Bonfire
@bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
Public Interest Social Networks
Bonfire is built by communities, for communities—rooted in autonomy, mutual care, and collective power. Co-create your tools […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://indieweb.social/@bonfire, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Bonfire is built by communities, for communities—rooted in autonomy, mutual care, and collective power. Co-create your tools […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://indieweb.social/@bonfire, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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indieweb.social
🔥 Bonfire Social 1.0 release candidate has landed!
Curious about what the fediverse could look like with real community control?
Try out features like custom feeds, nested discussions, shared profiles, circles, and boundary-based permissions — then let us know what breaks or needs improvement […]
Curious about what the fediverse could look like with real community control?
Try out features like custom feeds, nested discussions, shared profiles, circles, and boundary-based permissions — then let us know what breaks or needs improvement […]
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FYI today's talk was moved 10 minutes earlier to 17:10 CET
January 31, 2026 at 10:27 AM
FYI today's talk was moved 10 minutes earlier to 17:10 CET
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🚄 The Bonfire team is rolling into Brussels for FOSDEM 2026!
Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you […]
Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you […]
Original post on bonfire.cafe
bonfire.cafe
January 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM
🚄 The Bonfire team is rolling into Brussels for FOSDEM 2026!
Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you […]
Come find us at one of Europe’s biggest free software gatherings, with over 8,000 people, dozens of devrooms, and all things open source. We’re giving two talks this weekend (and both will be livestreamed at the links below, so you […]
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Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/
Big news for the #fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #activitypub.
@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations.
Bonfire is proud to be one of […]
Big news for the #fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #activitypub.
@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations.
Bonfire is proud to be one of […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/
Big news for the #fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #activitypub.
@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations.
Bonfire is proud to be one of […]
Big news for the #fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #activitypub.
@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations.
Bonfire is proud to be one of […]
⏳ Just a few hours left! 🔥
We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.
Support or boost before time runs out […]
We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.
Support or boost before time runs out […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
⏳ Just a few hours left! 🔥
We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.
Support or boost before time runs out […]
We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.
Support or boost before time runs out […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
⏳ Just a few hours left! 🔥
We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.
Support or boost before time runs out […]
We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.
Support or boost before time runs out […]
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Today the funding campain for this great project ends. If succesful it will enable a long roadmap of tools for a truly open and participative web. Chip in if you can!
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
@bonfire
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
@bonfire
December 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today the funding campain for this great project ends. If succesful it will enable a long roadmap of tools for a truly open and participative web. Chip in if you can!
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
@bonfire
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
@bonfire
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Oops almost forget to support @bonfire on Indiegogo. Today is the last day 😱 Hurry!
👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
✅ DONE
#indiegogo #opensocialweb #socialmedia
👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
✅ DONE
#indiegogo #opensocialweb #socialmedia
December 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Oops almost forget to support @bonfire on Indiegogo. Today is the last day 😱 Hurry!
👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
✅ DONE
#indiegogo #opensocialweb #socialmedia
👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire
✅ DONE
#indiegogo #opensocialweb #socialmedia
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39 hours to go for @bonfire 's crowdfunding campaign.
Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!
#fediverse #decentralize
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!
#fediverse #decentralize
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
39 hours to go for @bonfire 's crowdfunding campaign.
Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!
#fediverse #decentralize
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!
#fediverse #decentralize
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
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2 DAYS LEFT! Help @bonfire hit their first #stretchgoal and let's keep #funding #open #web #development
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=uMxfxdtM7kaxrjwxZLShUA
#bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=uMxfxdtM7kaxrjwxZLShUA
#bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
2 DAYS LEFT! Help @bonfire hit their first #stretchgoal and let's keep #funding #open #web #development
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=uMxfxdtM7kaxrjwxZLShUA
#bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=uMxfxdtM7kaxrjwxZLShUA
#bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss
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Congrats! The @bonfire team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups.
Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115668118860287866
Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115668118860287866
Bonfire (@[email protected])
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️ Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in. Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/ Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ #Fediverse #FederatedGroups #CommunitySpaces #ActivityPub
indieweb.social
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Congrats! The @bonfire team hit their initial “maintenance” goal. The next unlock is working on federated groups.
Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115668118860287866
Help fund their campaign!
https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115668118860287866
Several people asked if our artwork, such as the print we offer as a crowdfunding reward, is AI-generated.
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Several people asked if our artwork, such as the print we offer as a crowdfunding reward, is AI-generated.
