Bonfire Open Science is now @ORCID_Org certified as a Manuscript Submission System provider 🎉 This opens new possibilities for turning conversations into citable, #fair and permanent research objects. But what should be archived? How does this affect scientific discourse? More details […]

@laboratoriodemedios is a finalist in the IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge 🎉 Please vote and support our friends at the Red Abya Yala Toolkit project 💗 You can leave a like/comment on the video and it counts as a vote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMFdcHD-Z1U It's a great project […]

Yes it’s true, AltStore is joining the Fediverse 🥳 Developers can now federate apps, updates, and news alerts to the open social web via our custom Mastodon server, and all likes, boosts, and comments will appear natively in AltStore. We plan to release this officially soon — but you can check […]

🔬 With Bonfire's upcoming Open Science flavour, you can now archive conversations to #zenodo (and compatible repositories like https://works.hcommons.org from @hello) and obtain a #doi. Every participant becomes a credited co-author, and ORCID integration means it can be automatically published […]

@[email protected] I will echo this same offer for up to two communities! I'll do the install, maintenance, upkeep, and keep the lights on. I have the automation to be able to run any of these: - Mastodon - Pixelfed - GoToSocial - Sharkey - Akkoma - Bonfire And for that matter if anyone […]

I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here? I'll pay the bills. Period. I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team. DM me.

🔥 Did you know you can fully customize your Bonfire sidebar? Pick the feeds you want, reorder everything, move sections around. Don't let the power of the default dictate your experience, make the interface adapt to your needs! See the video: https://www.tella.tv/video/ivans-video-063e And see […]

FediForum begins later today! We're so excited to see all the cool things happening in the Fediverse and the wider Social Web. If you're going to be showing off what you're working on, we wish you the best of luck. If not, we hope you have fun 🕺 #fediforum #fediverse #socialweb #mastodon

🔥 RSS/Atom support opens up data portability beyond the fediverse. You can now subscribe to user feeds, thread comments, posts, articles, events, media feeds, or custom feeds directly in your RSS client. Demo […]

🔥 More Anti-enshittification features now live in Bonfire ✨ Complete data portability: Export/import now supports circles/lists, bookmarks, likes, and boosts alongside follows, blocks, and posts. ✨ Transparency by design: A dedicated real-time dashboard to […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

🔥 Consent-based quoting has arrived in Bonfire! The latest Bonfire Social release implements Mastodon's FEP-044f, enabling you to: ✨ Use boundaries to define who can quote your post, who must request first, or who cannot request at all. ✨ Quote — or request […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

## October 2025 community update We’re delighted to share the latest and greatest from Co-op Cloud 🤘 It seems safe to say that *a lot* has happened! Grab a `$geographic_location_appropriate_temperature` beverage and enjoy 🎉 https://coopcloud.tech/blog/oct-2025-update 🫡

🔥 Bonfire now supports post imports when migrating instances. You can bring your posts (+ optionally replies) with you when moving to a Bonfire instance from another instance or platform. Imported posts keep their original dates and URIs. Threads are preserved, as are like/boost counts. It […]

📣 Bonfire Social 1.0rc3 just dropped! This latest release puts data portability and anti-enshittification front and center. Read what's new: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

hey, fellow elephant herd members - whomst among us all is also starting to play with @bonfire 's creation? I've joined a small (closed) sandbox collective, and my intention for the not-distant future is to really boot camp myself from install through to opening a community, with a test system […]

🍎 The Forbidden Fruit Social media is designed to keep you there, giving you everything you think you need, from AI-trained algorithms that know your favourite dog breed, to adverts and shops which will throw the next-best-thing in your face. But, you don't have to stay confined within the […]

⚠️ Today is the last chance for you to shape the future of the Fediverse! If you’re a: ✅ Mod ✅Admin ✅Community organiser Do yourself a favour and take 5-10 minutes⏱️to anonymously fill in the IFTAS needs assessment today! https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

Ivan Minutillo @Bonfire 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? https://spectra.video/w/4hAQxgb22h1iMxfjrKx4QB Can't wait for an update! Join us! https://fediforum.org

📢📢📢📢 Calling all admins, mods & community organisers! Help yourself by helping IFTAS help you! ⏱️ 5-10 minutes 🥸 Anonymous responses 😊 Feel satisfied with a job well done Let’s make the Fediverse easier, safer & https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

While I'm here, I'm gonna keep signal boostin' the Good People of Co-op Cloud 📢 There are some Super Cool ™ projects who are also members of the federation and choose to promote Co-op Cloud as a way to deploy the free software they make themselves 🎉 @karrot […]

IFTAS is doing its annual fediverse survey. If you are involved in running/moderating an instance, it would be great if you could take a few minutes. The results are always worthwhile. https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

Last year, volunteer moderators told us their top tooling needs: this year, we’re listening again. Take the survey: https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/ - any platform, any protocol

The 2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment is open! If you run or moderate an online community, your feedback will guide the tools, training, and resources we focus on next year. See https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/ for details #fedimods #moderators #fediadmin #moderation […]

