"Not by chance, recently #DaveWiner (@davew), creator of the #RSS format, declared that he sees #WordPress as the ideal “OS” for the #opensocialweb.
As soon as we experimented with (@pfefferle's) WordPress #ActivityPubplugin, we realized how we could immediately choose, in the plugin interface, the type of #Tainacan post we could select for posting in the Fediverse…[creating] a direct channel for segmented dissemination of #culturalheritage content to subscribing users."
https://josemurilo.com/2025/12/05/museums-in-the-fediverse-experiments-with-tainacan-activitypub-and-websocial/

Bluesky falls below 5 million monthly active users, marking a 67% decline

Almost exactly one year after peaking at 15.12 million monthly active users, Bluesky’s long-running decline has pushed the platform below 5 million MAUs. The latest figures show a loss of about two-thirds of its peak user base.

Source stats: https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/bskycharts.edavis.dev/bsky_users_total.html

@bluesky #blueskystats #bluesky #opensocialweb #fediverse #statistics

Oops almost forgot to support @bonfire on Indiegogo. Today is the last day 😱 Hurry!
👇
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/creators/bonfire

✅ DONE

#Indiegogo #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia

Episode 51 - Mike McCue - Flipboard & Surf - Livestream 2025-10-22

https://tubefree.org/w/ed6XASzjwo4uaRdxMVJxV1

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This event is organized by the SABOA (FediVariety) with support from the Dutch Government (CIO-Rijk), the City of Amsterdam and NLnet Foundation.

Provide your topic! Get on board!
https://fedivariety.org/unconference

https://www.fedivariety.org/blog/light-the-fuse-put-it-in-play-noaw-unconference-call-for-participation

#jjugglingthefediverse #noaw #fediverse #event #unconference #fedi #opensocialweb #OpenSocialWebSociety #publicspaces #activitypub #publicInstitutions #cfp #callforparticipation #research #activism #ccc #amsterdam

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Are you involved in Fediverse or ActivityPub development? Or are you part of a public institution already using the Fediverse for outreach? If so, this event is for you!

The NOAW unconference offers a chance to meet, share experiences, and collaboratively strengthen the development of alternative social media for the long term.

#jjugglingthefediverse #noaw #fediverse #event #unconference #fedi #opensocialweb #OpenSocialWebSociety #publicspaces #activitypub #publicInstitutions #cfp

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Here it is: Light the fuse… Put it in play!
And spread the word!

NOAW unconference — Call for Participation!
Submit a topic! Get on board!

"Nodes on a Web: The Fediverse in/for Public Institutions”
Thu/Fri 19/20 March 2026, Amsterdam!

#jjugglingthefediverse #noaw #fediverse #event #unconference #fedi #opensocialweb #OpenSocialWebSociety #publicspaces #activitypub #publicInstitutions #cfp #callforparticipation #research #activism #ccc #amsterdam

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As we close in on the new year, will be doing a 2026 predictions of the #OpenSocialWeb.

Here was my predictions for this for 2025...Think i got maybe 20-30 % right based on a glance at it. And maybe 15 percent will have to do some research to see if I got close. Rest WAY wrong. https://www.timothychambers.net/2024/12/24/predictions-for-the-open-social.html

Will look over and evaluate it.

This is why blogging and the #indieweb is cool. To not lose things like this into the social web slipstream and see how such things changed over time.

Bonfire isn’t easy to pin down, and that’s the point! We seek to enable a tapestry of social spaces, all built from shared building blocks but diverging in flavour, practice, and purpose.

