#DigitalSovereignty is a strong theme here on #Mastodon and as I prepared to pull the main feed to graph the data, I realized: "Oh! It has been closed for good."

So, we can see the #LegalReality: There will be #ContentModeration and there will be #Algorithms governing #ContentFiltering in the #fediverse.

The only structural difference between here and elsewhere is that it is #federated.

And the people seem much friendlier here but, let's not buy into the hype, as if it's without restriction.

I just made a matrix account at @alanxoc3:matrix.org.... Anyone know a good alternative federated matrix server that would support video calling too?

I want to try getting off discord for chats with family/friends!

#matrix #federated

Goose and Gander

I complained when M Carney used Google to talk to #Canadians. #Canada and its politicians must assert their #DigitalSovereignty, and that means making their content available in safe, surveillance-free venues FIRST, and only feed the #USA's #GAFAM / #AI / #SurveillanceEconomy SECOND. Walk the talk.

And that includes you, @avilewis. Your #mastodon staffers know exactly what I am talking about: #Peertube, #Loops, #Pixelfed, and the rest of the #federated platforms. #Fediverse.

Embracing Protocols Over Products: How Open Standards Shape the Social Web

https://openchannels.fm/embracing-protocols-over-products-how-open-standards-shape-the-social-web/

On that note… #Prav is offering 20,000 INR (212 USD, or 181 EUR) to anyone who can implement a particular feature for them.

The Org
Prāv (website, Fedi - @prav ) is a fork of Quicksy.im run by #FreeSoftware activists, which provides an #XMPP service and branded apps to make it easy to bring non-geeks to XMPP.

Prāv is a #cooperative, which means anyone can become a member and take part in the project governance and decision-making. It’s the ultimate form of putting users and workers in control!

If you want to defeat #capitalism, it’s important to support cooperatives like Prāv instead of privately-owned hierarchical companies and organizations.

The Task
Prāv uses phone numbers for easy registration and contact discovery. As with Quicksy, the phone number becomes part of the user’s XMPP address. This means the user’s phone number is visible to channel admins and to anyone the user adds as a contact.

The task is to modify the clients to let users enter a username which will be used for their XMPP address instead. This way, phone numbers will continue to be used for easy registration and contact discovery, without revealing the phone number to other users.

No other XMPP client or service has this functionality yet! 🙂 Go check out their Codeberg repository. https://codeberg.org/prav

#OpenSource #FOSS #Libre #Decentralized #Federated #Privacy #India #SoftwareEngineering #Jobs #GetFediHired

I recommend 'gh config set telemetry disabled' for everyone.

In addition, it might be a good time to switch over to Codeburg.org and/or Tangled.org for federated git.... Or self-hosted Forgejo for personal repos.

https://cli.github.com/telemetry

#github #git #forgejo #codeburg #tangled #federated

Discover 5 inspiring #PeerTube platforms worth watching and sharing…

Videos from makers, musicians, artists and DIY folks
📺 https://makertube.net/videos/browse?scope=local

Videos from @beeldengeluid, Dutch audiovisual archive material
📺 https://peertube.beeldengeluid.nl/videos/browse?sort=-trending

Videos on open source GIS (@hansakwast)
📺 https://videos.qwast-gis.com/videos/browse?sort=-hot

Videos from @waag
📺 https://tube.waag.org/videos/browse?sort=-trending

Videos by, for and from research and education in The Netherlands (@SURF)
📺 https://video.edu.nl/videos/browse?sort=-trending

#federated #bigtech alternatives #decentralized