Notices by FediForum (fediforum@mastodon.social)

The "Proposed Topics" page for the next FediForum is up.

When people register for FediForum, we ask them what topics they want to discuss. Not everybody fills out the form, and not everybody lets us publish what they said. But some do!

Check it out at http://fediforum.org/2025-04/

Anything sound interesting? Then please join them and us April 1 and 2.

Any glaring omissions? Then propose the missing topics when you register yourself! You don't need to be an expert. https://fediforum.org

Are there any User Experience / User Interface people who read this?

... and have opinions on how the Fediverse could work better for normal people if a bit more of their expertise were applied?

If so, consider coming to FediForum April 1-2 to hang out with others who care about the Fediverse, including the developers of many Fediverse platforms. Perhaps a session could come together with ideas how to make #UX #UI better across the Fediverse?

More info & registration: https://fediforum.org

We've all been trained that at conferences, the "experts" proclaim things from the stage, and the "attendees" politely listen.

At unconferences such as FediForum, it's different. Anybody can run a session. You don't need to be an expert. You can run a session like "I don't understand how xyz works. Maybe I'm not the only one. Let's figure it out together?" and that's usually what happens. The experts in the room usually learn things, too.

Sounds like fun? Join us: https://fediforum.org

Who are the people who "move the Open Social Web forward" as we put it?

If you are wondering, it clearly includes you!

It's everybody who cares about open social media systems, rather than walled gardens. About choice rather than one-size-fits-all. About participatory governance, rather than unilateral decisions by billionaires. About innovation and not just value extraction. And much more.

Join us April 1 and 2 to move the open social web forward?

https://fediforum.org

The countdown to the next FediForum is live.

40 days from now, on April 1-2, the Open Social Web community is again meeting online for two half-days, scheduled to work for people between the central European and American west coast time zones.

More info and registration: https://fediforum.org/

Our friends at Flipboard are organizing a "Fediverse House" at SXSW in Austin, TX, March 9 and 10.

They are putting together a great program with people such as @pluralistic, @molly0xfff, @mmasnick,
@evan, @pcottle and @pfrazee.com !

If you are at SXSW, check it out!

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse-house/

#fediverse #sxsw #activitypub #atproto #socialweb

Hey #SocialWebFOSDEM attendees, the next FediForum is coming up April 1-2. If you like the presentations in the Social Web Devroom at #FOSDEM, chances are that you will like FediForum.

FediForum is an online unconference for all aspects of the Fediverse and the Open Social Web -- from core technology to project demos to non-technical subjects like governance, moderation etc.

Check out what happened at the previous four FediForums: there are recordings and notes.

More: https://fediforum.org

The Geosocial Task Force was started at a FediForum, too! We did not expect that FediForum would spawn so many projects, but wow!

The current list is here: https://fediforum.org/projects/

Let us know if we missed something. What project will you start with your fellow attendees at FediForum April 1-2?

Did you know we have collected an incredible collection of demos of many of the amazing software platforms on the open social web and in the fediverse? All performed live at a FediForum unconference!

Available for watching on our PeerTube channel: https://spectra.video/c/fediforum_demos/videos or, if you prefer, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FediForum/videos

What amazing live demos will be see in April? Join us and find out! https://fediforum.org

We are again doing a demo track at the next FediForum April 1-2, and we are looking for interesting projects that integrate with the Fediverse and/or broader social web. What's something that made you go: Wow!

Recommendations appreciated. So far we have three demos in the pipeline. but then, we have over two months to go until FediForum.

If you have come to FediForum in the past, you should have received e-mail about our next online unconference April 1 and 2.

Join us again? https://fediforum.org

Never a dull moment on the social web.

Today, not only did the Mastodon project announce a new organizational structure https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/ , a new non-profit project with high-profile supporters called "Free Our Feeds" aims to replicate some core Bluesky infrastructure to keep it "away from the billionaires". https://www.usermag.co/p/freeourfeeds-a-30m-plan-to-take-back-social-media-from-billionaires

We can be sure there will be sessions about this at the upcoming FediForum online unconference.

Join us! https://fediforum.org/

Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta is getting rid of fact checkers and acknowledges more harmful content will appear on Meta's platforms now.

What a great day to announce the next FediForum, the leading event to move the open Social Web forward.

Join us April 1-2? https://fediforum.org

The new Social Web Foundation is launching today. https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/09/24/launch/

@evan held early community feedback sessions at FediForum e.g. here: https://fediforum.org/2024-03/session/3-a/ and it's good for the #fediverse and the #socialweb that the organization is now live!

What's a good way format to use as a banner for #PeerTube accounts, which also looks reasonable when accessed from #Mastodon?

Our banner looks nice here: https://spectra.video/c/fediforum_demos but left and right are cut off here: https://mastodon.social/@fediforum_demos@spectra.video

The FediForum September 2024 speed demo videos are now also available on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlI78hhgYh_qWr7aWC0OkH7uwyHD3dXjh

Still encourage you to follow and like in the Fediverse instead, where the same videos are on PeerTube -- and have a nice playlist cover.

https://spectra.video/w/p/q1BXeNF5PWFipFy5f44v9h

The demo videos from #FediForum September 2024 are now on-line.

Fourteen demos of cool #Fediverse software, as shown off by the developers themselves! Innovation is alive and kicking in the Fediverse!

Given this is the Fediverse, get them from PeerTube here: https://spectra.video/w/p/q1BXeNF5PWFipFy5f44v9h

(They are on YouTube, too, but we will post the link to there later.)

#FediFirst

One hour until #fediforum starts!

Last-last-last minute tickets? https://fediforum.org

@thisismissem Thanks for braving it out to give us the IFTAS CCS demo this morning! Get well soon!!

Missed day 1 of #FediForum ?

Here is a summary of what you missed: https://fediforum.org/2024-09/

But you can still join us for day 2 and 3!

Sign up at: https://fediforum.org