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Proceedings of FediForum, September 2023

All times given in pacific time.

Wednesday, September 20

8:00amWelcome and introduction
Speed demo session 1
WordPress ActivityPub Plugin, by Matthias Pfefferle (@pfefferle@mastodon.social)
Demoing the first official version, 1.0.0, which was released just a few days ago.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Bonfire, by Ivan Minutillo (@bonfire@indieweb.social)
An extensible open source federated social networking toolkit, that empowers communities to easily configure their spaces from the ground up.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Federated blogging with WriteFreely, by Matt Baer (@matt@writing.exchange)
Start a writing community or your own blog in the Fediverse with WriteFreely.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Firefish Social, by Kainoa Kanter (@kainoa@firefish.social)
The future of scalable, feature rich, and fun social media experiences on the Fediverse.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Collaborative agenda creation
9:15amSession: Server governance
Session: Social.BBC, ask BBC R&D anything (I may not answer everything :)
Session: Can we do better than shared blocklists?
Session: From Fediverse to the Pluriverse of the Future
Session: Adding semantics to social networks (i.e. Linked Data in ActivityPub)
10:15amSession: Portability of content in the Fediverse
Session: Diving more into WriteFreely and long-form content in the Fediverse
Session: Federated contact book / identity
Session: Fediseer - crowdsourced block/allow lists, information and admin coordination
11:15amSession: Plugin architecture / interoperability / compositing ecosystem for Fediverse communities
Session: IFTAS moderator needs assessment findings (review)
Session: How can white people and guys improve the race and gender situation in the Fediverse?
Session: Make de-centralized personal data storage the new normal
Session: Project goals, milestones, and motivation - what works/doesn't?
12:15pmClosing

Thursday, March 30

8:00amWelcome and introduction
Speed demo session 2
Micro.blog and the Fediverse, by Manton Reece (@manton@manton.org)
ActivityPub for following between platforms, and cross-posting to Mastodon or Pixelfed.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
FeedSeer, by Tom Cross (@decius@ioc.exchange)
FeedSeer shows you what articles, links, posts, and hashtags are popular in your Mastodon feed.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Fediseer, by Konstantinos Thoukydidis (@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com)
A FOSS service to help Fediverse instances detect and avoid suspicious instances.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Federated event invitations with Gath.io, by Darius Kazemi (@darius@friend.camp)
Demoing how to invite people to a party with Gath.io's low-touch Fediverse integration.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Castling.club, by Stéphan Kochen (@kosinus@hachyderm.io)
Play chess on the Fediverse. A bot implemented as an ActivityPub server.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Flipping through feeds and lists with Flipboard, by Mike McCue @mike@flipboard.social)
Curation helps people discover the best content whether it's through AI, editors, or the community.
Demo recording on PeerTube, YouTube.
Collaborative agenda creation
9:15amSession: Web monetization (micropayments spec) for the Social Web
Session: Physical location in Fediverse data model
Session: Elevator pitch for skeptics - Fediverse mythbusting
Session: Mastodon search & discovery in 4.2.0 and beyond (no notes)
Session: Funding Fediverse development
Session: Private groups on the Fediverse (limited access, self moderated, like Facebook private groups)
10:15amSession: IFTAS activity review: child safety; automated denylist subscription service; moderator safety
Session: Automatically opening Fediverse links in the right app, so that I can interact with it (browser or OS integration)
Session: “Visionary” revenue models for the Fediverse – and baby steps!
Session: Implications of TikTok for the Fediverse
Session: Testing the Fediverse / Fediverse test suite
Session: Fedi-safety: AI-driven real-time anti-CSAM tooling
11:15amSession: Reporting on Fediverse development
Session: Blocklists from a social science perspective; tension field between federation and safe spaces
Session: Linked Data content in ActivityPub (and anything else semantic)
Session: Fediverse Developer Network / developer experience
12:15pmClosing