<p>Evan Prodromou at Canadian Technology Law Conference</p><p>I (Evan) will be on stage at the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadian-technology-law-conference-democracy-and-the-information-society-tickets-1748859769649?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow">Canadian Technology Law Conference</a> on 14 Nov 2025 to talk about decentralization of social networks and other services. I’m really excited about the conference; a number of thinkers from across Canada will be meeting and discussing. Tickets are sold out, but video will be available after the event.</p>
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<p>Hey everyone, we have some pretty big news to share. You might remember that we announced a big restructuring for the Mastodon team earlier this year. Today marks an important milestone in this transition. </p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>
<p>Recently, we were asked why we, a knowledge & community focused charity, were posting to celebrate cultural and religious holidays. </p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p><a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p>
<p>We're in Perugia and having a great time today at the first full day of the International Journalism Festival! </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/@michael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>michael</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/@saskia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>saskia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/@mariana_b" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mariana_b</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://backend.newsmast.org/@benparker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benparker</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/ijf26/" rel="tag">#IJF26</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>
The schedule for the Social Web Developer Room at FOSDEM 2026 is starting to be populated as the speakers confirm their availability. We had a tonne of great submissions for this year's track, and even with double the time from last year, we still had to leave some great talks on the cutting room floor. But we still managed to fit in 24 great talks, large and small. We're going to see some additional events happening as FOSDEM 2026 gets nearer. Watch the #SOCIALWEBFOSDEM hashtag for more news […]
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<p>The schedule for the <a href="https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/room/h2215/" rel="nofollow">Social Web Developer Room at FOSDEM 2026</a> is starting to be populated as the speakers confirm their availability. We had a tonne of great submissions for this year’s track, and even with double the time from last year, we still had to leave some great talks on the cutting room floor. But we still managed to fit in 24 great talks, large and small. We’re going to see some additional events happening as FOSDEM 2026 gets nearer. Watch the <a href="/tags/socialwebfosdem/" rel="tag">#SOCIALWEBFOSDEM</a> hashtag for more news and events. </p></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/fandom/" rel="tag">#Fandom</a> isn't big in the open <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> and the current issue in siloed <a href="/tags/sns/" rel="tag">#SNS</a> / <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> is:- A black person <a href="/tags/cosplay/" rel="tag">#cosplay</a> of a white elf- A <a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#fanart</a> of a white elf as blackThe consensus is:- Cosplay is fine- Fanart is not: it is "blackwashing" & "cultural appropriation"How about you?<a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#Anime</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/fandom/" rel="tag">#Fandom</a> isn't big in the open <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> and the current issue in siloed <a href="/tags/sns/" rel="tag">#SNS</a> / <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> is:</p><p>- A black person <a href="/tags/cosplay/" rel="tag">#cosplay</a> of a white elf<br>- A <a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#fanart</a> of a white elf as black</p><p>The consensus is:<br>- Cosplay is fine<br>- Fanart is not: it is "blackwashing" & "cultural appropriation"</p><p>How about you?</p><p><a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#Anime</a></p>
<p>Friends, I will be speaking tomorrow at <a href="/tags/websocialbr/" rel="tag">#WebSocialBR</a>, the open social web event in Brasilia. I'm so honored to be part of this exciting movement in Brazil, a country that is leading the way in digital rights. My talk will be in English, with simultaneous translation into Portuguese. Please join! <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#socialweb</a> </p><p><a href="https://websocial.org.br/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>websocial.org.br/</a></p>
<p>Today is the first day of <a href="/tags/ona26/" rel="tag">#ONA26</a> and we have something exciting to share...</p><p>Building Trust in the Open, written by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://werd.social/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> and published by the Newsmast Foundation. An in depth look into how open social protocols can help journalism rebuild community and trust. </p><p>Read it here 👇 <br><a href="https://newsmastfoundation.org/app/uploads/2026/03/buildingtrustintheopen.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newsmastfoundation.org/app/uploads/2026/03/buildingtrustintheopen.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsmastfoundation.org/app/upl</span><span class="invisible">oads/2026/03/buildingtrustintheopen.pdf</span></a> </p><p>Or visit <a href="https://werd.io/trust/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>werd.io/trust/</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/onlinenewsassociation/" rel="tag">#OnlineNewsAssociation</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p>
