federation

<p>I&#x27;ve been wrestling with implementing <a href="/tags/multilingual/" rel="tag">#multilingual</a> content support in <a href="https://hackers.pub/" rel="nofollow">Hackers&#x27; Pub</a>, our <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a>-powered platform for software engineers.</p><p>While <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#ex131-jsonld" rel="nofollow">ActivityPub theoretically supports multilingual content through the contentMap property</a>, the reality is that most server implementations (Mastodon, Misskey, etc.) don&#x27;t properly handle this content as of April 2025. This creates a significant challenge for us.</p><p>We want our users to share their knowledge in multiple languages, but we need to ensure compatibility with existing ActivityPub servers. I&#x27;m considering several approaches:</p><p>Creating separate posts for each language with clear language indicators, linking them through inReplyTo relationships (so translations appear as replies to the original post)<br>Using the primary language in content while storing translations in contentMap<br>Adding &quot;View in other languages&quot; links at the bottom of each post<br>Implementing inline language dividers that degrade gracefully on non-supporting servers, for example:<p>&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;English&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is the English content…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;div lang=&quot;ko&quot;&gt; &lt;h3&gt;한국어&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;한국어 내용입니다…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</p></p><p>I&#x27;m leaning toward a hybrid approach—showing content in the user&#x27;s preferred language when possible while providing easy access to other language versions.</p><p>Has anyone tackled this problem effectively? I&#x27;d love to hear about your experiences or ideas for making multilingual content work well in the fediverse, especially when dealing with server implementations that don&#x27;t fully support ActivityPub&#x27;s multilingual features.</p><p><a href="/tags/fedidev/" rel="tag">#fedidev</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#federation</a> <a href="/tags/i18n/" rel="tag">#i18n</a></p>

<p>At SXSW&#x27;s Fediverse House, it didn&#x27;t matter which platform or protocol you preferred — everyone was focused on the singular goal of building a better internet. We&#x27;ve uploaded videos and highlights of key conversations from the event and rounded them up in one post. Here you go: </p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-house-2025-roundup/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-house-2025-roundup/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">fediverse-house-2025-roundup/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sxsw/" rel="tag">#SXSW</a> <a href="/tags/fediversehouse/" rel="tag">#FediverseHouse</a> <a href="/tags/atprotocol/" rel="tag">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a></p>

<p>The fediverse has no central authority — which brings both challenges and opportunities for how it&#x27;s governed. For Dot Social, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> spoke with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@kissane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kissane</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://friend.camp/@darius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>darius</span></a></span>, two of the smartest people working on this, about the impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election on fediverse work, the &quot;Xodus,&quot; what needs to be done next, and how to fund and sustain better networks for humans. </p><p>Read more about it in this blogpost.<br><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/</span></a></p><p>Listen to the conversation on <a href="https://flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/c/dot_social/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a> or wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/governance/" rel="tag">#Governance</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/atprotocol/" rel="tag">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="/tags/socialnetworks/" rel="tag">#SocialNetworks</a></p>

<p>Today, we&#x27;re beginning to federate publisher accounts in Italy, France and Spain, and expanding in Brazil, Germany and the U.K.</p><p>You can now follow even more of your favorite news, lifestyle, tech and sports sources from Flipboard on the open social web. Read more about it here. See the spreadsheet at the second link for the full list of federated profiles.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u</span><span class="invisible">/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#Deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/spain/" rel="tag">#Spain</a> <a href="/tags/españa/" rel="tag">#España</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#Italy</a> <a href="/tags/italie/" rel="tag">#Italie</a> <a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#Brazil</a> <a href="/tags/brasil/" rel="tag">#Brasil</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/publishers/" rel="tag">#Publishers</a></p>

