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@misterdubs
> This is a vanilla install of a Bonfire instance. However, it is hosted on Yunohost
Hey @yunohost, can you think any reason this instance is identifying itself (presumably over the NodeInfo endpoint) by its domain name, rather than the name of the actual software it's an instance of?
Very excited to officially kickstart our @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe server at Warwick and to be able to codesign it with fellow researchers!
Excited for this workshop tomorrow at @CIM@bonfire.cim.warwick.ac.uk
If you or anyone you know is in the area, whether in the University of Warwick's orbit or not, please come along to co-design the #OpenScienceNetwork, #Bonfire, and our #codesign methods themselves.
Hi @misterdubs, I found your fediverse service on the list here;
https://forte.eenoog.org/instances?project=coresignal
Coresignal.podmoodle.nohost.me looks like a Bonfire instance, but it's not on the Bonfire list here;
https://forte.eenoog.org/instances?project=bonfire
Is CoreSignal a fork of some kind? Or has @Bonfire maybe got some issues with its NodeInfo implementation?
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz they've probably simply customised the APP_NAME environment variable.
Coming up this Thursday: An Introduction to Public-Interest Infrastructure with #CoopCloud, this Thursday 15th October @ 19 UTC
Call link: https://jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFlying
Calendar event: https://coopcloud.tech/ics/public-interest-infrastructure-2026-10-15.ics
Dramatic countdown: https://time.is/countdown/19:00_15_Oct_2026_in_UTC?Intro_to_Public_Interest_Infrastructure
https://time.is/19_15_Oct_2026_in_UTC?Intro_to_Public-Interest_Infrastructure
HUGE thanks to @la_rosa for the awesome flyer!
– 3wordchant
Huh, in #Bonfire you can just straight up import the JSON file of your last account's entire outbox collection?
I'm super curious to see what would happen, but instantly wonder what might break.
@deadsuperhero@fedizen.net that only imports your posts or other supported objects:
> You can now bring your posts (and optionally their replies) with you when moving to Bonfire from another instance. Imported posts keep their original dates and links, and are added to your timeline in the right order, so your history looks complete. Replies and threads are preserved, as are like/boost counts. This works by automatically "boosting" your old posts (but without flooding people's feeds or notifications with old activities).
Source: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...
From our series on the public funding of open source, Jeffrey A. McGuire explains how the Fediverse was built.
@nlnet @NGIZero @cwebber @spritely @Bonfire
#DigitalAutonomy #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource #community #FOSS
Dear Fedi friends,
My heart is full after spending two inspiring days in Luxembourg at #OSCL26.
I'd love to thank @paolo for giving me and @Gina the fantastic opportunity to co-organize the "decentralized technologies for digital sovereignty" track. It was an incredible experience.
And HUGE thanks to all our phenomenal speakers: @laurenshof
@YRAR
@samvie
@ivan of @Bonfire
@manfredzielinski @jonassmith @imacrea
plus Fabrice, Bartosz, Penar and Rafael.
This community is amazing ❤️
How the Fediverse Found Parts for Its Platforms https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/How-the-Fediverse-Found-Parts-for-Its-Platforms
A really nice article from Linux Magazine, which includes a lot of interview material with me about the history of the fediverse, where I think things are going, etc. Lots of other lovely people interviewed also
Linux Magazine talked to us about how and why we build Bonfire.
What we want next is "not a bigger Bonfire, but a network of cooperatives covering the whole supply chain of a community's digital space", who "do it together" rather than leave you to "do it yourself".
Because "federation, we don't see it as just a technical thing. We see it as a social, economic, and political tool as well."
Link: Supporting the Social Web: How the Fediverse Found Parts for Its Platforms
Also happy to spread the love for @coopcloud@social.coop, @coquest@social.coop, @SocialCoop@social.coop and more, check out the links at the end of the article! Thanks to @horncologne@fosstodon.org for a lovely conversation, and @linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org for publishing it, in a piece that also features the great @cwebber@social.coop and @tsyesika@mastodon.nu from @spritely@social.coop.
#fediverse #ActivityPub #opensource #freesoftware #OpenCooperativeEcosystem #OpenScienceNetwork
It was such a great experience to join the open source conference in luxembourg!
Huge thanks to the amazing @_elena@mastodon.social and @Gina@fosstodon.org for organising and curating the Decentralised Technologies for Digital Sovereignty track, It brought together lots of the people and conversations we need right now.
And thanks to @samvie@chaos.social to keep pushing the fediverse forwards ✊️
Very excited to officially kickstart our @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe server at Warwick and to be able to codesign it with fellow researchers!
@mat@friendica.exon.name @news@wedistribute.org documented here for now: github.com/bonfire-networks/...
@news @Bonfire Nice. I mean, it sounds like you've had to implement a parallel data store to support this, which doesn't sound fun and might discourage other implementations from trying it. But it proves the idea.
The moderation side: yeah, the activity can be shown to moderators, but e.g. {"type": "WeirdUseCase", "content": "Friendly content", "weird:specialField": "Evil content"} will show only the friendly content, not the evil content. This is surely not the most pressing moderation issue right now, but I bet it'll show up eventually.
@mat@friendica.exon.name @news@wedistribute.org good point, we can add a menu option for mods to view the full JSON
Bonfire is capable of storing totally unfamiliar activities
I did not know this! Does this mean that Bonfire stores the full RDF of the activities it receives? I don't know any other large project that does this. Anywhere I can read more about the implementation?
One problem I thought of with this, is that your server can end up storing and forwarding data that is hidden to moderators. I can think of a few mitigations, but I'm interested what @Bonfire is doing.
Yeah the server stores the JSON for any objects that aren't implemented by any extension enabled on the instance, but also display those in feeds and threads, with a best effort to generate a preview based on looking for common metadata properties, so they can still be flagged and displayed in moderation queues.
@gaetan@mediapart.social vous pouvez voir ici comment on propose de collaborer, ce serait vraiment un plaisir pour nous de pouvoir aider mediapart et vos lecteurs: bonfirenetworks.org/case-stu...
@lutindiscret@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com @gaetan@piaille.fr
@gaetan@mediapart.social l'integration avec ghost n'est qu'un exemple, l'important c'est la flexibilité et notre approach de co-design pour construire quelque chose d'unique avec chaque communautée, plutot que d'offrire un seule plateforme pour tout le monde
@lutindiscret@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com @gaetan@piaille.fr
@gaetan@mediapart.social vous pouvez voir ici comment on propose de collaborer, ce serait vraiment un plaisir pour nous de pouvoir aider mediapart et vos lecteurs: bonfirenetworks.org/case-stu...
@lutindiscret@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com @gaetan@piaille.fr
Coming to the Open Source Conference in Luxembourg today? @oscl@mastodon.opencloud.lu 🇱🇺
Come say hi! At 15:30 we'll talk about digital sovereignty, why it's more than a server, what is the ecosystem we're building towards and keep asking ourselves: where's Franca? 🔥
pretalx.com/open-source-conf... #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse #OpenSource #Bonfire
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