<p>So... Has anyone on here actually talked with the people from the <a href="/tags/socialwebfoundation/" rel="tag">#SocialWebFoundation</a>?</p><p>I can tell the <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> Organization has, but <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a> is also listed there, while I don't see any other names that aren't some corporate entity. I'm all for groups that want to expand the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>, even for-profit ones, but it's a red flag when an organization that purports to be for a general movement doesn't have an open line of communication with rank-and-file server-runners and volunteers...</p><p>Edit:<br>I just realized that it was 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> who is actually very active in mainstream Fedi, and one of the maintainers of the actual protocol. While that doesn't elaborate on actual intentions, it is good to know that at least it's someone who is directly involved, and not some random corporation. <a href="/tags/evanprodromou/" rel="tag">#EvanProdromou</a></p>
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<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'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>
tags.pub is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server -- it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There's lots of information on the tags.pub home page, and I (Evan) did a talk about tags.pub at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about tags.pub.
To follow a hashtag globally, search for a user with that name at tags.pub, like <a rel="mention" class="u-url mention" href="https://tags.pub/user/example">@example</a> for the #example hashtag. Follow that account, and it will share all the […]
<p><a href="https://tags.pub/" rel="nofollow">tags.pub</a> is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server — it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There’s lots of information on the <a href="https://tags.pub/" rel="nofollow">tags.pub home page</a>, and I (Evan) did <a href="https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WNDQUQ-tags-pub/" rel="nofollow">a talk about tags.pub</a> at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about tags.pub.</p><p>To follow a hashtag globally, search for a user with that name at tags.pub, like <span class="h-card"><a href="{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tags.pub/profile/example', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>example</span></a></span> for the <a href="/tags/example/" rel="tag">#example</a> hashtag. Follow that account, and it will share all the content it sees with that hashtag to you. If you unfollow the account, it should stop sharing to you. The usernames only have letters and numbers in them, and they only go up to 64 characters.<br>To share your content with tags.pub, search for and follow the <span class="h-card"><a href="{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tags.pub/profile/_followback', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>_followback</span></a></span> account. It will follow you back (thus the name) and your public posts will be shared by the hashtag accounts on tags.pub. If you unfollow the follow back account, it will unfollow you back, and your content will no longer be shared.<br>You can connect a whole server to tags.pub by using the <a href="https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/ae0c/fep-ae0c.md" rel="nofollow">relay interface</a>. Add <a href="https://tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/inbox" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/inbox"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/</span><span class="invisible">inbox</span></a> (Mastodon) or <a href="https://tags.pub/user/_____relay_____" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tags.pub/user/_____relay_____</a> (Pleroma) to your server relays. This is a one-way pipe — your server will send public posts to tags.pub, but tags.pub won’t send all its public data back to you. Instead, your users should follow hashtag accounts to get specific feeds.<br>We respect your agency. If your server is connected to tags.pub and you don’t want it to boost your content, add <a href="/tags/notagspub/" rel="tag">#NoTagsPub</a> to your bio. If you already have <a href="/tags/nobots/" rel="tag">#NoBots</a>, that should be plenty. You’ll still be able to follow tags.pub hashtag accounts. If you don’t want to see or be seen by tags.pub at all, you can block the domain ‘tags.pub’ entirely.<br>Becoming the ‘global’ hashtag server is a goal. We are still ramping up, and there are a lot of people and servers that are not yet connected.<br>tags.pub will not share your content with accounts or servers that you have blocked. It only shares the link to your content, so your block will be respected.<br>tags.pub is developed and operated by <a href="https://tags.pub/" rel="nofollow">Social Web Foundation</a>. We are a US non-profit. The servers are located in Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada in a data centre run by <a href="https://www.ovhcloud.com/" rel="nofollow">OVHCloud</a>, a French corporation. We try to keep the data storage to the absolute minimum necessary to provide the hashtag sharing service. There is no search index, and we don’t archive your content. The <a href="https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub" rel="nofollow">code</a> is Free and Open Source software under the AGPL-v3.<br>If you have a feature request, or a bug report, please add a <a href="https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub/issues" rel="nofollow">GitHub issue</a>. If you have a private comment or question, please <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/contact/" rel="nofollow">use our contact form</a>.</p>
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