodon, and the uncertainty involving Instagram's Twitterlike project. What we're buildin...

Hey backers, The new protocol for Manyverse – codename PPPPP — is taking shape quickly, I'm happy to share that we're almost done with the exploratory phase. This time I made progress on the multidevice account system, the server infrastruc...

Hey backers, Let's look at the progress I've made last month on PPPPP (placeholder name for the upcoming new protocol, successor to SSB). There are no Manyverse app updates this time, but we might get back to bug fixes and improvements in t...

Hey backers, I have so much to tell! I'm going to try to keep it nice and readable. Let's start with the typical monthly version release, this time brought to you almost single-handedly by Andrew Chou: 🎉 Feature: toggle in Settings to chec...

Dear backers, This is the most important newsletter update we are writing so far. Manyverse is at an inflection point, and things have to change. We need to take a break from building UI features and fixing bugs, a...

Dear backers, In the picture above, you'll see my dear coworkers arj and powersource, who have been lately focused on SSB private groups. Coming back from p2p...

Hey backers, Happy New Years! We bring you a new feature and several bug fixes deployed in December. 🎉 Feature: Feed settings screen & manage hashtags✅ (Desktop) Bug fix: fullscreen image view sometimes broken✅ (iOS) Bug fix: color of...

Hey backers, I'm happy to announce a feature that ex-Patchwork users have been wanting, and bring news about bug fixes and our private groups project. The last two versions of Manyverse have brought to you these changes: 🎉 Feature: subscri...

Hi everyone! I bring really good news today. We made a couple of releases, mostly to fix important bugs, crashes, and memory leaks. But yesterday we made release 0.2211.4 which introduces a long-awaited feature, and a UI redesign! Before I...

Hey backers, Last month went into fixing crashes. The biggest one is that database indexes shouldn't get bugged anymore (which was causing incorrect content to show up when you open a thread). This has been happening since March 2021, and i...

Dear backers, Thank you for staying with us and believing in our mission. Every month, we aim to bring big changes in the app. Some months it's big features and small bug fixes, other times it's big bug fixes and small features. August was...

Hey backers! Let me start with this: we cannot do what we do without you. It'll become more obvious as you read this newsletter edition. You're the most reliable source of funding for us, the most flexible in terms of strings attached, help...

Hey backers! Thank you for rooting for us! This month's app release is about big bug fixes and small features. (Last month's release was about big features and small bug fixes.)...

Hey backers, This is the 46th newsletter I'm writing, and soon Manyverse will be a 4 year old project. That's a long time for a project that still isn't "ready". But the work we're doing is actually insanely hard: to make peer-to-peer socia...

Hi backers! Thank you for your donation! There's lots of news to share with you this time. To start, here's a list of app improvements that Thomas and Andrew built for us last month, plus some guest contributions such as database tweaks fro...

Dear backers, Thank you again for another month contributing to Manyverse. We bring a lot of news this time, on various topics! First of all it's fantastic to see how quickly Andrew Chou and Thomas Belin, our new developers, got used to the...

Hey backers, Last month I asked on Twitter for people to donate to Manyverse, and to my surprise, we got +$500 (recurring) to our budget. Thank you! And welcome to the...

Hey backers! Last month we launched Manyverse for Desktop, and the reception has been amazing: Francis: works and looks great, super happy to have this in the world, you should be proud! Gergely: This looks great, thank you so much! It’s be...