Public Interest Social Networks
Bonfire is built by communities, for communities—rooted in autonomy, mutual care, and collective power. Co-create your tools, reclaim your data, and resist manipulation by shaping your own federated digital spaces.
What if social networks served people in all their diverse complexity — instead of the streamlined simplicity of big platforms?
Bonfire Social is our first app: built for meaningful connection and conversation – community-governed spaces you can make your own.
It’s part of a modular framework that empowers communities to build the tools they need — and shape how they work and feel.
🔥 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.
More details and video demos: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire_social_rc/
#BonfireSocial #FediForum #FOSS #ActivityPub #DigitalAutonomy
end gaza genocide 🇵🇸
About 12 hours until the start of FediForum June 2025!
Join us for three half-days of sessions on all aspects of the Open Social Web, better forms of social media, open social protocols and more!
While mostly an unconference, we also have innovative software demos and amazing keynotes!
Registration is still open! And you can join right from your living room or office! https://fediforum.org
@nicd@masto.ahlcode.fi @bonfire@indieweb.social oh thanks for reporting! that's new, will fix it!
Wait does @Bonfire have the potential to grow into the open source, non-evil Facebook alternative I've been dreaming about? 🤔
@3TomatoesShort@disabled.social that's what we're betting on
📣 Kicking off a week of exciting news from Bonfire by bridging online and offline worlds:
✊️ Join us May 9th at Làbas - a self-managed social municipality in Bologna, Italy where we're facilitating a collaborative Bonfire workshop with #municipiozero and scift.
Together, we'll install a Bonfire instance and collectively configure extensions, community guidelines, and settings tailored to their specific needs 💅
municipiozero.it/events/bonf...
Stay tuned for more announcements 🔥
As we approach the release of Bonfire 1.0, this isn’t your typical launch announcement. Instead, it’s a moment to reflect on how we’ve built Bonfire, a roadmap of values, methods, and intentions – and an invitation to define what comes next.
In a world of “move fast and break things,” we’ve chosen a different tempo — one rooted in care, deep listening, and collective stewardship...
📣 Read our latest blog post: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/slow_software_for_a_burning_world/
Next stop: Brussels! 🌍
The Complex Anarchism Symposium will gather scientists, artists, activists & dreamers for a 5-day deep dive on organizing without hierarchy and embracing complexity.
A Bonfire instance will serve as digital commons — a self-organized space for discussion, coordination, proposals & reflection.
Excited for this collective experiment and to see what emerges. 🌱
🔗 Join remotely or in Brussels (May 19–23): https://clea.research.vub.be/complex-anarchism-symposium-19-23-may-2025-in-brussels
💸 Support the event: https://www.gofundme.com/f/anarchism-and-complexity-science-community-kickstart
@edumerco@social.coop @flancian@social.coop notes will likely be available 😊
Hello burning world!
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This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
