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Some say other protocols have bigger budgets and are better at marketing.

I say: the Fediverse - by the people, for the people - has passionate advocates who use their talents to promote it, often without any financial incentives. It comes from the heart.

Before FOSDEM I asked my friend @sturmsucht - a super talented photographer - if he'd consider bringing his professional camera to take photos of speakers in the Social Web devroom. He did... and so did I.

A mini (pictorial) thread 📸

in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂

📸 2: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @bjoernsta of #SaveSocial

Watch the full video of his presentation "Reaching out to the wider society" here:

🔗 : ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/vi…

in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂

📸 3: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @samvie of @offene_netzwerke

Watch the full video of her presentation "Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe" here:

🔗 : ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/vi…

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📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @floppy during his talk "A wild FASP appears! Integrating your app with Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers"

Full video: ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/vi…

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📸 5: #FOSDEM Social Web devroom pics – @mapache during his presentation "Decentralised Badges with ActivityPub + OpenBadges – Building the interoperable credentialing system we deserve"

Thank you Maho for wearing #TheFutureIsFederated sweatshirt 💚

video: ftp.belnet.be/mirror/FOSDEM/vi…

in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂

I hope you enjoyed some of my pics from #FOSDEM's Social Web track. I have many more but I don't want to overwhelm your feed with them.

I have seen the fantastic photos @sturmsucht has taken and I cannot wait for him to share them. Keep an eye out and follow him.

Wishing you all a fantastic weekend! I can't believe FOSDEM was a week ago already 🥲

in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂

Yes! I especially love how for each photo, you share the context, tag the person (so I can see what they have to say and perhaps follow them) and even link to the video. Thank you! 🙏🏽
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂

Thx for taking such great pictures and thx for posting them!
I don’t feel overwhelmed at all 😅

„Some say other protocols have bigger budgets and are better at marketing.“

I still believe that substance will ultimately prevail, and the Fediverse has more of it than I’ve seen anywhere else! (q.e.d.👆🏻)

#thefutureisfederated

in reply to EloPup

@EloPup awww thank you and I feel the same way about the Fediverse 🥰
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂

@benpate He's such an icon!

You should have seen him at FediCon 2025, he knows how to give a great talk, and is pretty funny 🤣