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The #CFP for the Fediverse & Social Web track at COSCUP 2026 (Taipei, Aug 8–9) is now open! If you’re working on #ActivityPub, the #fediverse, or anything in the open social web space, we’d love to hear from you. The deadline is May 9. #COSCUP is free to attend. https://hackers.pub/@fedidevkr/2026/fediverse-social-web-track-at-coscup-2026-cfp (Boosts appreciated!) #SocialWeb #fedidev

<small>Read it in other languages: 日本語 (Japanese), 한국어 (Korean).</small> FediDev KR and FediLUG (Japan) are pleased to announce the Fediverse & Social Web track at COSCUP 2026, and invite participants to submit proposals for talks. COSCUP (Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters) is a free, community-run open source conference held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. Think FOSDEM, but in East Asia. This year it takes place August 8–9 at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and is co-hosted with UbuCon Asia 2026. The Fediverse & Social Web track runs for a full day, six hours in total. It is the first dedicated fediverse track at a major open source conference in East Asia, and we hope it becomes a regular gathering point for the fediverse community in the region. Format The default talk length is 30 minutes. If you need more or less time, note your preferred length when submitting. Topics We welcome proposals on anything related to the fediverse and the open social web, including: Implementations of ActivityPub or related protocols Clients for ActivityPub-enabled software Libraries, toolkits, and frameworks for fediverse development Supporting services: search, onboarding, moderation tooling Instance administration and operations Governance, policy, and the social dimensions of running federated communities The broader open social web and interoperability Important dates Submission opens: March 28, 2026 Submission deadline: May 9, 2026 (AoE) Acceptance notifications: June 9, 2026 Conference: August 8–9, 2026 Submissions Submit proposals at https://pretalx.coscup.org/coscup-2026/cfp. Select Fediverse & Social Web from the track dropdown. You can write your proposal in English or Chinese. COSCUP publishes session descriptions bilingually in English and Chinese, but that translation happens after acceptance; you don’t need to provide both languages when submitting. All sessions will be recorded and released under CC BY-SA 4.0. If your talk contains material that cannot be recorded or released under those terms, please note this in your submission. Code of conduct All speakers and attendees are expected to follow the COSCUP Code of Conduct. Contact Questions about the track, topics, or the fediverse in general are welcome at contact@fedidev.kr or @fedidevkr@hackers.pub on the fediverse.

@MichelPatrice @ruud done

@OrionKidder @chris @avilewis @votetanille @tonymcquailgreenprogressive @mlabotterell @emilylowan @Paulatics baby steps! Let them join and become familiar with the platform before we push them towards the next level of running their own instances

@doktorzjivago @evanprodromou @evan is pump.io dead ?

RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/12/19/implementing-encrypted-messaging-over-activitypub/Big news for the #Fediverse! End-to-end encryption is coming to #ActivityPub.@swf with support from @sovtechfund is coordinating two interoperable implementations. Bonfire is proud to be one of these first two projects, alongside #Emissary by @benpateWe think #E2EE should simply be the default for any private communications, and we’re especially thrilled to bring private, trusted collaboration to the fediverse.#JustBetweenUs #Privacy #Encryption #SocialWeb

@newsmast I still use Facebook as a legacy account, but any new social media system I join has to be decentralized.

I know people are arguing in the comments of this post, but —Can we notice that — there is a conversation happening across the Fediverse, ATmosphere, Mastodon, and Bluesky.And, consider that some level of success for the broader Social Web RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/post/3lwzadikbrc2u#ATmosphere #bluesky #BridgeyFed #bsky #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWeb

Social web lingo proposal:✘ Follow JoinWhat if we thought of ourselves as communally "with" – rather than linearly "following" (or its variant "supporting") – each other?#SocialWeb #Language

https://Channel.org open beta is nearly here Soon, we'll be sending out invites to https://Channel.org to a number of people across the open social web. Including those who have joined the waitlist!If you haven't already signed up, you can register your interest at support@channel.org and we'll send an invite code across when it goes live #Channels #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Technology #FediTech #Fedi #Beta #Test