Life After X: Journos Who Ditched Elon Musk’s Twitter Speak Out https://www.mediaite.com/tech/life-after-x-journos-who-ditched-elon-musks-twitter-speak-out/

#SocialMedia #X #Twitter #Journalists #Journalism #Xitter

Is it just me, or are there more users that aren't logging in regularly than there are registering?

Like we have an abandonment issue or an absolutely MASSIVE false activity reporting issue....😬

Doesn't feel so "alive" here these days.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia

Die #SocialMedia Konzernfixierung meines Haussenders geht mir schon lange auf den Sack. Sie denken ihre News nicht zu Ende, sondern nur bis zum nächsten #Datensilo und kümmern sich nicht um die Konsequenzen ihres Handelns. Und wenn nicht einmal der Hausexperte #JörgSchieb im #Fediverse zu finden ist, ist auch irgendwie klar wie weit die Expertise reicht... Wofür genau, hält sich die ARD eigentlich eine #Mastodon Instanz?

@malte #ÖRR @wdraktuell@threads.net @OeRR_bewegen https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/wdr-aktuell-threads-102.html

WDR aktuell bei Threads: Wir denken die News weiter, mit Euch!

Wir wollen mit Euch ins Gespräch kommen. Über Threads gibt es den direkten Draht in den WDR Newsroom. So könnt Ihr mitmachen.

^{Greta Hamann (wdr.de)}

What if our accounts had a hidden "likely mansplainer" score based on how big of a portion our replies are to people who don't follow us back, and then we added a setting to hide notifications from accounts that have this score above certain level? 🤔

#SocialMedia

Some people get replies and just do not engage at all....

Like, what is the point of posting to social media if you're not even gonna be SOCIAL?!?🤦‍♂️

Especially Fedi, cause it's not like we have some dumb ad service that pays you for views...You ain't making money here unless you're posting off-platform links to buy stuff.

I just don't get it. It's social media. Not "shout to the void and ignore everyone" media.🙄

#Fediverse #Meta #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Sharkey #Misskey #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #GoToSocial #Friendica #Peertube #PixelFed #Hubzilla #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #SocialMedia #Threads #Facebook #Instagram #Twitter #Myspace #Digg #Youtube

powerful metaphor.

I dusted off the Adventures of Tom Sawyer myself, since people on #socialmedia who do not pay money are throwing their #ai training data to companies at a hidden cost.

Awareness is needed. If people understood, they would be on the #fediverse.

https://knowprose.com/2024/04/20/paying-to-whitewash-the-fence-of-ai/

Paying To Whitewash The Fence of AI.

I suppose a lot of people may not have read Tom Sawyer since it has been banned here and there. Yet there is a part of the book that seems really appropriate today and is unfortunate people didn…

^{KnowProSE.com}

Trump poised to clinch $1.3 billion social media company stock award

> #DonaldTrump is set to secure on Tuesday a stock bonus worth $1.3 billion from the company that operates his social media app #TruthSocial, equivalent to about half the majority stake he already owns in it, thanks to the wild rally in its shares.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-poised-clinch-13-billion-social-media-company-stock-award-2024-04-23/ #SocialMedia #election2024 #GOP

This is a great article by professor Nir Eisikovits, but I think he could have dove deeper. Agreed that media literacy is a problem, but I think it's more pervasive than people consuming "news" through social media, rather the question becomes: Why did people turn to social media to consume news? That question is at the core of the problem of media literacy and critical thinking in the U.S.

1/5

#SocialMedia #News #TikTok

Source | https://theconversation.com/tiktok-fears-point-to-larger-problem-poor-media-literacy-in-the-social-media-age-226667

TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.

^{The Conversation}

"Influencer marketing has become big business on #TikTok and #Instagram, where popular creators can make good money by helping brands promote their stuff. Now, #LinkedIn wants in the game...Its product, called Thought Leader ads, launched in a limited capacity last year."

Corporate social media is overrun by "influencers" who say great things about the free stuff that the get from other companies. They hawk the warez of others to keep on the good side of companies to keep getting free stuff.

"Thought Leaders" are unnecessary, why do we need someone to lead our thoughts? Who are these egotistical people who think that they can lead our thoughts? If you specialize in an area, stop trying to be a thought leader and be a contributor and a collaborator.

