"At FediCon, as much happened in the cafes, bars and lobbies around the conference hall as during the talks. Lots of servers in the Fediverse are patches, or Third Spaces. They’re communities."

Energised by FediCon, @michael has put his pen to paper to explore how we can grow the Fediverse by thinking outside of the current space.

Check out the latest Paths & Patches blog here 👉 https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

#FediCon#Fediverse#SocialWeb#Mastodon#SocialMedia#Tech#Community#Blog

Absolutely loved @cyberlyra talk on "Building A Social Movement Toward Alternatives". Addressed so many great ways to help "free" your family from being "captured" and slowly introducing folks to the #fediverse or #foss one thing at a time. You don't have to move the whole world at once.

https://spectra.video/w/wAAtEn15GZmkDhH3X1FFpP

#fedicon2025 #peertube #reclaimtech

Absolutely loved @cyberlyra talk on "Building A Social Movement Toward Alternatives". Addressed so many great ways to help "free" your family from being "captured" and slowly introducing folks to the #fediverse or #foss one thing at a time. You don't have to move the whole world at once.

https://spectra.video/w/wAAtEn15GZmkDhH3X1FFpP

#fedicon2025 #peertube #reclaimtech

In order to see all the world at once ?
I was fantasizing about a map/globe that aggregates connections from all the servers running Thomas' patch.

That would be a really cool representation of the #fediverse in real time.
Something like War Games Norad , but peaceful!

If you are interested in how the Fediverse really works and some of the key people making it happen, sit down with a coffee and check out one (or all!) of the presentations from #fedicon.

Mine was about my journey finding the Fediverse and eventually teaming up with folks to create socialbc.ca and what I learned along the way.

And yes, I am pretty sure we are in a Stanley Kubrick movie.
#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community
https://spectra.video/w/p9nScG9XFX81iE89ufmWUM

You can see all the videos that have been uploaded so far on the #fedicon page here at spectra.video. #peertube

https://spectra.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos

#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community

You can see all the videos that have been uploaded so far on the #fedicon page here at spectra.video. #peertube

https://spectra.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos

#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community

If you are interested in how the Fediverse really works and some of the key people making it happen, sit down with a coffee and check out one (or all!) of the presentations from #fedicon.

Mine was about my journey finding the Fediverse and eventually teaming up with folks to create socialbc.ca and what I learned along the way.

And yes, I am pretty sure we are in a Stanley Kubrick movie.
#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community
https://spectra.video/w/p9nScG9XFX81iE89ufmWUM

"At FediCon, as much happened in the cafes, bars and lobbies around the conference hall as during the talks. Lots of servers in the Fediverse are patches, or Third Spaces. They’re communities."

Energised by FediCon, @michael has put his pen to paper to explore how we can grow the Fediverse by thinking outside of the current space.

Check out the latest Paths & Patches blog here 👉 https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

#FediCon#Fediverse#SocialWeb#Mastodon#SocialMedia#Tech#Community#Blog

"The solution isn’t building better platforms — it’s making platforms an obsolete concept. Platforms concentrate power; protocols distribute it. Platforms extract value from users; protocols enable users to create value for themselves. Most importantly: platforms can be captured by bad actors, but protocols resist capture by design."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/

#Technology#PeopleNotPlatforms#Fediverse#ActivityPub#Bluesky#ATProto#OpenSocial#OpenSocialWeb

🎥 Exciting updates from #Fedicon2025! Check out the videos at https://specta.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos to see the amazing work fedizens are doing. Great way to learn and stay connected! 🚀 Also, if you're looking for more content, check out #FiresideFedi at https://video.firesidefedi.live #Fediverse #peertube

Earlier this week Ghost announced a major update. With it, every Ghost publication is now on the Open Social Web.

This is a huge step forward for the Open Social Web and a real testament to how work across the Social Web is benefitting creators and organisations away from Big Tech.

If you want to learn more, check out the changelog: https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#Ghost#SocialWeb#Fediverse#Publishing#OpenNetwork#Community#Blog#Newsletter#Mastodon

Patches, paths and The Matrix (or why we can't all be Trinity). First thoughts from FediCon, a vibrant Fediverse gathering in Vancouver on 1-2 August 2025, put together by @reiver and team. Part II and III to follow. Thank you to everyone who organised, presented and attended. It was fun!

#fediverse

https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

Patches, paths and The Matrix (or why we can't all be Trinity). First thoughts from FediCon, a vibrant Fediverse gathering in Vancouver on 1-2 August 2025, put together by @reiver and team. Part II and III to follow. Thank you to everyone who organised, presented and attended. It was fun!

#fediverse

https://www.blog-pat.ch/patches-paths-the-matrix-fedicon-thoughts-part-i/

I am working on editing @cyberlyra 's FediCon 2025 talk right now.

Once it is edited, I will upload it to the FediCon PeerTube account:

@fedicon

https://spectra.video/@fedicon

#FediCon#FediCon2025#Fediverse

Earlier this week Ghost announced a major update. With it, every Ghost publication is now on the Open Social Web.

This is a huge step forward for the Open Social Web and a real testament to how work across the Social Web is benefitting creators and organisations away from Big Tech.

If you want to learn more, check out the changelog: https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

#Ghost#SocialWeb#Fediverse#Publishing#OpenNetwork#Community#Blog#Newsletter#Mastodon