Notices by Evan Prodromou (evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org)

A quick note that Evan is interviewed by WordPress social networking lead Matthias Pfefferle on the OpenChannels.FM podcast about the history of the Fediverse and where we’re going next. How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon covers a 15+-year period as the Fediverse was born and developed. The shownotes alone are extremely detailed and a great resource.

@strypey @raucao Did you read the article you are replying to? It explains how this is built and why it is on Google Cloud.

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/04/29/places-pub/

@sensingturtle I don’t know! The slides are here, though: Browser Experience of ActivityPub

One of our supporting organisations, Pixelfed, has a Kickstarter active to raise money for Pixelfed and Loops. Donations help support development of these pioneering Fediverse projects. We support the great work going on with both projects, and encourage Fediverse fans to donate to the cause.

Mastodon today announced a new non-profit to manage the next steps for the project. From our perspective, this is a great sign of maturation in the social web software space. Best of luck to Eugen and team as they take this next step. We look forward to working with Mastodon towards a bigger, better Fediverse.

Hello, back, to anew.social, the new social web non-profit supporting Bridgy Fed and other social web initiatives. You can follow them at @anewsocial@mastodon.social.  Ryan and Anuj are two of the pillars of the Social Web community and it’s great to see this new effort. Best of luck, friends.

I, Evan, was interviewed on Vivaldi’s For a Better Web podcast. I talked to host Bruce Lawson about ActivityPub, the Social Web Foundation, and how open standards win.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/better-web/evan-prodromou-social-web-foundation-for-a-better-web/

If you have a favourite Open Source server, app, Web client, library, toolkit, or whatever, please let them know about the event! And let *me* know — I can follow up with their team.

A reminder for Open Source developers working on the Fediverse: proposals for talks at the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2025 are due by December 1.

If you get them in well before the deadline, you can get helpful feedback and give your proposal a better chance of being accepted.

More information on how to submit a proposal at FOSDEM 2025 Social Web Devroom Call for Participation.