Matthias Pfefferle

📡 Decentralized... but not disconnected.

FediCon is where the Fediverse community gathers IRL.

📍 Vancouver (Canada)
🗓 August 1-2

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https://fedicon.ca

See you there?

#FediCon #Fediverse #Vancouver #Conference

Dear Fedi friends,

By now you might have seen the post announcing the release of my promotional video for the Fediverse. But in case you have boosts turned off, here we go: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

I posted about it this morning from my #GoToSocial account because I have a 5000 character limit there. And I had so many people to thank for their help. It really takes a village.

Thank you for all the wonderful feedback so far ❤️

Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

#TheFutureIsFederated

#PhanpySocial changelog ✨

🌟 Featured profiles (for upcoming Mastodon v4.4)
🔑 Revoke access token when logging out
📸 Respect server's media description character limit
🪣 Add indicator for exclusive lists
🧪 Sandbox https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/114494995294330803
🐛 Bug fixes

🔗 https://phanpy.social/
💬 https://matrix.to/#/%23phanpy:matrix.org

Good morning Fedi friends!

A mini thread about the Fedi promo video 🧵 1/4

I'm still on cloud 9 after the phenomenal reception my fediverse promo video had yesterday at #FediForum. THANK YOU for the support!

I have screenshots of 12 pages of enthusiastic comments from the Zoom live chat during the screening ❤️ It could not have gone better!

Where things stand:

#FediForum premiere for my Fediverse promo film = done.

How did it go? So well that I've been fighting back tears for the past half hour.

Getting such warm, positive comments from builders and champions of the fediverse is EVERYTHING ❤️ Thank you @j12t for this opportunity.

I'm almost tempted to "deploy on a Friday" and share the link to the video now 😅 But nah, I know better. Tuesday it is! (Monday is a public holiday here)

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

#EleFediVideos

Letting the cat out of the bag:

My Fediverse promo video will premiere at #FediForum on Friday, right after @cwebber's keynote. I'm SOOO EXCITED!!! And honored beyond words.

I just had the opportunity to do a test of the tech during @fediforum's meet & greet and I was thrilled to see so many familiar faces! I'm really moved by everyone's support. Thank you @ozoned @tommi @sturmsucht @reiver @alexisbushnell @anca and ESPECIALLY @j12t for this incredible opportunity. I LOVE this community ❤️

I'm hosting the #IndieWeb blogging carnival in June! (It's June 1 some places in the world right now)

This month's theme is "Take Two" as in, what a director shouts for a do-over.

Also, time travel! I really want to read some speculative blog posts this month.

I invite you to explore this month's theme and send me links to your work: https://www.nicksimson.com/posts/2025-indieweb-carnival-take-two