Notices by FediForum (fediforum@mastodon.social)

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.

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/

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

End to end encryption is coming to the #Fediverse.

At #FediForum last week, @benpate demo'd how it will look like in Bandwagon.

https://spectra.video/w/oGzENb3eBqwZXQw2p5V4D6

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

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.

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.org/nextcloud/apps/forms/s/ci4R7TZnNEzDiXHDyFPQcM2G

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!!

Jim DeLaHunt (@jdlh) is thinking about running a #FediForum session on globally-inclusive fediverse handles, and wants to learn more about fediverse activity in languages other than western european, japanese, and korean, and scripts other than latin, japanese, and korean.

Imani Joy, Head of Design at Mastodon @imanijoy will demo some recent feature additions and UX improvements introduced to Mastodon 4.5 and 4.6, as well as the rationale behind many of these changes.

And run an unconference session after, in case you want to discuss with Imani!

At #FediForum next week, online. Registration is still open: https://fediforum.org

We were asked whether anybody is known to run a session on #FASP (Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider Specifications) at the #FediForum unconference next week. Anybody? Please let us know.

Sherif Elsayed-Ali @sherif.eurosky.social from #Eurosky will demo Eurosky account creation and migration for existing accounts, and give an overview of future features in a speed demo next week at #FediForum.

Sounds interesting? Join us, online! More info and registration: https://fediforum.org/2026-04/

The #FediForum keynote on Wednesday will be by Alexandra Geese, who is a member of the EU parliament and a key mover and shaker towards decentralized, better social media and digital independence from the big social platforms.

If you don't live in the EU and like to know what their thinking is -- or if you live in the EU! -- join us next week Tuesday to Thursday! This keynote is on Wednesday.

Registration is still open: http://fediforum.org

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

Before anybody thinks we're trying to arrange for a battle of the protocols, #activitypub vs #atproto ... that's not the intention.

Instead, for people not deep down in the technical specs, these talks should give you an idea how these protocols work and you can better understand why their designers made different design choices and tradeoffs.

And for people who know one protocol well but not the other, we'd like to create ...

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

The number one reason why people have been coming to FediForum, and it's the same this time around, is that they want to meet with and talk to like-minded people.

People who aren't satisfied with how we interact online today on the big social platforms. People who believe there's got to be a better way. People who simply say: why not create one?

That's why we are seeing hundreds of grassroots projects on the Open Social web, around open social protocols, and the passion behind them...

When people register for #FediForum, we ask them what sessions they'd like to attend or run. (Remember, FediForum is an unconference where attendees -- like you -- bring the topics they are most interested in.)

Here is a long list of things they said we could publish: https://fediforum.org/2026-04/#topics

FediForum Spring 2026 is starting in 7 days!

Join us online for 3 half-days of unconference discussions, cool social web software demos, keynote and to meet and connect with your fellow advocates and movers and shakers moving the open social web forward.

More: https://fediforum.org/2026-04/

We are proud to announce .... FediForum Connect!

It's a new, curated website that will hopefully make it easier for mission-aligned organizations, communities and creators to join the Open Social Web.

What does this mean? Read our blog post: https://fediforum.org/news/2026-04-14-announcing-fediforum-connect/