Moi je continuerai d'utiliser Instagram. J'y ai toutes les informations en live sur ce qui se passe actuellement au #Liban . Ce qui n'est pas le cas ici ni dans nos médias.
I'm actually writing a blog post arguing that public institutions should start seeing the Fediverse as the ideal publishing platform for sharing communications with their constituents.
@zipkid @_elena I hadn’t heard of it but likely not, no. Funds are tight at the moment and I have to deliver on the Small Web this year (self imposed deadline).
in europe, public organisations are taking care of much of the necessary infrastructure like railroads and roads. To make it possible for citizens to have easy and free access to decentralized digital platforms, european governments could host those servers themselves professionally. That would also take the burden off private volunteers working their buts off to keep servers in the air with all expenses connected. And so, decentralized services could also become more sustainable.
The FSFE Swiss local group launches an initiative with GNU/Linux.ch to encourage public institutions to use federated free software solutions to communicat...
@_elena Count me in. I work for local govt and with national govt, so very keen to promote this. Using Fediverse ad hoc for specific projects at moment @aral
This also seems to be a thing on Bsky, although there it’s opt-in. Which means that people actively decide to exclude people not on the same platform. Seems to be considered a feature, not a bug. 🤷
Great stuff. If they post on there then I have to assume they don't want me to know what they have to say. And I really don't like to see mirrors of their posts on Mastodon so they can shout and they don't see any replies.
Thank you for saying this Aral. I often wonder how to point out to folks who post links to exclusive platforms, that this excludes me. And anyone else who takes a stance and refuses to use those platforms...
@vicfroh And this is what posting to Imgur looks like in the UK, because UK privacy law is just strict enough that that it isn't worth Imgur's bandwidth to serve non-targetted ads.
it’s Schrödinger's content. If you login to view it, the quantum superposition collapses and you discover it either doesn’t exist, or that it wasn’t worth the effort because of the rest of the garbage on those platforms.
any business "website" that is just a Facebook page is an instant fail and no longer an option for me. Being pestered to create an account just check opening hours, what a great experience that is for new customers.
I just pass now. I have ancient accounts but offloaded the apps. Isn’t worth the hassle anymore. I’ll interact with people that have a social conscience instead.
At least for Twitter, this is not true. Yeah, the page exhorts you to create an account - but it *does* show the post. At least on desktop; maybe it's different on mobile.
Shit like this make me wonder why this alone hasn’t lead to a giant user revolt and exodus years ago. Like, this should be completely disqualifying. The whole point of "social media" goes out of the window if ALL posts are locked away (usually against the user’s wishes btw).
These terrible private billionaire playgrounds cannot crumble fast enough.
I don't listen to some podcasts I like anymore because they only use this platforms to stay in contact with listeners. So if you can not comment without account why should you listen to it - it must be an extraordinary high quality podcast with very important content where no comment is needed at all.
I understand where you're coming from, but since I regularly follow links and end up reading posts on X, Instagram and FB (though I might have to dismiss a popup), I know you have half a point. Sensitive content might be hidden, but I've never run in to an example. Admittedly I use this old thing called a laptop. YMMV on a smartphone.
It's even simpler. If you post on those platforms, I'll never see the post, as I decided long ago that twitter and facebook (now X, facebook, and instagram) don't need my traffic, ever. If it's important or ugly enough, I'm sure someone will screenshot it and repost, but you (and more importantly, the oligarchs) won't get my tracking or ad revenues.
people can use xcancel to get around that from x... but why? Using it still drives traffic to the site, and in fact inflates their numbers since xcancel needs continuously made new accounts to act as the proxies. Just wean yourself off these sites IMO.
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in reply to Stanislaus Grumman 🇵🇸 • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I'm actually writing a blog post arguing that public institutions should start seeing the Fediverse as the ideal publishing platform for sharing communications with their constituents.
May I quote your post, this is super relevant?
Aral Balkan
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UnConference - Fedivariety
FedivarietyAral Balkan
in reply to zipkid - Breaker of Systems • • •Whasdah
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Diogo Constantino
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •@_elena this may also interest you:
fsfe.org/news/2023/news-202301…
@aral
FediGov seeks to promote sovereign communication in the public sector - FSFE
FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europejaker
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Count me in. I work for local govt and with national govt, so very keen to promote this. Using Fediverse ad hoc for specific projects at moment
@aral
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Pro tip:
Swap x.com for xcancel.com (including the rest of the URL) and it’ll load the tweet and replies without being logged in.
The same thing works (with less reliability) by swapping instagram.com with imginn.com (again, keeping the rest of the URL).
I use Apple Shortcuts to do these actions automatically:
Twitter: icloud.com/shortcuts/06a82b30a…
Instagram: icloud.com/shortcuts/37da2bbbc…
Shortcuts
www.icloud.comJustin Crozer
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Eliza MB
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •And I really don't like to see mirrors of their posts on Mastodon so they can shout and they don't see any replies.
JimmyB (he/him)
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •And this is what public #Mastodon posts look like!
Even viewed from a 3rd instance it's still fully visible without account
Basically on each server with public timelines etc so tens of thousands of places
Kelson
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Shit like this make me wonder why this alone hasn’t lead to a giant user revolt and exodus years ago. Like, this should be completely disqualifying.
The whole point of "social media" goes out of the window if ALL posts are locked away (usually against the user’s wishes btw).
These terrible private billionaire playgrounds cannot crumble fast enough.
DressToKILT
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Yeah. The walled gardens (to use a phrase) have gone from picket, to latiss, to blackout.
Not that the Fedi doesnt have a wall here or there. But that is usually, hopefully, for saftey. And not to exclude to draw in.
Also, I'll note people research twitter frontends. I cant find one for insta tho.
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