Notices by FediForum (fediforum@mastodon.social)

First WebSocialBR – Brazilian Fediverse Forum event in Brasil coming up on December 3rd. We are glad to support the event.

https://websocial.org.br

Michael and Saskia from Newsmast explain how building focused social applications for particular communities and use cases can meet the moment of the global information emergency many are all facing.

Fediverse platforms don't have to be monolithic.

Here's @benjaminbellamy showing off the new plugin architecture for Castopod in a #FediForum demo.

https://spectra.video/w/awbTuePpDCvHPxbVzkgykt

Social media does not have to be on a public town square, or manipulate you.

Here's @jesseplusplus's demo at #FediForum showing off Frequency Social, a federated, privacy-first social networking app.

https://spectra.video/w/1ubnyBJFWZTwQfXaVDz619

The keynote and demo recordings, as well as session notes, from FediForum October 2025 are now online.

Checkout our website https://fediforum.org, which also has links to our PeerTube and YouTube channels.

It's a wrap for FediForum Day 2, and the entire October 2025 FediForum. We had a blast, and attendees have told us the same.

Next: meet in-person in South Tyrol in Northern Italy in about a month at sfscon.it.

And to be notified of the next online FediForum: https://apps.fediforum.org/nextcloud/apps/forms/aC9dJyn26y469XcB/submit

We will publish the meeting notes and the recordings of the keynote and demos as soon as we can. Follow this account and our PeerTube account to learn when: @fediforum@spectra.video

Is #FediForum only for geeks?

Not at all! Users have come. Moderators. Artists. Public policy people. Media people. Creators. And many more, because the Open Social Web matters to all of them, and to all of us, around the world.

So join us online in just a bit! https://fediforum.org

Looking through #FediForum registrations. We don't require attendees to tell us where on the planet they are, but they can tell us their time zone.

This time, I see everything between eastern Europe and the American west coast, plus New Zealand and Korea, where it will be in the middle of the night

FediForum starts in 48 hours!

Join us and many of the people who move the Open Social Web and the Fediverse forward for two days of discussions, teaching and learning, software demos, a keynote, and making friends with like-minded people in an unconference format , online!

https://fediforum.org

Have you heard of the #Threadiverse, and important part of the #Fediverse?

If not: Julian Lam (@julian) is coming to FediForum next week and will talk about:

Threadiverse improvements.

Join us! https://fediforum.org

Matthias Pfefferle (@pfefferle) is coming to https://fediforum.org and asks:

What are the next steps for bringing long-form content into the fediverse? How do blogs differ from other platforms, and what needs to be done to ensure they become first-class citizens in the fediverse?

Evan Prodromou (@evan) is coming to FediForum and wants to discuss:

Where is the activitypub api going?

Let's talk about innovation on the client! Join us, October 7 and 8, online. Registration is open! https://fediforum.org

It's been pointed out that the FediForum front page isn't super clear that the next FediForum is online.

Yes, it is! You can join us from anywhere between central Europe to the American west coast during reasonably hours, and from the rest of the time zones from less reasonable hours, but online!

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/

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

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 the book and he has lots of fascinating insights to tell.

More info and registration: https://fediforum.org/news/2025-09-04-robert-gehl-move-slowly-and-build-gridges-special-event/

Registration is free!

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 Fediverse instances in Brazil and what instance operators need to do.

More info and registration: https://alquimidia.org/reuniao-pl-2628-2022/

#ageverification #fediforum #fediverse #brazil

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

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!

https://spectra.video/w/aKX9yCZuSS26Q8L4kQno4A

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/