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:
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FediForum | FediForum special event: Robert W. Gehl introduces his new Fediverse book: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges"
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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?
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FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward
At the last FediForum, we saw the premiere of the amazing Fediverse movie by [@_elena](
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Elena Rossini ⁂ (@_elena@mastodon.social)
681 Posts, 449 Following, 10.4K Followers · Italian filmmaker, photographer and writer based in Paris, France who ❀️ #FOSS 🎬 Director of...
 ). We can't promise something as amazing, but if you care about better social media, chances are you will love FediForum in October. Join us!
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FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward
 https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN?start=0s
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:
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FediForum Keynote: Cory Doctorow
Keynote by Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) at FediForum June 2025. More info: https://fediforum.org/2025-06
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:
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FediForum | FediForum partners with Free Software conference SFSCON for November 7-8, 2025 in Bolzano, Italy
Watch Cory Doctorow outline how to de-enshittify technology and more in his keynote at FediForum June 2025. PeerTube:
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FediForum Keynote: Cory Doctorow
Keynote by Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) at FediForum June 2025. More info: https://fediforum.org/2025-06
 YouTube: #FediForum /cc @npub1fdrp...lvhs
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/
Congratulations to our friends at A New Social who launched their new Bounce tool today at #FediForum, and got a nice writeup on Techcrunch!
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Introducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon | TechCrunch
The overall goal at A New Social is to shift the power of social networks back to the people, not the platform makers, by giving them tools that le...
We are in the middle of the #FediForum speed demo track. A New Social just announced Bounce, the first-ever migration tool of accounts between #AtProto and #ActivityPub. You can keep your followers across networks!
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