<p>📢 Wir haben Neuigkeiten! Flipboard erweitert die Föderation in Deutschland: 21 neue Publisher sind jetzt im Fediverse. </p><p>Diesen Publishern kannst du ab sofort direkt folgen:</p><p>AZMuenchen, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AZMuenchen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AZMuenchen</span></a></span><br>BASICthinking, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BASICthinking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BASICthinking</span></a></span><br>Business Punk, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BusinessPunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BusinessPunk</span></a></span><br>BUNTE, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BUNTE_DE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BUNTE_DE</span></a></span><br>CURVED, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@curved" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>curved</span></a></span><br>DER SPIEGEL, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@DerSpiegel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DerSpiegel</span></a></span><br>DerStandard, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@DERSTANDARD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DERSTANDARD</span></a></span><br>Filmstarts, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Filmstarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Filmstarts</span></a></span><br>FitForFun, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@FitForFun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FitForFun</span></a></span><br>Futurezone, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Futurezone_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Futurezone_de</span></a></span><br>GIGA, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Gigade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gigade</span></a></span><br>Gruenderszene, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Gruenderszene" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gruenderszene</span></a></span><br>Harvard Business Manager, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@harvardbusiness" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>harvardbusiness</span></a></span><br>Kino.de, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@kinode" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kinode</span></a></span><br>Men’s Health, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@MensHealth_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MensHealth_de</span></a></span><br>Metal Hammer, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@metalhammer_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>metalhammer_de</span></a></span><br>n-tv, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ntv2019" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ntv2019</span></a></span><br>Photografix, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Photografix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Photografix</span></a></span><br>Premium Quarterly, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@PremiumQuarter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PremiumQuarter</span></a></span><br>SZ, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@SZ_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SZ_de</span></a></span><br>Ze.tt, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Zett" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Zett</span></a></span> </p><p>Mehr dazu in unserem Blog: <a href="https://flip.it/cxfY1U" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/cxfY1U</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/publisher/" rel="tag">#Publisher</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/föderation/" rel="tag">#Föderation</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/nachrichten/" rel="tag">#Nachrichten</a> <a href="/tags/politik/" rel="tag">#Politik</a> <a href="/tags/unterhaltung/" rel="tag">#Unterhaltung</a> <a href="/tags/journalismus/" rel="tag">#Journalismus</a> <a href="/tags/digital/" rel="tag">#Digital</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/wissenschaft/" rel="tag">#Wissenschaft</a> <a href="/tags/wirtschaft/" rel="tag">#Wirtschaft</a> <a href="/tags/klima/" rel="tag">#Klima</a> <a href="/tags/musik/" rel="tag">#Musik</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/xmpp/" rel="tag">#XMPP</a> at <a href="/tags/fosdem/" rel="tag">#FOSDEM</a></p><p>The XMPP Community is very excited to announce the <a href="/tags/realtime/" rel="tag">#Realtime</a> Lounge at the coming FOSDEM 2026! Once again, many members will happily <a href="/tags/welcome/" rel="tag">#welcome</a> you!</p><p><a href="https://xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-at-fosdem-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-at-fosdem-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-at-fosde</span><span class="invisible">m-2026/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jabber/" rel="tag">#jabber</a> <a href="/tags/chat/" rel="tag">#chat</a> <a href="/tags/interoperability/" rel="tag">#interoperability</a> <a href="/tags/rtc/" rel="tag">#rtc</a> <a href="/tags/standards/" rel="tag">#standards</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#federation</a> <a href="/tags/decentralisation/" rel="tag">#decentralisation</a> <a href="/tags/brussels/" rel="tag">#Brussels</a> <a href="/tags/belgium/" rel="tag">#Belgium</a></p>

<p>For us, 2024 was a year of building on the social web.<br>✔️ Expanded federation in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, Germany, and the U.K.<br>✔️ Enabled following accounts from the social web in the Flipboard app.<br>✔️ Announced <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span>, a new browser for the social web.<br>✔️ Produced new episodes of Dot Social, the fediverse podcast hosted by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for being on this journey with us! 🚀</p><p>Did you do cool stuff in the fediverse this year? Tell us all about it in the comments, where we&#x27;ll also link to the Dot Social PeerTube account and our Surf signup page.</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/surf/" rel="tag">#Surf</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a></p>

