Jeff JarvisNov 22, 2022
What have we learned? Never again should we go to a social company that does not promise portability and interoperability, that does not federate with others, that is not sufficiently open-source to allow emergent innovation from users. This is a test.
Show threadStan FletcherNov 22, 2022

@jeffjarvis The takeover of Twitter has exposed us all to the fact that the days of the monolithic, walled-garden, corporate-controlled social media platform are NOT where we want to live. Thanks to Mastodon and the Fediverse, the “user is the product” days are coming to an end. Tumblr just announced that they are working on adding support for ActivityHub, which will enable their platform to interconnect with Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube and other platforms.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub-the-social-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/

Tumblr to add support for ActivityPub, the social protocol powering Mastodon and other apps | TechCrunch

Tumblr will add support for ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol that today is powering social networking software like Twitter alternative Mastodon, the Instagram-like Pixelfed, video streaming service PeerTube, and others.

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Show threadNeil Mackenzie
@IrwinFletcher0 @jeffjarvis
Federated instances are their own walled garden. You have no idea whether the Mastadon instance you are in is now being blocked widely because someone you have never heard of posts something other people don’t like. Moderation at scale is hard.
Nov 22, 2022 at 5:25pmMetatext