My dream of the future is this: we bolster the strength we've displayed in this chaos. We can provide this level of mutual aid, comradery, and communal strength when the sky isn't crashing down upon us. They say you find out who people really are in a crisis, and who we really are is a loving and kind people who will work hard to make sure our fellow #Appalachians are safe and cared for. We don't have to be the atomized people that #SocialMedia and #capitalism pressure us to be.
@mike - “I think that the work that you've done, the work that Eugen’s done, there is an opportunity to bring this together and take us to a whole new level.”
@jay.bsky.team - “Our goal is to try to show you the world that's possible.”
Ugh. Threads keeps adding Fediverse features that are only benefitting themselves.
They can now see our usernames if we follow them and if we like their posts.
Still can't mention us or follow us back...which is the main part that's keeping their integration from being functional.🤦♂️😩
I just want open communication across platforms dammit. It's not that hard. It doesn't take a whole year. One man did it for a platform that he doesn't even work for, in just a few months!
There also should be massive headlines about Trump’s insane statement about unleashing the #police, without any restraints or due process, upon suspected criminals for just “one violent day” in order for “word to get out” and for #crime to “end immediately.”
I forgot that Threads developed its own tagging system outside of more common hashtags used elsewhere.
I remember the back and forth about it when they rolled it out, and personally not being that bothered by it.
Most of the time, tags are used within a sentence so it isn't noticeable. However when added to the end of a post like this example and pushed to the Fediverse, the result can seem confusing.
Background
I started the project just because I wanted to build something again. After looking at some projects which I use daily, I realized I wanted to build an ActivityPub server.
I wonder if I have discovered a huge #Mastodonsocial bot net.
Look at the profile description, most of the (the similar looking) followers, names, posts (#AI made images), the accounts engaging with those & join date.
Look, I know what #Trump and #Vance say are ludicrous, vicious, racist and misogynistic lies. I get the very important need to loudly speak against and call out these lies. (And, yes, that rally speech about taking care of women is creepy predator and abuser shit.) But, research indicates there is something more going on. I think it's a good thing to ask why they are saying such outlandish things.
I feel #MAGA are truly amping up the stochastic terrorism.
Based on what numerous people have studied since 2012, it appears to me they are trying to activate violence by using propagandistic pressure. They are appealing to deep (maybe unconscious) biases (mostly immigrants at present whereas in the past it has also been pro-life and guns) combined with arousing appeals to nation, protection, and the dangerous "other." They need violence in mass amounts by election day. #
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Look, I know what #Trump and #Vance say are ludicrous, vicious, racist and misogynistic lies. I get the very important need to loudly speak against and call out these lies. (And, yes, that rally speech about taking care of women is creepy predator and abuser shit.) But, research indicates there is something more going on. I think it's a good thing to ask why they are saying such outlandish things.
I feel #MAGA are truly amping up the stochastic terrorism.
Based on what numerous people have studied since 2012, it appears to me they are trying to activate violence by using propagandistic pressure. They are appealing to deep (maybe unconscious) biases (mostly immigrants at present whereas in the past it has also been pro-life and guns) combined with arousing appeals to nation, protection, and the dangerous "other." They need violence in mass amounts by election day. #MAGA information mills have lost listeners/viewers since Jan 6th and with the unpopularity of the #MAGA #ChristianNationalist extreme agenda ( #Project2025 ) along with better pressure on #SocialMedia to curtail and eliminate extremist propaganda. #Trump and #Vance are using their access to mainstream media to re-engage those open to authoritarian proclivities with the hopes they will create what they call "controlled chaos." Think Jan 6th 2.0. but unleashed on Election Day.
In other words, I don't think they've gone off the rails (although I feel these people have some serious psychological issues), but they know exactly what they are trying to do.
So, hang with me. Yes, Jewish people justly took offense at the dog whistling Trump recently did when speaking to them. It was gross and disgusting. But, #Trump wasn't addressing the vast majority of Jewish people. He was trying to reach the extreme, far-right Jewish nationalists. He wants these extremists on board to participate in the far-right violent chaos they are trying to foment.
Think of how #Trump and #Vance HAVE succeeded in causing chaos and violence in #Springfield , Ohio. They are showing us what they can do successfully. Springfield, OH is a warning to us. They are saying watch and take note.
Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, "cut 21,000 jobs, including in trust and safety and customer service, over multiple rounds of layoffs", leading state and local officials "puzzled by what to expect from Facebook" around voting misinformation.
