Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

There's some buzz in the socials about the recent refocus at Bonfire, an online community platform. "Bonfire was never meant to be one more feed that grabs your attention. Today it takes the shape we've been building toward: Bonfire for communities. A tool for groups that need to organise together, not just post at each other. Shipping today: groups and topics, events, shared organisation profiles, embeddable federated comments, customisable themes, and a first set of governance tools." Suggested applications include publications, research groups, and communities. It's free and open source, and this in particular is a good strategy: "Bonfire combines the power of federation and open data formats to create interoperable toolkits that people can use to easily build their own apps to meet their specific needs."

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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