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Good day all! Fireside Fedi episode 43 starts NOW! With me today is @reiver . If you don't know Reiver, go check him out. He works on TONS of projects such as #GreatApe , #SpaceHost , #HootSuite , #CrowdBucks , #Fedicon , etc.

Watch the show live:
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#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

If you're enjoying the show, please consider supporting our new nonprofit btfree.org at https://givebutter.com/btfree. We're currently running https://tubefree.org which is a moderated peertube open for signups right now!

Çağan Mert İŞLEK ( @islekcaganmert ) asked this question at FediForum 2025 (in the comments).

The answer is — it already exists.

It is called GreatApe.

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

You can try an early MVP here:

https://greatape.social

With more features being added every week.

#FediForum#GreatApe

Çağan Mert İŞLEK ( @islekcaganmert ) asked this question at FediForum 2025 (in the comments).

The answer is — it already exists.

It is called GreatApe.

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

You can try an early MVP here:

https://greatape.social

With more features being added every week.

#FediForum#GreatApe

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GreatApe update №5:

We are looking at adding OpenWebAuth support for logging into GreatApe.

So that people can log into GreatApe using any Fediverse software that supports OpenWebAuth — such as Hubzilla.

. @scott suggested we do this (and him and I are currently discussing it).

#DeSo#GreatApe#Fediverse#FeSo#LoSo#SocialWeb

5/

GreatApe update №4:

I am working on making the WebSocket API (that @muhammadzaidali and @benyamin0 already created) look more ActivityPub / ActivityStreams like.

For example, sending ActivityPub / ActivityStreams events over the WebSocket.

Although, the WebSocket protocol needs to support a QUERY & QUERY-RESPONSE pattern, too. But, so far, the QUERY-RESPONSE has been a AP / AS Announce of some type of AP / AS 'Object'.

#ActivitySocket#DeSo#GreatApe#Fediverse#FeSo#LoSo#SocialWeb

4/

GreatApe update №3:

. @benyamin0 is working on fixing a UX bug — where everyone who was on the 'stage' gets kicked off of the stage if the host temporarily gets disconnected.

He is going to make it so — even if the host gets disconnected for 60 seconds, the GreatApe conference will continue.

#DeSo#GreatApe#Fediverse#FeSo#LoSo#SocialWeb

3/

GreatApe update №2:

. @muhammadzaidali is doing a major refactor of the GreatApe front-end.

It is something we need to do to make future development of GreatApe better and faster.

(Once he is done, we will have to do a lot of testing to do to make sure everything went OK.)

#DeSo#GreatApe#Fediverse#FeSo#LoSo#SocialWeb

2/

GreatApe update №1:

We have stopped calling what GreatApe does "live public conversations", as some people found that confusing.

We are now calling it a "Conference".

GreatApe has a concept of a 'stage' and an 'audience'. The people on the 'stage' can be seen and heard. The people in the 'audience' cannot (unless they come on the 'stage').

I updated most of the language in the GreatApe front-end to reflect that, but more to-do.

#DeSo#GreatApe#Fediverse#FeSo#LoSo#SocialWeb

1/

GreatApe is a conferencing platform for the Fediverse, and the Social Web — where an audience can listen & watch live, and can be invited to join the speakers on the stage.

Some updates —

#DeSo#GreatApe#Fediverse#FeSo#LoSo#SocialWeb

Fediverse Icons

https://github.com/reiver/fediverse-icons

Free, and in SVG format.

#DeSo#Fediverse#FediverseIcons#Calckey#Castopod#Forgejo#Friendica#FunkWhale#Gitea#GreatApe#Hubzilla#Lemmy#Mastodon#Misskey#Pixelfed#Pleroma#WordPress#WriteFreely