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A month later, I wrote some brief notes about #FediCon2025 on my blog. Looking forward to next year's conference for more inspiration and innovation on the Fediverse and decentralized social networks space!
Are you 1. Vancouver-local, 2. interested in joining a #PeerTube cooperative? 3. into ☕️ & face-to-face convos with #BIPOC folx like me? 🌈
@atomicpoet and I chatted bout how expensive it is to run a PeerTube server AND what can we do about it.
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Deets TBA for an #IRLmeetup #buildday this September! Join us at the 1st #FediCollective #coffeechat in YVR ☺️#peertubeCOOP 🌀
update 9.29.2025
had our first meetup yesterday with pics and deets at
https://tech.lgbt/@Crissy/115284235146700040
and https://tech.lgbt/@Crissy/115284295215238344
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Shoutout to #FediCon2025 for allowing me to finally meet Chris IRL so thanks @reiver 🙏
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Pic Story 👉 👈 Tomato Boyd's story of attending #Fedicon with me in Alt-Text #truestory #friendshipday
@id thx 4 ur kindness. Following and great to connect to @Gina, have been following @_elena since before the awesome and amazing video ☺️
#FediCollective was founded after we had #fedicon2025 here in Vancouver because IRL people also mentioned wanting community ala Fediverse Club. Today builders and creatives are meeting to discuss ideas and projects for the Open Web ❤️
Just really excited the LGBTQIA2 and BIPOC gaming community want to be involved 🌈
On September 18, I also posted "Facts Over Feelings: Stop Waiting. Start Building" on LinkedIn to be transparent about who are the pivotal folx I've met IRL at #FediCon2025 that are helping on- and offline for the co-creation of the kind of #DWeb #OpenWeb we like.
I close it with actionable steps and a framework
"Don't critique the vibe - create it. Show up consistently. Build what the community needs."
Building vs. Complaining on the Social Web
Last week, saw someone post about what's wrong with the Fediverse vibe & decentralized social media for LGBT folx. I'm in the tech.lgbt server since 2023. It's not vibes as the issue, it's lack of action. Instead of pointing out the wrongs, do what's helpful.
Here's what I've learned from actually building community here
✅ We've created real IRL #ThirdSpace meetups in Vancouver directly after #FediCon2025 via #FediCollective & #PeerTube coop
✅ Connected BIPOC & LGBTQ+ creators across platforms
✅ Built supportive spaces for wellness & grief recovery
✅ Fostered genuine relationships that extend beyond screens
The vibe of any space is what we collectively create. Instead of waiting for someone else to fix the problems we see, be the change you want to see.
What are YOU building here? What communities are you nurturing? What connections are you fostering?
The future belongs to the builders, not the critics. HT @evan for yesterday's post that inspired me
A month later, I wrote some brief notes about #FediCon2025 on my blog. Looking forward to next year's conference for more inspiration and innovation on the Fediverse and decentralized social networks space!
That was the main point of my presentation at #Fedicon2025, that:
1. We need a real payment infrastructure here on the Fediverse.
2. We need to do it well, to avoid the (numerous) sins of the past.
3. I'm doing that right now, PLEASE HELP ME OMG.
I can't wait until the videos are up, then I can just link to that presentation a thousand times, because I laid out my entire life's purpose in it.
For now it’s face to face monthly over coffee but I hope to find some co-organizing help for a global/ online-only membership version so folx can remotely participate in discussions and solutions
For now it’s face to face monthly over coffee but I hope to find some co-organizing help for a global/ online-only membership version so folx can remotely participate in discussions and solutions
A photo of some of us who were at FediCon 2025 at the end of the day on Saturday August 2nd.
I am working on editing @atomicpoet 's FediCon 2025 panel right now.
The panel that included (from left to right) @dansup , @benpate , @julian , @johannab , and @dawn / @dcwalk as panelists.
Once it is edited, I will upload it to the FediCon PeerTube account:
A photo of some of us who were at FediCon 2025 at the end of the day on Saturday August 2nd.
I am working on editing @atomicpoet 's FediCon 2025 panel right now.
The panel that included (from left to right) @dansup , @benpate , @julian , @johannab , and @dawn / @dcwalk as panelists.
Once it is edited, I will upload it to the FediCon PeerTube account:
CrowdBucks Demo (FediCon 2025)
by Charles Iliya Krempeaux @reiver
FediUrbanism: Digital Third Spaces for Community (re)Connection (FediCon 2025)
by Johanna Botari @johannab
A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
