Some nice themes running through the #SocialWeb Devroom at #FOSDEM: storytelling from different national and international contexts (Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Europe); new apps and ideas (badgefed, splinter, FASPs, Spritely); building infrastructure and foundational tech (Bonfire, Fedify, Emissary). This is really great momentum! The speaker list today has been wonderful.
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@andypiper oh I wish I was able to come and talk about the history of VKontakte and how that led to me starting Smithereen. Russia is one of the few countries where Meta genuinely failed to take over the majority of social media usage, and VK took a lot longer to become terminally enshittified.
That and I'd also talk about how I'm extending ActivityPub too much. And that I have some ideas about decentralized global search.
Maybe next year...
@grishka @andypiper you should come to FediCon this summer!
@dansup @andypiper Canadian visas weren't easy to get even in the best of times
@grishka @andypiper I'm applying to 90 Day Fiance, its easy, you just gotta pretend we're in love and boom visa.
Just don't tell my partner 🤣
But seriously, I wish it was easier for you to attend, you're such a legend and it would be so cool to have a beer together
@dansup @andypiper I, too, wish the world wouldn't be so hellbent on punishing me for choosing a "wrong" country to be born in.
Though, actually, there are many countries where I wouldn't need a visa, and some where I would but it's easy to get. Somewhat surprisingly, the UK is one of them for example, just ask nicely and pay some money.
@dansup @andypiper you have no idea how privileged you are with your Canadian citizenship btw
@grishka I think it would be a really interesting talk!
@andypiper btw at one point VK was marketing itself as "the largest European social network" 🫠
@andypiper It sounds amazing!
There has also been a pleasing (to me) mixture of talks between technical, and non-technical / political / philosophical
@andypiper sounds like a great time! enjoy! can't wait to hear all about it! 🩵
