Anivar  by Nov 8, 2019

This is in response to some of the #Birdsite threads on Mastodon move.

Indian Right wings digital asset investment is mostly on 2 platforms , Twitter and WhatsApp.
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Show threadAnivar  by Nov 8, 2019
Addressing troll armies is not a battle. That is a wrong perception. The RW agenda is more for 'Platform control" using Government power. Troll armies are a subset of it
Show threadAnivar  by Nov 8, 2019
Take a look at policies ranging from Intermediary Liability , Breaking encryption requests, take downs on social media posts, data localization demands, aadhaar linking all on one object
Show threadAnivar  by Nov 8, 2019
What happens when a huge platform is replaced with thousands of distributed self hosted servers powered with free and open source softwares? That's what happening now
Show threadAnivar  by Nov 8, 2019
Participate, collaborate and engage without algorithmic biases of a monolithic platform . power your own instance with donations or hosting your own. You own this media.
Show threadAnivar  by Nov 8, 2019
If you are reading this thread in #Birdsite, please understand, this is originally written in a Mastodon instance, and this content readched there via a bridge service (moa.party)
Show threadBhaukaalNov 8, 2019
@anivar what's your stance on verification? Do you think it is needed or just self verification is okay?
Show threadAnivar  by Nov 8, 2019
@bisaat if you want verification verify using keybase or website https://ryanmaynard.co/mastodon-keybase
How to Verify Your Mastodon Account with Keybase

At the time of this writing, the decentralized network Mastodon has recently surged in popularity out of relative obscurity. Anyone can spin up their own mastodon instance on

Show threadBhaukaal
@anivar yes, I am aware of that, but it's still self verification.
Nov 8, 2019 at 11:18amWeb
Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️Nov 9, 2019

@bisaat @anivar Centralized verification is still susceptible to traditional power structures like governments.

Keybase (even though still a centralized app) operates through a web of trust, which is probably preferable to Twitters arbitrary rules around blue ticks.