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Forum software, allows for you to change domain names.
That is something Fediverse software, truly, should work on.
#Icann #Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #Misskey #Sharkey #IceShrimp #PixelFed #PeerTube #WordPress #Forums #ActivityPub
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WoltLab Burning Board is a forum software developed by developers for developers, as well as business class support forums in mind. -- Discourse was not the right choice.
WoltLab's framework is free open source, too. Granted, the forum is paid, but it would have been a better option.
https://www.woltlab.com/en/
#ForumSoftware #Forums #Development #Foss #OpenSource #Ubuntu
WoltLab®WoltLab Suite - Premium Community Forum Software - WoltLab®Create a forum for your customers, fans or colleagues in just a few steps. The modern and secure forum software for your community platform.
Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
www-xataka-com.translate.goog · Los foros de internet están desapareciendo porque ahora todo es Reddit y Discord. Y eso es preocupanteHubo un tiempo en que los foros de discusión eran nuestras redes sociales. Los usuarios visitaban aquellos que se ajustaban a cierta temática y eso les...
The upcoming possibility of browsing to remote federated categories/communities has me thinking about interesting use cases for it.
Note that Lemmy, PieFed, mBin, and other "community-centric" software already do support this, so it's nothing new, I'm actually playing catch-up.
One interesting use case centers around NodeBB's /unread route, which tracks new topics since your last visit. Since ever, and even now in v4, this is only for local categories, but if you're able to "subscribe" to a remote category, then we could enable use of this page for that content too.
Think about waking up and seeing a self-curated feed of new content from your subscribed communities! There are some interesting parallels to RSS here, too.
What other forum-centric use cases do you think would be enhanced by the ability to browse remote categories?
"A vast, decentralized network of personal #blogs, #forums, and independent #communities has been corralled into a handful of paved #prisonyards controlled by a few massive corporations.
The fediverse is a #jailbreak. It’s not something you can buy stock in or use to enrich yourself at the cost of our shared humanity."
@AlexaFontanilla2024
From: @Daojoan
https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/114120490040988835
MastodonJA Westenberg (@Daojoan@mastodon.social)The fediverse is an ecosystem where you - not some incellionaire obsessed with eugenics - own your digital identity.
Where your social graph belongs to you, not an algorithm’s shifting fucking whims.
Where moving from one service to another doesn’t mean losing everything you’ve built and everything you’ve ever said.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/
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"Man, I really miss forums" - seen this lately? I wrote about why forums still matter in 2025, how we lost searchable knowledge to closed social platforms, and what the future might hold for online communities. Not just nostalgia - it's about preserving accessible knowledge for everyone.
#Forums #Tech #InternetCulture #OnlineCommunity #WebDev
https://www.2tonwaffle.com/the-death-of-forums-and-why-everyone-keeps-saying-they-miss-them/
Opensource Forum Software NodeBB Joins the Fediverse #announcements #forums #nodebb #nodejs #opensource #releases #decentralization #discussion_forums #federation #fediverse #forum
https://ostechnix.com/nodebb-joins-fediverse/
OSTechNix · Opensource Forum Software NodeBB Joins the Fediverse - OSTechNixOne of the popular opensource forum software NodeBB, is joining the fediverse. Starting with NodeBB v4.0.0, federation is a core feature.
If you're hankering after old-style forums, you might want to check out @nodebb which is now Fediverse compatible.
It means you can have the old style forum atmosphere, but also the modern style connections to a wider audience (but that part is optional of course 
).
Personally, I think that federated forums are the future of the fediverse.
Because anyone can join the fediverse and there is no centralized control, that means you are exposed to all types of people and content. But forums typically have membership requirements, community rules, and moderators. Since a lot of people are looking for a safe space, the safest space would be a fediverse-enabled forum that controls who can be a member and that moderates posts within the forum.
It also creates a sense of community that social media does not create. If you are looking for like-minded people, they are most likely to hang out in forums that have a specific topic, theme, or community. That makes it easier to discover new people to follow and interact with.
Combine federated social media and federated forums, and you have a powerful combination.
#forums #socialmedia #fediverse
Because anyone can join the fediverse and there is no centralized control, that means you are exposed to all types of people and content. But forums typically have membership requirements, community rules, and moderators. Since a lot of people are looking for a safe space, the safest space would be a fediverse-enabled forum that controls who can be a member and that moderates posts within the forum.
It also creates a sense of community that social media does not create. If you are looking for like-minded people, they are most likely to hang out in forums that have a specific topic, theme, or community. That makes it easier to discover new people to follow and interact with.
Combine federated social media and federated forums, and you have a powerful combination.
#forums #socialmedia #fediverse
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A popular open source software for forums marks their 4.0 release with ActivityPub support, bringing their message boards to the network.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/01/nodebb-officially-joins-fediverse/
We Distribute · NodeBB Officially Joins the Fediverse - We DistributeA popular open source software for forums marks their 4.0 release with ActivityPub support, bringing their message boards to the network.
Today's the day! 
After nearly a full year in development, NodeBB v4.0.0 has landed, bringing federation between NodeBB instances (and a connection to the wider fediverse of social media) to forum software.
Fedi-what?
Fediverse! Here's a TechCrunch primer about it, but at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. All you need to know is that NodeBB plugs in to a wider social network so that you don't have to cultivate an audience, they're already there.
The genesis
It was back in mid-2023 when I had the initial idea of interconnecting NodeBB forums. Back then, I had far smaller ambitions... I wanted a singular NodeBB to be able to communicate with other forums running NodeBB. To do that, we'd need to build out a centralized service to act as a bridge between instances, and corresponding slim clients on individual installs to consume the relayed data. At the time, concept like decentralization were not even part of my thought process.
It was during this period when I was doing my research that I stumbled on Mastodon, and later, ActivityPub, the protocol that powers it all. Since then, it's been one wild ride getting NodeBB to speak the same language.
Funding
Soon after dipping my toes into all that Mastodon had to offer, I discovered the NLNet Foundation, and their corresponding fund — NGI Zero Core. With the promise of funding, NodeBB could fully commit to implementing the protocol in short order, instead of piece by piece over time. We sent in an application and were delighted to be approved for the August 2023 call.
Their funding was instrumental in providing the financial stability to experiment with ActivityPub and to participate in developer circles, such as the SWICG, FediForum, and much more.
The fund continues to operate, perhaps you could benefit, or donate to the cause. It has certainly made a difference to NodeBB.
Federate, or not, it's your choice
NodeBB v4 comes shipped with the capability to interact with other NodeBB forums and any other ActivityPub-speaking software, right out of the box. We opted to make this a core feature instead of a plugin, since there were many changes made to core to support even the concept of accepting content from outside itself.
To that end, any users upgrading from v3.x will automatically have federation disabled, in order to reduce surprise. Any new forums will federate automatically.
You can turn federation on and off (and adjust some other fun toggles) directly from ACP > Settings > Federation (ActivityPub).
Even after turning federation on, how you use it shapes how well connected you will be. There is no centralized authority artificially boosting your content, so the name of the game is establishing two-way follow relationships to other sites.
The ActivityPub Equalizer
We're not alone in this journey to interoperate with other decentralized services. We're not even the only forum software to attempt to do so.
- Discourse has a working plugin.
- Ghost is building out in the open.
I specifically highlight these two because they both started in the early 2010s, same as NodeBB. It's always been a bit of an informal competition between us, and we always checked in on what the others were doing (growth-wise, pricing-wise, etc.) Truth be told, I don't think the ghost team ever really noticed NodeBB, but I digress...
The funny thing about ActivityPub is that at the end of the day, the overarching goal of seamless communication breaks down any barriers between competing organizations.
NodeBB and Discourse have been vying for the exact same market share (forums, community-building, self-started or enterprise) for over 10 years, and it was only after ActivityPub came around that the dev teams even started talking to one another.
Funny how that works.
So how does it all work?
Our documentation portal has been updated with the latest information about the ActivityPub functionality in v4.
If you have any questions about how it works or how to configure some aspect of it, please don't hesitate to reach out in the corresponding v4 support thread.
If you run NodeBB, the quickest way to see this in action is to upgrade to v4, and then paste this post's URL into your search bar. It should show up automatically, and you should be able to read and reply to it, directly from your own forum. Neat!
TechCrunch · Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and more | TechCrunchWhat is the fediverse? Here's everything you need to know about Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and others.
The #UK's new Online Safety Act is having a chilling effect on managers of web #forums, one of the oldest forms of #socialmedia in the general sense.
