James M.<p>🧵</p><p>The world needs a secure, open source alternative to Facebook private posting (i.e. to friends only), but nothing on the fediverse really fills the need today, alas. At the Fediforum in June, I gave a short presentation on FriendSafe, a social media system I've written that supports private posting. It's a proof of concept that works today, but it would need major UX work and a security review before it's really ready for widespread use. It has a few other features I haven't seen in other social media yet, and which I'd love to see added to other projects.</p><p>In this thread is that 10-slide presentation, one slide per post. The text in the slides is the same as the text in the posts. The presentation is focused on FriendSafe, but I'm also just trying to get these ideas out there.</p><p>Let's start a conversation. Specifically, how can we move forward to get secure private posting ASAP, with full mobile support, etc.? I think this is critical to let people exit FB.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fediforum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fediforum</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fediforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediforum</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
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Two more days to submit a proposed talk or other ideas for our Fediverse track at SFSCON, November 7-8, 2025 in Bolzano, Italy. fediforum.org/news/2... #FediForum #FediForumFriday #SFSCon
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It's #FediForumFriday- your reminder to check in with projects you're excited about, ask for or offer help, or just chat with the folks you met and refresh the joy and motivation you felt at #FediForum.
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@j12t Ian Forrester was talking about this discussion at the BBC in his recent #FediForum keynote https://spectra.video/w/tvmXjF6zcAfVXPrcUuVc3T
Can the Fediverse be provided as a public service?
Watch Ian Forrester's FediForum keynote in which he is sharing his experience exploring this question at the BBC and beyond.
https://spectra.video/w/tvmXjF6zcAfVXPrcUuVc3T
/cc @cubicgarden
Digital identity was a topic I didn't make it to at #FediForum but the discussion has been continuing here this week: https://mastodon.social/@torgo/114867915758780427 .
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https://mastodon.social/@torgo/114867915758780427
MastodonDaniel Appelquist (@torgo@mastodon.social)The issue with digital identity is that people don’t have a single, unified identity. Identity, like many things, is a social construct, not part of some natural order. As a dual national, I'm acutely aware that when and how I assert an identity credential, or characteristic, depends on context. Therefore, digital systems that help us assert these identities must be responsive to people’s contextual needs and under their control. Otherwise, we’re just building more surveillance tools.
It's #FediForumFriday- your reminder to check in with projects you're excited about, ask for or offer help, or just chat with the folks you met and refresh the joy and motivation you felt at #FediForum.
Can #enshittification be stopped and reversed?
@pluralistic lays out how to in his recent #FediForum keynote.
The key ingredient: the political will to require account portability.
Interested in the #fediforum especially the notion of a #fediforumeurope ?
Well your dreams have been answered!
https://fediforum.org/news/2025-07-09-fediforum-partners-with-sfscon-november-2025-bolzano/
Shame its at the same weekend as @mozilla #mozfest
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@j12t @laurenshof I agree that hoping for internet users from around the globe to start eating there digital vegetables (to paraphrase @cwebber) is not a strategy. I disagree that this is what "the #fediverse tells itself". Maybe some ⁂-individuals do. However, I only need to think about the recent #FediForum to recall so many, and much more inspiring narratives on the potential of federated socials. Not only *growth potential* by the way; there is are great values without growth too.
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@ozoned It was an idea by @alexisbushnell at #FediForum to keep the conversation alive between FediForums, and provide project updates.
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@andypiper I would love to come to this but I'm at another con already that weekend! lol!
Very excited to see how it goes and hopefully see more local #FediForum events!
It's #FediForumFriday- your reminder to check in with projects you're excited about, ask for or offer help, or just chat with the folks you met and refresh the joy and motivation you felt at #FediForum.
Re: FediCon presenters
Can we just take a beat and acknowledge that some of the presenters at FediCon this August probably wouldn't be there if they hadn't gotten a chance to lead a session or two at @j12t@j12t.social's FediForum unconference?
Way to go!
NodeBB Community · Re: FediCon presentersCan we just take a beat and acknowledge that some of the presenters at FediCon this August probably wouldn't be there if they hadn't gotten a chance to lead ...
Sneaking in a quick #FediforumFriday post! I’m really interested in https://wanderer.to/ which is a trails database / app that federates. Would be great to have them demo at a future #Fediforum 
wanderer DocumentationWelcome to wandererThe self-hosted trail database
Not specifically a #FediForumFriday post but this gave me the same feeling of positivity and excitement that I felt at #FediForum so I wanted to share it: https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/114790463165845512 .
https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/114790463165845512
MastodonAnuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq@mastodon.social)"Bluesky and Mastodon are dead"
Meanwhile, Kat Abughazaleh: "Bluesky outperforms YouTube, Threads, and our social media ads by about 2:1 per site."
@ben@werd.social similarly has said @ProPublica@newsie.social fundraisers do best on Mastodon.
Dead for whom? Perhaps folks with dying audiences elsewhere.
https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/114790413644545869
It's #FediForumFriday- your reminder to check in with projects you're excited about, ask for or offer help, or just chat with the folks you met and refresh the joy and motivation you felt at #FediForum.
Another #FediForumFriday post, this time to help @elena 's video get even further and convert more folks to fedi! @juergen_hubert is working on the idea of a "FediCard" and is looking for feedback and ideas: https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/114744137014358945 .
#FediForum #Fediverse
https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/114744137014358945
Memento moriJürgen Hubert (@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social)Attached: 1 image
Okay here is my very simple concept for a #FediCard - a "business card" that encourages people to join the #Fediverse and links to @_elena@mastodon.social 's explanatory video.
My idea is that people can hand these out at #protests, political organizations, and so forth - where politically active people gather who already have had bad experiences with commercial social media.
The back side could be customized further to list an instance which is most relevant to the place where you want to share them - for example, I want to print a variant for the gruene.social #Mastodon instance.
I will certainly try to apply my meagre #design skills to make this more appealing, but first I wanted to hear what you all think of this concept, and what your suggestions for improvement are.
(Note: If you want to play around with the design, I have made it available in #SVG / #Inkscape format. The template has the 85 x 55 mm size for European business cards, so you will want to adjust it for other regions.)
#FediHelp
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JxwrLkpvuBaAcRMLFoEjbIXJnhO-bs3r
On this #FediForumFriday, check out the incredible range of topics that have been discussed at #FediForum over 5 events we have run so far. All of the sessions were proposed and hosted by attendees, and we have notes for most of them.
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