NodeBB Joins the Fediverse, Bringing Forums into the Decentralized Social Web

NodeBB Joins the Fediverse, Bringing Forums into the Decentralized Social Web

In the age before social media, online forums were the go-to platform for online discourse. Even today, millions of forum sites thrive on the internet, making the news that NodeBB, a leading forum software provider, is joining the fediverse (also known as the open social web) particularly noteworthy. What is the Fediverse? The fediverse is a network of independent, user-owned social media platforms that communicate with each other using a common protocol called ActivityPub. This allows users on one platform to follow users on another, even if the platforms themselves are entirely separate. The fediverse has gained popularity in recent years as users have grown wary of centralized social media platforms controlled by big tech companies like Meta (formerly Facebook) and X (formerly Google). Platforms like Mastodon (a decentralized Twitter alternative), Pixelfed (an Instagram alternative), and PeerTube (an open-source YouTube competitor) are all part of the fediverse. The ActivityPub protoco…