Three new #apps, Bonfire Social, Channel.org, and Bounce, were showcased at the virtual #FediForum conference:
1️⃣ #BonfireSocial is a #framework for creating digital #communities.
2️⃣ #Channelorg #curates content across the #opensocial web.
3️⃣ #Bounce allows users to #transfer their #Bluesky accounts to #Mastodon while retaining followers.
👉 https://www.theverge.com/news/680895/fediverse-fediforum-2025-open-social-web-apps?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
The Fediverse is Opening, but there is a cost
With the #Fediverse gaining increasing #mainstreaming attention, we’re entering a familiar cycle, an influx of well-funded #NGO-branded projects trying to "fix" the #openweb by reshaping it in their own narrowing and often blinded paths. Take this year’s chattering class event, #FediForum. Alongside breathless praise, last year, for #Threads joining the #opensocialweb space, we’re seeing the launch of shiny new tools: #BonfireSocial, #Channelorg, #Bounce. That promise innovation and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fediverse-is-opening-but-there-is-a-cost/
"For the past couple of years, the virtual #FediForum conference has offered a glimpse at what’s new in the open social web, with last year’s big news being Threads’ foray into the fediverse. This year’s presentation was no different, with several developers showing off new apps that will help to expand the ecosystem of #decentralizedsocialnetworks.
#BonfireSocial, #Channelorg, and #Bounce are creating new ways to move around the #openweb."
https://www.theverge.com/news/680895/fediverse-fediforum-2025-open-social-web-apps
Exciting update 👉 We're inviting a handful of select users to https://Channel.org now 🎉
https://Channel.org aims to bring together knowledge across the open social web, whilst offering organisations the ability to build a social home instead of renting from Big Tech dictators.
If you'd like to join the beta waitlist, let us know at support@channel.org
#SocialWeb #Release #FediDev #Fediverse #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Channelorg #Newsmast
Sooo…what exactly is channel.org? I've recently started getting boosts from bots from that domain instantly when I post something using common hashtags.
Apparently, it's some kind of social media platform that utilizes the Fediverse by searching for posts with certain hashtags and I think adding them to some kind of index for their platform?
They don't really provide a lot of information on what exactly it is they're doing, and how they're using posts from the Fediverse. I'm not sure how to feel about this, but somehow this feels…kind of insidious?