I'm still learning about @bonfire. Here's another feature that showcases the configurability of feeds. You can create custom feeds by limiting them to specific types of objects - videos, long form posts, audio, images, events, research - all kinds of things! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

New blog post: https://jaz.co.uk/2025/08/14/there-is-one-fediverse-there-are-a-million-fediverses

> Five Al Jazeera journalists including prominent reporter Anas al-Sharif have been killed in a targeted Israeli strike near Gaza City's al-Shifa Hospital. > The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed it had targeted Sharif, alleging he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas". > […]

Here's another unique feature of Bonfire. One account, many profiles. When you create an account, you can create multiple profiles, each with it's own unique followers, content and settings (and emojis!). Ownership of profiles can be shared with others. A moderation team, a news publication […]

"How do we maintain a sense of individual agency when our connection is increasingly distributed?" I am enjoying every second of this talk: unlikehumans.antikythera.org/

Fun fact (really). The Bonfire fediverse platform allows each **individual user** the ability to upload their own set of custom emojis. There seems to be no limit to how many, tho I'm sure there will have to be as it gets more popular. And it will. Looking snazzy! #bonfire #fediverse

#openscience We're starting to experiment with generating DOIs for articles in Bonfire. We're considering using @crossref as the initial provider, but we'd love to hear your thoughts—is Crossref the right place to start, or would you recommend a different service? @openscience

@quillmatiq firing up session 2 at #fedicon discussing network effects on the social web.

Day 1 session 7 at #FediCon - @deadsuperhero#fediconrunning a panel of all today's speakers

Bonfire x Newsmast We’re excited to share that Bonfire and @newsmast are working together. We’re collaborating across several key areas: 🔎 Enhancing discoverability for Channels on Bonfire 🧭 Improving interoperability between the Channels mobile app and […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Bonfire is one of the most exciting projects in the ActivityPub ecosystem, whilst Newsmast brings experience in community-building, advocacy, and outreach through projects like channel.org. You can learn more about Bonfire's Mosaic project here: bonfirenetworks.org/mosaic/

We’re collaborating across several key areas: 🔎 Enhancing discoverability for Channels on Bonfire 🧭 Improving interoperability between the Channels app and Bonfire 🌌 Partnering to offer services for organisations around Bonfire’s Mosaic initiative

Newsmast × Bonfire We’re excited to share that Newsmast and @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy are working together! #Announcement #SocialWeb #Fediverse

Two new profile widgets coming in the next #OpenScience flavour release: 📄 Most Recent Publication: showcase your latest work ⭐ Most Cited Publication: highlight your most cited publication 🔧 Quantitative metrics now hidden by default while we consider […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

As we integrate #OpenAlex data into the #Bonfire #OpenScience flavor, we're displaying familiar metrics: works count, citations, h-index, research topics, institutional affiliations... These might be exactly what you need, or perhaps just a starting point […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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Disinfo campaigns, coordinated abuse, spam - they don’t stop at one instance. In IFTAS Connect, moderators and community managers share alerts across the network. Early warning means stronger resilience. Shared knowledge means less stress. https://connect.iftas.org/forums/ #fedimods […]

Summer in the UK usually involves a visit to the pub 🍻 At the Newsmast Foundation, we're spending our summer at a different kind of pub - Activity Pub (but yeah, we'll probably be at the other kind once or twice too)! The structure of the AP protocol means […] [Original post on newsmast.social]

🌊 Exciting news! Crowdinblue - a mission-led initiative bridging water solutions with funding - has chosen #Bonfire to build their federated community space! Together, we're designing custom extensions to connect water projects with impact investors and […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

If you want the Fediverse to succeed, you need to step out and understand why other folks aren't joining. Sure, you can post negatively about the alternatives using an ActivityPub account where no one else can see it, or you can go to the other sites and tell them why you look down upon them […]

@bonfire hey @maeool have you seen this? would really love to help get people thinking about how we can get fediverse reviews into @cartes_app and all these little steps people are making lately with location integration are steps on the same path

We're experimenting with federated geosocial features in Bonfire, free from surveillance capitalism. Check into your local community garden. Add location to mutual aid requests. Find tools nearby. Imagine your local fablab or community center sharing […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Taking a quick detour from our 1.0rc3 milestone work! 🛤️ This morning we added a small but meaningful feature: 🔗 Link previews now display the author's fediverse account when available. ➡️ Next up: Author attribution controls in Bonfire's verification […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

What if you could keep using the tools built for your needs while opening them to your community or the broader fediverse on your terms? With Mosaic, we partner with you to build custom Bonfire extensions that connect your existing tools to the fediverse. 📣 Details […]

We’re pleased to announce Bonfire Social 1.0 Release Candidate 2! This update is all about refining and polishing the experience, fixing bugs, and making Bonfire more enjoyable and reliable for everyone. These improvements come directly from your feedback, bug reports, and real-world testing. Of […]

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Anyone around who tried @bonfire around? Looks very promising! https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/social/