Mo-Me is leaning into this dynamic. For #MediaLiberationDay, it was very useful to be able to point people to Mo-Me to get started (as oppose to "start by picking an instance" or "start on .social"). And I wouldn't call it a "paddling pool" since it's got pretty rich functionality and is fully federated, but it's definitely an example of what I think of as a "starter instance".
One of the challenges with the app focus though is it's likely to reinforce the default tendency on flagship instances. If I want to use Piefed-the-app, it's natural to sign up on piefed.social; even though they're putting a lot of work into helping people choose an instance when they sign up (and kudos to them for doing it!), why not just sign up on piefed.social? It's hard to answer that without talking about instances and why they matter!
Revolutionary friends. We are so pleased to have made such huge steps towards #MediaRevolution on #MediaLiberationDay and so excited by next steps. 🎉
But we are also pretty exhausted!!
There's much to follow up on, many threads to tie in...and a strong knowing that this is a beginning not an end.
Remember, remember, 5 November: Media Revolution campaigns to take back power from the billionaires!
A new alliance says media system is broken and is building a movement to fix it starting with Media Liberation Day.
Off the back of #MediaLiberationDay (yesterday) we have this @SkyNewsUK article exploring the influence that the billionaire owned media weild on our country.
Despite the increasing support for many carbon free policies (net zero), the increasing uptake of air sourced heat pumps and EVs (bites tongue about personal cars being a low carbon transport solution). Reform are still polling the highest.
As far as life on this planet is concerned low carbon policies are the top priority.
As far as the next election is concerned migrants are the billionaire media moguls top priority.
Their wall to wall coverage of that issue is artificially elevating Reforms support among the electorate.
People are voting against their own interests.
This is one key reason we need a #MediaRevolution
Fresh polling by YouGov, carried out exclusively for Sky News, finds that belief in and concern about man-made global warming remains as high as in their heyday in 2021, when the UK hosted the COP26 climate summit.
Press coverage for #MediaLiberationDay and the #CoverStory campaign!
"Aplanned protest campaign targeting newsstands by activist group ‘Media Revolution’ has newsagents and major retailers on alert. Described as ‘Media Liberation Day’, the group urged people to disrupt the sale of national newspapers in stores on 5 November by covering up their front pages.
Organiser Liz Pendleton told other activists: “We’ve got this direct action you can get involved with straight away You can print out these cover stories and you can put them on top of newspapers in newsagents and supermarkets to call out malignant media.”
The group and its false front covers criticise that many newspapers have ‘billionaire owners’. It claimed these individuals abuse this power to “push narrow, toxic agendas” such as anti-migrant rhetoric and opposition to preventing catastrophic climate change."
https://www.betterretailing.com/media-revolution-newsagents/
Woo hoo 🎉🥂🍾
#MediaRevolution has made the mainstream media...
https://www.betterretailing.com/media-revolution-newsagents/
For anyone celebrating/taking part in today's Media Liberation Day, I've created some (hopefully) useful resources over the years, if this is of any interest:
- a non-technical intro to the fediverse through polls: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-netizens-guide-to-mastodon-fediverse/
- a how-to guide focused on Mastodon: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-to-join-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
- a bunch of "fediverse explorations": https://stefanbohacek.com/category/fediverse-explorations/
- and, of course, https://jointhefediverse.net
And as a bonus: typographic fediverse-themed experiments.
More about #MediaLiberationDay:
https://privacy.thenexus.today/how-to-help-newcomers-for-media-liberation-day/
Media Revolution's Media Liberation Day on November 5 is encouraging people to liberate themselves from malignant corporate media to explore decentralized social networks. It's a great opportunity to bring people to fedi ... but as we all know, it's not always easy for people to get started, find what they're looking
#MediaLiberationDay is today: 5th November 2025!
Have fun by doing your own #CoverStory like this where you live.
https://mediarevolution.org/cover-story/
Fight the #BillionaireMindVirus
Happy Media Liberation Day! 🎉
(AKA Guy Fawkes Day)
We're saying #ByeByeMenticide and lighting the Touch Paper - a new media consumer union - incubated by Media Revolution.
*Menticide is brainwashing. In this instance, billionaire media owner brainwashing. Enough is enough. We need to organise, unionise and change the media.
Blow up this message! It’s an epic plot - and you can be involved.
P.S. want to know why penguins?
More on the website!
Attached: 1 video Happy Media Liberation Day! 🎉 (also known as Guy Fawkes Day!) We're saying #ByeByeMenticide and lighting the Touch Paper - a new media consumer union - incubated by Media Revolution. https://touchpaper.media/ *Menticide is brainwashing. In this instance, billionaire media owner brainwashing. Enough is enough. We need to organise, unionise and change the media. Blow up this message! It’s an epic plot - and you can be involved. #MediaRevolution #MediaLiberationDay P.S. want to know why penguins? More on the website!
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