There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile.
Quote posts, limiting of quote posts, and how those features might be added to core AP.
As it is now, the way Threads does quote posting is when a person adds a link to another Threads post, it automatically turns into a "quote post".
They also have the option to limit posts from being quoted, which in turn completely stops anyone on Threads linking to that post.
To me, that is wild, but I can see it making sense on a closed platform.
However, given the way Fediverse works and a ton of people have their own instance/website, I think it would be absolutely asinine to attempt to stop someone from simply posting a link to another post.
Links have been part of the internet for awhile now and there's no other platform that stops people from using links, AFAIK.
So, to those working on AP, please consider another route for quote posts because if I cannot link to something on my own website, I'll be pretty livid honestly.
CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, thinks that "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content".
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company could strike partnerships for “valuable” content to train AI tools, but that it could walk away from paying others.
"I think the next logical jump on that is like [...] “Okay, and we’re also going to show you content that’s generated by an AI system that might be something that you’re interested in.”"
This is great, actually. We're soon going to be free from the oppression of social media.
CEO of Meta, which recently joined the newly founded #SocialWebFoundation, suggests that there is "no causal connection" between social media and teen mental health.
In an interview with The Verge, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that existing research shows there isn’t a causal connection linking social media platforms and teen mental health.
"It’s one thing to argue that ActivityPub is “the future of the social web” [...] but it’s an altogether different bit of self-puffery and disrespect to claim that ActivityPub is the social web.
Blogs were the social web. Friendster was the social web. MySpace was the social web. Twitter was the social web."
Congratulations @evan for getting The Social Web Foundation off the ground. This will really help move the social web forwards and we're looking forward to seeing the great initiatives that come from it.
We'd love to collaborate for a growing, healthy, multi-polar social web!
In a gesture that's been a long time coming, Evan Prodromou, co-author of the ActivityPub protocol, has launched The Social Web Foundation. The organization aims to tackle the various headaches and ch
Question for my #Fediverse friends: is an eventual merger between #ATProtocol and #Activitypub a possibility? I know about their core differences, but I’m not savvy enough to asses if an eventual fusion is possible. #socials #socialmedia
It's amazing what a $900K/day fine can do 😁 --- New #software allowed the app to use constantly changing identifying #IPAddresses via a service called #Cloudflare, making it harder to block.
Das „sozial“ in „soziale Medien“ beschreibt es: Privatpersonen, Unternehmen, Organisationen, Selbstständige und Influencer nutzen diese, um Informationen zu gewinnen, Fotos auszutauschen, Produkte zu bewerben oder Meinungen zu vertreten.
Screen use has a PR problem, and many parents feel guilty about how much time they and their children spend on it. Examining that guilt could help you make changes and improve your family dynamics.
"If you’re looking for pro tips on the best strategies for ordering at a busy #Jewish deli, the advantages of beings either a “hands-on” or “hands-off” zayde, or tips on schmoozing “like a pro,” then Noah Rinsky’s forthcoming #humor #book is for you.
“The Old Jewish Men’s Guide to Eating, Sleeping and Futzing Around,” which hits stands next week, is an extension of Rinsky’s popular #socialmedia account, Old Jewish Men of New York."
When discussing BlueSky, it's not entirely correct to say that "everyone is on the same server".
I used to think the same way.
However, I've been informed over time, by very knowledgeable people that it's more complicated than that.
If you're knowledgeable about Fediverse and how the protocol works and are interested in a comparison, I posted a detailed explanation of *my understanding* of how BlueSky works and what I believe are it's shortcomings here:
When discussing BlueSky, it's not entirely correct to say that "everyone is on the same server".
I used to think the same way.
However, I've been informed over time, by very knowledgeable people that it's more complicated than that.
If you're knowledgeable about Fediverse and how the protocol works and are interested in a comparison, I posted a detailed explanation of *my understanding* of how BlueSky works and what I believe are it's shortcomings here:
It's a bit complicated, but since we're on Fediverse and at least somewhat familiar with how things work here, I'll try to explain with that comparison in mind.
On Fediverse, instances are in control of the user data directly. To "migrate" your account, you'd be switching instances and admins entirely.
BlueSky splits things up quite a bit more.
There, you can host your own "PDS" or Personal Data Server. That hosts your account and post info only.
Then, there's the "AppView". In comparison to Fediverse, these are like Lemmy, Mastodon, Mbin, etc. Right now, there's VERY few Appviews to choose from.
