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FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
This is the beginning of the live thread for FediCon/FOSSY 2026. Check back here for updates regarding the Fediverse track of FOSSY (Friday and Saturday).
This is the beginning of the live thread for FediCon/FOSSY 2026. Check back here for updates regarding the Fediverse track of FOSSY (Friday and Saturday).
@julian Excited to follow along! 🌍✨ Events like FediCon/FOSSY show how powerful open-source technology and the Fediverse can be when communities come together. Looking forward to the discussions and ideas! 💚
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
@julian@activitypub.space Air quality looks 🚬 any wildfires nearby?
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Poor air quality 😬 but can't really tell outside.
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As is tradition, you get (mildly) better service if you order in Cantonese 😎 luckily my broken Cantonese was still viable enough to pass — phew!
My family would go out once a weekend to a 茶餐廳 (cha chaan teng, "tea restaurant"), and this really reminds me of my childhood.
Certainly these restaurants still exist in Ontario, but the Cantonese population there pales in comparison to the mainland Chinese population, and these restaurants, serving an odd cross section of Chinese and English influenced food, only exist in Cantonese communities.
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Hello Vancouver!
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Good Morning Vancouver! Bright and early morning due to jet lag. Tentative plan is a Lyft to Chinatown to get some HK Milk Tea. I haven't had this in years — nearest place at home that does it well is well over 45 mins away.
Despite what @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org suggested, I don't think I will be going into Richmond today :sweat_smile:
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
As is tradition, you get (mildly) better service if you order in Cantonese 😎 luckily my broken Cantonese was still viable enough to pass — phew!
My family would go out once a weekend to a 茶餐廳 (cha chaan teng, "tea restaurant"), and this really reminds me of my childhood.
Certainly these restaurants still exist in Ontario, but the Cantonese population there pales in comparison to the mainland Chinese population, and these restaurants, serving an odd cross section of Chinese and English influenced food, only exist in Cantonese communities.
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Got off to a slightly late start as the first few FOSSY presentations went late, but @evan@cosocial.ca and @reiver@mastodon.social were already on-scene and raring to go!
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
@evan@cosocial.ca's talk is entitled 10 Ways to Grow the Fediverse
Everyone deserves choice in how they connect with family, friends, colleagues, and neighbours — Evan
With 14M users on the fediverse (as measured by FediDB), it's growing steadily, but the base of active users sits stable at 1.2M — how do we get them to stay?
Help people connect with others they care about (the social network part)
Have conversations that matter. Ones they're interested in, ones they care about
What are those 10 ways?
to be continued...
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How do we grow the fediverse? Says @evan@cosocial.ca...
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How do we grow the fediverse... cont'd
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A good question for @evan@cosocial.ca about Trust and Safety and moderation labour
Q: What role does moderation play in growing the fediverse (context: friends have left the fediverse because of harrassment) -- centralizing moderation labour? Undertraining of moderation among server admins. "Is AP good at this, what can we learn..."
A:
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
... and we're back for the second half of FediCon Day 1!
Here is @ozoned@btfree.social setting up with @reiver@mastodon.social
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
The community is the fediverse. He envisions a future where every family has their own social media "box" that interconnects with all other services.
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... and now we have @django@social.coop talking about the ActivityPub API!
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Some hard truths about the ActivityPub API -- managing state is hard when you are using a linear timeline as provided by the C2S inbox and outbox.
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
An impromptu lightning talk by @roost@hachyderm.io about Trust & Safety
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People are reinventing the exact same tools to solve the exact same problems. The tools themselves are not magical and special, so there's no need to reinvent them.
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"The reason why Roost exists? Trust and Safety is kind of broken (on fedi?)"
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Now we have @skavish@welley.social about Private Communities!
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Ah yes, additional nomenclatural differences 
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When 1b12 fails (according to @skavish@welley.social)
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@skavish@welley.social argues private communities should not be federating content outward, just granting access.
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Day 3 of FOSSY aka Day 2 of FediCon starts with a panel featuring @evan@cosocial.ca @reiver@mastodon.social @django@social.coop and @ozoned@btfree.social!
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