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The TikTok Ban: A Case Study in the Dangers of Centralized Social Media
First of all, hello, Fediverse. If all worked out, this is my first federated blog post. I'm excited to join the decentralized social media movement. Now, what is the Fediverse (specifically the AT Protocol), and how is it relevant to the TikTok Ban? Jan 18th, 2025 was when TikTok went dark for about 12 hours. As communities, small businesses, and individual creators faced the reality that the platform could be shut down with the flick of a switch, it opened a conversation around […]https://angelageorge.com/the-tiktok-ban-dangers-of-centralized-social-media/
The Verge: The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences. “Our research makes one thing clear: power is shifting back to the consumer (the fediverse signals this). Consumers crave community, but on their own terms — seeking deeper, more meaningful connections with those who truly matter (something we identified in 2014). Authenticity is at the […]
Stuck on Big Tech vs. Big China, America Overlooks the Real Social Media Revolution Happening Elsewhere
The Fediverse, a network of decentralized social media platforms, thrives in Europe and Canada, promoting privacy and user control in contrast to U.S. corporate giants. Factors like European regulations, public funding, and anti-Big Tech sentiment contribute to its success, while the U.S. struggles with corporate dominance and lack of privacy laws, lagging behind in digital innovation.
https://stakeholderssgv.wpcomstaging.com/2025/02/03/us-missing-out-on-decentralized-web/
The Fediverse, a network of decentralized social media platforms, thrives in Europe and Canada, promoting privacy and user control in contrast to U.S. corporate giants. Factors like European regula…
How-To Geek: PeerTube, the Open-Source YouTube, Now Has Mobile Apps. “PeerTube, a popular open-source YouTube alternative, has released its inaugural mobile apps for iPhone and Android seven years after its inception. PeerTube is an open-source and decentralized video network, with videos hosted across thousands of interconnected servers, from large YouTube-like public servers to smaller ones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/11/how-to-geek-peertube-the-open-source-youtube-now-has-mobile-apps/
As of summer 2012, the Internet Archive had 1.4 billion items available via the #bittorrent protocol. [1]
But who clicks all of those? They should bundle them for #decentralized backups.
Here's a question for the Fediverse.
Should every project be federated if possible?
Should we encourage everyone to build Federation into their products, activate the modules in their CMS pages, things of that nature?
Discuss
@Karlitschek recently joined Destination Linux for an insightful chat at Ubuntu Summit, discussing the origins of Nextcloud Hub, why the AGPLv3 was chosen as open source license, our continued mission to help decentralize the Internet, and more!
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