We gathered a whole collection of answers from across the fediverse:
👉 https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/what-is-bonfire-plural-by-design/

Want to help shape what comes next? Support and share the crowdfunding to join install parties, co-design sessions, and more:
👉 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=r7GaxBU-z0yejFPdalMOKQ

#Fediverse #Plurality #OpenSocialWeb #Community

but it's not just music, which was a centerpiece of my online life in the mid/late 2000s. tech content creators like @captain2phones.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy move to #threads - #zuckerverse that pretends to be #opensocialweb -, because monetization: bsky.app/profile/capt...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qna4lrg377zhw23teeduivr6/post/3lxfpdyb7qc2z

and now we have alternatives for all those on the #opensocialweb - both #activitypub & #atproto, & #nostr. all of them. even #myspace lol. and more. so, yep, for bands, record labels, festivals, agencies, & related content creators, it's the monetization & exposure that keeps them in walled gardens.

wondering how can we get our fellow (elder) #millennial (elder) emos en masse on the #opensocialweb. bands are still in the #zuckerverse - #instagram & #facebook -, in the #elonverse, so are fans. have we become too comformists, or is it the deeply rooted & expected monetization on these platforms?

Good to know your options while you’re still in control. Being able to take your data & identity across platforms really matters now. But @bellack.com@bsky.brid.gy’s piece also hits the real question - who’s watching the watcher? #Decentralization #DigitalRights #OpenSocialWeb #ActivityPub #ATProto #SocialMedia

Exit and Interoperability Exis...

RE: https://vebinet.com/@dawid/115496300176131637

If you know people who make content, talk about their life or like to share ideas and stories, it's good idea to tell them about #fediverse and encourage them to join.

Friendly, open and vibrant space is something they will like and feel safe to share their content, ideas and tell stories.

#socialmedia #internet #SocialWeb #OpenSocialWeb

btw. If anyone has the skills and generosity to design/donate a logo for thesocialweb.ca that would be super cool!
#fediverse #opensocialweb #socialweb #mastodon #pizelfed #canada #peertube #lemmy #design #graphicdesign #volunteer
https://thesocialweb.ca/welcome-to-thesocialweb-ca-a-new-name-to-welcome-all-social-web-and-fediverse-communities-in-canada/

There are a few #fediverse citizens in the crowd and on the stage! Including @SussanneSkidmore, President of the BC Federation of Labour.

“If your social feeds are like mine… things look bleak. The social media companies want us to feel that way!”

“We are the light at the end of the tunnel!”

(She is talking workers, but I know that she knows the Open Social Web is part of that light!!)

#bcfed #opensocialweb #mastodon

#Bonfire: "Most exhilarating to me, though, is that they aren’t just building another microblogging app. They’re making a #toolkit for internet community software that is healthy and good and designed around real human needs from the start. As they put it in their crowdfunding campaign, they’re making #buildingblocks for #communities on the #opensocialweb."
@kissane

This is BIG and has the potential to be vastly transformative in how we think of and use social technology. If you can spare a few bucks, please consider backing @bonfire Social. https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community #bonfire #bonfiresocial #socialweb #opensocialweb #communitytech

For my birthday today… I deleted the Facebook account I created in September to access Marketplace. It served its purpose. I was going to sell other things but never got around to it. Then friends started requesting to be friends. It was awkward. I didn’t accept any requests and even made one post on my profile that I wouldn’t be friending anyone.. that it was only for Marketplace. People still requested…

Then a colleague/friend passed away and I missed an RSVP because someone sent me the message on FB rather than real life even though we weren’t FB connected and hadn’t communicated on there for years. This is what happens when people treat FB like the entirety of “the internet” and “communication”. I have a website with my name and phone! My address is not hard to search. Email!?

I was angry and sad about that. 😢

So ya… if I do the Marketplace thing again I’ll just make a temp account and delete it after use, like a single use plastic bag to pick up dog poop. 💩 🤣

In the meantime I’ll keep focusing on good people here on the #opensocialweb… and also connecting with people in real life.

Most of the 48 years I have spent on this earth have been without Facebook. I’ll manage :)

#toxicsocialmedia #facebook #deleteyouraccount #mastodonMigration #dumpzuck

The Hidden Damage of Social Media & Why Decentralisation Matters. #OpenSocialWeb

https://beitmenotyou.online/the-hidden-damage-of-social-media-and-why-decentralisation-matters?referrer=0xb2ad3d76dc2a6B283422e1B6c6957a1C5Ea857E3&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA @the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatom