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Imani Joy, Head of Design at Mastodon, was demoing some recent feature additions and UX improvements introduced to Mastodon 4.5 and 4.6, as well as the rationale behind many of these changes at the recent #FediForum.https://spectra.video/w/9PimpSkZXiCneBXrrEvrRx/cc @imanijoy

tags.pub is a global hashtag server for the Fediverse. You can follow an account like @fediforum@tags.pub and it will boost all the content tagged #fediforum from across the Fediverse. Evan Prodromou demo'd it recently at FediForum .https://spectra.video/w/s3CHd83Hypu1f45pfuqCPT/cc @evanprodromou

FediForum Connect curates sites, apps, and more that mission-aligned organizations might want to use to join the open social web.Johannes Ernst demo'd it recently at #FediForum.https://spectra.video/w/3Nwk9AHhGakixfS7RYkQVg/cc @j12t

How do you keep out the spammers from registering at your Mastodon instance, but still keep registration open?At #FediForum, Stefan Hayden demo'd a new tool for helping with that.https://spectra.video/w/t5jf78RuFmx4GqDgny4EZA/cc @stefan

Fedica for PeerTube is for creators who publish videos across social media platforms, or those who want to plan their social media calendar.Shown by Samir Al-Battran last week at #FediForum.https://spectra.video/w/sGoZnr7HWetgX6JeHwyWef/cc @samir

The #Fediverse now has its own link-in-bio, with new project FediProfile. Share links, collect badges, and own your online presence – no corporation in the middle.Maho Pacheco demo'd it last week at #FediForum.https://spectra.video/w/hBLR8YT3NrX1yEdjezToRh/cc @mapache, @maho.dev

Bounce lets you move your account from Mastodon to Bluesky and back. And now you can move it to other PDSs not run by Bluesky.Ryan Barrett demo'd how at last week's #FediForum.https://spectra.video/w/kC6HSEFU2y8NKMvJ3SH16Y/cc @snarfed.org

End to end encryption is coming to the #Fediverse. At #FediForum last week, @benpate demo'd how it will look like in Bandwagon.https://spectra.video/w/oGzENb3eBqwZXQw2p5V4D6

Have you ever wondered how #ATProto actually works?This presentation by Daniel Holmgren from #FediForum should answer your questions in 30 minutes. https://spectra.video/w/mDnE8FbYh1PXiaCPxsniGQ/cc @dholms.at

Have you ever wondered how #ActivityPub actually works?This presentation by Evan Prodromou from #FediForum should answer your questions in 30 minutes. https://spectra.video/w/s8DKnnaPFw2b1JS8zD5VE8/cc @evanprodromou

@plinubius I’ve have been hanging out with IndieWeb people since, idk, maybe 15 years ago?

@silverpill @jdlh @hongminhee @liaizon @Edent @north @aumetra There’s also https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-webfinger/issues/29

I was blown away by the intensity and quality of the follow-up discussion on "Growing the Open Social Web" at a #FediForum session yesterday. And the sheer number of people who showed up! Somehow this must be an important topic to a lot of people!! We will continue this discussion probably more regularly than twice a year at the regular FediForum.#FediForumFriday

@alexisbushnell That was @sherif.eurosky.social from https://eurosky.tech

@johannab I'm not one to pass up a good dust-up. Universal basic services does seem to have a lot of administrative overhead. Maybe it works for housing, education, and medical care, but not so well for, well, income. If the income is high enough to allow people to choose housing broadly from the market, instead of only paying minimal rent in community housing, then the local grocery and discount stores can't set prices to prey on a captive, immobile population.

And this was it for FediForum Day 3, and all of FediForum Spring 2026. Thanks to everybody who came, who demo'd, who presented, and the wonderful, and wonderfully intense and respectful and constructive discussions about all aspects of the Open Social Web that happened over the past three half-days.As usual, there is so much left to discuss! But don't worry, there will be a next #FediForum. If you want to be notified when registration opens, leave your info here: https://apps.fediforum.org/nextcloud/apps/forms/s/ci4R7TZnNEzDiXHDyFPQcM2G

And, it's done! Another fantastic FediForum! #FediForum #FediForum2026

Talking to @cypherhippie @zzepposs @jdlh @manfredzielinski @FediVariety #FediForum #FediForum2026

The hash-tag to talk about Fediverse Payments is:#AssetFlow (It also includes transferring things that are non-money, too. Thus the generic name.)#FediForum #FediForum2026

@chadkoh I'm updating this page: https://fediforum.org/2026-04/ and gods of copy editing willing, I'll be done within the hour.