So... you missed our 'A Fantastic FediVariety Circus' show at #fosdem…?! Here are the slides with transcripts! (video in process…)
https://www.fedivariety.org/blog/fosdem-then
Enjoy!
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Currently watching #FOSDEM #openSocialWeb track. This is about the #fediverse and all kinds of different projects people are working on. EVERYONE has a role in this. If you are enjoying the fediverse, YOU MATTER. Find a way for you to help this community. As @samvie@chaos.social just said, we just need more shoulders! Everyone doing whatever they can. Something as simple as talking to someone.
Check out FOSDEM presentations:
RE: https://chaos.social/@zzepposs/115988990820622293
or this one for #fosdem?!
hmm. maybe keep it for #NOAW ...?
@FediVariety
https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@FediVariety/115988814141740327
@fedivariety
—this one?
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@FediVariety/115983499396263561
wooohoooo...
do we dare to open our logbook to this funky #fosdem crowd today..? really...?
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Good morning fellow Fediverse renegades. Good to be here today, and every day.
#mastodon #fediverse #safespace #mypeople #socialweb #opensocialweb
Those who are unaware there's a large convention this weekend in Brussel Germany called FOSDEM. Tons of brilliant folks are going to be there if you want to learn more about the Open Social Web or free/open software.
If you, like me, are interested in following the fediverse presentations, from the comfort of your own home, you can see the track here: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/tra...
#fedi #fediverse #openSocialWeb #social #socialnetwork #fosdem #germany #convention #conference
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FediVariety/115949942748172223
So... Looking for 'A Fantastic FediVariety Circus'..?!
Here it is!
Sat 31/01 - 15:40-16:00 H.2215 (Ferrer)
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PGB9VZ-a-fantastic-fedivariety-circus/
#jugglingthefediverse #sneakpeek #fosdem26 #socialweb #socialtrack #socialwebtrack #fediforum #fediverse #mastodon #noaw #fediverse #opensocialweb #publicspaces #activitypub #research #activism #ccc #fedi
The liberal group in the European Parliament #Renew has an #Instagram campaign for leaving #BigTech platforms. That's cool.
What do you think @bartgroothuis, is that an opportunity to bring some of your colleagues over to the Fediverse?
Feel free to invite them to join our Mastodon server http://eupolicy.social - it is made specifically for the EU bubble.
Growing the Open Social Web:
An Online FediForum Un-Workshop
March 2, 2026, Online
You are invited!
Hey @fediforum when I clicked on the link you just sent me in the email you just sent about your un-workshop on "Growing the Open Social Web" my email client warned me that it was a tracking link.
As I said last year,
"The "Open Social Web" is a term surveillance capitalism companies and their friends have been using since at least 2008 either as a synonym for "the Fediverse" or "the fediverses". FediForum used to be about "the Fediverse", and I'm not quite sure when they changed their focus."
Thanks for providing such a great example of the surveillance capitalism-friendly nature of so many supporters of the "Open Social Web"!
By contrast, a long-standing #fediverse value is the critique of openness. I don't know how many of you were here in 2020, but that's when the outstanding Seven Theses On The Fediverse And The Becoming Of Floss was published, and it's got an excellent section on that. Please read it!
Perhaps we need to accept that the phrase "social media" is widely understood to refer to abusive corporate platforms, and what we're proposing as a replacement is a "social web" Specifically an "open social web". So the fediverse and other such open networks are not "decentralised social media", but rather decentralised *replacements* for social media.
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Uhoh… another NDP future leader on the #Fediverse!?
Welcome to @avilewis!!
Let’s make an #opensocialweb for Canadians! Time to get off American corporate social media!
More NDP peeps on the Fedi!
Tanille
@votetanille
And Tony!
@tonymcquailgreenprogressive
#ndp #avilewis #canpoli #cdnpoli #workers #digitalsovereignty
Have you got ideas for growing the Open Social Web?
#opensocialweb #fediverse #fediforum #Mastodon
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/23/got-ideas-for-growing-the-open-social-web-bring-them/
And FULL peek on our research at
NOAW unconference — CfP!
Submit a topic! Get aboard!
"Nodes on a Web: The Fediverse in/for Public Institutions”
Thu/Fri 19/20 March 2026, Amsterdam!
https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference
#jugglingthefediverse #noaw #fediverse #event #unconference #fedi #fediforum #socialweb #opensocialweb #fossevent #OpenSocialWebSociety #publicspaces #activitypub #publicInstitutions #cfp #callforparticipation #research #activism #ccc #amsterdam
Hey! Wanna get a sneak peek at our research project ‘Fediverse Integration into (EU) Public Administration’…?? — Expect ‘A Fantastic FediVariety Circus’ !!!
@FOSDEM Sat 31/01 - Start 15:40 - End 16:00 - Room H.2215 (Ferrer)
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/PGB9VZ-a-fantastic-fedivariety-circus/
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Got Ideas For Growing The Open Social Web? Bring Them.
Fireside Fedi 70 - Synth Sessions with Lime Bar – Behind The Indie Beat TV
Special thank you to @limebar@mastodon.social !
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U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna is all in on open social, saying in a Creator Bill of Rights resolution he introduced in Congress on Jan. 15:
"Grant creators the ability to maintain decentralized, opt-in, direct relationships with audiences who choose to engage with their work, which enables creators to move between platforms without losing their audiences."
#OpenSocial #PeopleNotPlatforms #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia #CreatorEconomy #Creators
Episode 69 - Strange Syntax, Strong Networks, and Everything In‑Between – Ellyse Joins the Discussion
Special thank you to @ellyxir@humanwords.cc !
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