2025-06-14 –, A112 (capacity 64)
The Fediverse is a decentralised social network. But what does that mean?
In this talk I will give a short introduction to the Fediverse of 2025 and how it started to evolve in 2008. I will explain the basic concepts of ActivityPub as the protocol of the Fediverse and how the use of this open protocol has enabled a diverse group of Free Software projects to build a social network of (micro) blogging, video streaming, podcasting and event organizing. A network of thousands of community hosted services, where users can share and interact with each other regardless of the platform they use. What is possible in the Fediverse of 2025? And how can you get started today?
This talk does not require any technical knowledge of the Fediverse. However, you should know what an email is.
Beginner - no experience needed
Tobias studied Physics at the University of Potsdam and worked there as a tutor and technical assistant in the basic laboratory of the Physics Institute. He has been a Free Software enthusiast since the mid-90s and joined the Berlin group of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) as a volunteer around 2012. In his free time, Tobias is part of the Friendica development team, initiator of the Fediverse meetup in Berlin and was co-coordinator of the Berlin Fediday 2024.
Since 2022 he works as a System-Hacker for the FSFE, specifically as webmaster and supporting the FSFE community with technical questions about the services provided by the FSFE.