I'm excited to share my progress on the new "Conversations" app for #Emissary. If you've been watching the SWF end-to-end encrypted (#E2EE) messaging project this should look familiar.

But the Conversations app can also send regular, unencrypted "direct messages" too. Here's an exchange with a Mastodon server.

Wagoneers on #Bandwagon will be some of the first to try this out - though I'm probably not activating E2EE on Bandwagon.

I'm hoping this enables many new kinds of apps on Emissary.

I can't explain how excited I am to be able to speak with @[email protected] tomorrow, May 27th at 14:00 US Eastern time (UTC-4).

If you don't know Evan, he is co-editor of ActivityPub, the W3C standard for decentralized social networking used by platforms such as #Mastodon , #Bonfire , #GoToSocial , #Peertube , #Owncast , #Loops , #PixelFed , #Emissary , #Fedify , #FlohMarkt , #Lemmy , #Piefed , #WriteFreely , #Friendica , #GNUSocial , #Threads , #NodeBB , #Funkwhale , #Gancio , #Mobilizon , #BookWyrm , and MANY MANY MANY MORE + whatever YOU create next!

I've been speaking with folks and they've given him a very special nickname. You'll have to tune in tomorrow of catch the #VOD to catch it.

#livestream stream.firesidefedi.live

#vodcast tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

Or follow everything directly with @[email protected] and @[email protected]

And follow @[email protected] for listings of future episodes!

#Fediverse, I need your help.

I have a budget for a small contract to improve #Emissary, and am looking for a talented web designer to create a new default theme for the server.

Highlights:
* Probably ~60 hours of work
* Anywhere in the world
* Must be a good person

Details are here:
https://benpate.dev/20260601-html-designer

If you know someone who's great with HTML+CSS+Design, and is looking for a short gig, please share this with them :)

#FediHire #GetFediHired

I'm so excited for this next year on the #Fediverse.

And the more I learn, the more I think #BridgyFed is going to become a foundational part of our network.

I just posted my first messages from #Emissary across Bridgy to my account on BlueSky.

I still have some things to fix (on my end, not theirs) but it worked.

IT WORKED.

NGL, I feel a little like Morpheus right now. And just think of what it will mean for every account set up on #Bandwagon...

Follow Friday!

@[email protected] - Creating #Emissary an easy way to build apps that are fediverse powered

@[email protected] - Directory, advocate, wonderful

@[email protected] - More folks to follow

@[email protected] - Game Developer

@[email protected] - Funky Dude

@[email protected] - Linux gaming

@[email protected] - NSFW artist

@[email protected] - Beautiful photography #follow #friday #followFriday

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