Some say other protocols have bigger budgets and are better at marketing.
I say: the Fediverse - by the people, for the people - has passionate advocates who use their talents to promote it, often without any financial incentives. It comes from the heart.
Before FOSDEM I asked my friend @sturmsucht - a super talented photographer - if he'd consider bringing his professional camera to take photos of speakers in the Social Web devroom. He did... and so did I.
A mini (pictorial) thread 📸
@_elena @sturmsucht what a handsome folk
📸 2: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @bjoernsta of #SaveSocial
Watch the full video of his presentation "Reaching out to the wider society" here:
🔗 : https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/9MTT3F-reaching_out.mp4
That is a topic i'm interested in. That's the first one I'm watching.
📸 3: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @samvie of @offene_netzwerke
Watch the full video of her presentation "Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe" here:
📸 4: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @cwebber and @tsyesika of https://spritely.institute/
📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @floppy during his talk "A wild FASP appears! Integrating your app with Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers"
Full video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/M7DYRH-a-wild-fasp-appears.mp4
📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @mapache during his presentation "Decentralised Badges with ActivityPub + OpenBadges – Building the interoperable credentialing system we deserve"
Thank you Maho for wearing #TheFutureIsFederated sweatshirt 💚
📸 6: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @hongminhee of @fedify
video: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/video/2026/h2215/KSEUZT-fedify.mp4
