FediForum

We've been mixing 2-day and 3-day events. The last FediForum in June was 3 days, and some attendees told us it was too much. Something about being zombied out after so much high-bandwidth discussion over 3 days. Can't risk zombifying all the people who move the Open Social Web forward too often!!

FediForum FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

Registration for FediForum Fall 2025, October 7-8, 2025, online, is now open.

Join us and other Open Social Web enthusiasts for two half-days of discussing, teaching, learning and taking next steps to build a better future for us and our children of how we interact online.

https://fediforum.org

The next community event coming up is "Fediverse Village at HOPE" on August 15-17, 2025 in New York City.

fediforum.org/events

Based on feedback, we have expanded what info we are asking for about events to be listed on the FediForum community events page at fediforum.org/events

It now includes Code of Conduct, whether the venue for in-person events is accessible to people with disabilities etc.

On this #FediForumFriday, note that #FediForum is not the only event for the Fediverse and the Open Social Web. We try to track them at fediforum.org/events

Today, for example, is the first day of FediCon, an in-person meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Good luck, #FediCon!

Today's the day! If you want to give a talk, or do a demo, or otherwise help out with our Fediverse track at SFSCON in Bolzano in beautiful South Tyrol, Northern Italy, in November, please fill out the form today.

More info and link to form: fediforum.org/news/2...

Two more days to submit a proposed talk or other ideas for our Fediverse track at SFSCON, November 7-8, 2025 in Bolzano, Italy.

fediforum.org/news/2...

#FediForum #FediForumFriday #SFSCon

Can the Fediverse be provided as a public service?

Watch Ian Forrester's FediForum keynote in which he is sharing his experience exploring this question at the BBC and beyond.

spectra.video/w/tvmX...

/cc @cubicgarden.com

#Fediverse #FediForum #PublicService

Do you have something interesting to say or present about the #Fediverse or the open social web, and are you looking for an opportunity to visit beautiful South Tyrol in the Italian Alps?

Consider joining us fediforum.org/news/2...

We are still open to presentations and more. #FediForumFriday.

Can #enshittification be stopped and reversed?

@pluralistic@mamot.fr lays out how to in his recent #FediForum keynote.

The key ingredient: the political will to require account portability.

Watch: spectra.video/w/7wEF...

It's #FediForumFriday!

What's the best thing that happened to you on the Open Social Web all week?

News: FediForum is partnering with free software conference SFSCON on a Fediverse track (and more!) at their in-person conference in November, in beautiful Bolzano in the Italian alps.

Want to present or demo? Let us know. More info:
fediforum.org/news/2...

What if, as we are building out the open social web, we prioritized increasing the joy people can feel when interacting with other people online? Like Christine proposed in her keynote! spectra.video/w/aQgZ...

#FediForumFriday

On this #FediForumFriday, check out the incredible range of topics that have been discussed at #FediForum over 5 events we have run so far. All of the sessions were proposed and hosted by attendees, and we have notes for most of them.

fediforum.org/topics/

The notes for 50+ unconference sessions from FediForum June 2025 are now on-line, covering a wide spectrum of open social web topics from technology to culture and more.

If you are interested in leading-edge thinking on the open social web, there is so much insight there!

fediforum.org/2025-06/

The recordings of the speed demos from FediForum June 2025 are now online.

They have been added to the agenda on our website: fediforum.org/2025-06/ , our PeerTube channel spectra.video/@fedif... and your YouTube channel: youtube.com/@fediforum

Some amazing innovations there, check it out!

It was an honour to talk about Channel.org and @fediforum.org on the Decentered podcast last week!

If you haven't checked it out already, you can catch the latest episode on the link below or wherever you get your podcasts 🤠

Thanks to @wedistribute.org for having me!

#Podcast #SocialMedia

Watch Elena Rossini announce her Fediverse movie in its world premiere at FediForum June 2025.

PeerTube: spectra.video/w/7Pnt...
YouTube: youtu.be/p9c2f63pIag

#FediForum
/cc @_elena@mastodon.social

A must watch from @fediforum.org with @dustyweb.bsky.social

spectra.video/w/aQgZJDLam3...

Watch Christine Lemmer-Webber present on Fun, the Fediverse, and Spritely, a positive future for an era of crisis, in her keynote at FediForum June 2025.

PeerTube: spectra.video/w/aQgZ...
YouTube: youtu.be/jSOk8XQuqms

#FediForum
/cc @cwebber@social.coop, @dustyweb.bsky.social

Watch Cory Doctorow outline how to de-enshittify technology and more in his keynote at FediForum June 2025.

PeerTube: spectra.video/w/7wEF...
YouTube: youtu.be/7_Gs1t0qe78

#FediForum
/cc @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Watch Ian Forrester talk about the Public Service Internet and the Fediverse in his keynote at FediForum June 2025.

PeerTube: spectra.video/w/tvmX...
YouTube: youtu.be/11fHSb_GT48

#FediForum
/cc @cubicgarden@mas.to @cubicgarden.com

FediForum FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

The recordings of the keynotes, and the movie premiere, from FediForum June 2025 are now online.

You can find them from https://fediforum.org/, our PeerTube spectra.video/@fedif... and YouTube www.youtube.com/play... channels.

#FediForum #FediForumFriday

FediForum FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

Day 2 of FediForum will start in about 30min with a keynote by Christine Lemmer-Webber, co-author of the ActivityPub standard and long-term innovator on the federated social web.

Followed by the premiere of Elena Rossini's Fediverse movie.

Plus many unconference sessions.

https://fediforum.org

🔥 Bonfire Social 1.0 release candidate has landed!

Curious about what the fediverse could look like with real community control?

Try out features like custom feeds, nested discussions, shared profiles, circles, and boundary-based permissions — then let us know what breaks or needs improvement […]

I probably should have posted more about how great #Fediforum is / has been today. Been a bit busy learning from awesome people.

Our FediForum June 2025 Live Coverage Welcome back! We're here to talk about all things happening at FediForum for the next three days. Look at the space below to see our updates!

We fell behind posting what happened on FediForum Day 1 today. The product announcements and demos were followed by 17 attendee-run unconference sessions, then a though-provoking keynote by Cory Doctorow, and unconference closing.

For more details, see detailed coverage by wedistribute.org/202...

Introducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon | TechCrunch The overall goal at A New Social is to shift the power of social networks back to the people, not the platform makers, by giving them tools that let them move their account, their followings, and leave if a platform ever fails them in some way.

Congratulations to our friends at A New Social who launched their new Bounce tool today at #FediForum, and got a nice writeup on Techcrunch!

techcrunch.com/2025/...

GitHub - mozilla-ai/byota: Blueprint to Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm Blueprint to Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm. Contribute to mozilla-ai/byota development by creating an account on GitHub.

Davide Eynard is showing how to Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm (BYOTA)

github.com/mozilla-a...

This is the last #FediForum speed demo for today. Next: unconference agenda making!

Mike McCue is showing of the new app from Flipboard called Surf. Break free from a single home feed and curate multiple timelines with sources from across the open social web, filtered to suit your mood.

about.surf.social/