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: https://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? https://fediforum.org

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. https://fediforum.org

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! https://fediforum.org

Jesse Karmani (@jesseplusplus) 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: https://fediforum.org/2025-06/session/7-b/ Sounds interesting? Join us! […]

Chris Clemson (@[email protected]) is coming to FediForum and wants to talk about: New projects https://fediforum.org

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

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. https://fediforum.org

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: https://fediforum.org

Daniel Supernault (@dansup) 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: https://fediforum.org

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

Jayne Samuel-Walker (https://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 PeerTube account has almost 1000 subscribers as reported by PeerTube: [email protected] The FediForum YouTube account has 236 subscribers https://www.youtube.com/@fediforum But, not surprisingly, YouTube has about 6x the views. Regardless, it seems people like them!

I had a wonderful time yesterday talking to folks at the @fediforum book launch event for Move Slowly and Build Bridges! It was especially fun to see folks who were interviewed for the book! As usual, I want to share the text of my talk as well as the slides. You can see them here […]

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! https://fediforum.org

I'll be at @fediforum on October 7th and 8th! (Even took the day off of work, don't tell my boss, SHHH!) I'm going because there are so many amazing folks I've met through the unconference! People working on things you couldn't even imagine. I'd like to suggest a session: What would a future […]

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 https://fediforum.org/news/2025-09-04-robert-gehl-move-slowly-and-build-bridges-special-event/

FediForum special event starting in two hours! You can still participate! More info and registration: https://fediforum.org/news/2025-09-04-robert-gehl-move-slowly-and-build-bridges-special-event/

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 […]

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? […]

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, https://fediforum.org

How did the #Fediverse become what it is today? Have you ever wondered? @rwg#fediverserecently 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 […]

Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq 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: https://fediforum.org

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." Come and hear excerpts from the book, and ask questions! We read […]

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

I'm having a virtual book event with the @fediforum folks next week! https://fediforum.org/news/2025-09-04-robert-gehl-move-slowly-and-build-gridges-special-event/ I will talk about my new book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social […]

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." Come and hear excerpts from the book, and ask questions! We read […]

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

The program for the #fediverse track we're organizing at #sfscon in Northern Italy in November is now online: https://www.sfscon.it/tracks/fediverse-track-2025/ A packed schedule covering lots of subjects from the very technical to public policy, from strategy to community building. We're […]

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! https://fediforum.org/

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 and his organization, Alquimídia, are organizing an online meetup TOMORROW to discuss the impact of this new law on […]

Seth Goldstein (@phillycodehound) 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: https://fediforum.org

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? https://fediforum.org

Bounce, first previewed at #fediforum, launched to the public today. Migrating your social media account from Bluesky to the Fediverse, while keeping your followers! Some people say it's the magic long prophetized for the open social web and considered impossible by non-believers! 🙂 But here it […]

At the last FediForum, we saw the premiere of the amazing Fediverse movie by @_elena. 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 […]

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. https://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: https://fediforum.org/

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! https://spectra.video/w/4hAQxgb22h1iMxfjrKx4QB

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! https://spectra.video/w/e76GvPNpgQ547iV7acDgZg

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! https://spectra.video/w/n5pUBMiyaa877whJWZcLpS

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. https://spectra.video/w/nUaLGUjX3NUMjdmhwsBS91

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: https://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

Stuff for thought: what would it take to actually grow the Fediverse to a billion users? (While keeping and even improving on its good parts, not at the cost of enshittifying etc.) Can it be done? What are the obstacles? How do we overcome them? #fediforumfriday

So excited for the second Fediforum of 2025! Grab your Tix NOW! @fediforum https://mastodon.social/@fediforum/114988549822110862

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