Social Web
Amplify Our Voices: Building Digital Sovereignty on the Fediverse
<p>The web is facing a critical moment. In an era of geopolitical fragmentation and relentless platform <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification">enshittification</a></em>, we cannot afford to remain dependent on Big Tech gatekeepers for our digital voices. The Social Web offers an alternative—but only if we actively claim it.</p>
<p>We'll show you how to establish genuine digital sovereignty by federating different content types across the Fediverse. Through live demos of Mastodon (microblogging), Pixelfed (images), and Castopod (podcasting), we'll demonstrate how these independent platforms seamlessly federate via ActivityPub—allowing you to own your content, control your audience relationships, and maintain your voice across media types without surrendering to corporate platforms.</p>
<p><strong>What we'll do together:</strong>
- <strong>Understand why now matters</strong>: We'll examine the geopolitical and economic forces driving platform consolidation and why decentralization is a democratic imperative
- <strong>Break the enshittification trap</strong>: We'll show how platforms extract value by degrading service, and why federation breaks this cycle
- <strong>See federation in action</strong>: We'll demo cross-platform federation live—posting from Castopod, watching interactions appear in Mastodon, building community across instances
- <strong>Get you started</strong>: We'll give you concrete next steps to migrate your digital presence to the Social Web</p>
<p>By the end of this session, you'll know exactly where to start. If you have a laptop, you can host a podcast on the Fediverse—and we'll show you how. The tools exist. The community is ready. Let's take back control of how we communicate, create, and connect online.</p>
<p>Illustration: (CC BY-SA 4.0) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eukombos">Eukombos</a></p>
Additional information
| Live Stream | https://live.fosdem.org/watch/h2215 |
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| Type | devroom |
| Language | English |
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