Two more months until the next FediForum, bringing together the people who move the Open Social Web forward. Are you registered yet? fediforum.org/2026-10/
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The online unconference for the people who move the Open Social Web forward.
Social media is in a crisis. The data is accumulating. Here is one: blog.incogni.com/dig... 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 meet some of us at #FediForum! 1/3
The great digital fatigue: How digital burnout is changing social media use [2026] | Incogni
People are quietly withdrawing from active participation in social media. While they may not be deleting accounts en masse, many are:
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How does AT Protocol (#ATProto) really work? Listen to Bluesky head of protocol daniel holmgren 🫠 given at the last FediForum:
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 Evan Prodromou given at the last FediForum:
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:
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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?
Open Social Web Advocates
Join this group chat on Bluesky
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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: connect.fediforum.or... 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.
Sill | Top news shared by the people you trust
Sill watches your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to find the most popular links from your network.
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Congratulations congratulations congratulations to: ** Newsmast Foundation ** for winning the very first Open Social Award.
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 cause ...
Newsmast Foundation@newsmastfoundation.org · 2mo agoJust launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe
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...
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...
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. 1/2
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. 1/2
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. 1/2
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. spectra.video/w/2CvJ... /cc Sherif EA
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. spectra.video/w/9Pim... /cc Joy
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 . spectra.video/w/s3CH... 1/2
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. spectra.video/w/3Nwk... /cc @j12t.org
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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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. spectra.video/w/t5jf... /cc @stefanhayden.bsky.social
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. spectra.video/w/sGoZ... /cc @samir.fedica.com.
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. spectra.video/w/hBLR... /cc @mapache@hachyderm.io, @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. spectra.video/w/kC6H... /cc Ryan
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, Ben Pate@mastodon.social demo'd how it will look like in Bandwagon.
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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Perspectives on what Europe should do about social media, from member of EU parliament Kim van Sparrentak, in a conversation with Johannes Ernst last week at #FediForum. spectra.video/w/mtii... Follow her at Kim van Sparrentak
FediForum Fireside Chat with Kim van Sparrentak
Kim, a member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Groenlinks-PvdA party, co-wrote legislation that limits the influence of major tech companies and is focused on digital affairs and LGBTQIA+ r...
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Have you ever wondered how #ATProto actually works? This presentation by Daniel Holmgren from #FediForum should answer your questions in 30 minutes. spectra.video/w/mDnE... /cc @dholms.at
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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Have you ever wondered how #ActivityPub actually works? This presentation by Evan Prodromou from #FediForum should answer your questions in 30 minutes. spectra.video/w/s8DK... /cc Evan Prodromou
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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