<p>Do you use Flipboard to stay up on the latest news in tech? If so, your experience just got better. Now you can follow people on Threads and Mastodon, like Marques Brownlee, Mark Cuban, David Imel, Kara Swisher, and Taylor Lorenz, right from your Flipboard, and get their latest social posts on all things tech. </p><p>Learn more about these new features in this blogpost. And if there&#x27;s a cool account you&#x27;d like us to highlight, let us know in the comments below.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-tech-voices-on-flipboard/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-tech-voices-on-flipboard/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">fediverse-tech-voices-on-flipboard/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonmigration/" rel="tag">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a></p>

<p>The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://techpolicy.social/@mallory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mallory</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://me.dm/@tomcoates" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tomcoates</span></a></span>. </p><p>The foundation&#x27;s focus is educating the public and policy makers about the social web, enhancing and extending the ActivityPub protocol, and building tools and plumbing to make the social web easier to use. “With this program, The Social Web Foundation can catalyze more growth on the Fediverse while improving user experience and safety,” says Prodromou. “Our goal is to unblock users, developers and communities so they can get the most out of their social web experience.” </p><p>We are proud to support the work of the foundation. Read more about the it here: </p><p><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>socialwebfoundation.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialwebfoundation/" rel="tag">#SocialWebFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/spreadmastodon/" rel="tag">#SpreadMastodon</a></p>

<p>📣 It&#x27;s been a while since we&#x27;ve federated a batch of publishers — so to make up for it, here are 250, and they&#x27;re big ones. </p><p>Today, we&#x27;re bringing names like <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@abc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abc</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RollingStone</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>forbes</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BleacherReport" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BleacherReport</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NationalGeographic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NationalGeographic</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newyorktimes</span></a></span> to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we&#x27;ve already federated, which include everyone from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@19thnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>19thnews</span></a></span> to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Vox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vox</span></a></span> </p><p>Here&#x27;s a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you&#x27;re only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">flipboard-federates-250-publishers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/spreadmastodon/" rel="tag">#SpreadMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/publishers/" rel="tag">#Publishers</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#Sports</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/lifestyle/" rel="tag">#Lifestyle</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>Bluesky founder and CEO <span class="h-card"><a href="[&#x27;https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team&#x27;, &#x27;https://jay.bsky.team/&#x27;]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jay.bsky.team</span></a></span> says social media is stagnating because &quot;we&#x27;re in this trap where users are locked in and developers are locked out.&quot; She talked to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for the Dot Social podcast about building a healthier internet, how Elon impacted Bluesky&#x27;s trajectory, innovating on social identity, and how different protocols can come together.</p><p>Read more about the episode here: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jay-graber/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jay-graber/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">jay-graber/</span></a></p><p>Watch the video and listen to the podcast on PeerTube here, or listen wherever you get your podcasts: <a href="https://flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fcBNbUitV3q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fcBNbUitV3q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7f</span><span class="invisible">cBNbUitV3q</span></a></p><p>Discover past interviews here: <a href="https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social</span><span class="invisible">-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/atprotocol/" rel="tag">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/jaygraber/" rel="tag">#JayGraber</a> <a href="/tags/mikemccue/" rel="tag">#MikeMcCue</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p>

<p>⭐️ Spotlight ⭐️</p><p>This week in our Community tab, we&#x27;ve featured these inspiring voices from the fediverse, including experts on everything from British history to the NFL. </p><p><a href="https://threads.net/@greg_jenner/" rel="nofollow">@greg_jenner</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@Julia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Julia</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@kateaconger/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kateaconger</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@noahshachtman/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>noahshachtman</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@rkrelentless/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rkrelentless</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@profgalloway/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>profgalloway</span></a></span> </p><p>On Flipboard, you can follow interesting topics, trusted content creators, prestige publishers and people from the fediverse. </p><p>Download the app here: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/download-f</span><span class="invisible">lipboard/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a></p>

