#GoodNews "The #Guardian has more than 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers ... We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles. X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."

▶️ theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
▶️ theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
RSS: @guardian

#journalism #media #journalists #democracyMatters #roleModel #socialMedia

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

^{The Guardian}

(Sorry, I know I post a lot about #SocialMedia these days)
What do people think of this #Mastodon <-> #Bluesky bridge:
techcrunch.com/2024/06/05/blue…

Mentioned by @WilliamNB :
toot.bike/@WilliamNB/113477354…

Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed | TechCrunch

Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

You all, this is the clearest and most accurate explanation on how to move from twitter to #Mastodon that I have seen in a while.👌

Please share it with all your friends who are still on Twitter:
quantixed.org/2024/08/14/exodu…

From @steveroyle, originally shared by @manisha here:
neuromatch.social/@manisha/113…

#SocialMedia #Twitter #TwitterMigration

manisha

2024-11-13 17:40:29

If you're looking for a simplified guide to turbo-charge people to move away from Twitter/X and join #Mastodon, this is a really good one from @steveroyle : quantixed.org/2024/08/14/exodu…

Exodus: moving to Mastodon

I jumped ship from Twitter following the Musk takeover in 2022. Seeking an alternative, I joined Mastodon and didn’t look back. Since then, I’ve enjoyed many wonderful interactions and conversations; and I feel a bit sad at what Twitter turned into.

^{Stephen Royle (quantixed.org)}

The week is over, here are some charts:
For two weeks in a row, #Mastodon brought more #traffic than #X / #Twitter to heise.de.
But I forgot, that's not just via @heiseonline, but also @heisec, @ct_Magazin, @heiseautos, @iX_Magazin etc. (but for Twitter its the same).

#Bluesky is way behind, #Threads even more. Only Twitter is clearly falling.

(🧵 1/3)

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#TwitterMigration
#MastodonMigration
#Fediverse

Big news and a great step from The Guardian.

theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

#press #journalism #X
#SocialMedia

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

^{The Guardian}

Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X
theverge.com/2024/11/11/242939…

#SocialMedia #Bluesky #X

Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week

Bluesky gained more than 700,000 new users in a week and now has more than 14.5 million users total. The “majority” of the new users are from the US.

^{Jay Peters (The Verge)}

On #Mastodon there are now
331 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
111 instances.

131 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@serienjunkies (GER)
@verge (ENG)
@elpuntavui (CAT)
@pixelsfr (FRA)
@BylinesScotland (ENG)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Verified Media on Mastodon

^{Google Docs}

It's time to take Old Yeller behind the shed.

#Twitter #X #SocialMedia #ElonMusk
reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/…

"Ah yes, Twitter—or X. Whatever you call it, the social media site was Musk’s primary tool to elect Trump. In Bloomberg’s Tech Daily newsletter for November 7, Kurt Wagner writes that Musk “turned his feed into a Trump-inspired billboard for his more than 200 million followers,” that it “became a major source of anti-immigrant conspiracy theories,” that Musk “re-shared posts from the former president’s supporters, not all of them accurate,” and that Musk turned X into “a much more powerful version of Truth Social.”"

newrepublic.com/article/188156…

#X #Twitter #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #Trump #SocialMedia

Dump Twitter

If you stick with Elon Musk, you’re complicit.

^{The New Republic}

As more people are abandoning X, again, perhaps my short introduction to Mastodon might be of use, if you'd like to share it with your friends?

stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-…

#mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia #X #twitter

A fediverse invitation for artists

A guide for newcomers.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

Exactly two years ago, we started to post links on #Mastodon via our account @heiseonline 👇

mastodon.social/@heiseonline/1…

It took longer, than I expected, but here we are: it seems like this account now brings continuously more #traffic to heise.de than #X (#Twitter) in its entirety, although it only has ¼ of the follower number (and many of them don't seem to be active anymore).
I'll prepare some graphs after the weekend.

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#MastodonMigration
#TwitterMigration
#Fediverse

#Mastodon is pretty customizable to offer people many choices not usually available to users on other #socialmedia platforms. More choices also means more complexity ;)

Like on other platforms, you can also choose to simply make a new #account on another #server.

A lot depends on your reason for moving :)

👆 #Bluesky has starter packs to help people find interesting accounts. I built one with accounts from #Mastodon, that can be followed from there (thx @bsky.brid.gy).

But it was challenging to find more, that aren't already also active there. Any suggestions, whom I could add?

Because let's build more bridges!

#SocialMedia #TwitterExodus #Fediverse #Bridgy

I joined Twitter in 2008, making 7,500 posts through the years. I deactivated my X account today.

I greatly curtailed my usage of the platform since November 2023, when my employer @Flipboard pulled back from engagement. And I haven't posted since April but kept it open for work reasons (to monitor news, etc.).

Why today? The U.S. election made clear how many of my fellow Americans live entirely in "alternative facts" ecosystems. I no longer wish to participate in such a platform — so rife with unchecked misinformation and disinformation ... basically an outrage machine where the algorithm rewards lies and conspiracy theories.

If you're still on X, why?

I screenshot my profile for posterity. And here's also Flipboard's 2023 announcement.

#Goodbye #X #Twitter #SocialMedia #Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Misinformation #Facts

…Krasner said he would seek financial penalties against #ElonMusk & #AmericaPAC.
Musk lawyer Chris Gober said the giveaway was not a prize, but rather #compensation for people chosen to serve as spokespeople for the #PAC.

Later, Chris Young, an adviser for America PAC, testified that he selected winners out of a pool of candidates who appeared in videos for the group & allowed it to use their images after reviewing their #SocialMedia & meeting them outside event venues.

