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The great #MastodonMigration after the #TwitterTakeover was accompanied by many helpful tools to find followers worth following.
With #Threads federating (partially) and #Bluesky bridged, I think we need new ones now. Are there any?
I posted this cartoon last week for the European elections (with the EU logo on the stone), but this was actually the initial cartoon idea I had, which works just as well I think...
#socialmedia #extremeright #trolls
Howdy everyone! Any resources on social media interactions quality? Is it possible to measure how healthy (rewarding?) interactions are?
#socialmedia #mentalhealth #socialization #friendship #wellbeing
Do you hide the number of followers on your profile?
#fediverse #poll #SocialMedia #followers
- Yes! (100%, 1 vote)
- No, it's useful (0%, 0 votes)
- No, I like to show off (0%, 0 votes)
- No, begrudgingly (0%, 0 votes)
- No, but considering it (0%, 0 votes)
- I don't have this option, but I would use it (0%, 0 votes)
- I don't have this option, but I would not use it (0%, 0 votes)
- My platform doesn't show them (0%, 0 votes)
- Something else? (0%, 0 votes)
Decentralized Social Media Tip:
If you're a Fediverse user that dabbles in Nostr as well, there's a few Fedi-Nostr bridges you can use. The most popular ones are Momostr.pink and Mostr.pub
Also, if you have a lightning wallet, you can link it in your bio with the tag ⚡️ and when your Fedi posts are seen on Nostr through the previously mentioned bridges, they can be zapped! Adding an easy way for you to get paid small amounts for your posts!
Social Media as we know it is changing before our eyes!🙌🙌🙌
What we have learned: People are always willing to switch one monster to another.
A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/a-social-app-for-creatives-cara-grew-from-40k-to-650k-users-in-a-week-because-artists-are-fed-up-with-metas-ai-policies/
#Cara #CaraApp #Centralized #Artists #Instagram #Meta #AI #Copyright #News #SocialMedia
Mastodon users: Follow @bsky.brid.gy to allow #Bluesky users to find and follow you.
Bluesky users: Follow @ap.brid.gy to allow #Mastodon users to find and follow you.
moderation isn't done on the PDS level, is it? I thought it was done seperately by moderation policies that each user can subscribe to?🤔 I'll tag this post and maybe we can get some answers.
TIL, accidentally, that posting a toot about Capybaras will get you massive -- within reason -- interaction on the Fediverse.
A survey with an admittedly small sample indicates that Capybaras are the decentralized version of eyeball cocaine that dogs and cats are on corporate social media. 🥥
#SocialMedia, #Engagement, #Mastodon, #Capybaras, #TuckersBalls
If you're creating a Fediverse app or instance, consider making its mascot/emblem a Capybara to ensure success. 🥥
#Mastodon, #Mascots, #Capybaras, #Engagement, #SocialMedia, #Embkems, #TuckersBalls
Since we all have to listen to the constant bitching about AI and the enshittificaton of search engines, I don't want to see one more person being castigated for asking a question on social media that could have been answered with a cursory search.
That was shitty, asshole behavior to begin with and now it can't even be justified by being technically correct.
I wish the term 'Ad-verse' had taken off when referring to corporate owned #SocialMedia sites.
It's such a catchy and fairly accurate term. I first came across this term from some guy on the #Fediverse when I was on social.bau-ha.us, but it never really took off.
But it's a nice easy way to say:
Those shitbag, manipulative, corporate-owned, consumed with corporate greed, advert-ridden, hell sites, owned by those corporate billionaire wannabe celebrity bellends everyone hates.
Why did I leave Big Tech?
The crazy US Democrat/Republican ideological civil war, COVID conspiracies, biased news, lack of privacy, advertising algorithms, and general nastiness from people caught up in all of it on Facebook led me to seek a change. Facebook royally sucks!
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/oeffentliches-geld-oeffentliches-gut-viele-gute-gruende-fuer-das-fediverse/
Öffentliches Geld – Öffentliches Gut!: Viele gute Gründe für das Fediverse
In dem Appell „Für die Nutzung wirklich sozialer Medien an den Hochschulen“ fordert das Aktionsbündnis neue Soziale Medien, Accounts auf X/Twitter stillzulegen und die digitale Kommunikation im Fediverse zu betreiben.netzpolitik.org
While the success criteria for a social platform depends on its users being addicted to it, the #fediverse will always look like a "failure".
https://www.youtube.com/live/HX6ngwFGq6E?si=rVx-mboIN14UFaFv
#InternetResearchAgency #Russian #ElectionInterference
@GottaLaff @charliejane
#socialmedia
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https://images-us.bookshop.org/ingram/9780393881516.jpg?height=1200&v=v2-42d696f541e65b66731fd656a66b5992
Stories Are Weapons and We Must Fight Back on the Nicole Sandler Show - 6-4-24
You know the old adage, 'Sticks & stones my break my bones but words can never hurt me.' As I often say, the scientific term for that is "bullshit." Words c...YouTube
Faced with the challenge of how to respond to the increasing enshittification of the web, @crumbler laughs and says: “We need to finish building the Fediverse.”