<p>Olá, Brasil 🇧🇷! Acabamos de lançar <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@FlipboardBR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FlipboardBR</span></a></span> para compartilhar notícias diárias e nos conectar com a comunidade. Siga a conta e deixe um comentário lá para dizer oi e recomendar algumas contas para seguir.</p><p>Hello, Brazil 🇧🇷! We&#x27;ve just launched <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@FlipboardBR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FlipboardBR</span></a></span> to share daily news and connect with the community. Follow the account and leave a comment over there to say hi and tell the team which accounts you recommend following.</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#Brazil</a> <a href="/tags/brasil/" rel="tag">#Brasil</a> <a href="/tags/notícias/" rel="tag">#Notícias</a> <a href="/tags/tecnologia/" rel="tag">#Tecnologia</a> <a href="/tags/ciência/" rel="tag">#Ciência</a> <a href="/tags/cultura/" rel="tag">#Cultura</a> <a href="/tags/esportes/" rel="tag">#Esportes</a></p>

<p>Forward-thinking journalists are not letting the “media apocalypse” happen to them. Instead, they’re doing the work that arguably has been most critical all along: building direct connections with their readers. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span>&#x27;s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jasonkoebler</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span>&#x27;s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://werd.social/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> join fediverse futurist <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for a conversation about the discovery and sustainability of quality journalism.</p><p>Read more about the episode here: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/</span></a></p><p>Watch and listen at PeerTube here: <a href="https://flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5Eq</span><span class="invisible">rFmDFkAgPY</span></a>, or wherever you get your podcasts. </p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/mikemccue/" rel="tag">#MikeMcCue</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/mediaindustry/" rel="tag">#MediaIndustry</a> <a href="/tags/propublica/" rel="tag">#ProPublica</a> <a href="/tags/404media/" rel="tag">#404Media</a></p>

<p>Anybody visting <a href="/tags/froscon/" rel="tag">#froscon</a> at this weekend?</p><p>If interested in <a href="/tags/forgejo/" rel="tag">#Forgejo</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#federation</a> I will show what is going on:</p><p><a href="https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2025/talk/71b947bc-46fe-415e-b7e8-50ad3c05d597/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="programm.froscon.org/froscon2025/talk/71b947bc-46fe-415e-b7e8-50ad3c05d597/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">programm.froscon.org/froscon20</span><span class="invisible">25/talk/71b947bc-46fe-415e-b7e8-50ad3c05d597/</span></a></p>

<p>📢 Big News! </p><p>Today, we’re announcing that Flipboard is beginning to federate our publisher partner accounts in Brazil and expanding federation in Canada, Germany and the U.K. </p><p>Now, people in the fediverse can follow 150 newly federated publisher accounts and 2,000 topically curated Magazines about everything from politics and world news to sports and travel. </p><p>Read more in our announcement here: </p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-federation-in-brazil-canada-germany-and-u-k/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-federation-in-brazil-canada-germany-and-u-k/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">flipboard-expands-federation-in-brazil-canada-germany-and-u-k/</span></a></p><p>For a full list of federated accounts to follow, visit the Flipboard directory: </p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU</span></a></p><p>Follow our Mastodon accounts in Brazil and Germany to discover Flipboard accounts to follow and keep up with the day&#x27;s news: </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@FlipboardBR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FlipboardBR</span></a></span><br> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@FlipboardDE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FlipboardDE</span></a></span> </p><p>And as always, tell us in the comments what you think!</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#Deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#Brazil</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/brasil/" rel="tag">#Brasil</a> <a href="/tags/unitedkingom/" rel="tag">#UnitedKingom</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/lifestyle/" rel="tag">#Lifestyle</a> <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#Sports</a></p>

