wedistribute, 6 months ago to random

#Mobilizon, the federated social events system by Framasoft, is pulling in some big new features. It's also moving out from under the Framasoft umbrella!

https://wedistribute.org/2023/12/five-years-later-mobilizon-reaches-maturity/

LaurensHof, 6 months ago to random

5 years of Mobilizon

Framasoft, the French non-profit organisation for open source software such as PeerTube, says that after 5 years, Mobilizon has reached maturity. In December 2018 the organisation announced their plans to develop Mobilizon, with the goal of creating an alternative to Facebook Groups and events.

Over the years, they have added multiple updates, such as federation in 2020 and searching across Mobilizon instances in 2020. This month, they are releasing their final update, v4, with a variety of new features.

Event administrators can now send private announcements to attendees, allowing them to contact all people who have registered for an event directly. This announcement is a one-way communications channel, intended for organisers to broadcast information. Besides that, a chat system for attendees is also implemented, which federates with the rest of the fediverse.

Another new feature is the ability to import and synchronise events from other platforms, such as Meetup and EventBrite. Framasoft created an import tool that allows you to import and synchronise event information from these platforms into Mobilizon. iCal event feeds are support too, so this even works with most calendar tools.

The big platform for importing events from is Facebook. Here, Framasoft has done the work to get it to work, and the ball is now in Facebook’s court to approve and validate. Framasoft is clear that they do not have a timeline how long this will take, and that they are unsure if Facebook will do so.

While Framasoft sees Mobilizon has having completed their vision, it is far from over for the project. Framasoft will hand over the keys to the French association Kaihuri, who has been maintaining a Mobilizon presence for a while. Kaihuri recently got funding from NLnet to continue development work on Mobilizon, focusing on the user experience and improving interoperability. Meanwhile, Framasoft is betting big on PeerTube for next year, and is currently organising their yearly donation drive.

#fediverse #mobilizon

https://fediversereport.com/5-years-of-mobilizon/

cyberner, 9 months ago to random

@mobilizon is there a way a group can vote on a event date? like when you try to find a fitting date for all/most members? #fediverse #mobilizon

feditips, 9 months ago to random

The Fediverse has an event organisation platform called @mobilizon, find out more at:

➡️ https://joinmobilizon.org

#Mobilizon servers let you create event pages where people can sign up, even without an account.

Mobilizon accounts can be followed from Mastodon etc, and followers will see your latest events appear in their home feed.

It's made by non-profit @Framasoft, who also make @peertube and provide all kinds of nice free open source online services.

#Fediverse #FediTips #Events

ArinaA, 1 year ago to random Dutch

Was aanwezig bij geweldig inspirerende #PubConf2023. Ben blij dat ik weer hoorde over kunstenaar Julia Janssen en ... weet nu ook dat Mastodon hoort bij #fediverse