Notes from the 2026-03-12 #SWICG #GeoSocialTF meeting:

- First draft of explainer doc merged: https://github.com/swicg/geosocial/blob/main/explainer.md
- Starting of validation implementation of Places OrderedCollection proposal
- Starting microsyntax proposal for location without server-side support

https://hedgedoc.socialweb.coop/s/QyKMNJfrt

#fediDevs

There was supposed to be a ForumWG meeting this week, but due to low turnout, and the fact that most threadiverse implementors couldn't actually make the meeting time, I have decided to indefinitely postpone the monthly meetings in favour of discussions on @forum-wg directly.

Note once again that the new address is @forum-wg — the old address (@[email protected]) will publish a Move to migrate its followers at some point to this new address.

February 2026 ForumWG Meeting

Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 13h00 to 14h00 Eastern Time (currently 18h00 to 19h00 UTC). You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held (today) on 5 February 2026.

Meeting link: https://meet.jit.si/ap-forum-wg

There is no set agenda for this month's meeting.

• @julian will discuss a new FEP-f15d: Context Relocation and Removal and integration efforts with the Lemmy and Piefed folk.

https://activitypub.space/post/1082

The monthly SWICG GeoSocial Task Force meeting is about to start if you have thoughts on location data use cases and the social web.

https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/ed630a3d-7581-4053-9978-75949ad42f2a/20260108T130000/

#geoSocial #GeoSocialTF #SWICG

Hi all, just a note that ForumWG meets on the first Thursday of each month.

The first Thursday of January is... 1 January... and as such I don't think we will be meeting this month 

See you all next month!

Social Web Foundation partner and ActivityPub working group member Meta has shut down the accounts of more than 50 mainstream advocacy organizations providing reproductive health information and LGBT support, across its Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp networks. Among the groups targeted are Women Help Women and Sex Talk Arabic, which provides Arabic-language content on sexual and reproductive health.

In response, SWF Research Director Evan Prodromou strongly condemned - nah just kidding, he's still collaborating with them

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content

#DefederateMeta #FediPact #Meta #Zuckerberg #Threads #Facebook #Instagram #Whatsapp #SocialWebFoundation #SWICG

Minutes from 4 December 2025 WG Meeting

Apologies in advance if I misrepresented anybody or missed any crucial bits of information.

Attendees

• Julian (@[email protected])
• Ted Thibodeau Jr (he/him) (OpenLinkSw.com) // GitHub:@TallTed // Mastodon:@TallTed
• Jesse Karmani (@[email protected])

Agenda

https://activitypub.space/post/712

December 2025 ForumWG Meeting

Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 13h00 to 14h00 Eastern Time (currently 18h00 to 19h00 UTC). You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held (tomorrow) on 4 December 2025.

Meeting link: https://meet.jit.si/ap-forum-wg

Discussions will continue re:

• Mastodon context issues (backfill not possible at the moment)
• Context (topic/thread) deletion and moving between audiences (communities/categories)
  • Deleting entire tree vs. one post.

https://activitypub.space/post/699

Notes from the 2025-11-13 @socialcg Geosocial Task Force meeting

https://hedgedoc.socialweb.coop/s/H4O8EhObI

#geoSocial #SWICG #fediDevs