Please educate newcomers on using bridgy fed to bridge their accounts to the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> this is an excellent tool for not needing an account on bsky and <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> while strengthening the open social web. As simple as its instructions “ Got a fediverse account? Bridge it to <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> by following @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy”<br>“Got a Bluesky account? Bridge it to the fediverse by following @ap.brid.gy.”<br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fed.brid.gy/</a><br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/docs#dm-request" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fed.brid.gy/docs#dm-request</a><br><a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/bridgyfed/" rel="tag">#bridgyfed</a> <a href="/tags/atproto/" rel="tag">#atproto</a> <a href="/tags/fediverses/" rel="tag">#Fediverses</a>
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<p>RE: <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialwebfoundation.org/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/</span></a></p><p>Big news for the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>! End-to-end encryption is coming to <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a>.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>swf</span></a></span> with support from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sovtechfund</span></a></span> is coordinating two interoperable implementations. </p><p>Bonfire is proud to be one of these first two projects, alongside <a href="/tags/emissary/" rel="tag">#Emissary</a> by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benpate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benpate</span></a></span></p><p>We think <a href="/tags/e2ee/" rel="tag">#E2EE</a> should simply be the default for any private communications, and we’re especially thrilled to bring private, trusted collaboration to the fediverse.</p><p><a href="/tags/justbetweenus/" rel="tag">#JustBetweenUs</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#Encryption</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>
Lamento sobre teimosias de Mastodon
🌡️ Gostaria que várias pessoas que, especificamente, usam <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> e comentam, hoje, sobre calor soubessem que tenho "reagido" com este emoji: <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/snac.daltux.net/fine.png" class="emoji" alt=":fine:" title=":fine:"> (o meme "this is fine"). Porém, não vão ficar sabendo disso.<br><br>⏳️ Mais um ano se vai e, ao contrário de vários outros sistemas, <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/snac.daltux.net/mastodon.png" class="emoji" alt=":mastodon:" title=":mastodon:">, o mais comum na nossa querida Web Social federada, permanece sem deixar publicar Markdown, embora exiba o de terceiros. <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/13275" rel="nofollow">Neste caso</a>, que considero pior, ainda não ocorre sequer um aviso a quem o utiliza de que houve um <a href="/tags/emojireact/" rel="tag">#EmojiReact</a> de suas publicações. 🔕<br><br>Sim, <a href="https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/commit/85ed0eb0d535700a5df837c37f51848811e461a0" rel="nofollow">essa funcionalidade acaba de ser implementada pelo SNAC</a> (merci <span class="h-card"><a href="https://downbad.fr/vi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vi</span></a></span> 👏), <a href="https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/branch/master/RELEASE_NOTES.md" rel="nofollow">nem foi lançada ainda</a> e já estou me gabando por utilizá-lo! <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/snac.daltux.net/tobeyBully.png" class="emoji" alt=":tobeyBully:" title=":tobeyBully:"><br><br>Gostei muito de poder reagir assim às publicações, como já era possível em outros como <a href="/tags/pleroma/" rel="tag">#Pleroma</a>, <a href="/tags/akkoma/" rel="tag">#Akkoma</a>, <a href="/tags/misskey/" rel="tag">#Misskey</a> etc. Mas <a href="/tags/snac/" rel="tag">#SNAC</a>, embora, até então, não exibisse EmojiReact junto à publicação correspondente, já gerava notificação de sua ocorrência faz tempo. Achava que no Mastodon isso ficasse sempre como se fosse uma curtida, mas, apenas ao testar isso, notei que não surte qualquer efeito. O mais curioso é que <a href="https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/Reaction/" rel="nofollow">consta uma estrutura de dados que serviria para isso desde Mastodon 3.1.0</a>. Ficamos assim então! <img src="/proxy/emoji/61106/293f4275db.gif" class="emoji" alt=":travolta:" title=":travolta:"><br><br><a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fediverso/" rel="tag">#Fediverso</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/diversidade/" rel="tag">#diversidade</a> <a href="/tags/blambers/" rel="tag">#blambers</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a><br>
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<p>Surf is going to <a href="/tags/atmosphereconf/" rel="tag">#AtmosphereConf</a>! Don't miss <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span>'s "Feeds are the new websites" lightning talk at 3.10pm on Saturday, March 28 — we can't wait to see you there!</p><p><a href="https://atmosphereconf.org/event/81Xovjr" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="atmosphereconf.org/event/81Xovjr"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">atmosphereconf.org/event/81Xov</span><span class="invisible">jr</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/atproto/" rel="tag">#ATProto</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>
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<p>- 2010: first open Social Web instance for the Philippines was Friendika by college students from Visayas- 2011: second was Friendica by yours truly- 2014: third was Hubzilla also by me🧵 <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
