#Tag · HUMANs

RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/

Big news for the #Fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #ActivityPub.

@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations.

Bonfire is proud to be one of these first two projects, alongside #Emissary by @benpate

We think #E2EE should simply be the default for any private communications, and we’re especially thrilled to bring private, trusted collaboration to the fediverse.

#JustBetweenUs #Privacy #Encryption #SocialWeb

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org · 2 days ago

As @FreddieJ comes to the end of his time with the Newsmast Foundation team, we'd like to take a moment to celebrate all he's achieved.

Freddie has been with us since the start, from the original idea and through the many evolutions that have grown Newsmast.

Instrumental in building our relationships with others in this space, he has helped build the Foundation into what you see today.

We really hope that Freddie will stay involved in the Social Web, especially in areas of advocacy and policy where he excels.

But, for now, we just want to say a huge thank you 🧡

#ThankYou #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

An image of Freddie smiling into the camera with text reading: "Thank you Freddie!"

Saskia

@saskia@backend.newsmast.org · 2 days ago

I have always said, and will continue to say, that to thrive a social platform needs fandom.

As a little look into why, Ogilvy produced a report into fandom behaviour online and it is a really really interesting read (but of course you have to sign up).

https://www.ogilvy.com/ideas/fandom-flux-codes-growth-gen-z-gen-alpha

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Fandom #Fediverse #Technology

Ogilvy

Fandom Flux: Codes for Growth with Gen Z & Gen Alpha | Ogilvy

More than ever, marketers need to understand the role of fandom in the lives of young consumers. Read Fandom Flux: Codes for Growth with Gen Z & Gen Alpha by Reid Litman at Ogilvy.

A compass diagram by Ogilvy titled: Fandom mapped by emotional weather and fan behavior. There are a number of results and a large explanation on how the data was capture (AI, of course). But the most extreme results are the 'Stardew Valley' fandom which is the most comforting, 'Heartstopper' which is the most participatory, 'Donald Trump' as the most protective, and 'Nicky Minaj' as the most chaotic.

Bonfire

@bonfire@indieweb.social · 5 days ago

⏳ Just a few hours left! 🔥

We're in the final stretch of the Bonfire crowdfund. Help unlock new features for community-run spaces in the #fediverse! Every share or contribution makes a real difference.

Support or boost before time runs out:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=KSZZAOGLZ028Aw6GI1ZvVQ

Read about our groups stretch goal, to bring genuine community spaces to the fediverse:
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/

Endless thanks to everyone who supported us already! Let’s show what open and caring federated networks can achieve! 💜🌱

Why Community Matters: Groups as the Next Step for the Fediverse

Federated groups in Bonfire will be spaces where communities gather to organise, care, and coordinate across the fediverse. They'll live next to your personal feed, but each group having a specific purpose: a study circle, a lab team, an activist collective, a local mutual aid crew, a project team. Inside you’ll find posts, conversations, calendars, shared resources, and more. Crucially, groups will be portable and interoperable.

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Bonfire boosted

Anders Thoresson

@anders@thoresson.social · 7 days ago

39 hours to go for @bonfire 's crowdfunding campaign.

Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!

#fediverse #decentralize

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

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Anders Thoresson

@anders@thoresson.social · 7 days ago

39 hours to go for @bonfire 's crowdfunding campaign.

Help build decentralized communitites. Back it!

#fediverse #decentralize

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

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Bonfire boosted

Fireside Fedi

@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live · last week

2 DAYS LEFT! Help @bonfire hit their first #stretchgoal and let's keep #funding #open #web #development

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=uMxfxdtM7kaxrjwxZLShUA

#bonfire #fedi #fediverse #foss

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Fireside Fedi

@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live · last week

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Connected Places

@fediversereport@mastodon.social · last week

Fediverse Report 146 - this week's #fediverse news

- @peertube releases PeerTube v8, focusing on making the software more accessible to organisations and institutions
- @bonfire reaches their crowdfunding goal, and a short explainer of what the software actually is, and why it confuses people
- PieFed continues to improve, with an upcoming question-answer mode and better handling of links

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-146/