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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

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 […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Now moving to unconference sessions. Yesterday we had 16 of them, all brought and run by FediForum attendees, covering a wide variety of technical and non-technical subjects on the open social web.

By the time you see this, it will be too late to put your own session on the agenda, but you can […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h

... and FediForum Day 2 is starting just about now.

First: software demos! Including some very cool ones that you likely have not seen before -- because they haven't been shown anywhere else before!

You can still join us: https://fediforum.org

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h

FediForum Day 2 is going to start in about one hour!

We'll start with some very cool, fast, software demos, showing off open social web software you may not have seen, and then have three time slots for parallel unconference sessions. Bring your topics!

You can still join: https://fediforum.org

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

FediForum Day 1 News -- attendees already know, but here is it for the general public (middle of the page): https://fediforum.org/2025-10/

Some of this news is going to be demo'd at #fediforum, today, Day 2. You can still join us and see the demos and participate in discussions! […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@narF done!

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ozoned @ozoned.social.ozoned.net.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Had such an incredible day at #fediforum. Can't wait for day two! So many amazing folks about everything from the future of the Fediverse to how to do FEP to white papers on laws in the works to for interoperation amongst networks

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

FediForum got a mention today in a piece on Mastodon Starter Packs in The Verge. Mastodon starter packs are coming, and were discussed at #fediforum today.

https://www.theverge.com/news/794988/mastodon-bluesky-starter-packs-fediverse

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

Starter Packs, but for Mastodon.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Vital, highly condensed, very well prioritized stuff on why the open social web matters so much—and how it can help people do the necessary work of society in our very rough moment—from @ben at #fediforum. The keynote is being recorded and I'm so glad, because I will be recommending it widely.

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Evan Prodromou @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Mind-blowing fact from @ben during #fediforum : in an fundraising experiment, he was able to raise more donations for #propublica on the Fediverse than on any other social channel. 🤯

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

It's a wrap for FediForum Day 1. We had an amazing keynote, which we will publish to PeerTube and YouTube as soon as we can, and ~15 unconference sessions from the very technical to public policy, from the needs of communities to those of media and academia and more.

See you tomorrow for day 2!

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The first set of unconference sessions at #fediforum is about to start.

You can still join us, today and/or tomorrow, and help us and the community figure out the future of social media and the open social web.

https://fediforum.org

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

... and FediForum is getting started.

We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

FediForum, the online event that brings together the people who move the Open Social Web forward, starts in one hour!

We expect a number of rather interesting announcements. If you are registered, you get a heads-up just about now by e-mail.

You can still join us, online! https://fediforum.org

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

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

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Jim DeLaHunt (@jdlh) is coming to FediForum and says:

I want to talk about globally inclusive fediverse handles (i.e. non-ascii, e.g. @ตัวอย่าง@ตัวอย่าง.ไทย) . who is using them? what obstacles block using them? how do we clear those obstacles?

Any discussion of internationalisation […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Liz Pendleton (@[email protected]) is coming to FediForum in ~12 hours, and says:

Would love to workshop with people about media revolution, with media liberation day coming up on the 5th november - looking for support from fedifriends

You can still join us: https://fediforum.org

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Fireside Fedi @firesidefedi.social.firesidefedi.live.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#fediforum tomorrow! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'M SO EXCITED!

Kermit the frog, a green muppet, in front of a red curtain flailing his arms around with the headline "IM SO EXCITED!!".

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Michael Karbacher (@sozialwelten) is coming to #fediforum and says:

We are in a very early process of developing a fediverse app called “testapp” for open bookcases to create a new form of (book-) library based on commons and self organization. App development, subsidies, sociology.

You can […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Julian Fietkau (@julian) says:

I’ve been part of some constructive discussions around the nuances of groups, lists, and follow recommendations (“starter packs”) lately. Maybe there will be other people [at FediForum] interested in exchanging ideas and plans.

Besides that, i’m always willing to […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

James Smith (@floppy) is coming to FediForum and will demo Manyfold’s #fediscovery #fasp integration.

Demos are on Wednesday. FediForum starts tomorrow with a keynote. There is still time to register! Go to https://fediforum.org

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Francis Sheridan Paré (@narF) is coming to FediForum and wants to discuss:

How to organize workshops to encourage regular folks to try the fediverse and leave big tech platforms. how to organize “install parties” for folks to create an account and fill their timeline.

Starting tomorrow!

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Daniel Gultsch (@daniel) is coming to FediForum and wants to talk about standardization, feps, client-to-server api. How can we improve participation (of major stakeholders) in the fep process? i’m not an activitypub dev but have standardization experience.

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Sandra Barthel (@samvie) is coming to #fediforum and wants to talk about:

Political demands from the Fediverse to political leaders at the European level and its member states with regard to the digital summit on 18th of November in Berlin #eufediverse

Discuss interoperability extension within […]

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

FediForum Meet & Greet is starting. Join us if you are registered for FediForum, want to check out your equipment for successful online meetings, get a tour of our online venue, have questions, or just say Hi!

(Or start discussing, depending on who shows up. Entirely optional.)

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