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.

I need €60-70k per year to support myself, with costs everywhere feeling increased (so that number may even be too low)

Right now, year to date, I've received a total of €20,170 in financial support from the community, and €22,450 from NLNet grants. I've also only had minimal freelance work this year, as I've been busy on grant work & try to focus on the fediverse & open social web.

So my total income isn't yet enough to be regularly sustainable. I've had problems being able to make rent payments this year because cashflow on grants comes in large chunks usually months after the work has been done.

So if you want to see me keep doing what I'm doing, please support my work!

https://support.thisismissem.social

Oi #Fediverse..

Check out this 2min walkthrough of #Emissary's upcoming data migration tool. It's the last big feature I'm delivering in 2025.

It uses the "LOLA" data portability spec to transfer account data from one server (like Bandwagon.fm) to a new one (like bandwagon.your-band-here.biz)

No CSV files required. Just authenticate and approve, and everything just moves.

There's tons more to do, but I'm confident this will be live by Christmas. 🤘🏻

https://clip.place/w/joEazgBP38z81WsZZQNd1r

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

Recently, we were asked why we, a knowledge & community focused charity, were posting to celebrate cultural and religious holidays.

We believe that the Social Web has the potential to be the most diverse space on the entire web. But to get there, we have to start simple.

We aren't experts. We're learning each time we post (and we hope you are too). Our goal is to provide the very first stepping stones to that, diverse, Social Web we dream of.

#Diversity #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Why we celebrate Diversity across the social web. Newsmast Foundation.

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Awareness. The Social Web, especially the Fediverse, has a long way to go before it represents the diversity of the real world. The Social Web is dominated by the Western perspective. We hope that, by celebrating cultural events and holidays across our Social Web presence, we can highlight the many missing voices in the timeline.

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Education. There are so many cultures and religions on our small planet. We are a species of dreamers and believers. It’s unfair to presume that a person would be educated on the experiences of others from different countries, cultures, and beliefs. But to welcome diversity to the Social Web, we should make a collective effort to learn. We’re not experts. Our commuity team are all from the English countryside. We’re not always perfect, but we try to take time to educate ourselves. We hope that by sharing that knowledge on the Social Web, others may too learn about the experiences of those different to them. Together, we can make this space more welcoming.

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The background of the image shows silver stars. Over it, text reads: Acceptance. We hope that if someone from a group or culture which is a minority on the Social Web sees one of our posts, they feel a little more at home. In the past, the culture of the Social Web itself has felt unwelcoming to those marginalised by Western society. This is not acceptable. The Social Web is a place for everyone who can treat others with respect and decency. It belongs to no one. We welcome everyone, no matter their culture or religion, and trust that they too will welcome the diverse opinions and voices of the Social Web.

Out of curiosity, what #FediVerse applications _other_ than Mastodon have you used?

In my case, it's:

- #BookWyrm
- #PixelFed
- #Lemmy
- #NeoDB
- #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin

20 days left to contribute to @bonfire ! Let's help fund the #Fediverse and support some #Developers so they can keep investing in US!

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

Dads.cool and cooler.mom are Hometown Mastodon servers for parents of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities.

https://dads.cool

https://cooler.mom

You can find out more at https://dads.cool/about and https://cooler.mom/about or contact the admin accounts @alex and @sydney

#FeaturedServer #Parents #Parenting #Children #Kids #Mastodon #Hometown #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Something Fediverse related that I am working on —

Toddlerverse

Basically, what I have been thinking about is —

What would take to make areas of the Fediverse geared towards toddlers.

(The document I am writing is still a work in progress.)

(I am a parent of young children, so I have first-hand experience with kids usage of online media, including social-media.)

#FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseUX #SpreadFediverse #Toddler #Toddlers #Toddlerverse

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Imagine an online world designed for your toddler — not to sell to them, or track them, or overstimulate them — but to help them grow. One that puts parents in control. The Toddlerverse is a safe, gentle, ad-free digital space inspired by the calm, educational approach of Mr. Rogers and Ms. Rachel. It gives your child access to simple, developmentally appropriate videos, songs, and activities — without autoplay traps, noisy algorithms, or surprise content. You (the parent) stay in control of what your toddler sees, and everything is built around real early-childhood learning science The Toddlerverse isn't about more screen time; it's about better screen time. It is a place where your toddler can explore safely, learn at their own pace, and experience the kind and thoughtful media every parent wishes existed online The Toddlerverse is not a business, and it is not driven by profit. Its purpose is far greater: to create a lasting resource for parents, families, caregivers, and communities that nurtures the growth and development of young children. Every video, story, and activity is designed to serve the public good, freely accessible and shareable, so that parents everywhere can support their toddlers' learning and curiosity The Toddlerverse is built with the future in mind—a cultural and educational commons that can be used, adapted, and enjoyed for generations, leaving a legacy of knowledge, creativity, and care that will benefit children and families long into the future

A new release of TootSDK - 21.2.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/21.2.0

What's changed:

- Quotes feature marker and quotes support in push notifications @luckkerr

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

@dansup

Looks fab!

Concerned #accessibility comes after all being worked on now.

I ❤️ #monetization options are planned. Concerned "ad free" options imply ads are planned as part of the roadmap?

Absence of #AI is refreshing!

Is #UnifiedPush part of "push notifications", or just feeding everything via #Google / #Apple? (cue usual: "They're encrypted. Don't ask whether metasdata / future decryption / #MobileLinux matter" discussion)

Project Moebius (#decentalized?), better editing & live streaming look super cool! ❤️

Finally, a regular reminder to please avoid creating a digital 1% elite by focusing "For you" on relevance not rolling-snowball-boosting of already popular accounts/content.

Thanks for all your amazing hard work! 💕 You ROCK!

#Loops #Privacy #Foss #OpenSource #Fediverse

🆕 blog! “Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!”

How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.

Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/
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#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics

Plot twist: TikTok's "secret sauce" is recommendation ML + video encoding (likely ffmpeg like the rest of us).

They built their empire on open source foundations.

We're doing the same with @loops but keeping it open, federated, and yours.

The magic was open source all along.

Who's really disrupting who?

https://joinloops.org/why-loops-matters

#loops #fediverse #tikTok #activityPub

The FediDB CommunityDB project is a curated list of apps and projects for the fediverse that powers https://fedidb.com

We just merged a PR for a new promising #NeoDB app called NeoComment!

https://github.com/fedidb/communityDB/pull/42

https://fedidb.com/apps?projects=neodb

#fediDB #communityDB #activityPub #fediverse

@alteredspecifis @debacle @kitkat @JeremyMallin @Goffi true, #fediverse was originally only about #ActivityPub servers. But it expanded to include adjacent cousins like #PixelFed, #Lemmy, #Peertube, and now #Loops (none of which are twitter/X replacements). So then it was only a small hop skip and a jump to include any Open Protocol which federates (#XMPP, #Matrix, #Deltachat, email, etc)

A new release of TootSDK - 21.1.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/21.1.0

What's changed:

- Introduce rendering options on AttributedStringRenderer @luckkerr

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

#TheFutureIsFederated

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- @loops has launched and is now available for everyone!
- @radiofreefedi will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/