FediForum Connect: Curated Product & Service Directory for the Open Social Web. Feedback Requested
/2026-04/session/5-b/
Topics:
Convener: Johannes Ernst (@j12t@j12t.social, @j12t.org)
Participants who chose to record their names here:
- Aaron Klemm (@aklemm@mastodon.social)
- Tom Brown (@tom@herestomwiththeweather.com)
- Matthias Pfefferle (@pfefferle@mastodon.social)
- Luis Quintanilla (https://lqdev.me)
- Andre Kudra (https://esatus.com)
Website: https://connect.fediforum.org
Notes
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Is there another view? More problem-based / intent-based
- E.g. “I need to set up an internal forum”
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Curated testimonials?
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Customer success stories?
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Could become de-facto authority
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Could provide data services to figure out whether it is safe / … to interact with that server
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Consider pulling in data / signals from FediDB (https://fedidb.com)
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Consider presenting options in different order instead of just alphabetical. Projects later in the alphabet may get overlooked because they’re not the “top” options.
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Asking providers for link to connect in user