<p>People who’ve figured out the fediverse understand its power. Hear from early adopters who explain their lightbulb moments in our new short video series. The use cases and potential of the system are awesome, and these stories are just the beginning. Tell us: what&#x27;s your favorite thing about the fediverse? We&#x27;re listening and looking for more people to feature.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/best-thing-about-the-fediverse-short-videos/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/best-thing-about-the-fediverse-short-videos/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">best-thing-about-the-fediverse-short-videos/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fedilove/" rel="tag">#FediLove</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a></p>

<p>We love hearing your lightbulb moments when it comes to the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>! In our new short video series, we want the unconverted* to see its tremendous power through your stories. (*Which is why we’re posting these clips to “walled gardens” like TikTok.) </p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fedi.curious" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.tiktok.com/@fedi.curious</a></p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/walledgardens/" rel="tag">#WalledGardens</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newyorktimes</span></a></span>&#x27;s veteran tech reporter <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Markoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Markoff</span></a></span> interviewed some of <a href="/tags/teamfediverse/" rel="tag">#TeamFediverse</a> including <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@reckless1280/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reckless1280</span></a></span> and our CEO <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for a feature on the rise of decentralized social media. “It goes back to the original principles where the internet started out as decentralized,” Eugen Rochko told Markoff. Here&#x27;s the full story [may be paywalled]. </p><p>We&#x27;re so excited to develop these conversations further at SXSW this weekend — check out the itinerary and sign up to join us at <a href="/tags/fediversehouse/" rel="tag">#FediverseHouse</a> at the second link.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/NcjhLL" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/NcjhLL</a></p><p><a href="https://lu.ma/xbve5fa0" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lu.ma/xbve5fa0</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/sxsw/" rel="tag">#SXSW</a> <a href="/tags/johnmarkoff/" rel="tag">#JohnMarkoff</a> <a href="/tags/eugenrochko/" rel="tag">#EugenRochko</a> <a href="/tags/mikemccue/" rel="tag">#MikeMcCue</a> <a href="/tags/sxsw2025/" rel="tag">#SXSW2025</a></p>

