Evan Prodromou

Research Director at the Social Web Foundation. Current editor of the ActivityPub and Activity Streams 2.0 specifications at the Social Web […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://socialwebfoundation.org/author/evanprodromou/, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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DWeb Camp Berlin

I (Evan) will be at DWeb Camp Berlin this year. DWeb camp is a 5-day camping event in a forest near Berlin, where decentralized web hackers and advocates from around the world convene to discuss the s…

Jun 10·1 min read·137 words

Bot Notification Filters in Mastodon Help tags.pub

I am OVER THE MOON excited to see that #Mastodon now has a filtering option for notifications from bots. It's working spotlessly from a build of Mastodon 4.6 from today (Here's a screencast of me demo…

Jun 9·1 min read·181 words

European Social Sovereignty

We're proud to have been involved in organizing and supporting the european.social effort to promote European social sovereignty. Digital independence is an important topic for policymakers worldwide;…

Jun 5·2 min read·209 words

Last chance for the Social Web Sustainability Survey

Just a note -- we are finishing up our analysis of the data from the Social Web Sustainability Survey that we announced recently. If you run a Fediverse server -- a Mastodon or Pixelfed site, a Lemmy …

May 12·1 min read·98 words

Apply for NLnet Open Social Fund Before June 1

A quick reminder that NLnet has an Open Social Fund specifically for projects that implement ActivityPub. They make grants of 5000 to 50000 euros. Their next proposal deadline is June 1, 2026. The pro…

May 7·1 min read·62 words

Social Web Foundation at Wikimedia Hackathon

I (Evan) will be at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 in Milan, Italy this weekend (May 1-4). I'm especially interested in how we can connect Wikimedia projects and content to the Social Web using Activity…

May 1·1 min read·91 words

How To Bullshit Your Way Through a Conversation about ActivityPub

I (Evan) will be giving talk at Fediforum 26-04 next week, April 28, 2026, on the exciting topic of faking your way through ActivityPub conversations. Here's the description: "One of the best bluffer…

Apr 25·1 min read·92 words

Fediverse Sustainability Survey

As part of the work on Fediverse sustainability announced earlier this year, the Social Web Foundation is running our first Fediverse Sustainability Survey . We're seeking operators, moderators and ad…

Apr 6·1 min read·83 words

Fediverse Track at COSCUP: Call for Proposals

The call for proposals is open for the COSCUP Fediverse track in Taipei, Taiwan. ActivityPub-related software, including server and client implementations, are great topics for the event. COSCUP ("Co…

Apr 6·1 min read·84 words