Then, there's the "relay". Which to Fediverse, the only thing similar is also relays, but they work differently. On BlueSky, they relay every post and interactions of all the PDS data that connect to AppViews. I do not think there's a choice on *what* is relayed, just a huge firehose. That being said, they're not optional like Fediverse. To complete the network, relays are required on ATProto and apparently could be expensive to host, so right now, it appears the only relay is hosted by BlueSky the company. Which makes things slightly centralized.
Now, that we have those definitions out of the way, this is where things get a bit muddy and a bit of purposeful corporate created confusion for purpose of selfishness is quite apparent.
Right now, there's very few AppViews. The ones I'm aware of are, BlueSky itself, Whitewind, and Frontpage.xyz.
The confusion happens because BlueSky, the company, doesn't separate the fact that accounts hosted on self-hosted PDS, aren't technically Bluesky accounts, they're ATproto accounts. Everywhere you look to login, it says "login using your BlueSky account". I can only assume they're doing this on purpose so that anyone who tries to make an Appview, host a PDS, AND a relay, can't have their own "identity" like different instances and platforms have here on Fedi.
That will confuse people and make them think *everything* is just hosted by BlueSky the company. However, as we've now established, there's definitely a separation of "Bluesky" the company, "BlueSky" the AppView that you can login to using your "BlueSky" account, which doesnt technically have to be hosted by anything related to BlueSky.
I hope this all makes sense and you can tell that *technically* things are decentralized for the most part. It's just that BlueSky is purposefully muddying their own definitions of things so that anyone that tries to build on ATproto, has a hard time making themselves known as *not* bluesky due to the way they conflate all these definitions.
Sorry for the huge post and hope it makes sense in some way.
[Allegedly] [...] Meta is delaying Fediverse support for European Union Threads users due to the Digital Markets Act, which (for better or worse) complicates launching new technologies within the European Market for non-European companies.
Yeah. It is going to stay that way. People don't like setting things up. There will always be that 0.1% of nerds like me and you who love owning their own data, like configuring things and having their own setups. I'm sure the number will grow though.
I have my own home theater which works offline in case the end of the world happens, I host my own purchased audiobooks on open source platform etc... But most of the folks want to pay the monthly fee for corporations to do things for them, or create and account owned and exploited by Meta and not care about their content or individual rights. That's the way it goes I'm afraid.
Yet we do have this new strange hybrid where we once again have a choice like in the beginning of the Internet. Power back to the people. It's a very good thing and that's why I am an open Internet advocate. We should embrace it no matter what the majority will say. I like to be vocal about it anyway, because it makes sense to me.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #Decentralization #SocialMedia #Microblogging #FediverseGovernance: "We were drawn to this research question because the socio-technical aspects of Fediverse governance often seem opaque from the outside—from outside any given server, and especially from outside the Fediverse. (...) Above all, we wanted to understand more about what happens behind the curtain of Fediverse server operation, and distribute this knowledge widely to help other server teams level up together—and perhaps to uncover characteristics of server governance that might be meaningful to others trying to build sustainable alternatives to centralized commercial pla
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#Fediverse #Mastodon #Decentralization #SocialMedia #Microblogging #FediverseGovernance: "We were drawn to this research question because the socio-technical aspects of Fediverse governance often seem opaque from the outside—from outside any given server, and especially from outside the Fediverse. (...) Above all, we wanted to understand more about what happens behind the curtain of Fediverse server operation, and distribute this knowledge widely to help other server teams level up together—and perhaps to uncover characteristics of server governance that might be meaningful to others trying to build sustainable alternatives to centralized commercial platforms, whether on the Fediverse or elsewhere.
Having completed our initial inquiry, we’re optimistic that:
- thoughtfully governed, medium-sized Fediverse servers are especially well positioned to offer a model of high-context, culturally sensitive online community that outperforms most interactions with centralized platform governance;
- the Fediverse’s combined emphasis on the sovereignty of local norms and a federated form of network diplomacy can offer a real and optimistic challenge to the dead end of centralized content moderation at scale; and
- the emergent processes and technologies of the Fediverse can form a part of what media researcher (and Fediverse server operator) Nathan Schneider calls the “governable stack,” which he defines as “webs of tools and techniques that can support self-governing online communities.”
But, crucially, we don’t think that the Fediverse is likely to realize these potential benefits without ongoing and intentional emphasis on—and funding for—addressing the cultural, financial, legal, and technical governance needs and gaps highlighted by our research participants."
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