“Hell yeah” responds @evan
What does that mean in practice ? Here’s my top ten unfinished building blocks. Build all these out and the Fediverse will be transformed. Feel free to add more!
https://www.blog-pat.ch/we-need-to-finish-building-the-fediverse/
We need to finish building the Fediverse
Faced with the challenge of how to respond to the increasing enshittification of the web, and fuelled by a night out with Flipboard’s Mike McCue and Mastodon’s Eugen Rochko, Casey Newton of Platformer laughs and says: “We need to finish building the…Michael Foster (Patchwork Blog)
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Second Life creator behind the digital brand, [REVOSA]. Long-time darksynth artist behind moniker Eyeshadow 2600 FM // Designer, 3D modeler, webdev, sysadmin.Infosec.Exchange Video
I wish more people would look into starting their own Fediverse instance.
Having even a few HUGE instances is bad for decentralization.
Fedi is starting to become a place where you can be "silenced" pretty easily if you don't "be a good boy/girl" and go against the grain.
If you host your own instance, nobody can really silence you in that way.
I'm fairly "boring" in the fact that I don't typically talk about politics and such, but I still feel a massive sense of freedom with hosting my instance.
For folks that aren't knowledgeable in Linux, there's sites like masto.host and toot.io that offer "managed" hosting for a bit of an upcharge. But if you're able to get the very basics of Linux down, running a Mastodon instance is fairly straightforward and requires fairly low maintenance if it's just 1 user.
Decentralization is our super power. Don't let it be lost because of the few big companies like Mastodon Gmbh or Meta!
#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Decentralization #SocialMedia
Hey fediverse, I made a fediverse sharing button you can add to your website or a blog!
https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-sharing-button/
#fediverse #FediverseSharingButton #webdev #WebDesign #websites #SocialMedia
First #Meta only allowed top users (like @whitehouse) to show up in the #Fediverse.
Now any public #Threads account (from #USA / #Canada / #Japan ?) can decide to show up / post in the Fediverse.
But can #Fedi users show up / #post to threads??? 🤔
Doesn't seem very fair & "fediverse-#filosophy ;)" to me
"You're now sharing TO the fediverse."
Doesn't sharing go both ways? 🤝
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(social_network)#Possibility_of_open_interoperability
#socialmedia #social #ActivityPub #pixelfed #mastodon #tech #philosophy
"“This is a rigged deal, just as the 2020 election was rigged, and we can’t let them get away with it,” Trump said on Nov. 18, 2022, THREE DAYS after announcing his 2024 candidacy...
documented more than 500 campaign events, #SocialMedia posts and interviews during the 2024 cycle in which #Trump falsely accused #Democrats or others of trying to “rig,” “cheat,” “steal” or otherwise “influence” the next #election — or of having done so in 2020."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
Trump Has Already Sown Doubts About the 2024 Election Results
A false, familiar claim by the former president — that the contest in which he’s participating is “rigged” — has reached a fever pitch in this cycle.Karen Yourish (The New York Times)
"Das sind so Momente, wo ich mich so schäme, so ´ne deutsche Kartoffel zu sein" - reitschuster.de
Propaganda für Dating-Show-Zuschauer: TV-Moderatorin und Influencerin Lola Weippert blamiert sich mit einem peinlichem Versuch, ihr Zielpublikum zum Diffamieren aufzurufen und stramm auf rot-grüner Linie zu bleiben. Von Thilo Schneider.Ekaterina Quehl (reitschuster.de)
Ich hab da mal was zur #Brücke zwischen #Bluesky und #Mastodon geschrieben. Was sollte man da einmal im Blick behalten?
Das #Fediverse wächst: Nach #Threads auch Bluesky mit Mastodon verknüpfbar
Erste Threads-Accounts können für Mastodon geöffnet werden, nun geht das – sogar in beide Richtungen – auch mit Bluesky. Das ermöglicht interessante Szenarien.
