Alexis Bushnell (@alexisbushnell@toot.wales) is coming to #FediForum and wants to learn more about:
Getting more people onboard with fedi and keeping them here.
What mods can do to welcome and onboard new people.
Join us in a couple of weeks, online: fediforum.org/2026-04/
Tom Brown (@tom@herestomwiththeweather.com) is coming to #FediForum and wants to learn more about:
Intents, standards updates, testing
Did you know that you can run a session on the topic *you* are interested in at FediForum? The beauty of an unconference! Join us: fediforum.org/2026-04/
Chris Clemson is coming to FediForum April 28-30, and wants to learn more about:
More ActivityPub-compatible software
Join us? Registration is open: fediforum.org/2026-04/
You all know that FediForum is coming up again, right?
Join us for 3 half-days of demos, discussions, to teach and to learn, and to move the Open Social Web forward! Online, with participation from people in many countries and cultures.
Join us? More info and registration: fediforum.org/2026-04/
Consider following her: she has active accounts on both Mastodon @alexandrageese@bonn.social and Eurosky Alexandra Geese!
We are extremely happy that Alexandra Geese, member of the European parliament and outspoken advocate for better social media, digital sovereignty, participatory democracy and more will be giving the keynote at the next FediForum April 28-30, 2026.
Join us? It's online!
Working on fixing our OpenGraph graphic. How is this for our next event at the end of the month?
fediforum.org/2026-04/
We're working on some rather interesting keynotes for the next #FediForum, and can't wait until we can announce them.
Before we get to that, consider watching one of the previous keynotes! spectra.video/w/p/2v...
And register for April 28-30, online! fediforum.org/2026-04/
A few projects have been recommended for the end of April event by our community already.
If you think you have such a cool open social web demo, get in touch!
Got a cool ActivityPub or ATProtocol project that can be demo'd? We are always looking to showcase what the Open Social Web can do when smart people create great software, in our speed demo track at FediForum.
Working on something cool, to be shown off at the next FediForum.
Actually, before that. But we'll discuss it at #FediForum.
And not just cool, but useful for the community! We hope :-)
Join us? fediforum.org/2026-04/
Norm MacLennan (nromdotcom) is coming to FediForum and wants to learn more about:
Existing or planned education/communication materials about the open social web for working with local institutions/organizations.
Sounds interesting? Join us, online! fediforum.org/2026-04/
Johanna Botari wants to learn more about:
How others are implementing open social technologies for community benefits. Looking to stay connected to those developing more niche platforms, and see what i can contribute as a technology integrator/tech services talent.
fediforum.org/2026-04/
Andre Kudra (@kudrix.bsky.social) is coming to FediForum, to learn more about:
Open social web current adoption, market potential, technological streams
Join us April 28-30, online? More info and registration: fediforum.org/2026-04/
Mathilde Sanders (@MathildeS@mastodon.nl) is coming to FediForum April 28-30 and wants to learn more about:
Public (service) social media / business models non profit fediverse
Join us? Registration is open. fediforum.org/2026-04/
Johanna Botari is thinking about running a FediForum session, saying:
I would like be part of discussions on implementation and integration for community purposes. we have built and are building great tech; how do we get the non-developers who have a need to contribute to building, as well?
Julian Lam is thinking about running a session on:
Setting up a successful topic-based federating forum without having to find actual users
What an idea! Join us, April 28-30, online, for the next FediForum! fediforum.org/2026-04/
Want to propose a cool demo for the next #FediForum? Fill out our form!
apps.fediforum.org/nextcloud/ap...
We are again looking for amazing demos to showcase at the next FediForum. Who has built something really cool with an open social protocol in recent months that should be seen by people? Send pointers!
Jayne Samuel-Walker (@tcmuffin@toot.wales) wants to learn about & is thinking about running a session on:
Growing the fediverse at a rate which is sustainable in the long term.
At FediForum it's very acceptable for people, even encouraged to run sessions asking questions they don't have answer to!
Cagan Mert Islek (@cagan@cmislek.me) is thinking about running sessions on:
* Getting personal blogs to replace social media pages (providers concept)
* Creating a federated alternative to streaming services
at the upcoming FediForum. Join us? fediforum.org/2026-04/
We are again asking people at registration time what they want to discuss about the open social web at the next #FediForum. But this time, we are distinguishing between sessions they want to lead, and things they want to learn. The differences are interesting already!
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Remember, FediForum is an unconference! So it is you, the attendees, who determine what topics will be discussed, and you only need to announce them at the very morning of the day of the conference. This makes for a relevant and completely up-to-date agenda!
What topics will be discussed at the next FediForum, April 28-30?
We are only find out, too! When people register for FediForum, we ask them what sessions they are planning of running, or wishing to go to. And the first answers are beginning to trickle in. Check them out!
fediforum.org/2026-0...
Photo of conference hall with audience facing a stage where a speaker stands at a podium. Multiple projection screens and colorful stage lighting visible. White text overlay reads "Save the date" and "PublicSpaces Conference 2026" with red text "June 4, 5 & 6" below.
New_ Public is proud to work with the following partners on our programming for The Next Socials:
@atprotocol.dev
@fediforum.org
@modalfoundation.eurosky.social
@zdfde.bsky.social
and Save Social (savesocial.eu)
Where do you meet the people who move the Open Social Web forward? All without traveling? At #FediForum of course!
Join us April 28-30, 2026, online, scheduled so people anywhere from central Europe and Africa to the Americas can participate without losing too much sleep.
fediforum.org/2026-04/
Registration for the next #FediForum is now open.
Come join us and your peers from around the world, learning, teaching, debating, and making plans for how to move the Open Social Web Forward.
April 28-30, 2026, online.
More info and registration: fediforum.org/2026-04/
The session notes from our un-workshop on Growing the Open Social Web are online now, too. Happy reading! Also, look at the submitted position statements if you haven't already, many of them are quite interesting (linked from there)
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A follow-up e-mail to attendees of our un-workshop on Growing the Open Social Web went out a few hours ago. It contains a link to a questionnaire where you can give us some feedback. We'd love to hear your thoughts on how to make future FediForum events even more successful.
Huge thanks to @fediforum.org and @masnick.com for organizing and facilitating today's un-workshop on Growing the Open Social Web. And everyone I met there that I'm gonna spend some time trying to track down and follow.
It was a ton of fun, but now I have too much interesting stuff to think about!