Forums of SIGs are shutting down for fear of prosecution:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/6463
Admins might find themselves having to block users from the UK to be safe.
www.ofcom.org.ukTime for tech firms to act: UK online safety regulation comes into forcePeople in the UK will be better protected from illegal harms online, as tech firms are now legally required to start taking action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms, and make them safer by design.
I've finally implemented a Dark Mode for the DinoToyForum and added a toggle so members can easily choose between light and dark. https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/
One of few really active traditional forums still ticking along, the Dinosaur Toy Forum is a friendly open community dedicated to the discussion of dinosaur collectibles, dino pop culture, prehistoric animals, and palaeontology.
→ #WordPress Contributors and #Community Leaders Call for Governance Reform in Rare Open Letter
https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-contributors-and-community-leaders-call-for-governance-reform-in-rare-open-letter
“We object to one person, Matt #Mullenweg, controlling all official infrastructure, including the project’s #website, #email systems, support #forums, #core, #plugin, and #theme repositories, #update systems, #security tools, #communication channels, and other technical assets.”
The Repository · WordPress Contributors and Community Leaders Call for Governance Reform in Rare Open LetterA group of WordPress contributors, including long-time core committers and community leaders, has issued a rare call for changes to the governance of the open-source project. The group is urging co-founder Matt Mullenweg to work with the community instead of continuing to act unilaterally.
The 2024 #China #Huangshan #Book #Fair commenced on November 15 in #Hefei, #Anhui Province, showcasing a dynamic integration of thematic development, #internationalization, #digitalization, and #lifestyle integration. This year’s fair features an array of #cultural activities, including #exhibitions, book sales, #industry #forums, #reading initiatives, cultural #livestreams, and interactive #digital experiences. https://cnbusinessforum.com/2024-china-huangshan-book-fair-a-blend-of-culture-innovation-and-lifestyle/
China Business Forum · 2024 China Huangshan Book Fair: A Blend of Culture, Innovation, andExperience culture, innovation, and global exchange at the 2024 Huangshan Book Fair, featuring 300,000 books, international publishers, and cutting-edge digital experiences.
I just learned that there is a forum just about pigeons.
I love everything about this.
Hello and welcome to the OpenBeta Forums' September update!
It's been a pretty wild couple months here as @bean and I try to set things up here.
To give you a bit of history, before these forums were re-branded under the OpenBeta banner, it served as a news aggregator for climbing news publications. I was finding that I was missing certain important events (related to the 2024 Olympic qualifier series, mostly) and wanted one single place to check for climbing news. To achieve that, I turned to my old friend RSS (remember that?) in order to proactively pull in content from all sorts of publications, @Gripped, @climbing, @HowNOT2, etc...
All of that still remains, and can be viewed in the @news and @videos categories.
By August I teamed up with @viet and @bean to re-brand the forums to expand OpenBeta's social reach. The idea of running a forum paired very nicely with OpenBeta's mission to advocate for a free exchange of beta and ideas, as well as an underlying current of maintaining freedom of content ownership.
We want the OpenBeta forums to be your one-stop shop for climbing-related news and discussion. Help us make it happen by joining the conversation today!
A couple new items this month to introduce:
- You don't need to actually visit the site to be kept up-to-date. You can register your for push notifications and receive updates straight to your device. This works in-tandem with the in-app notifications, and email notifications/digests.
- We updated the main homepage to a more "feed-style" concept, which highlights content more than a traditional category/topic layout. There are obviously many opinions on whether this is preferable or not, but in the meantime, the original category listing layout can be found at
/categories.
N.B. The NodeBB team has generously provided hosting for OpenBeta, and in exchange, we get to test our brand-new functionality before it is released, win-win!
OpenBeta Forumsbean👁️🫦👁️
just a silly little guy
Contact: brankin@mail.openbeta.io
I'm looking for a FOSS solution for a group forum for friends or neighbours or colleagues. The usual way these days is a Whatsapp group, but I don't want to depend on a commercial service like that. What options are out there? It should have both web and smartphone clients, supports text, image, etc. messages for groups and individuals. Encryption is preferred. Self hosting should be possible, but a default public server would be nice to start with. Should be quite mature and easy to use even for non technical folks. #forums #foss