<p>Concept for discussion: Replacing HTTP Signatures with Bearer Tokens for ActivityPub Federation<br><br>Curious what other people think about this idea. What if federation security was re-worked to use target-assigned <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Guides/Authentication#bearer" rel="nofollow">bearer tokens</a> to authenticate GET/POST requests? This would remove the need for complicated signing schemes and reduce system load under heavy traffic bursts (as no cryptography is required).<br><br>A basic implementation could look like this:<br>1. When instance A (a.example.com) first attempts to federate with instance B (b.example.com), a POST request is made to a dedicated registration endpoint. (for discussion, we&#x27;ll say it&#x27;s <a href="https://b.example.com/activity-pub/register-instance)." rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="b.example.com/activity-pub/register-instance)."><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">b.example.com/activity-pub/reg</span><span class="invisible">ister-instance).</span></a> This request includes fields necessary for verification, including the source domain name, target domain name, and a securely-generated verification token. Other metadata could be included to allow instance B to selectively allow/prohibit federation based on other criteria, but this is optional.<br>2. Instance B makes a POST request back to a dedicated verification endpoint on instance A (for discussion, we&#x27;ll say it&#x27;s <a href="https://a.example.com/activity-pub/verify-registration)." rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="a.example.com/activity-pub/verify-registration)."><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">a.example.com/activity-pub/ver</span><span class="invisible">ify-registration).</span></a> This request must include the target domain name and verification token provided in step 2.<br>3. Instance A checks the verification token (and verify that it matches the target domain name) and return a successful value. The verification code must be invalidated after this call!<br>4. Instance B, after verifying instance A&#x27;s request, returns a securely-generated federation key back to instance A. This federation key is a bearer token used to authenticate all requests from instance A to instance B. This key must be unique to instance A!<br>5. Instance A completes the original request with the Authorization header set to Bearer {federation_key}.<br>6. Instance B receives the request, detects the federation key, and checks it against the list of registered instances.<br>7. If the key does not exist or A has been defederated, then a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/401" rel="nofollow">403 Forbidden error</a> is returned.<br>8. If the key is expired or revoked, then <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/401" rel="nofollow">401 Unauthorized error</a> is returned. Upon receiving a 401 error, instance A should start over from step 1 to re-authenticate and complete the request with a new token. This process should not be repeated for recursive failures!<br>9. If the key is approved, then a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/200" rel="nofollow">200 OK response</a> or <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/202" rel="nofollow">202 Accepted response</a> is returned, and A can consider the request as successful.<br><br>Advantages versus HTTP Signatures:<br>- No cryptography requirements.<br>- Simple logic, no edge cases around HTTP query parameters or header order.<br>- Equally effective for all request types.<br>- Keys can be easily revoked or rotated.<br>- Supports authorized fetch and defederation use cases &quot;by default&quot;.<br><br>Disadvantages versus HTTP Signatures:<br>- Breaks the actor model - instances are required as a first-class concept. (but really, the actor model is basically dead already. you can&#x27;t even federate reliably without a WebFinger server, at minimum.)<br>- Requires multi-request &quot;handshake&quot; before communication. (but this is already required in practice, since a signature can&#x27;t be validated without first requesting the signing actor.)<br>- Out-of-band protocol - communication can&#x27;t happen over ActivityPub / ActivityStreams because this is a prerequisite to authenticate any request. (but again, we already require WebFinger and some software requires NodeInfo for full support.)<br><br>So, what are your thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea? Did I miss something? Please let me know, I welcome replies here!<br><br><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/ap/" rel="tag">#AP</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a></p>

<p>Ghost’s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@johnonolan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnonolan</span></a></span> and WordPress’s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pfefferle</span></a></span> want to help blogs and long content thrive on the open social web. Meet “the longformers,” who chatted to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for the latest edition of Dot Social. <br> <br><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/ghost/" rel="tag">#Ghost</a> <a href="/tags/wordpress/" rel="tag">#WordPress</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/federatedmedia/" rel="tag">#FederatedMedia</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a></p>

<p>This is something discussions on <a href="/tags/spotify/" rel="tag">#Spotify</a> tend to miss: most alternatives are corporate services that are not immune to <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a>
</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://musician.social/@mirlo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mirlo</span></a></span> thinks <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#federation</a> is the answer:</p><p>“We’re trying to federate <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> marketplaces and music distribution platforms (..) if the instance that hosts your music starts to do things you don’t like, you should be able to transfer your data, and not lose anything” </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@diyconspiracy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>diyconspiracy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://diyconspiracy.net/mirlo-interview/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="diyconspiracy.net/mirlo-interview/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diyconspiracy.net/mirlo-interv</span><span class="invisible">iew/</span></a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been busy wrapping up the final parts of Loops ActivityPub federation!</p><p>We will ship with two modes (Open and Lockdown), the latter allowing you to restrict federation with allowed instances only (and enforced via AuthorizedFetch)</p><p>You can also disable Federation support</p><p>I&#x27;ll have a better ETA this weekend after some more testing ✨</p><p>Thanks to phpstan, this may even ship this weekend 🚀</p><p><a href="/tags/loops/" rel="tag">#loops</a> <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#tiktok</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#federation</a></p>

