Tom Brown (@tom@herestomwiththeweather.com) is coming to FediForum and wants to talk about: Interoperability, testing Join us in a week and a half, on-line? Info and registration:

Do you have interesting open social web-related software that you wish more people would know about? W have space for speed demos at every FediForum! Interested? Get in touch! Space is (very) limited, but we always want to hear about cool new software. And you can also run an unconference session.

We are proud to announce: the keynote at the October FediForum will be: The Stakes Are Real: Why the Open Social Web Matters Now. By Ben Werdmuller, senior director of technology at ProPublica. More details and registration: fediforum.org/2025-10/

FediForum starts in 2 weeks from right now! Join us for two half-days of discussions, demos, presentations, teaching, learning and plotting next steps in moving the open social web, the Fediverse and social media based on open protocols forward! Are you registered yet?

Various governments around the world are starting to invest in "#digital #sovereignty". Where does social media and the open social web fit into this? So far, this topic hasn't been suggested for the upcoming #FediForum Oct 7-8, but perhaps we should make it a session.

Cagan Mert Islek (@[email protected]) wants to talk about: General activitypub sdk, powered by theprotocols 4.0 (2025) Identity, data management, portability, web3 collab for good Registration is open for this and many other sessions!

Jesse Karmani (@[email protected]) is coming to the next #FediForum #unconference and says: I’d love to demo what i’ve been working on for frequency.app! Also: Federating stories from pixelfed to other software Join us? https://fediforum.org/

Ryan B (https://snarfed.org) is coming to #FediForum and wants to talk about: Connecting accounts across networks/protocols aka bridging identity, part two This will build on a session from FediForum in June: fediforum.org/2025-0... Sounds interesting? Join us! https://fediforum.org

Chris Clemson (@chewie@int.gogreenit.net) is coming to FediForum and wants to talk about: New projects

Emelia Smith (@[email protected]) is coming to #FediForum October 7-8, 2025, and says: Possibly will run a session, would likely be fires related. fires.fedimod.org Join us? More info and registration: https://fediforum.org#FediForum

More topics from registered attendees have been posted! Lots of interesting stuff there on all aspects of the open social web, check it out! Have a topic you'd like to see covered? FediForum is an unconference, so YOU can bring YOUR TOPICS and run sessions about them.

We've received the first piece of embargoed news about the open social web that's to be announced at FediForum. Join us to hear it first? Registration is open for our October 7-8 event! More info and registration:

Daniel Supernault (@[email protected]) is coming to #FediForum and says: Yes, i would love to run a session about pixelfed, loops or sup That'd be cool! Join us in about 3 weeks? More info and registration:

Ivan Minutillo @[email protected] is coming to #FediForum and wants to talk about: Open science network 1.0rc Bonfire social 1.0 stable release Did you see his amazing demo last time? spectra.video/w/4hAQ... Can't wait for an update! Join us! https://fediforum.org#FediForum

Jayne Samuel-Walker (toot.wales/@TCMuffin) is coming to FediForum next month and wants to talk about: How do we make the fediverse an interesting and attractive social space for everyone, not just geeks? Sounds interesting? Join us, online, October 7-8. https://fediforum.org

The FediForum site has been updated with the recording of yesterday's special event with Robert W Gehl and his book on the Fediverse. If you couldn't make it, here is your chance to watch. Also, the countdown to the next FediForum counter is back! Just ~24 days left!

And we are under way. FediForum special event: Robert W. Gehl introduces his new Fediverse book: “Move Slowly and Build Bridges” You can still join us. It's free fediforum.org/news/2...

FediForum special event starting in two hours! You can still participate! More info and registration: fediforum.org/news/2...

Just 24 hours left to the virtual book tour event with Robert W Gehl and his new book: Move Slowly and Build Bridges. Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media. Join us, online? It's a free event. fediforum.org/news/2...

Here's the best part. Looking at registrations for our virtual book tour event for Robert W. Gehl's new book about the #Fediverse, it turns out several of the people featured in his book are actually registered for this event! It's going to be great! See you Thursday? fediforum.org/news/2...