And also in english:
The Fediverse is growing: After Threads, Bluesky can also be linked to Mastodon
First Threads accounts can be opened for Mastodon, now this is also possible - even in both directions - with Bluesky. This makes interesting scenarios possible.
Das Fediverse wächst: Nach Threads auch Bluesky mit Mastodon verknüpfbar
Erste Threads-Accounts können für Mastodon geöffnet werden, nun geht das – sogar in beide Richtungen – auch mit Bluesky. Das ermöglicht interessante Szenarien.
Max Bergmann, a former State Department official and now program director with the Center for Strategic International Studies, predicts Russian-fueled turbulence at the Democratic national convention in August. He foresees attempts of Russian operatives to infiltrate groups of protestors and attempt to turn protests violent.
He also notes that social media has “become way more of a cesspool than it was in 2016.”
#Democrats #Russia #violence #SocialMedia
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Russian propaganda push expected in Chicago for Democratic National Convention, experts say
“This is just a target-rich stew for the Russians to try lots of things and see what works,” says Max Bergmann of the Center for Strategic International Studies.Tom Schuba (Chicago Sun-Times)
re:publica-Konferenz: Nicht mehr für jeden, sondern für alle
Die re:publica-Konferenz war lange das Wohnzimmer der Netzgemeinde, die dort eine verheißungsvolle digitale Zukunft diskutierte. Gefühlt ganz schön lange her. Und nun?Meike Laaff (ZEIT ONLINE)
Politics drives knowledge sharing across the Fediverse, Bluesky & Threads.
The team at The Newsmast Foundation are excited to share new, original research on the social web, communities, and how we all fit together!
There’s a summary below 👇 or read the full report here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/our-blog/mapping-the-social-web/
#fediverse #socialmedia #threads #bluesky #socialweb #tech
Mapping the social web - NewsMast
Newsmast's latest report follows their initial investigation into the structure of knowledge sharing networks on the Fediverse. Now, the team have done a deep dive on Bluesky and Threads to understand how the wider social web ties together.NewsMast
Imagine if the government told Jeff Bezos that he had to sell The Washington Post because it was worried that he might push a particular agenda.
Courts have long ruled that that sort of worry about future problems is unconstitutional:
https://theconversation.com/tiktok-law-threatening-a-ban-if-the-app-isnt-sold-raises-first-amendment-concerns-229879
#socialmedia
TikTok law threatening a ban if the app isn’t sold raises First Amendment concerns
The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy intrusions. But does it undermine a bedrock American principle?The Conversation
Created this after reading conversation in comments below some tech article somewhere. Someone mentioned "surfing the #internet sewer" and I really liked that phrase.
#drawing #comic #krita #web #surveillance #google #SocialMedia #enshittification #privacy #adblocker #ads
So, @verge and @404mediaco want to federate their site. The articles would then be accessible directly in the #Fediverse, e.g. in a #Mastodon-Feed.
But why? I'd really like to collect arguments for this. What would the advantages for, say @heiseonline be? Please share and comment!
Why publishers are preparing to federate their sites - Digiday
https://digiday.com/media/why-publishers-are-preparing-to-federate-their-sites/
#SocialMedia #Federation #News
Why publishers are preparing to federate their sites
The Verge and 404 Media are exploring the fediverse as a way to take more control over their referral traffic and onsite audience engagement.Sara Guaglione (Digiday)
Facebook just took down roughly 100 pages and profiles for violating the site's rules that prohibit “militarized social movement,” including militia groups that take personal responsibility for defending their communities from a variety of perceived threats.
These 100 pages are just a tiny fraction of the thousands of militia groups Facebook has previously kicked off the site, supposedly permanently.
https://theconversation.com/militia-extremists-kicked-off-facebook-again-are-regaining-comfort-in-public-view-230356
#USPolitics #extremism #socialmedia
Militia extremists, kicked off Facebook again, are regaining comfort in public view
A scholar of militia activity observes extremists stepping back into the public sphere after a few years of being less visible.The Conversation
#ElonMusk Ramps Up Anti-Biden Posts
The #billionaire has increasingly been using his #SocialMedia platform to criticize #POTUS #Biden.
“He is just a tragic front for a far left political machine,” #Musk wrote. It was the 29th time this year that he had posted about the president….
#power #influence #TaxCutsForTheWealthy #CorporateTaxCuts #gaslighting #propaganda #BigLie #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/elon-musk-x-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb