RE: https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell/117093278327541965 "Joy and motivation"! Hear, hear! :-) For more joy and motivation, consider joining us in October for the next #FediForum! https://fediforum.org/2026-10/

Alexis Bushnell@alexisbushnell.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 5d ago

It's #FediForumFriday- your reminder to check in with projects you're excited about, ask for or offer help, or just chat with the folks you met and refresh the joy and motivation you felt at #FediForum.

Two more months until the next FediForum, bringing together the people who move the Open Social Web forward. Are you registered yet? https://fediforum.org/2026-10/

FediForum | Next FediForum: October 6-7, 2026

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Social media is in a crisis. The data is accumulating. Here is one: https://blog.incogni.com/digital-fatigue-and-burnout/ We need better forms of interacting online than what the big platforms give us. And group chat is certainly not the final answer. Anybody working on this? Yes! And you can […]

How does AT Protocol (#ATProto) really work? Listen to Bluesky head of protocol @dholms.at given at the last FediForum: https://spectra.video/w/mDnE8FbYh1PXiaCPxsniGQ

FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction

By Daniel Holmgren, head of protocol at Bluesky PBC. AT Protocol (atproto) is the open protocol powering Bluesky and the emerging Atmosphere. This talk gives a high-level overview of atproto's app...

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How does ActivityPub really work? Listen to this presentation by #ActivityPub co-author @evanprodromou given at the last FediForum: https://spectra.video/w/s8DKnnaPFw2b1JS8zD5VE8

FediForum Talk: How To Bullshit Your Way Through a Conversation about ActivityPub

By Evan Prodromou, Social Web Foundation and editor of the ActivityPub standard. One of the best bluffers in the field of distributed social networks gives you just enough knowledge about ActivityP...

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Next #FediForum: October 6-7, 2026. Online. Join your peers building a better online future, in an unconference format where everybody can contribute, teach and learn. We can only do this together! More info and registration: https://fediforum.org

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FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

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Bluesky added a new feature today: groups. We thought we might as well try it out. Join us there? https://bsky.app/chat/OnxBOvs

Honoring the winners of last weekend's first Open Social Awards, which were announced at the Public Spaces conference in Amsterdam Friday night. We now have a dedicated page for them on FediForum Connect: https://connect.fediforum.org/awards/open-social-2026/ Check them out!

FediForum Connect | Open Social Awards 2026

Awarded in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 5, 2026, at the Public Spaces Conference. Organized by New_ Public, PublicSpaces and Waag Futurelab, with jury members Audrey Tang, Johannes Ernst, Melanie Bartos, Mike Masnick, Robin Berjon and Laurens Hof and supported by Bluesky PBC and ZDF.

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And congratulations to the honorable mentions: * Bounce * Dandelion * Streamplace * Leaflet * Bonfire Network at today's Open Social Award.

Congratulations to: Blacksky Algorithms for winning an Excellence Award as part of the Open Social Awards today.

Congratulations to: Sill.social for winning an Excellence Award as part of the Open Social Awards today.

Congratulations congratulations congratulations to: ** Newsmast Foundation ** for winning the very first Open Social Award.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116697945683857980 FediForum is one of the supporters of the European Social Stack declaration that was published today. in the cooperative spirit of FediForum, we are glad that so many -- often competing -- organizations are coming together to the common […]

Mastodon@mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

Following on from the @EUCommission Tech Sovereignty and Open Source Strategy (and Mastodon’s direct mention within it!) that was announced this week… Our team is proud to have signed and contributed to the drafting of the Europe Open Declaration alongside our peers in the #SocialWeb and […]

Next FediForum, the online unconference to move the Open Social Web Forward will be: October 6-7, 2026, online. Mark your calendars! And registration is open. More info: http://fediforum.org/2026-10/

Next FediForum, the online unconference to move the Open Social Web Forward will be: October 6-7, 2026, online. Mark your calendars! And registration is open. More info: http://fediforum.org/2026-10/

We publish events on our website that are about the Open Social Web, from anywhere on the planet. Not just FediForum events. To make it easier for you to keep track of them, we now also publish them as iCalendar feed that you can subscribe to in your calendar app. Check it out at […]

Thanks for the shout-out by @team and earlier by @fediversereport : https://protocolsforpublishers.com/democracy-news-tech-and-the-future-of-canadian-journalism-3-event-reports/

Flohmarkt is federated decentralized classified ad software using ActivityPub. They showed off how you can use other fedi platforms (e.g. Mastodon) to interact with small ads and talk to the seller via direct messages. Demo by Philip Patsch at the most recent #FediForum […]

Bonfire Mosaic is co-designing federated groups and publisher tools with Jacobin DE & Totnes Pulse.They showed off federated groups and new publisher tools, including embeddable federated comment threads for blogs and CMS sites, at the most recent #FediForum. By Ivan Minutillo & Mayel de […]

A quick walk through Eurosky account creation and migration for existing accounts and an overview of future features. Demo by Sherif Elsayed-Ali at a recent #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/2CvJ8qcvo3MSh8C4u94uSp /cc @sherif.eurosky.social

FediForum Demo: Eurosky Accounts

A quick walk through Eurosky account creation and migration for existing accounts and an overview of future features. Speed demo by Sherif Elsayed-Ali (@sherif.eurosky.social) at FediForum April 20...

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Imani Joy, Head of Design at Mastodon, was demoing some recent feature additions and UX improvements introduced to Mastodon 4.5 and 4.6, as well as the rationale behind many of these changes at the recent #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/9PimpSkZXiCneBXrrEvrRx /cc @imanijoy

FediForum Demo: Mastodon's Recent UX Changes

We're demoing some recent feature additions and UX improvements introduced to Mastodon 4.5 and 4.6, as well as the rationale behind many of these changes. Speed demo by Imani Joy, Head of Design (@...

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tags.pub is a global hashtag server for the Fediverse. You can follow an account like @fediforum@tags.pub and it will boost all the content tagged #fediforum from across the Fediverse. Evan Prodromou demo'd it recently at FediForum . https://spectra.video/w/s3CHd83Hypu1f45pfuqCPT /cc […]

FediForum Connect curates sites, apps, and more that mission-aligned organizations might want to use to join the open social web. Johannes Ernst demo'd it recently at #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/3Nwk9AHhGakixfS7RYkQVg /cc @j12t

FediForum Demo: FediForum Connect

A curated directory connecting organizations, communities and creators to projects and organizations who are committed to making their customers successful on the Open Social Web. Speed demo by Joh...

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediforum/116557244973170054 This was a fun demo to give on a tool for mastodon admins I've been working on for a while. We're now working to make it really world class and you can sign up to the wait list to learn more here: fediponics.com

FediForum@fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3mo ago

How do you keep out the spammers from registering at your Mastodon instance, but still keep registration open? At #FediForum, Stefan Hayden demo'd a new tool for helping with that. https://spectra.video/w/t5jf78RuFmx4GqDgny4EZA /cc @stefan

How do you keep out the spammers from registering at your Mastodon instance, but still keep registration open? At #FediForum, Stefan Hayden demo'd a new tool for helping with that. https://spectra.video/w/t5jf78RuFmx4GqDgny4EZA /cc @stefan

FediForum Demo: Open registration on Mastodon is possible with the right tools monitoring new accounts!

A new Mastodon tool for administrators that will watch all new signups and apply a broad range of customizable test to determine if accounts are likely to be real people or bot accounts. Speed demo...

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Fedica for PeerTube is for creators who publish videos across social media platforms, or those who want to plan their social media calendar. Shown by Samir Al-Battran last week at #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/sGoZnr7HWetgX6JeHwyWef /cc @samir

FediForum Demo: Fedica for PeerTube

Fedica for PeerTube is for creators who publish videos across social media platforms, or those who want to plan their social media calendar. This integration introduces PeerTube to hundreds of thou...

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The #Fediverse now has its own link-in-bio, with new project FediProfile. Share links, collect badges, and own your online presence – no corporation in the middle. Maho Pacheco demo'd it last week at #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/hBLR8YT3NrX1yEdjezToRh /cc @mapache, @maho.dev

FediForum Demo: FediProfile

The decentralized link-in-bio that connects to the Fediverse. Share links, collect badges, and own your online presence -- no corporation in the middle. Speed demo by Maho Pacheco (@mapache@hachyde...

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Bounce lets you move your account from Mastodon to Bluesky and back. And now you can move it to other PDSs not run by Bluesky. Ryan Barrett demo'd how at last week's #FediForum. https://spectra.video/w/kC6HSEFU2y8NKMvJ3SH16Y /cc @snarfed.org

FediForum Demo: Bounce Update: PDS Provider Migrations

A new flow in Bounce that allows you to choose a PDS to migrate your bridged Atmosphere Account to. Speed demo by Ryan Barrett (@snarfed.org, @snarfed.org@snarfed.org) at FediForum April 2026. More...

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End to end encryption is coming to the #Fediverse. At #FediForum last week, @benpate demo'd how it will look like in Bandwagon. https://spectra.video/w/oGzENb3eBqwZXQw2p5V4D6

FediForum Demo: End to End Encryption with ActivityPub and MLS

Emissary and Bonfire are building end-to-end encrypted messaging for the Fediverse, with general availability planned for the end of June. Here's a peek at progress in Emissary. Speed demo by Ben P...

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Our @fediforum@mastodon.social demo is up! 🔥 We showed off Bonfire Mosaic and our ongoing work on federated groups and new publisher tools we’ve been co-designing with jacobin.de, including federated discussion threads that can be embedded on their existing website. Built on our modular […]