#law #ElectionLaw

"Meta’s attempt at microblogging, “Threads,” has been caught up in a few moderation scandals that seem pretty likely to have been caught up by terribly simplistic algorithmic bans ...

Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell... posted about Katz’s suspension ...

“Threats suspended [Katz] for this. She tells me, “I stand by my views of Hitler. Not a good guy.” And Threads suspended him for that as well"

techdirt.com/2024/11/01/thread…

#threads #meta #moderation #AI #algorithms #Hitler #wapo #socialmedia

Threads Bans Anyone For Mentioning Hitler, Even To Criticize

Quick test: should saying “Hitler, not a good guy” cause you to be banned from your social media account? Seems simple enough. But apparently not for Meta, the largest social media company on the p…

^Techdirt

#GiftArticle

Inside #Trump’s #TruthSocial #ConspiracyTheory Machine

An analysis of Trump’s posts reveals the #paranoid & unfounded content he creates & amplifies each day.

Trump’s penchant for amplifying easily debunked #ConspiracyTheories is well known. But an extensive analysis of his posts & reposts on #SocialMedia reveals a candidate who promotes sinister theories at a scale & frequency well beyond his already infamous playbook.

#TrumpIsUnfit #FactCheck #TrumpLies
nytimes.com/interactive/2024/1…

How Trump Is Using Truth Social to Concoct and Spread Conspiracy Theories

An analysis of thousands of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts reveals that the former president directly promoted false conspiracy theories in at least 330 instances and amplified at least 145 conspiracists.

^{Neil Bedi (The New York Times)}

Exploiting Meta’s Weaknesses, Deceptive #Political Ads Thrived on #Facebook and #Instagram in Run-Up to #election2024
==

Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users’ sensitive personal data or bait them into monthly charges.

#News #Tech #SocialMedia #Business #Badvertising #Scam #Meta #Government #politics
propublica.org/article/faceboo…

Deceptive Political Ads Thrived on Facebook, IG in Run-Up to Election

^ProPublica

On #Mastodon there are now
331 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
111 instances.

203 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@eurasiareview (ENG)
@globalmagazin (GER)
@9to5linux (ENG)
@golwg (WEL)
@lupa (CZE)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Verified Media on Mastodon

^{Google Docs}

Foreign Trolls and Bots are a problem on social media and the Fediverse is not immune so here are two links to help you identify them:

On of the links is interactive so you can test your skill.

#SocialMedia #Election #Fediverse #Mastodon #Bot #Troll

dw.com/en/fact-check-how-do-i-…

This one is interactive:

spotthetroll.org/start
Deutsche Welle · Jan 3, 2022
How to spot fake s

How to spot fake social media accounts, bots and trolls

If you are unsure whether or not to trust a Facebook or Twitter message, study its source. The following indicators can help you assess if you are dealing with a fake account, bot or troll.

^{Tetyana Klug (Deutsche Welle)}

#BadBunny #Backs #KamalaHarris With #Instagram #Post of #PuertoRico #Video

He posted a segment of Harris' video that discussed #PuertoRico's #stake in the #election. The hitmaker has over 45 million followers on the #socialmedia platform and has sold millions of #albums. "I will never forget what #DonaldTrump #did and what he #didnot do when #PuertoRico needed a #caring and #competent #leader," Harris said in the #video.

miamiherald.com/entertainment/…

On the two year anniversary of joining #Mastodon I'm super proud to share:

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.13 👩‍🚀

"The #Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same."

blog.elenarossini.com/the-fedi…

with mentions of @forgeandcraft (who made this awesome Fediverse t-shirt) @phanpy @ivory @Tusky @nimi @Roneyb @davidoclubb

#FOSS #FLOSS #Matrix #TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #activism #BigTech #socialmedia #education

The Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same.

The Fediverse has helped me regain control from the behavior modification empires of Big Tech. Now I want to help other people do the same.

^{Elena Rossini}

I feel bad for Uerica, Sylvia, Nicole, Constance, Evangeline, Annie, Celia, Heather, Aggie, Georgie, Colleen, Katie, Melanie and Deborah. Why do parents give their girls first names the same as their last? OH, they're bots making social media worse. Got it.

#facebook #twitter #instagram #threads #girl #bots #socialmedia #exhausting

Bluesky working on a paid subscription

The idea is to offer a subscription that unlocks exclusive features for paid users, very similar to X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue).

9to5mac.com/2024/10/25/bluesky…

#SocialMedia #Bluesky

Bluesky wants to introduce a paid subscription

The Bluesky microblogging platform has grown significantly over the last year, from 2 million users last November to more than...

^{Filipe Espósito (9to5Mac)}

Just a reminder that 0% of fediverse admins took on debt to support their communities.

stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/1…

#fediverse #SocialMedia #sustainability #bluesky #VentureCapital

#Microblogging #Service #Bluesky with a new #crypto #investor 😳

Source: bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2…

This does not change the fact that the Bluesky app and the AT Protocol do not use #blockchains or #cryptocurrency, and we will not hyperfinancialize the #social experience (through #tokens, crypto #trading, #NFTs, etc.).

But taking #money from this swamp is OK? What's the color of money 💵 - don't tell me that it is green cause I know it's red. Dancing with the devil won't change the devil but you.

#finance #blockchain #freedom #business #economy #news #Problem #internet #platform #socialmedia

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky

Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video.

^Bluesky

🌟Hello #AcademicMastodon🌟

I'm Hannah and currently working on the research project to understand the role of #Mastodon in #academia during my internship here.

If you haven’t done so already, please consider participating in the project. I would love to hear from you:

🔗rug.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has already participated in the survey! It is really insightful to read your opinions and experiences.

#AcademicChatter #OpenScience #Plushtodon #SocialMedia