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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.

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

FR#157 – Social Software Distribution

Open social protocols are expanding beyond social media into the infrastructure developers use to build, distribute, and discover software. Three recent launches show what that looks like in practice.

Growing the Social Web

I'm going to be participating in the Growing the Open Social Web workshop at Fediforum on March 2, 2026. I'm excited to talk to other people who care about the Fediverse about ways to connect more people through ActivityPub. Fediforum invited attendees to publish position papers before the workshop. SWF has a number of hypotheses…

FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02

The Atmosphere . Building the open social web

Open Social Web ID - in commons

Approaching a shared method of single sign-on for the entire open social web.

Leaflet, standard.site, and open social publishing! - Leaflet Lab Notes

Lab Notes 021: launching a set of shared standards for social publishing, migrating Leaflet to use these new lexicons, and how we plan to grow publishing × open social together!

Simplify sharing with built-in APIs and progressive enhancement

Instead of leaning into heavy social sharing widgets, you can create a truly user-friendly social sharing component that works for everyone, using built-in APIs and progressive enhancement.

SocialWeb.Network - Your Gateway to Decentralized Social

Comprehensive resources for decentralized social web protocols including ActivityPub, AT Protocol, Nostr, and more.

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.