If you haven’t tried Mastodon yet, you’re missing out on the future of social media!

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Freedom #NoAds #DigitalCommunity

🔁 Wissen teilen, Ideen spinnen, neue Menschen treffen – das Barcamp Bonn 2026 lädt wieder zum offenen Austausch ein!

💬 Keine festen Vorträge, keine Einbahnstraße – jede:r kann mitreden oder eigene Sessions einbringen.

🗓 Samstag, 9. Mai 2026, ab 10:00 Uhr
📍 cronn GmbH (Bonner Bogen)

👉 Mehr Infos: https://barcampbonn.de/ oder hier: @barcampbonn
#BarcampBonn #DigitalCommunity #OffenerAustausch #Vernetzung

Just set up on Mastodon! Looking forward to chatting about tech, creativity, and building cool things together. What's everyone working on? 🛠️✨

#Tech #Creativity #Mastodon #Fediverse #SelfHosted #DigitalCommunity #WhatAreYouWorkingOn

Funny me! all this weekend I havee been trying to convince my friends how awesome #Mastodon is. I love how it connects me with people who share the same ideas and #values. In #Uganda, many people still don’t know it, so I guess I have work to do 😄 And I have already convinced 3 friends to join soon. Grateful for it!!
#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Uganda #DigitalCommunity #fediverse

5,000 Views… You People Are Strange

I just crossed 5,000 all-time views on my blog. Apparently thousands of people on the internet decided reading my rambling nonsense was a good use of their time. Wild. Appreciate everyone who clicked, read, or wandered in by accident. Either way, you helped push it past 5K.

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/03/10/5000-views-you-people-are-strange/

Before building a community platform, do the groundwork first. Define the problem, identify your first 50 members, design the first 5-minute experience, and plan content, engagement, moderation, and metrics. Tech comes after clarity.

#CommunityBuilding #DigitalCommunity #StartupGrowth #UserEngagement
https://vapvarun.com/building-community-platform-checklist/

Building a Community Platform? Read This Checklist First

A founder's honest checklist for building a community platform. Covers the questions you must answer, real cost breakdowns for SaaS vs self-hosted vs custom, red flags, and practical recommendations.

Varun Dubey

🚀 Making outreach simpler, smarter, and more impactful.
The Street Care app is designed to guide volunteers step-by-step — and our new blog breaks it all down.

📖 Check out the full app flow https://streetcare.us/blog_street-care-app-flow/
💬 What features would you love to see added? Tell us in the comments 👇

#StreetCareCommunity #StreetCareApp #VolunteerSupport #TechWithPurpose #NonprofitInnovation #CommunityImpact #ServeWithLove #DigitalCommunity #AppExperience #SocialChange #VolunteerNetwork #OutreachSupport

This is a huge shout-out to everyone who has written an open-source protocol - on the condition, of course, that it is not capable of harming any human or nonhuman animal!

These people can't be thanked enough in the menacing age of silly valley and (c)hi-tech.

#OpenSource #FightCapitalism #DigitalRights #DigitalCommunity #RadicalScience #FightTechnocracy #Health #FightTotalitarianism #FightAuthoritarianism #FightTheCommercialAppification

We're building custom Social Web platforms for morally-aligned organisations and groups.

The Social Web is growing and we're so excited to be a part of it.

#SocialWeb #DigitalCommunity #Fediverse #Apps #SocialPlatforms

Understanding what makes a social platform a community isn't straightforward. I'm very far from a sociologist, so I'm probably not the right person to ask, but as we look at growing the Social Web I think it's an important question. How do we help platforms become more?

https://forbetter.ghost.io/platforms-as-the-preface-to-community/

#SocialMedia #Community #SocialWeb #Blog #Mastodon #Fediverse #Facebook #DigitalCommunity

Platforms as the Preface to Community

The bricks and mortar aren't enough. For a home, you need love. Social platforms teach us a lot about community building. They are, after all, a big empty room in digital space, with fairground-esque arrows on the doors suggesting fun to be found within. Once inside, you're confronted by a

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