I'm so glad the #Fediverse doesn't have MAU targets or advertising sales targets to meet. I am so happy that we are free of those shills on corporate social media.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/linkedin-expands-thought-leader-ads-eyeing-tiktok-and-instagram.html

#socialmedia #socialnetwork #thoughtleader

LinkedIn betting it can take on TikTok and Instagram in influencer marketing

With LinkedIn facing a slowdown in growth, the company is jumping into influencer marketing, trying to compete with TikTok and Instagram.

^{Jordan Novet (CNBC)}

I’m going to require the Mastodon version in the replies please.

#StarTrek #Picard #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Memes #MemeImprovement

Abso-fuckin-lutely! Idk how they're calling this "decentralized". Then only thing that's decentralized is your profile info and follow relationships...🤦‍♂️

#BlueSky #SocialMedia #Decentralized

• yes, my ears are okay, and yes, I am an earbuds user. (0 votes)
• no, I have some hearing issues. (0 votes)
• I'm using headphones, unlike these earbuds loosers :-) (0 votes)
• I watch/listen to videos/audio without any headphones/earbuds (0 votes)
• just let me view the poll results :-) (0 votes)

Which one is better to use when you watch videos or listen to music/podcasts?

#earbuds #headphones #earbud #headphone #privacy #mastodon #askmastodon #fediverse #askfediverse #music #youtube #video #android #ios #iphone #nothing #nothingphone2 #nothingphone2a #nothingphone2acommunityedition #nothingphones #nothingphone1 #nothingeara #nothingear #nothingear3 #nothingear1 #nothingear2 #nothingears #airpods #airpodspro #airpodsmax #airpod #airpodmax #airpodpro #apple #airpodspro2 #iphone16pro #iphone1 #iphone2 #iphone14 #iphonephotography #iphone15question #iphone15 #iphone15promax #iphone15plus #iphonese #iphonese4 #iphone15frame #programming #technology #poll #photography #socialmedia #pleaseboost #boost

• earbuds (42%, 3 votes)
• headphones (28%, 2 votes)
• Neither (14%, 1 vote)
• just let me view the poll results :-) (14%, 1 vote)

Elon Musk declared he wouldn’t comply with orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court to ban far-right accounts involved in an attempted coup.

It shows how Musk uses Twitter to amplify fascism, but also why many countries are increasingly fed up with unaccountable US tech firms.

https://disconnect.blog/elon-musk-is-already-losing-his-battle-with-brazil/

#tech #elonmusk #brazil #brasil #twitter #socialmedia

Elon Musk is using Twitter to defend Brazil’s fascists

The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social media

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Mastodon already has a few tickets open to show "Followed by ... and n others you follow" when browsing people's profiles, eg: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/19298

I wonder if it would also be useful to show "Blocked by ... and n others you follow". 🤔

#mastodon #fediverse
#SocialMedia #FeatureSuggestion

"Followed by ... and n others you follow" · Issue #19298 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch Twitter has the feature to show which users you follow, also follow the displayed account. See this screenshot of a popular account that is followed by many people i follow: Related issue: #1...

^GitHub

This is my @Waterfox startpage setup and I love it

So, how do you like it?

#startpage #firefox #mozilla #technology #socialmedia #programming #waterfox #homepage #mastodon #fediverse #browser #browsers #askmastodon #askfediverse #vivaldi #vivaldibrowser #librewolf

On #Mastodon there are now
321 verified accounts from #news organizations in
20 languages and on
106 instances.

130 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@irozhlas (CZE)
@heiseonline_TopNews (GER)
@lesportiu (CAT)
@ClimateNewsNow (ENG)
@SWR2Wissen (GER)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Built by @mho

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

Verified Media on Mastodon

Languages @arstechnica@mastodon.social,ENG,1 @ProPublica@newsie.social,ENG,2 @Volksverpetzer@digitalcourage.social,GER,3 @heiseonline@social.heise.de,GER,4 @mediapart@mediapart.social,FRA,5 @tazgetroete@mastodon.social,GER,6 @RollingStone@mstdn.

^{Google Docs}

I started a 4th self-updating table, this time of #Media accounts on #Threads that have activated federation (aka "that can be followed from #Mastodon). Is this useful, do we need that? I fear that this will grow quickly and I will definitely need help finding all acounts. But if there's interest, I can try.

Here it is (the Dashboard is not yet very useful, I know):
⏩ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MKBARDB-JDI0BfiXvOhet0okFL_l2Au2uhzK6fmFK74/edit#gid=1993864896

Suggestions of accounts are welcome.

