New blog post!

☆Why corporate social media is still necessary☆

Fedi has thankfully moved past the point of obsession with Bluesky and seeing as that's where everyone in Brazil is fleeing with the sudden ban of Twitter in the country, it's worth ruminating about why.
The answer is that on some level, ... https://blog.bluestarcreations.net/rant-of-the-moment/why-corporate-social-media-is-still-necessary/

#RantOfTheMoment #Bluesky #Bsky #Fedi #Mastodon #meta #TheFediverse #Twitter

Filtered word: nsfw Reveal/hide

So everything sexual on the Fediverse gets this *danger-sign* roadblock looking shit now? (Which btw, is not even clickable; just a waste of space). 😒

I say everything sexual, because of-course, those redundant-US-news sharing fucks 🖕 will never CW anything.

Who came up with this white American puritan-man shit?

#meta #fediverse #mastodon #MastoArt #nsfw

Well, since Threads users can now see replies to their posts from Fediverse users AND they're public, I think it's as good a time as any to ask this again.

Have you blocked Threads?

This is for single users. If you're an admin that has blocked it for your entire instance, it's okay to answer as well, but I would like any users of those instances to also answer yes and for those that do not agree with that decision reply below with your thoughts, please!

Thanks!

PS. This is not a debate. I'm not looking for reasons why Threads should be blocked. Those types of replies will be completely ignored. We all know the pros and cons by now.

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Threads #Meta #SocialMedia #Poll #Polls

• Yes, I block Threads (32%, 27 votes)
• No, I don't block Threads (67%, 56 votes)

To anyone that's on Threads, could you snap a screenshot of what Fediverse replies look like now since the update?

Specifically interested if you can see all the replies in a single list or if you have to view them individually. Also curious about how much of the username is shown, does it show domain as well?🤔

#Threads #Meta #Fedi #Fediverse #SocialMedia

There's that planned obsolescence we're all paranoid about...😒

Adding a feature with the plan to remove it after it brings users to your platform is fucking ridiculous.

And no, there's not a "nicer" way to say that.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/113035601553873860

#Meta #MetaSparkStudio #MetaSpark #Instagram #Facebook

Major corporations, including Mastercard, Meta, and Coca-Cola, are quietly sponsoring a Canadian conference headlined by Christopher Rufo, a far-right activist and crusader against diversity initiatives. Many of these same companies, however, champion diversity in their public communications.

#Canada #FarRight #ChristopherRufo #Diversity #CocaCola #Mastercard #Meta #DoorDash #SunLife

https://popular.info/p/major-corporations-sponsor-anti-woke?publication_id=1664&post_id=147983589&isFreemail=true&r=96cfk&triedRedirect=true

Major corporations sponsor "anti-woke" conference headlined by far-right activist

^{Rebecca Crosby (Popular Information)}

I’ve given up begging NPR, The Onion, and others on Threads to turn on fediverse sharing so we can follow them on Mastodon and beyond. Now resorting to memes and simply replying to people with the following link:

https://www.threads.net/@toddalstrom/post/C-7xbFsNS6b/

#Meta #Threads #Mastodon #fediverse #memes

So happy to finally release the v1 https://fedidb.org API 😎

- Simple
- Open
- Free

Docs: https://fedidb.org/docs/api/v1

#fediDB #fediverse #meta

@Mike McCue A new proposal for a Fediverse logo is a Unicode character: ⁂ (U+2042).

Most of all, whether we like it or not, millions of people are being exposed to this icon everyday on Threads as a symbol of the fediverse so I think it’s a pragmatic choice.

This would not only allow, but actively help Meta assume control over the Fediverse.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Asterism #FediverseSymbol #FediverseLogo #Meta #EmbraceExtendExtinguish

A few years ago, Mark Zuckerberg was one of the most reviled figures in Silicon Valley.

Today, Elon Musk has taken his spot and Zuckerberg’s makeover has led far too many people to downplay the continued harms of his reign. Don’t buy the “Zuckessance.”

https://disconnect.blog/roundup-dont-buy-the-zuckessance/

#tech #meta #markzuckerberg

Roundup: Don't buy the "Zuckessance"

Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

X Continues To Highlight Misleading Stats About Its Performance

Of X’s reported 250 million daily active users, only 29 million of them are logging in via the website. As such, this usage chart is only measuring the usage of a fraction of X’s user base. In terms of overall usage, X is nowhere near Facebook or IG

#socialmedia #Meta #facebook #instagram #twitter #x #technology #tech

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-continues-to-highlight-misleading-stats-about-its-performance/723248/

X Continues To Highlight Misleading Stats About Its Performance

The platform hasn’t added any daily active users since November 2022, although it has seen some growth in monthly active users. 

^{Andrew Hutchinson (Social Media Today)}

🤩 Fucking SUPERGROUP of a podcast episode: @pluralistic and @brianmerchant on the latest Better Offline.

💪 Feeling powerless to enact change against oligarchs + huge corps? I learned the empowering tale of how Ida Tarbell's writing contributed to bringing down Standard Oil, and how that applies to today.

🔩 Frankenstein was a novel celebrating the Luddite cause!

And so much more . . .

https://linktr.ee/betteroffline

#Enshittification #Luddites #BigTech #Google #Apple #Meta #Facebook

#Meta hurts Canadian democracy:

https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/112915586356252723

#dkpol #dkmedier

The case has been closely watched in #antitrust #law circles as the first of a string of cases federal prosecutors have launched against high-tech giants. Antitrust enforcers argue that #BigTech has gotten too powerful & doesn’t serve the #PublicInterest. Lawsuits have also been filed against #Amazon, #Meta & #Apple.

#DOJ #TechPolicy #BigTech #tech #business #Google

@MeidasTouch

[HANLESorry no #Meta in my TL]

This old video clip demonstrates nicely that #TFG had always a strong bias against #Indians.