While the next FediForum event is this Thursday, featuring Robert W. Gehl's book on the Fediverse, don't forget, the regular FediForum is coming up, too! Join your peers to discuss, learn, teach and plot next steps for the open social web (mostly) In an unconference format,

How did the #Fediverse become what it is today? Have you ever wondered? @[email protected] recently published a book chronicling and analyzing the fediverse, and he'll come and tell us all about it, this Thursday for an hour. Join us for this free FediForum online event. fediforum.org/news/2...

Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com is coming to FediForum and says: Definitely will run sessions, potentially a demo. Sessions on: * identity * content migration * compensation/funding for builders Sounds interesting? Join us in October, online. More info and registration:

FediForum special event next week! Join us for an hour with Robert W. Gehl, who wrote a great new book about the Fediverse: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media." More info and registration: fediforum.org/news/2...

Teaser: we will have something special for you next Thursday. Stay tuned, announcement expected later today.

FediForum special event next week! Join us for an hour with Robert W. Gehl, who wrote a great new book about the Fediverse: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media." More info and registration: fediforum.org/news/2...

Johanna Botari (@johannab@cosocial.ca) will be coming to FediForum, October 7-8, and wants to talk about: Management of distributed identities. More info and registration:

The program for the #Fediverse track we're organizing at #SFSCon in Northern Italy in November is now online: www.sfscon.it/tracks...#Fediverse#SFSConA packed schedule covering lots of subjects from the very technical to public policy, from strategy to community building.

The 6th FediForum is coming up. Join your fellow open social web enthusiasts, discussing and moving forward decentralized social media, ActivityPub, ATProto and many other exciting and timely subjects. Registration is open, it's online so it's easy to join!

Brazil is starting to require age verification for social media sites, following other jurisdictions like the US state of Mississippi. FediForum advisory board member @skarnio@alquimidia.org and his organization, Alquimídia, are organizing an online meetup TOMORROW ...

Seth Goldstein (@[email protected]) is coming to FediForum October 7-8, and wants to discuss: More on the power of #ActivityPub and the new platforms out there. Join us? More info and registration:

What are subjects related to the #Fediverse, #Bluesky, and the entire open social web that are at the top of your mind now, in late summer 2025? How could we get them best covered at FediForum in October?

At the last FediForum, we saw the premiere of the amazing Fediverse movie by @[email protected]. We can't promise something as amazing, but if you care about better social media, chances are you will love FediForum in October. Join us! https://fediforum.org videos.elenarossini....

We have selected the presentations for the Fediverse track we are organizing at #SFSCon and will send out confirmations shortly. Thanks everybody who proposed a talk! It's going to be a good mix of technical and broader, societal content. Looking forward to Bolzano in November! #FediForumFriday

The first set of proposed session topics and demos for the October FediForum unconference has been published. fediforum.org/2025-10 Sounds interesting? Join us to discuss these and probably far more, as people register and tell us what they want to cover.

Does social media need to look like a endless long feed, and all we do is doom scroll it? Unlike the closed platforms, the open social web lets people innovate, and here is an interesting example: Surf from Flipboard is rethinking the entire experience. Watch the demo!

Reminder: Registration for FediForum October 8-9, 2025, is now open. Meet, discuss, learn, teach, and make friends with other open social web, open protocols, new forms of social media enthusiasts, in 2 half-days, online, across many time zones. More info and registration:

Check out this 5-min demo of brand-new Bonfire 1.0 from the last FediForum if you haven't yet. It's been getting a lot of attention!

The fediverse is not just for hanging out with your friends. You can do something useful for your community if you curate a feed on a particular subject you are knowledgeable about. Such as with channel.org. Check it out! spectra.video/w/e76G...

Did you know you can buy and sell music on the Fediverse? We didn't either -- until we saw this demo of Emissary at the last FediForum. Check it out!

Move your account between social media networks and keep your followers? Sounds impossible? But actually real, as the Bounce demo showed at the last FediForum. Check it out and tell your friends still locked into walled gardens.

A couple of people have been asking when or how many more almost-free tickets will be available. Yes, there will! But we don't have a schedule: People registering at higher price points sponsor the almost-free tickets, and we can't predict when. So check back later! FAQ: fediforum.org/faq

As registrations come in for the next FediForum in October, we will soon put up a "topics" page again for what people want to present, discuss, and meet about. So make sure you fill out the form when you register. https://fediforum.org

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#FediForumFriday,#FediForumToday, 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