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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 5

🔥 Bonfire Social 1.0 release candidate has landed!

Curious about what the fediverse could look like with real community control?

Try out features like custom feeds, nested discussions, shared profiles, circles, and boundary-based permissions — then let us know what breaks or needs improvement […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@phillycodehound yeah! the missing piece actually is being able to pin other users circles in your sidebar...

Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@phillycodehound you already can, by clicking on the setting button next the circle header you can specify the circle boundary...you can share it locally (only with same instance users, publicly, or based on cusotm boundaries)

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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Yes it’s true, AltStore is joining the Fediverse 🥳

Developers can now federate apps, updates, and news alerts to the open social web via our custom Mastodon server, and all likes, boosts, and comments will appear natively in AltStore.

We plan to release this officially soon — but you can check […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 2h

@travisfw that's one part of what we've tried to build

Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

@box464 we started drafting a section on "how do boundaries federate" in this document: https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/boundaries.html

The short story is we interoperate with Mastodon's newly introduced canQuote and and GoToSocial's canReply/canLike/canAnnounce for general boundaries like […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h

🔬 With Bonfire's upcoming Open Science flavour, you can now archive conversations to #zenodo (and compatible repositories like https://works.hcommons.org from @hello) and obtain a #doi.
Every participant becomes a credited co-author, and ORCID integration means it can be automatically published […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

@matherion @[email protected] we are in the process of releasing the open science network 1.0rc and publishing a dedicated website...
happy to have a quick chat when you're available to share with you what we did and roadmap

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Lily Cohen @lily.sharkey.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 19h

@[email protected] I will echo this same offer for up to two communities! I'll do the install, maintenance, upkeep, and keep the lights on. I have the automation to be able to run any of these:
- Mastodon
- Pixelfed
- GoToSocial
- Sharkey
- Akkoma
- Bonfire

And for that matter if anyone […]

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Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 20h

I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here?

I'll pay the bills. Period.

I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.

DM me.

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🔥 Did you know you can fully customize your Bonfire sidebar?
Pick the feeds you want, reorder everything, move sections around. Don't let the power of the default dictate your experience, make the interface adapt to your needs!
See the video: https://www.tella.tv/video/ivans-video-063e
And see […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

FediForum begins later today!

We're so excited to see all the cool things happening in the Fediverse and the wider Social Web.

If you're going to be showing off what you're working on, we wish you the best of luck. If not, we hope you have fun 🕺

#fediforum #fediverse #socialweb #mastodon

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

🔥 RSS/Atom support opens up data portability beyond the fediverse.
You can now subscribe to user feeds, thread comments, posts, articles, events, media feeds, or custom feeds directly in your RSS client.

Demo […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

🔥 More Anti-enshittification features now live in Bonfire

✨ Complete data portability: Export/import now supports circles/lists, bookmarks, likes, and boosts alongside follows, blocks, and posts.

✨ Transparency by design: A dedicated real-time dashboard to […]

[Original post on indieweb.social]

import status dashboard in bonfire, showing details of a migration from another instance

export view in bonfire, it shows the full list of data a user can export from their bonfire instance

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

🔥 Consent-based quoting has arrived in Bonfire!

The latest Bonfire Social release implements Mastodon's FEP-044f, enabling you to:
✨ Use boundaries to define who can quote your post, who must request first, or who cannot request at all.
✨ Quote — or request […]

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several screenshots of the quote flow in bonfire

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@reflex yeah... I think doing a regular move/import to a subdomain following by a webfinger alias (https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1479) on the old domain may be cleaner, so you can still receive @ mentions using the same nick

Feature Proposal: per-user custom domains · Issue #1479 · bonfire-networks/bonfire-app

Be able to enter a username with a different domain than one's instance Example: if I (or a friend or family member) have registered the domain name mydomain.com and have signed up to the bonfire i...

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@reflex ah I don't think that scenario is supported by any current account migration system in any case... but there's also an issue about that https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1304

Feature Proposal: full Mastodon instance migration · Issue #1304 · bonfire-networks/bonfire-app

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It would be wonderful to be able to move an account and all its posts from a Mastodon instance. Describe the solution you'd like Follo...

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Co-op Cloud @coopcloud.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 5d

## October 2025 community update

We’re delighted to share the latest and greatest from Co-op Cloud 🤘 It seems safe to say that *a lot* has happened! Grab a `$geographic_location_appropriate_temperature` beverage and enjoy 🎉

https://coopcloud.tech/blog/oct-2025-update

🫡

October 2025 community update

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@reflex yeah we have a couple wishlist issues like https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1478 and https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1479 but for now you need to install on the domain or subdomain you plan to use

Feature Proposal: domain aliases · Issue #1478 · bonfire-networks/bonfire-app

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@reflex yeah it optionally can pull in replies at the same time, though that requires the original instance to be up at time of import

Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

@reflex it copies the data by way of a boost, but without even requiring the original instance to still be up when importing

Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

🔥 Bonfire now supports post imports when migrating instances.

You can bring your posts (+ optionally replies) with you when moving to a Bonfire instance from another instance or platform. Imported posts keep their original dates and URIs. Threads are preserved, as are like/boost counts. It […]

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

📣 Bonfire Social 1.0rc3 just dropped!
This latest release puts data portability and anti-enshittification front and center.
Read what's new: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

Bonfire Social 1.0rc3

Bonfire’s latest release puts data portability (moving and taking your data with you) and anti-enshittification (avoiding manipulative platform tricks) front and center.

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Johanna, CanCon variant @johannab.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 8d

hey, fellow elephant herd members - whomst among us all is also starting to play with @bonfire 's creation?

I've joined a small (closed) sandbox collective, and my intention for the not-distant future is to really boot camp myself from install through to opening a community, with a test system […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

🍎 The Forbidden Fruit

Social media is designed to keep you there, giving you everything you think you need, from AI-trained algorithms that know your favourite dog breed, to adverts and shops which will throw the next-best-thing in your face. But, you don't have to stay confined within the […]

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

⚠️ Today is the last chance for you to shape the future of the Fediverse!

If you’re a:
✅ Mod
✅Admin
✅Community organiser

Do yourself a favour and take 5-10 minutes⏱️to anonymously fill in the IFTAS needs assessment today!

https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/