The Alternative Social Media researchers blog has a new post! This one's from @jat23, and it is a reflection on ideas from #HOPE16 and how they apply to alternative social media research.

https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/09/01/hope-and-asm.html

#alternativeSocialMedia #academicchatter

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Has been years since I created this account and just as long since my last post.

Attended #hope16 virtually and finally got around to following many interesting and amazing people curating my home.

I learned that this is an amazing tool as long as I keep it on my home feed. The live feeds on this instance are… interesting.

The last time I was on this instance, I was chatting with a friend. That friend is currently in hospice and nearing the end of his battle with cancer.

Thoughts on HOPE_16

I’m on the train back to Montreal from New York, where I attended HOPE_16 over the weekend. I wanted to capture some thoughts while they were fresh, even though they might not be fully formed.

HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is a technology and information security conference sponsored by 2600 Magazine. The SWF had two points of presence at the event this year: I gave an hour-long talk about the Fediverse which was streamed live. We also hosted the Fediverse Village, which turned out to be […]

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/08/18/thoughts-on-hope_16/

The Retia team met hundreds of hackers at #hope16! I gave a fun #Meshtastic talk, taught 8 hacker workshops, and we open sourced our #Nibble node design.

See you at the next one!

Another @hopeconf in the books. This was my third and most engaging one. The more I learn and the more people I meet the more fun this event becomes.

Thank you all that made this happen

#HOPE_16 #HOPE16 #HOPE2025

Check out these resources on how to program your ESP32-based electronic badges:
http://Linktr.ee/HOPEBadge

From the session that @jellyphish and I did on electronic badges at #hope_16.

#hope16 #Hope2025