Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow
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Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow
@tchambers's feed, created with Surf, here:

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547

#SurfFeeds #FediForum #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Federation #OpenSocial

FediForum is coming up. It's an unconference, so the agenda is set by the attendees, but we do know that it will be unmissable, featuring a keynote from @ben and sessions from people like @quillmatiq, @j12t, @johannab and more. Here's the schedule, plus some of what's on the cards.

https://fediforum.org/2025-10/

#FediForum #Fediverse #OpenSocial #ActivityPub #Developers #Conference #UnConference

"The days of us being able to walk on [to social media], tweet something, walk away, and get people to come to our website are over…" @404mediaco's Jason Koebler told Nieman Lab's Hanaa' Tameez at the iMEdD International Journalism Forum last week. "We said, if we don’t aggressively move people from social media platforms that we don’t control to platforms that we do control, this business isn’t going to work and we aren’t going to have jobs anymore.” This led the team at 404 to ask readers for email addresses and put older stories behind paywalls, which totally transformed their business. Here's more from NiemanLab on what 404, The Economist and El País have learned about how to attract and retain readers in today's media environment.

https://flip.it/US6PS0

#Media #Journalism #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #Newsletters #MediaIndustry

FediForum is coming up. It's an unconference, so the agenda is set by the attendees, but we do know that it will be unmissable, featuring a keynote from @ben and sessions from people like @quillmatiq, @j12t, @johannab and more. Here's the schedule, plus some of what's on the cards.

https://fediforum.org/2025-10/

#FediForum #Fediverse #OpenSocial #ActivityPub #Developers #Conference #UnConference

The other thing that the #Guppe incident showed us is that the #Fediverse seriously needs the #Nomadic protocol.

Let's say the Fediverse understands the protocol: just move to a new domain, inform all instances "this is the new domain, automatically re-subscribe please", done. Life goes on for regular people.

I am not saying it is that easy or that's how exactly it will work. But it could've been avoided. Right now, entire communities are gone, many who were relying on it are now disconnected. (Then again, I can argue that it's time to clean the membership since many accounts are also stagnant.)

So, when? #ActivityPub2 ?

#SocialWeb#OpenSocial#OpenSocialWeb

The other thing that the #Guppe incident showed us is that the #Fediverse seriously needs the #Nomadic protocol.

Let's say the Fediverse understands the protocol: just move to a new domain, inform all instances "this is the new domain, automatically re-subscribe please", done. Life goes on for regular people.

I am not saying it is that easy or that's how exactly it will work. But it could've been avoided. Right now, entire communities are gone, many who were relying on it are now disconnected. (Then again, I can argue that it's time to clean the membership since many accounts are also stagnant.)

So, when? #ActivityPub2 ?

#SocialWeb#OpenSocial#OpenSocialWeb

Mississippi's age assurance law is causing challenges for social media platforms. Here's how Bluesky and Mastodon are approaching things.

https://flip.it/dgWoEu

#Technology#Tech#SocialMedia#SocialMediaPlatforms#OpenSocial#Mississippi#Decentralization#AgeAssuranceLaws

Mississippi's age assurance law is causing challenges for social media platforms. Here's how Bluesky and Mastodon are approaching things.

https://flip.it/dgWoEu

#Technology#Tech#SocialMedia#SocialMediaPlatforms#OpenSocial#Mississippi#Decentralization#AgeAssuranceLaws

Anyone else in need of a break from news and politics for the weekend? Here’s a thread of #SurfFeeds that celebrate everything from coffee to mindfulness. Join the beta here, using the referral code SurfShares.

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#Flipboard#SurfFeeds#SurfApp#SurfBeta#OpenSocial

"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

"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