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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
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
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
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.
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
"The reason why Roost exists? Trust and Safety is kind of broken (on fedi?)"
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Now we have @skavish@welley.social about Private Communities!
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Ah yes, additional nomenclatural differences 
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
When 1b12 fails (according to @skavish@welley.social)
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
@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!
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
First up, the panellists are asked to describe the fediverse in 6 words or less 😬 glad I'm not up there!
@django@social.coop says "when big social blows up, confettiverse" (apologies if I quoted it wrong!)
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Q: "is BlueSky on the Fediverse?"
@reiver@mastodon.social "Evan why don't you take this one"
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
Q: "is Truth Social on the Fediverse?"
Now @ozoned@btfree.social explaining (very carefully) that Truth Social is built on the Mastodon codebase but functions like an island. It does not federate.
:fire:
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
I did not know that @django@social.coop was based in Edmonton!
The contingent of Canadian AP developers continues to grow... No wonder all of the Fediverse conferences in the Americas are in Canada 
FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
The panelists now asked which default server they'd recommend. These questions are hard!
Even @ozoned@btfree.social wasn't sure prior to the panel.
@evan@cosocial.ca suggesting that maybe you already have one and don't know; suggests checking your orgs and associations; possibly self-hosting or checking joinmastodon.org
@django@social.coop warns about checking Instance rules to align on values.
@ozoned@btfree.social suggesting Mastodon for twitter fans, Pixelfed for Instagram fans, forums for topical based discussions (plus a shoutout for ActivityPub.Space, thanks!)
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