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Good morning Fedi friends!

Today marks the one year anniversary of the release of my video “Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media”

🔗: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01JXCDST00FXKN9KCAQJ1QCMRJ

I’m super grateful towards:

💙 volunteers who translated the subtitles
💚 those who produced foreign-language voice-over narrations
💛 people who showed the video at conferences
🧡 everyone who shared the video
❤️ people who sent in positive feedback

It really takes a village 💜

#TeamFedi #FediLove

Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ (@[email protected])

Dear Fedi friends, I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/ In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse. I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it). The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️ I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies. And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post. I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌 Edit/update: THANK YOU for all the people who volunteered to have their avatar …

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Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂Feb 10, 2025

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 55 ✨

Monday morning, which means: backing up my #YunoHost setup. This backup file was 5.5GB, which breaks down like this (from biggest to smallest):

- #GoToSocial: 3.3GB
- #GhostIO: 1GB
- #Pixelfed: 700MB
- #Friendica: 237MB
- #LinkStack: 91MB

I'm really tempted to remove the bridge to #Bluesky. Why? I don't see its utility, I still have people following me on Bluesky but not here (despite clear instructions and the fact I don't post there)... and in general I'm #TeamFedi all the way. Especially after reading @cwebber's brilliant analysis of Bluesky / ATProto: https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

I feel a bit awkward saying this because there are many wonderful Fediverse champions who are equally enthusiastic about Bluesky and want it to succeed in parallel to the Fediverse. But my heart is not in it and I'm feeling very skeptical, crypto bro financing and all. When I think of Bluesky, I can't help but think of the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog.

Also: I'm curious to see if my GoToSocial backup file will decrease in size once I remove the bridge. Pre-bridge the backup file was teeny tiny.

Thoughts? Do you have Bluesky people following you via the bridge / do you find it useful?

#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting