<![CDATA[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).

]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/1ec937fe-f641-450e-ac0d-9c52ffd9c1de/fedicon-fossy-2026-live-threadRSS for NodeTue, 11 Aug 2026 10:52:05 GMTFri, 07 Aug 2026 02:41:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:24:16 GMT]]>@paoloredaelli@mastodon.uno indeed, and this kind of sneakernet is just what @vagrantc@floss.social had in mind, I think!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2312https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2312Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:24:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:38:26 GMT]]>@johannab@cosocial.ca yes! I believe @logaldeveloper@infosec.exchange livestreamed it but he wants to review it first.

The official folks also recorded it but that might be awhile.

So short answer yes!

cc @ozoned@btfree.social

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2307https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2307Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:38:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:32:47 GMT]]>@julian please tell me this was recorded!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/johannab/statuses/117063206020708489https://citiverse.it/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/johannab/statuses/117063206020708489Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:32:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:20:46 GMT]]>... and now the panel has been mustachioed

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2306https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2306Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:20:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:12:44 GMT]]>@julian @benpate ohh wow I didn't know @howdy@bandwagon.fm got a logo now!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117062891261738886https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117062891261738886Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:12:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:38:17 GMT]]>The prize for today's Fireside Fedi is an LLM.

A lovely, large, moustache!

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2305https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2305Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:38:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:33:26 GMT]]>The panelists have assembled!

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2304https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2304Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:33:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:25:52 GMT]]>Psyched for @ozoned@btfree.social's "panel", a live episode of @firesidefedi@btfree.social!

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2303https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2303Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:25:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:06:53 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social says "There's the outside of the sausage and the inside of the sausage. We need to make the outside look nice. You don't want to see what's inside"

A pretty apt metaphor, actually.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2302https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2302Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:57:10 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social went through a lot in one presentation!!

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2300https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2300Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:57:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:54:44 GMT]]>A couple of FEPs introduced, FEP 7b29 — Federated Signup Requests and FEP d471 — Endorsements

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2299https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2299Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:54:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:47:49 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social arguing that we're losing the plot with fediverse onboarding. We sign up, and then we dump them on the index page.

(He was looking for bagpipes, by the way.)

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2298https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2298Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:47:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:41:09 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social walking us through his time building out LOLA. He says it's easier than it looks! Let's see...

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2297https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2297Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:41:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:39:56 GMT]]>Instance selection paralysis (with a callout to @tchambers@indieweb.social)

Here's a collection of sites helping you choose an instance. <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f631.png?v=8161d5c9b56" title="😱" />

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2296https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2296Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:39:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:37:27 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social "I think we should make it easier to join"

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2295https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2295Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:37:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:34:18 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social talking about the toggle button in bandwagon to share stuff to Bluesky, and how others should make AP integration as simple.

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2294https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2294Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:34:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:28:11 GMT]]>@benpate@mastodon.social preparing for the next talk

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2293https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2293Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:28:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:57:21 GMT]]>I went to get a cup of coffee and came back to @garbados@hey.hagelb.org talking about how we don't need more toilet spikes.

I was told that I should just watch the recording 🤔

RE: https://hey.hagelb.org/@garbados/statuses/01KZHPMW23E7V3VTESWS5S5WM7

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2291https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2291Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:57:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:54:49 GMT]]>@julian
AFAIK IP over avian carrier (IPoAC) has been a standard since 1990. See
RFC 2549 (1999), it has been implemented in 2001. Afaics you propose an improvement using SD cards instead of printing datagrams on paper. This may be quite an improvement!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli/statuses/117062348926317086https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli/statuses/117062348926317086Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:54:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:24:23 GMT]]>@matt@writing.exchange showing the difference in non-Note support then (pre-2025), and now (2026)

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2290https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2290Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:24:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:22:03 GMT]]>@matt@writing.exchange's demo account is going more viral than expected. > 1k views and 9 boosts. @fedicon@pen.writefree.ly

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2288https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2288Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:22:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:15:32 GMT]]>Matt has created a test user and instantly gained four followers.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2286https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2286Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:15:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:13:38 GMT]]>WriteFreely's editor is very zen.

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Additionally, Matt is live-demoing federation. Good lord.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2285https://citiverse.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2285Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:13:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:08:51 GMT]]>Longformers, wooooo!

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