#Fediverse #MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #news #press

TRUTH SOCIAL SENT ME THEIR SOURCE CODE: https://boehs.org/node/truth-social

Fedi takes another huge win. I wonder what we'll find.

#trump #socialmedia

"Donald Trump's stock has lost more than half its value since going public"

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-stock-value-truth-social-1889254

"The value of shares in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which owns Truth Social, is declining."

#GOP #Trump #TMTG #Truthsocial #socialmedia #stock #market #wallst

Last month, Meta's Threads took its first step into the fediverse. @quillmatiq@mastodon.social, aka @quillmatiq@threads.net took that as his cue to experiment with how his Threads feed would look like on Mastodon. Here's what he discovered about organizing the chaos, different clients (hello @phanpy) and whether he'll cut the Threads cord when federation is complete.

https://flip.it/P_h74r

#Federation #Threads #Meta #Fediverse #ActivityPub #SpreadMastodon #Mastodon #SocialMedia #OpenSocialWeb

Threads on Mastodon and The Bright Future of the Fediverse

This is my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences that went above and beyond my expectations.

^{Anuj Ahooja (augment)}

🟢 Leidenschaft für Mastodon, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, YouTube?
🟢 Wer will?
🟢 Wer kennt jemanden?
🟢 Wer hilft uns, mit #SocialMedia-Kommunikation die öffentliche Gesundheit zu schützen?

Jetzt bewerben oder teilen
➡️https://interamt.de/koop/app/stelle?0&id=1118240
#RKI #Jobs #PublicHealth

When you login to social media for the day...👇🤣

https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=opttc6psSPo

#SocialMedia #Funny

Enzo Amore haters

^{Damn | Invidious}

MUSK-Y odor of Wrongdoing

Brazil's Supreme Court judge opens an investigation of Elon Musk over misinformation
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #socialmedia #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/08/1243382430/elon-musk-brazil-supreme-court-investigation

Brazil has opened an investigation into Elon Musk, after he reactivated accounts on X that courts had ordered the social network to block.

It has caused Brazil's attorney general to call for an “urgent” focus on social media regulation, reports @theverge

https://flip.it/jnJWbE

#SocialMedia #ElonMusk #Tech

Elon Musk and Brazil are beefing over X

Brazil has opened a new investigation into Elon Musk over potential obstruction of justice after X defied an order to block certain accounts in the country.

^{Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)}

"TikTok takes steps to combat extremism, hate speech and misinformation amid Hamas war"

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-795852

"The tech giant includes implicit bias training for moderation teams and provides refreshers on their hate policy focused on antisemitism and Islamophobia."

#TikTok #Hamas #socialmedia

Content warning: Meta cancelled climate change ads, then cancelled a local... #threads #technology #socialmedia #censorship #streisandeffect Reveal/hide

https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53549_WTF_Meta_Cancels_LGF

WTF? Meta Cancels LGF

The last thing I wanted to do today was write about Threads. I haven't been using it much, and the few times I've tried, I haven't liked it much either. For one thing, they're allowing some of the most toxic ...

^{Little Green Footballs}

I’m alive, and blogging on my website (vkc.sh), and it’s now allegedly part of the Fediverse.

https://vkc.sh/activitypub-activate/

Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*

(5/n)

...the #media, including #SocialMedia, must be made more resilient. Despite the rancid taste of anti-competitive lobbying by #BigTech, forcing a sale of #TikTok is a step in the right direction. ANY foreign media ownership should be scrutinized, in particular, if the owner(s) are not sole citizens of a country that belongs to #NATO (potentially problematic: #Hungary, #Turkey, previously #Poland,...

People like to say it’s all tech… but to really understand Communities on the Fediverse, we’ve done some research.

You can see what we’ve found in our new report, Mapping Fediverse Communities, available for download on our website: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/blog-mapping-fediverse-communities/

Or check out the thread below for a summary 👇

Please boost and if you have any comments or want to offer your expertise, reach out!

#newsmast #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #fedidev #fediadmin #boost #communities

#trump #truthsocial #stockmarket #shares #socialmedia

“Before former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company made its stock market debut, many investors were lining up to bet on its collapse. After the company’s share price plunged following an initial surge, the appetite to bet against the stock has grown even more ravenous.

Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the ticker DJT, slipped on Wednesday to below $50 per share, extending a steep decline this week that pulled the stock down from its high near $80 and erased more than $2 billion of market value.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/business/trump-media-short-selling.html