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
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RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914
Plus que neuf jours pour trouver les quelques 574 € afin de poser la première pierre de Bonfire, fondation de Open Science Network, le premier réseau fédéré pour la communication scientifique, sous le contrôle des communautés scientifiques […]
Plus que neuf jours pour trouver les quelques 574 € afin de poser la première pierre de Bonfire, fondation de Open Science Network, le premier réseau fédéré pour la communication scientifique, sous le contrôle des communautés scientifiques […]
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914
Plus que neuf jours pour trouver les quelques 574 € afin de poser la première pierre de Bonfire, fondation de Open Science Network, le premier réseau fédéré pour la communication scientifique, sous le contrôle des communautés scientifiques […]
Plus que neuf jours pour trouver les quelques 574 € afin de poser la première pierre de Bonfire, fondation de Open Science Network, le premier réseau fédéré pour la communication scientifique, sous le contrôle des communautés scientifiques […]
Reposted by Bonfire
RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
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The @bonfire indigogo campaign is 96% funded! Just a bit more to go over the edge and unlock the funding. https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The @bonfire indigogo campaign is 96% funded! Just a bit more to go over the edge and unlock the funding. https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
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Je viens de contribuer au crowdfunding du projet @bonfire 👉 https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
Il leur reste 10 jours et on n'est plus très loin de l'objectif. 💥
Très enthousiasmant dans son approche et les fonctionnalités en vue, ce pourrait être un chouette nouvel acteur […]
Il leur reste 10 jours et on n'est plus très loin de l'objectif. 💥
Très enthousiasmant dans son approche et les fonctionnalités en vue, ce pourrait être un chouette nouvel acteur […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Je viens de contribuer au crowdfunding du projet @bonfire 👉 https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
Il leur reste 10 jours et on n'est plus très loin de l'objectif. 💥
Très enthousiasmant dans son approche et les fonctionnalités en vue, ce pourrait être un chouette nouvel acteur […]
Il leur reste 10 jours et on n'est plus très loin de l'objectif. 💥
Très enthousiasmant dans son approche et les fonctionnalités en vue, ce pourrait être un chouette nouvel acteur […]
Reposted by Bonfire
@bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy is creating building blocks for communities on the open social web. You can support Bonfire through their IndieGogo fundraiser at www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo
From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.
www.indiegogo.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
@bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy is creating building blocks for communities on the open social web. You can support Bonfire through their IndieGogo fundraiser at www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
Do you want to help people escape Big Tech and join the open social web? We need help to boost the Bonfire campaign. With #givingtuesday momentum is on our side, but most people stuck on enshitified platforms only see content from people still active there.
If that's you, pick a template below […]
If that's you, pick a template below […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Do you want to help people escape Big Tech and join the open social web? We need help to boost the Bonfire campaign. With #givingtuesday momentum is on our side, but most people stuck on enshitified platforms only see content from people still active there.
If that's you, pick a template below […]
If that's you, pick a template below […]
Reposted by Bonfire
[#GivingTuesday thread (3/N)]
Moving on to decentralized social networks ... last year, I focused primarily on the Fediverse; this year, I'm also including the ATmosphere (although there isn't an ATmosphere logo yet, so I didn't update the image at the top of the post)
* The #mutualaid […]
Moving on to decentralized social networks ... last year, I focused primarily on the Fediverse; this year, I'm also including the ATmosphere (although there isn't an ATmosphere logo yet, so I didn't update the image at the top of the post)
* The #mutualaid […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
[#GivingTuesday thread (3/N)]
Moving on to decentralized social networks ... last year, I focused primarily on the Fediverse; this year, I'm also including the ATmosphere (although there isn't an ATmosphere logo yet, so I didn't update the image at the top of the post)
* The #mutualaid […]
Moving on to decentralized social networks ... last year, I focused primarily on the Fediverse; this year, I'm also including the ATmosphere (although there isn't an ATmosphere logo yet, so I didn't update the image at the top of the post)
* The #mutualaid […]
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#givingtuesday 2025
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#givingtuesday 2025
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
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I have a question for #activitypub fanatics. For the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2026, we've reached out to over 50 different Fediverse projects to make sure they know about the event. Is there anyone else we need to reach? If you know someone working on Fediverse software development OR […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I have a question for #activitypub fanatics. For the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2026, we've reached out to over 50 different Fediverse projects to make sure they know about the event. Is there anyone else we need to reach? If you know someone working on Fediverse software development OR […]
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Hey #fediverse people, I've an ask: If you appreciate all that I do for the fediverse and open social web, and you'd like to see me continue to do that work, please support my work financially.
Right now I'm having to look for work outside of the Fediverse because I simply cannot make ends meet […]
Right now I'm having to look for work outside of the Fediverse because I simply cannot make ends meet […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hey #fediverse people, I've an ask: If you appreciate all that I do for the fediverse and open social web, and you'd like to see me continue to do that work, please support my work financially.
Right now I'm having to look for work outside of the Fediverse because I simply cannot make ends meet […]
Right now I'm having to look for work outside of the Fediverse because I simply cannot make ends meet […]