2026-07-09 –, Open Social Space
What is the “Open Social Web”? Why are decentralised social media so crucial today?
This talk will answer this questions by providing an introduction to the concept of protocols over platforms and the Open Social Web more broadly.
It is impossible to address digital rights without considering the Open Social Web in 2026.
Albeit its popularity is growing and its potential looks bright and appealing, it’s terribly easy for its builders, contributors and lovers to fall down a rabbit hole of incredibly niche and specific discussions, overlooking that 99.99% of people out there who still have no clue about it. This talk is intended to be a lightning and dense introduction to decentralised social media, so that everyone can be up to speed concerning their defining values and key challenges.
Tommi Marmo is an pseudo-artist, tinkerer, activist, and community weaver who focuses on political technology, digital rights awareness, and data degrowth.
Tommi’s mission is to create bridges and connections, intertwining stories and experiences through inter-disciplinary activities that explore the most diverse topics. Their work spans several fronts, and they committed to different fights over time.
They are part of the DWeb Core Team as the Community Engagement Lead, and they are currently pursuing a master degree at XPUB in Rotterdam.
As a teenager, they were a speaker and chief editor at Radioimmaginaria. In 2019, they co-founded a local chapter of LIBERA, an Italian network of organizations fighting mafia through cultural and educational endeavours. In 2020, they invented and co-founded Scambi, the Festival of Paneurethic workshops, of which they are now the president. In 2023 they graduated summa cum laude in Philosophy, International Studies, and Economics with a thesis titled Computer Sciences Are Social Sciences. The workshop series Knitting Our Internet was born out of the research for their thesis.
Being a relentless enthusiastic and curious person, Tommi also worked with many and various organizations, including the DWeb Community, the Free Software Foundation Europe, Village One and Giffoni Film Festival. They were a scout chief, and they were a member of the Association of Internet Researchers, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, Banca Etica, and Club Tenco. They are the administrator of <cite>Pan</cite>, a Fediverse instance.
If there is any time left, or in case they can find some, Tommi contributes to Free Software projects, they play table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs), they cycle and they couchsurf around the planet.