How did the #Fediverse become what it is today?Β Have you ever wondered?
@Robert W. Gehl recently published a book chronicling and analyzing the fediverse, and he'll come and tell us all about it, this Thursday for an hour.
Join us for this free FediForum online event.
FediForum special event next week!
Join us for an hour with Robert W. Gehl, who wrote a great new book about the Fediverse: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media."
Come and hear excerpts from the book, and ask questions! We read the book and he has lots of fascinating insights to tell.
More info and registration:
Brazil is starting to require age verification for social media sites, following other jurisdictions like the US state of Mississippi.
FediForum advisory board member @npub1zh77...klkr and his organization, AlquimΓdia, are organizing an online meetup TOMORROW to discuss the impact of this new law on Fediverse instances in Brazil and what instance operators need to do.
More info and registration: https://alquimidia.org/reuniao-pl-2628-2022/
#ageverification #fediforum #fediverse #brazil
What are subjects related to the #Fediverse, #Bluesky, and the entire open social web that are at the top of your mind now, in late summer 2025?
How could we get them best covered at FediForum in October?
Can #enshittification be stopped and reversed?
@npub1fdrp...lvhs lays out how to in his recent #FediForum keynote.
The key ingredient: the political will to require account portability.
Watch:
News: FediForum is partnering with free software conference SFSCON on a Fediverse track (and more!) at their in-person conference in November, in beautiful Bolzano in the Italian alps.
Want to present or demo? Let us know. More info:
We fell behind posting what happened on FediForum Day 1 today. The product announcements and demos were followed by 17 attendee-run unconference sessions, then a though-provoking keynote by Cory Doctorow, and unconference closing.
For more details, see detailed coverage by https://wedistribute.org/2025/06/fediforum-june-2025/
