Today was the first day of a three-day off period I took from work as a late birthday … thing, for myself. But, the first thing I did when I woke up, was I jumped onto my PC and started writing a guide to ActivityPub. Why did I do this? Well …

There are a lot of misconceptions about AP, and Mastodon in-general. I see people saying things like, “It’s too hard,” or, “I don’t want one account for everything!” The latter is a misunderstanding, and the former is only a matter of having the information you need right in front of you.

ActivityPub software, be it Mastodon, Peertube, Pixelfed–they all have “join” pages, but there isn’t much in the way of connecting them all together onto one page, so someone can find them all and look at them, and read them, and maybe even learn a few things about AP and all the software that revolves around it.

So, I solved that problem … a little bit, today. And I hope it helps someone relieve their fear about jumping in, and getting at least somewhat away from the corporate slog of having ads constantly shoved in their faces while everything they write and create is scraped for soulless bots.

On the topic of ActivityPub, though, I received the unfortunate news that the Peertube instance I’ve been using for a few years are voluntarily winding down their instance due to, and in their own words, “capitalism and climate change.” I’m not entirely sure what they mean by that, but fair game.

In an attempt to keep my presence and my hundred-some videos on the Peertube network, I copied everything to infosec.exchange, and you can follow that account there! (If you want to.)

And, finally, the reason I decided to write that whole guide in order to help people get away from corpo-social-media, is because Meta is in testing on Instagram with unskippable ads. Not specifically on Reels, but just … on the timeline. While you’re scrolling. Like some cheap smartphone app trying to make revenue for its sole developer.

You can read more about all of that here.

But what this is, is just another display of complete lack of care for the users who populate a piece of software in favor of the already fat wallets of investors, and advertisers. After a long six months of hearing and reading that generative AI is all about investors, I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m sick and tired of whoever these investors and advertisers are, thinking they can just destroy all of the internet as we know it … for a couple bucks.

And that’s why it’s time to leave that behind. Maybe not all at once. Maybe in baby steps. But, the most important first step, is to try.

Try to take back some of your identity, and ownership of your own data. If you can’t vote with your wallet, vote with your presence, and leave these apps, and developers, to destroy their software in peace. Since most of these corporations seem hell-bent on burning down the internet … for no reason.

No reason at all.

https://cmdr-nova.online/2024/06/05/activitypub-peertube-the-meta/

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Molly White is one of the most thoughtful writers and thinkers on the web today. In addition to being a high functioning crypto critic, @molly0xfff is a believer and practitioner in crafting the next era of the web.

Molly believes that human connections are an inextricable part of the web and sees a bright future ahead as those connections move from walled gardens to the open web.

Check out this fantastic conversation with her on the latest episode of #DotSocial on our #PeerTube instance or wherever you get your #podcasts.

https://flipboard.video/w/ovAsDRovkgbihkZa3wMcUA

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2024-05-16 15:41:01

Entering a New Phase of the Web, with Citation Needed’s Molly White

Molly White is a leading cryptocurrency critic, but get to know her and you’ll see she’s anything but cynical. In fact, this researcher, writer and software engineer cares so deeply about free and open access to high-quality information that she’s been a Wikipedia editor since she was a teenager.

Now Molly is the force behind the Citation Needed newsletter and the Web3IsGoingGreat site, and frequently speaks to journalists and makes media appearances. Despite tracking and writing about crypto’s shames, she is actually hopeful about how the internet is evolving in ways that are more open, collaborative, and in the user’s control.

In this interview, Molly shares her thoughts on how the social web is transforming our lives, why everyone should be a blogger, and how the concept of digital ownership is changing before our eyes. She also explains the POSSE model — Publish [on your] Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere — which has the potential to revolutionize how we share digital content and think about our online identities.

Highlights of this conversation include:

1:35 Why Molly is optimistic about the future of the web
4:11 What Molly is optimistic about
7:30 Importance of “social” as it relates to the web
11:12 “Everyone is a blogger”
14:45 POSSE — Post on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
18:41 ActivityPub
20:01 Wishlist for a better web
22:57 New framework for identity on the web
25:18 Digital ownership
26:20 Digital sovereignty
29:11 Ghost vs Substack
31:15 Enabling creators to build relationships that transcend platforms
33:55 Business models and public funding
39:20 Wikipedia model
41:48 Exciting projects on the horizon for creators; imperativeness of being user friendly
44:20 A formative time of innovation

🔎 You can find everything Molly’s posting via the POSSE implementation on her website at https://www.mollywhite.net/feed. She’s also on Mastodon at @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io.

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