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FediForum @fediforum.org · 4h

"The Stakes Are Real: Why the Open Social Web Matters Now."

Amazing keynote from @werd.io at last week's #FediForum, reminding us all that what we are building here is critical for the world at this moment in time, and also some good advice on how to solve right problems.

FediForum Keynote: Ben Werdmuller

Keynote by Ben Werdmuller (@[email protected], @werd.io, https://werd.io) at FediForum October 2025. More info: https://fediforum.org/2025-10

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 1d

The keynote and demo recordings, as well as session notes, from FediForum October 2025 are now online.

Checkout our website https://fediforum.org, which also has links to our PeerTube and YouTube channels.

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Richard MacManus @ricmac.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Here’s my writeup of #fediforum (the openings at least). Loved the message of @ben’s keynote — everything big starts small — and I was impressed by the fedi products showcased: @altstore ( @rileytestut), Bounce ( @quillmatiq, @snarfed.org), Frequency ( @jesseplusplus), CrowdBucks ( @reiver) & […]

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 6d

Very nice writeup by @ricmac@mastodon.social for The New Stack on what happened at #FediForum this week, and why the Open Social Web (should) matter to #developers.

Everything Big Starts Small: Building Open Social Web Apps

There's a small but growing app movement on the open social web. At the latest FediForum virtual event, developers showed their wares.

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

And to be notified of the next online FediForum: apps.fediforum.org/n...

We will publish the meeting notes and the recordings of the keynote and demos as soon as we can. Follow this account and our PeerTube account to learn when: @[email protected]
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

It's a wrap for FediForum Day 2, and the entire October 2025 FediForum. We had a blast, and attendees have told us the same.

Next: meet in-person in South Tyrol in Northern Italy in about a month at sfscon.it.
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

By the time you see this, it will be too late to put your own session on the agenda, but you can still join today, and there is always next time!

To join: https://fediforum.org

To be notified of the next FediForum: apps.fediforum.org/n...
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

Now moving to unconference sessions. Yesterday we had 16 of them, all brought and run by FediForum attendees, covering a wide variety of technical and non-technical subjects on the open social web.
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

... and FediForum Day 2 is starting just about now.

First: software demos! Including some very cool ones that you likely have not seen before -- because they haven't been shown anywhere else before!

You can still join us:

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

FediForum Day 2 is going to start in about one hour!

We'll start with some very cool, fast, software demos, showing off open social web software you may not have seen, and then have three time slots for parallel unconference sessions. Bring your topics!

You can still join:

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 7d

FediForum Day 1 News -- attendees already know, but here is it for the general public (middle of the page): fediforum.org/2025-10/

Some of this news is going to be demo'd at #FediForum, today, Day 2. You can still join us and see the demos and participate in discussions!

https://fediforum.org

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

FediForum got a mention today in a piece on Mastodon Starter Packs in The Verge. Mastodon starter packs are coming, and were discussed at #FediForum today.

www.theverge.com/news/794988/...

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

Starter Packs, but for Mastodon.

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

It's a wrap for FediForum Day 1. We had an amazing keynote, which we will publish to PeerTube and YouTube as soon as we can, and ~15 unconference sessions from the very technical to public policy, from the needs of communities to those of media and academia and more.

See you tomorrow for day 2!

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

The first set of unconference sessions at #FediForum is about to start.

You can still join us, today and/or tomorrow, and help us and the community figure out the future of social media and the open social web.

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 8d

@werd.io kicking off @fediforum.org with his keynote!

Ben Werdmuller at FediForum in a Zoom call. On the right is his camera, on the left is a slide that says "The Stakes are Real: Why the Open Social Web Matters Now"

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

... and FediForum is getting started.

We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

FediForum, the online event that brings together the people who move the Open Social Web forward, starts in one hour!

We expect a number of rather interesting announcements. If you are registered, you get a heads-up just about now by e-mail.

You can still join us, online!

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

Is #FediForum only for geeks?

Not at all! Users have come. Moderators. Artists. Public policy people. Media people. Creators. And many more, because the Open Social Web matters to all of them, and to all of us, around the world.

So join us online in just a bit!

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

Any discussion of internationalisation, multilingual text, unicode, and fonts will attract my interest. i know a lot about these topics and can answer questions.

Join us! https://fediforum.org
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

Jim DeLaHunt (@jdlh@mstdn.ca) is coming to FediForum and says:

I want to talk about globally inclusive fediverse handles (i.e. non-ascii, e.g. @ตัวอย่าง@ตัวอย่าง.ไทย) . who is using them? what obstacles block using them? how do we clear those obstacles?
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

Liz Pendleton (@[email protected]) is coming to FediForum in ~12 hours, and says:

Would love to workshop with people about media revolution, with media liberation day coming up on the 5th november - looking for support from fedifriends

You can still join us:

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

You can still join us, starting in a few hours! https://fediforum.org
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 8d

Michael Karbacher (@sozialwelten@ifwo.eu) is coming to #FediForum and says:

We are in a very early process of developing a fediverse app called “testapp” for open bookcases to create a new form of (book-) library based on commons and self organization. App development, subsidies, sociology.
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 9d

Besides that, i’m always willing to talk about my evergreen topic: what can the fediverse do for academics, and what can academics do for the fediverse.

fediforum.org/2025-10/
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FediForum @fediforum.org · 9d

Julian Fietkau (@[email protected]) says:

I’ve been part of some constructive discussions around the nuances of groups, lists, and follow recommendations (“starter packs”) lately. Maybe there will be other people [at FediForum] interested in exchanging ideas and plans.
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