Bonfire (@Bonfire)

Bonfire Team

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.

Posts by @ivan and @mayel

Previously at @bonfire@indieweb.social

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Erin Kissane

@kissane.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy 9 mo. ago

I'm so psyched about @bonfire.bonfire.cafe.ap.brid.gy's work on making the open social internet good for real communities by putting in the culture work right from the very beginning. I'm a scavenger and a pragmatist *and also* I think the way we do things matters. www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/

Sparks fly up

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Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 9 mo. ago

"Today we're releasing Bonfire Social 1.0: a federated community‑first social network and the modular toolkit that powers it: a framework for building apps on the open social web beyond microblogging. We're pairing the launch with a crowdfund so communities drive what we build next. "

@Bonfire, Nov, 2025

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0-is-here-back-the-community-funded-roadmap/

#fediverse #Bonfire #crowdfunding

Bonfire Social 1.0 is here, back the community‑funded roadmap

We're releasing Bonfire Social 1.0 and launching a crowdfund so communities drive what we build next. Back it, share it, and help move the social web from closed platforms to open networks.

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Johannes Ernst

@j12t@j12t.social 9 mo. ago

Harry says the entire network — the Fediverse — is an exercise in cooperation. True! #sfscon #fediverse #fediforum

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Erin Kissane

@kissane.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy 10 mo. ago

I wrote about tensions and troubles for Bluesky on @techpolicypress.bsky.social and then I wrote about the TPP piece on wrecka.ge and now I am posting about it the post on Bluesky. Look at this cloud. www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...

Clouded Skies for Open Network...

wreckage/salvage

Clouded Skies for Open Networks

Last week, I finished an essay about platform design affordances and content moderation expectations and community-level context collapse on Bluesky for Tech Policy Press and set it aside to cool before a last read-through. An hour later, the Trump administration brought to Bluesky a propaganda-zombie army made up of the

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Bonfire

@bonfire@indieweb.social 10 mo. ago

🔥 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 monitor migration progress in detail and troubleshoot issues.

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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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Co-op Cloud

@coopcloud@social.coop 10 mo. ago

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

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