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• Post #3851481

  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. https://spectra.video/w/5GXnaWQ4BByS55J8hM7EpB /cc @Profpatsch

• Post #3851480

  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/

• Post #3851479

  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 https://fediforum.org/events And let us know if there are issues, because it's all new and the behaviors for various calendars and browsers on various operating systems are apparently all different. #FediFo...

• Post #3851478

  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/

• Post #3851477

  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 cause of advancing better forms of social media in Europe. Kudos to many to make this happen, but particularly to @michael and @bjoernsta who spearheaded it.

• Post #3851476

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

• Post #3851475

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

• Post #3851474

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

• Post #3851473

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

• Post #3851472

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

• Post #3851471

  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

• Post #3851470

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

• Post #3851469

  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

• Post #3813769

  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 meet some of us at #FediForum! 1/3

• Post #2484947

  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

• Post #2473693

  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

• Post #2288904

  People sometimes think one has to be a techie to come to FediForum. Absolutely not! All you need to do is care about better forms of interacting online than what the big commercial, centralized and unaccountable social platforms give us. Because the cause needs everybody. Not just geeks.

• Post #2168083

  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

• Post #2098867

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

• Post #2080049

  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. https://spectra.video/w/mtiiD5UBf4uQrs76PsWE8Q Follow her at @kimvsparrentak@eupolicy.social

• Post #2042254

  Fedica has long been a useful tool to schedule and publish social media posts to multiple networks. Next week at FediForum, Samir Al-Battran @samir will demo a new feature: Fedica for PeerTube! Come to his demo and FediForum, Tue-Thu April 28-30, online! Registration: fediforum.org

• Post #2031933

  Have you ever wondered how #ATProto actually works? This presentation by Daniel Holmgren from #FediForum should answer your questions in 30 minutes. https://spectra.video/w/mDnE8FbYh1PXiaCPxsniGQ /cc @dholms.at

• Post #2028945

  Have you ever wondered how #ActivityPub actually works? This presentation by Evan Prodromou from #FediForum should answer your questions in 30 minutes. https://spectra.video/w/s8DKnnaPFw2b1JS8zD5VE8 /cc @evanprodromou

• Post #1985849

  The recordings and session notes from FediForum April 2026 are now online. https://fediforum.org/2026-04/ In our own twist on the "+1 strategy", we are publishing the PeerTube playlist first, and YouTube later.

• Post #1834827

  Missed this spring #FediForum https://fediforum.org? We will publish video recordings of the speed demos, of the fireside chat, and the protocol presentations on our video accounts at https://spectra.video/@fediforum (PeerTube) and https://youtube.com/@fediforum shortly. The session notes will go up on fediforum.org like previously. In meantime, consider previous notes: they are an incredible repository of knowledge on the Fediverse and the Open Social Web: https://fediforum.org/topics

• Post #1818839

  And this was it for FediForum Day 3, and all of FediForum Spring 2026. Thanks to everybody who came, who demo'd, who presented, and the wonderful, and wonderfully intense and respectful and constructive discussions about all aspects of the Open Social Web that happened over the past three half-days. As usual, there is so much left to discuss! But don't worry, there will be a next #FediForum. If you want to be notified when registration opens, leave your info here: https://apps.fediforum...

• Post #1777333

  Evan Prodromou, editor of the ActivityPub standard, will give a talk at FediForum on Tuesday, April 28, titled: "How To Bullshit Your Way Through a Conversation about ActivityPub" Have you ever wondered how #ActivityPub actually works? Come join us to find out, online! https://fediforum.org /cc @evanprodromou

• Post #1774669

  #FediForum Day 2 starts in one hour! Join the global community discussing, teaching and learning, and moving the Open Social Web forward, towards better ways of interacting online than with oligarch-controled closed social platforms. You can still join us: https://fediforum.org

• Post #1755266

  And that was FediForum Spring 2026 day 1. Great demos, amazing conversations. At least that is what we heard attendees say during closing session! See you tomorrow for day 2!!

• Post #1745627

  #FediForum starts in one hour! Join the global community discussing, teaching and learning, and moving the Open Social Web forward, towards better ways of interacting online than with oligarch-controled closed social platforms. Registration will remain open during the event: https://fediforum.org