<p>It's a week already and I'm still waiting for a 2FA email to get sent. I can't login to <a href="/tags/atproto/" rel="tag">#ATproto</a> services because of this <a href="/tags/bug/" rel="tag">#bug</a>.Lessons here:1. Do NOT use email-based 2FA2. App password login is crucial as backup login method<a href="/tags/atmosphere/" rel="tag">#ATmosphere</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a></p>
<p>2010: first open Social Web instance for the Philippines was Friendika by college students from Visayas<br>2011: second was Friendica by yours truly<br>2014: third was Hubzilla also by me</p><p>🧵</p><br> <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>
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<p>Homeownership on the web is highly analogous to the physical world. Modern homeownership is mostly a story of home-rentership, not real ownership.</p><p>Incredibly, this matches the online experience, even though the World Wide Web has an infinite amount of real-estate!</p><p>You deserve a home on the web that’s built to keep you safe; a magical place for virtual living that‘s yours for life, existing in a sociable web.</p><p><a href="https://blog.muni.town/digital-homeownership/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.muni.town/digital-homeownership/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.muni.town/digital-homeown</span><span class="invisible">ership/</span></a></p><p>(Now stealth-releasing Weird v0.2 🥷)</p><p><a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#socialweb</a> <a href="/tags/weirdweb/" rel="tag">#weirdweb</a></p>
<p>Working full time on the Social Web</p><p>In January 2026, I will begin working full time in my role as Director at the <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow">Social Web Foundation</a>. I am looking forward to the challenge of growing this young non-profit and fulfilling our mission to make a bigger, better Fediverse. </p><p>As a refresher: I have been working in the area of federated social networks since starting <a href="https://identi.ca/" rel="nofollow">Identi.ca</a> in 2008. Federated social networks are social platforms that let users on one platform connect to and interact with users on another platform. Linked up with open standard protocols, these platforms together form a Social Web that puts people first. </p><p>In 2018, I was a co-author of the <a href="https://activitypub.rocks/" rel="nofollow">ActivityPub</a> standard for social network interoperability. I currently maintain the spec for the W3C and develop extensions for it. In 2024, I wrote <a href="https://evanp.me/activitypub-book/" rel="nofollow">ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web</a> for O’Reilly Media. And I co-founded the Social Web Foundation to further encourage the use of ActivityPub in social networks. </p><p>For the last year, I’ve been working nights, lunchtimes and weekends on SWF while holding down my full-time role as Director of Open Technology at the <a href="https://openearth.org/" rel="nofollow">Open Earth Foundation</a>. I love working at OEF; the organization build Open Source software to help cities fight climate change. I have felt very fulfilled in my work there, and I’ve made really strong friendships with the team. It’s been a very special place to work that has changed how I think teams can be.</p><p>But over the last year, SWF has had some really amazing opportunities, and in 2026 we’ll be making some big steps forward for the Social Web. I can’t keep doing both jobs, and I feel like, after 4 years at OEF, I’ve done what I can to build up that organization, and I am ready to start on this next one.</p><p>It will feel good to have my full attention focused on the Social Web. I’m looking forward to seeing my Open Source friends at FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels at the end of January where I’m helping to organize the <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/" rel="nofollow">Social Web track</a>. I’m speaking at Princeton mid-February, and I’ll be in the Bay Area at the beginning of March. All this time, I’ll be working hard to get the next version of ActivityPub released and to push out several software projects to make the Social Web more fun and interesting. </p><p>Thanks to everyone who’s put time, effort and help into the SWF. Thanks to my coworkers at OEF for encouraging me on my next steps in my career. Thanks to my wife and family for tolerating yet another leap into the void.</p><p>I hope you have as exciting a New Year as I will. </p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/career/" rel="tag">#career</a> <a href="/tags/job/" rel="tag">#job</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#socialweb</a> <a href="/tags/swf/" rel="tag">#swf</a></p>
<p>«Atmospheric Computing» by Paul Frazee</p><p>> the clouds are closed, and if the clouds are closed then they'll do everything well except interoperating with others.</p><p>> We need to bridge our clouds. It's as simple as that.</p><p><a href="https://www.pfrazee.com/blog/atmospheric-computing" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.pfrazee.com/blog/atmospheric-computing"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.pfrazee.com/blog/atmospher</span><span class="invisible">ic-computing</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sns/" rel="tag">#SNS</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/atmosphere/" rel="tag">#ATmosphere</a></p>
<p>Sketch of my <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> vision. <br> <br>In this picture hedonic peer production sets the "leverage the ecosystem" strategy in motion, which fosters spontaneous emergence and evolution, to activate people and align them to collectively practice social experience design and innovate the open social stack of the fediverse so we may enter the future social web and may craft us a peopleverse, where humane solutions satisfy people's needs.</p><p>There ya have it, all in one text blob. 😅</p><p><a href="https://discuss.coding.social/t/proposal-start-a-fellowship-to-explore-the-social-web/571" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="discuss.coding.social/t/proposal-start-a-fellowship-to-explore-the-social-web/571"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.coding.social/t/propos</span><span class="invisible">al-start-a-fellowship-to-explore-the-social-web/571</span></a></p>
