Connected places: understanding how the new social web works
The Missing Piece: How Location Data is Coming to the AT Protocol
A deep dive into community-driven geolocation schemas, emerging projects, and the future of location-aware social networking on Bluesky
Toward Wayfinding Infrastructure for the Living Web · Atlas Research Group
Our world is getting crazier by the day. Our old maps and compasses weren’t made for this complexity. While new tools may open up amazing possibilities, they also make it easier to lose ourselves – especially when they don’t belong to us, and make us vulnerable to other people’s hidden choices and unsavory intentions about what is worth attending to.
Federating friendly spaces - Roomy
hearkening back to the cozy vibes of old-web neighborhoods
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02
The Local Connection Crisis: New Data on What Communities Need
Home - Nos: The Human Network
A decentralised mesh of communities and individuals built by and for the people. Nos is social media for humans, not algorithms.
we were online
Turn the internet into a living, shared space with real-time traces of people browsing.
Openvibe — Town Square for Open Social Media
Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online Un-Workshop
Since the Twitter takeover by Elon Musk over three years ago, the Open Social Web has been adopted by an enthusiastic community. People world-wide are building and using open social platforms and open social protocols to better interact with others online.
The Missing Piece: How Location Data is Coming to the AT Protocol - Building on atproto
A deep dive into community-driven geolocation schemas, emerging projects, and the future of location-aware social networking on Bluesky
Ambient Co-presence
Creating a subtle, peripheral, and synchronous sense of shared space and context on the web
A New Social
Our mission is to liberate people's networks from their platforms, enabling The Last Network Effect and leveling the playing field across the open social web.
A New Social
Our mission is to liberate people's networks from their platforms, enabling The Last Network Effect and leveling the playing field across the open social web.
Digital Spaces Directory | New_ Public
As the social media landscape changes and a new wave of digital spaces emerges, this Directory is meant to be a resource for our field — a jumping-off-point for further exploration and research for anyone who’s interested in studying, building, stewarding, or simply using digital social platforms. We hope this will inspire creative exploration, spark new collaborations, and highlight important progress.