<p><a href="https://pretalx.wikimedia.de/39c3-2025/talk/GKNLVZ/" rel="nofollow">Federating knowledge: exploring ways to bridge wikis and notes</a></p><p>Join the workshop at <a href="/tags/39c3/" rel="tag">#39C3</a>! </p><p>NEW DATE: day 4, TODAY at 13:40 @ <a href="https://39c3.c3nav.de/l/free-knowledge-workshop-area/" rel="nofollow">Free Knowledge Habitat Workshop Area</a>.</p><p>Most people and organisations have their very own way of acquiring, organising, archiving, sharing, and collaborating on knowledge repositories. A broad spectrum of opinions and approaches resulted in a diverse and rich ecosystem of knowledge management solutions. Nevertheless, this also implies scattered and disconnected knowledge sources. What would it mean to build bridges among wikis and federate knowledge?</p><p>This workshop is going to be heavily centred on a twofold discussion, exploring the challenge of federated knowledge starting from two questions.</p><p>What does it mean to federate knowledge repositories?<br>Instead of pursuing a silver-bullet solution to embrace all use-cases, what would it mean to foster and enable interoperability for different software?</p><p>These questions stem from years of questioning and wondering how to integrate my personal note-taking and collective, participatory knowledge management at work, in organisations, institutions, and informal collectives. Recently, I began actively researching this topic as I started playing with the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API" rel="nofollow">MediaWiki API</a> to cross-synchronise my local Markdown notes and the <a href="https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/" rel="nofollow">XPUB wiki</a>, the public learning wiki of the <a href="https://xpub.nl" rel="nofollow">Experimental Publishing</a> master. I am puzzled by taking advantage of the potential of a specific software (in this case, MediaWiki) while fearing of being locked-in.</p><p>Some further, more specific, insights and questions:</p><p>Local-first approaches and software (e.g. <a href="https://github.com/p2panda/reflection" rel="nofollow">Reflection</a>)<br>Interesting experiments based on existing protocols, such as <a href="https://ibis.wiki" rel="nofollow">Ibis</a><br>What do we take of semi-open and obscure yet very cool initiatives like <a href="https://anytype.io" rel="nofollow">Anytype</a><br>The power and the limits of plain-text: how to enable collaboration on simple Markdown files and build on top of it, as <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@obsidian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Obsidian</span></a></span> does</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.design/@modal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>modal</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://autonomous.zone/@p2panda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>p2panda</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@obsidian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>obsidian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.wikimedia.de/@wikimediaDE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikimediaDE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.coop/@dweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dweb</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/knowledge/" rel="tag">#knowledge</a> <a href="/tags/freeknowledge/" rel="tag">#FreeKnowledge</a> <a href="/tags/wiki/" rel="tag">#wiki</a> <a href="/tags/mediawiki/" rel="tag">#MediaWiki</a> <a href="/tags/api/" rel="tag">#API</a> <a href="/tags/obsidian/" rel="tag">#Obsidian</a> <a href="/tags/anytype/" rel="tag">#Anytype</a> <a href="/tags/ibis/" rel="tag">#Ibis</a> <a href="/tags/ibiswiki/" rel="tag">#IbisWiki</a> <a href="/tags/reflection/" rel="tag">#Reflection</a> <a href="/tags/ccc/" rel="tag">#CCC</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/federatedknowledge/" rel="tag">#federatedKnowledge</a> <a href="/tags/docs/" rel="tag">#docs</a> <a href="/tags/pkm/" rel="tag">#PKM</a> <a href="/tags/knowledgemanagement/" rel="tag">#knowledgeManagement</a> <a href="/tags/personalknowledgemanagement/" rel="tag">#personalKnowledgeManagement</a> <a href="/tags/collectiveknowledgemanagement/" rel="tag">#collectiveKnowledgeManagement</a> <a href="/tags/dweb/" rel="tag">#DWeb</a> <a href="/tags/decentralization/" rel="tag">#decentralization</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a></p>

<p>Fall <a href="/tags/fediforum/" rel="tag">#FediForum</a> has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span>&#x27;s feed, created with Surf, here:</p><p><a href="https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom</span><span class="invisible">%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/fediforum/" rel="tag">#FediForum</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a></p>