<p>‘<a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> And <a href="/tags/ethical/" rel="tag">#Ethical</a>’ <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#TikTok</a>, <a href="/tags/whatsapp/" rel="tag">#WhatsApp</a> And <a href="/tags/instagram/" rel="tag">#Instagram</a> Alternatives Could Transform <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p><p>from <a href="/tags/forbes/" rel="tag">#Forbes</a> <br>By Esat Dedezade, Contributor.<br>Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes<br>Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST </p><p>[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>] </p><p>"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/?ref=blog.elenarossini.com" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/?ref=blog.elenarossini.com"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedez</span><span class="invisible">ade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/?ref=blog.elenarossini.com</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/loops/" rel="tag">#Loops</a> <a href="/tags/sup/" rel="tag">#Sup</a> <a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>
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<p>Did you sign up for the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span> beta? Our Dawn Patrol will get the opportunity to help shape the app. Let us know in this thread if you've added yourself to the waitlist, and we'll see you on the beach!</p><p><a href="https://waitlist.surf.social/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>waitlist.surf.social/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/surf/" rel="tag">#Surf</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
Today the W3C standards organization announced a new working group to advance the ActivityPub and Activity Streams standards. The Social Web Foundation, as a W3C member organization, will be participating in the group. The working group's goal is to release a backwards-compatible iteration of each specification in Q3 of 2026.
Activity Streams was released in 2017, and ActivityPub was released in early 2018. Since that time, the experience of hundreds of implementers and millions of users has […]
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<p>Today the <a href="https://w3c.org/" rel="nofollow">W3C</a> standards organization <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-socialweb/2026Jan/0000.html" rel="nofollow">announced a new working group</a> to advance the ActivityPub and Activity Streams standards. The Social Web Foundation, as a W3C member organization, will be participating in the group. The working group’s goal is to release a backwards-compatible iteration of each specification in Q3 of 2026.</p><p>Activity Streams was released in 2017, and ActivityPub was released in early 2018. Since that time, the experience of hundreds of implementers and millions of users has shown places that the specifications are confusing or unclear, or missing features. Some problems have been documented with <a href="https://www.w3.org/wiki/ActivityPub_errata" rel="nofollow">errata</a>, but others require more work. The <a href="https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Next%20version%22" rel="nofollow">Next Version</a> tag in the ActivityPub GitHub issue repository gives some good examples of topics to be considered. The new Social Web Working Group will provide revisions of these documents to make them easier to use for implementers.</p><p>ActivityPub is an actively used protocol with millions of users and billions of notes, images, video and audio files published. Standards work on ActivityPub will necessarily be evolutionary, not revolutionary, and will incorporate backwards compatibility. Developers can confidently keep working on ActivityPub today without worrying about breaking changes in the future.</p><p>The Social Web Working Group will work closely with the <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/socialcg/" rel="nofollow">Social Web Community Group</a>, the organization that has been stewarding ActivityPub and its extensions since 2018. The Community Group will remain the focal point for innovative developments extending ActivityPub into different areas like <a href="https://github.com/swicg/geosocial" rel="nofollow">geosocial</a> applications or threaded forums, while the Working Group will concentrate on the core documents.</p><p>One Community Group document that will be moving into the Working Group is <a href="https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola" rel="nofollow">LOLA</a>, the live data portability spec that originated in the CG’s <a href="https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-data-portability" rel="nofollow">Data Portability Task Force</a>. LOLA lets users move from one ActivityPub server to another while retaining all their social connections, their content, and their reactions. It’s a great improvement for data portability on the social web.</p><p>The Social Web Working Group will consist of representatives of W3C member organizations and <a href="https://www.w3.org/invited-experts/" rel="nofollow">invited experts</a> from the standards and development community. The group will be chaired by <a href="https://tinysubversions.com" rel="nofollow">Darius Kazemi</a>, longtime contributor to the ActivityPub developer community. Meetings and proceedings will be public, and developers can review the work happening in the <a href="https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues" rel="nofollow">ActivityPub GitHub repository</a>.</p><p>Thanks to everyone who’s done the work getting this charter to completion; especially <a href="https://social.coop/@dmitri" rel="nofollow">Dmitri Zagidulin</a>, the SocialCG chair who drove the charter editing and review process. Now, the work begins!</p><p></p>
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