Public Interest Social Networks
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Previously at @bonfire@indieweb.social
Once again, a truly astonishing amount of stuff has been happening with Co-op Cloud since our last blog post in October. Read about it here!
https://coopcloud.tech/blog/march-2026-equinox
– 3wordchant
Are there any plans for integration with RSS feeds? Besides of group support (in the works) and some sort of BlueSky integration (which could be skirted with RSS feeds), that's one of the few things I'd be missing to move from Friendica.
@csolisr@hub.azkware.net Bonfire provides RSS/Atom for feeds and users: docs.bonfirenetworks.org/rss... (we want to add the same for thread comments next)
And we've prototyped an extension for following RSS/Atom feeds just like you do ActivityPub actors within Bonfire, some feedback on the approach would be useful: github.com/bonfire-networks/...
@Bonfire Nice! Sidenote: there a good place to learn more about the emerging encryption standard?
Here's the announcement about MLS over AP: socialwebfoundation.org/2025...
The draft spec: swicg.github.io/activitypub-...
The discussion space: github.com/swicg/activitypub...
Implementing Encrypted Messaging over ActivityPub
One of the project areas of the Social Web Foundation for the last year has been end-to-end encrypted messaging. ActivityPub, the standard protocol that powers the Social Web, has privacy controls, but they do not protect the content of messages from server operators. Encrypted messaging has become a common feature on many social networks since ActivityPub was created, and its lack has inhibited Social Web adoption and public trust in the network.
ActivityPub is extensible, though. As part […]
📢 A lot has happened in the past months for #LAUTI and @klasse_methode@chaos.social. Here is a short rundown:
🏁 We released LAUTI v1.2.0 yesterday along with a brand new blog and LAUTI documentation page on lauti.org. Some weeks ago we started working on Fediverse integration with the support of @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz thanks to @linos@graz.social. Furthermore we collaborate with @Bonfire for a tight integration of events and got a couple of new contributors and public instances!
☀️ The future looks bright! Read all about it in first blog post: lauti.org/blog/lauti-updates...
We just released Bonfire 1.0.2, an update focused on giving you a more stable and reliable experience.
We're also heads-down working with several communities who are setting up their own Bonfire servers.
Plus updates on end to end encryption and federated groups.
More details: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...
Finally, LAUTI has it's own fediverse account! 👋 Up until now, we used @klasse_methode@chaos.social to post about LAUTI, but we think it deserves it's own account. And we hope you think so too. 😀
We're glad that our friends from @Bonfire provided us with an account on their server. And it makes total sense, as we work closely with them on different projects, one of them being the tight integration of LAUTI events into Bonfire.
For all who don't know LAUTI yet: LAUTI - Open Source Community Calendar provides communities with a sovereign platform to share their events. Fediverse integration is in the making. For more check lauti.org
Help spread the word if you like. 🤝
Are there any activitypub implementations which encrypt the contents of messages and only allow federated instances a key to decrypt it or a similar privacy mechanism?
@capriciousday@mastodon.social we're working on it! see socialwebfoundation.org/2025...
Implementing Encrypted Messaging over ActivityPub
One of the project areas of the Social Web Foundation for the last year has been end-to-end encrypted messaging. ActivityPub, the standard protocol that powers the Social Web, has privacy controls, but they do not protect the content of messages from server operators. Encrypted messaging has become a common feature on many social networks since ActivityPub was created, and its lack has inhibited Social Web adoption and public trust in the network.
ActivityPub is extensible, though. As part […]
@mdione@en.osm.town @jeremy@mapstodon.space sorry will update it soon! @fresseng@universites.social
Hi, you can schedule a call with us cal.com/bonfire-networks/mee... or contact Newsmast at support@newsmast.org
@hirunatan@xarxa.cloud Please reach out to us or @newsmast@newsmast.social to discuss!
I really hope @Bonfire succeeds in their vision for federated groups. This is so important for the fediverse and I can envision many use cases in my own life.
Sadly, I'm not in a financial position to support them right now, but I hope I will be sometime soon.
Why Community Matters: Groups as the Next Step for the Fediverse
Today at 17 - 18:30 UTC / 18 - 19:30 CET we'll have an open video call in the internationalist union hall of tech workers' cooperatives and folks who want to start tech workers' cooperatives.
Come on by!
video: https://meet.jit.si/techcoops
chat: https://matrix.to/#/#techcoop:autonomic.zone
#coop #cooperative #democracy #workers #cooperativa #solidarity #union
Hey @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe team, it looks like openscience.network is down? Did that partnership shut down?
Was just kind of curious, as I was interested in highlighting it a blog post.
@deadsuperhero@spark.box464.social oh thanks that's an accident, the project is alive, fixing the website now!
We had a great gathering for I ❤️ Free Software Day #ilovefs in Amsterdam! We had a simultaneous Dutch and English reading of a
Ada & Zangemann by @kirschner of @fsfe. Afterwards we had a discussion with @tommi and @mayel of @Bonfire . It was such a pleasure to work with @nicorikken and @Holly . Thank you to everyone who came for the afternoon and brought their kids! Great to read to the next generation.
RE: https://toot.wales/@teamtoot/116058537526076652
I'm so incredibly proud of what we’re building at @teamtoot - this isn't just another platform, it’s a community-owned space where the entire team works hard to keep a welcome.
We have 9 spots left for the launch event in #Cardiff - I’d love to see some familiar Fediverse faces and local advocates there to help us kick this off!
If you're ready to see what a digital cwtch looks like in the real world, we’d love to have you with us. Come grab a seat at the table! 👇
📢 Final Call: Only 9 spots left for our launch event!
We’re bringing together the people building #BetterSocial for #Wales .. and the UK ... and the world 😉
If you're within striking distance of #Cardiff on Feb 28th, join us!
Community members, Fediverse afficionados, social web advocates, policymakers, journalists - help us celebrate the Tŵt app launch 🎉
Details and RSVP request here:
If you're in Amsterdam this Saturday join us for reading of Ada & Zangemann by @kirschner@mastodon.social & Sandra Brandstätter in English and in Dutch, followed by a conversation about Free Software maintenance as care work, together with @mayel from Bonfire, at the @internetarchiveeurope@toot.community, Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam on Saturday Feb 14th at 14:00. More information and RSVP here.
@Bonfire I would like to support your current crowdfunding campaign but I do not want anything in return; also I do not want to share my postal address with Indiegogo. Is there a way I can just donate?
@smeikx@graz.social you can do so here, thanks! opencollective.com/bonfire-n...
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