aristeon89Nov 17, 2024
Anders Puck Nielsen
I am so excited about the migration from X that I made a whole YouTube video about what it takes to run a social media company in a responsible way.
Don't worry, I will be back to covering the normal topics and the war in Ukraine next time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8zfgIgZ4c0
Twitter and responsible social media

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Nov 16, 2024 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadDavid NiceNov 16, 2024
@anderspuck Looks like you miss the point - Musk used Xitter for exactly what he's achieved - shadow leadership of the USA. And I can't get excited about people leaving only now, though for their own personal dignity it's better late than never.
Show threadAnders Puck NielsenNov 16, 2024
@davidpnice It would have been better sooner, but still I think it’s good if he loses his platform.
Show threadDavid NiceNov 17, 2024
@anderspuck But now you've got the advertisers crawling back. Good to know which ones to boycott.
Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Nov 17, 2024
@davidpnice @anderspuck exactly. Twitter served his purpose.
Show threadKerry StevensonNov 16, 2024
@anderspuck Great video, thank you!
Show threadAllan Strømfeldt ChristensenNov 17, 2024

@anderspuck Yes, but Bluesky is rather concerning, what with its ties to crypto and indirectly Russia as well (as @davetroy has noted).

https://toad.social/@davetroy/113493454665487197

https://toad.social/@davetroy/113476788536250587

Dave Troy :toad: (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images 1/There is nothing more embarrassing than watching hordes of liberals willingly herd themselves into a pen funded by Russian capital. Blue sky’s principal funder Blockchain Capital LLC is run in part by Kirill Dorofeev, who also works for VK, Russia’s state social network.

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Show threadAllan Strømfeldt ChristensenNov 17, 2024

@anderspuck I know you use Ghost, but I'm not sure if you're aware that the Ghost team is currently in the process of integrating the platform with ActivityPub (& effectively Mastodon). It'd surely be nice if open source & decentralised Mastodon could catch on a bit more.

The info page describing Ghost's upcoming integration is no longer live, but here's an archive of the page if you've never seen it:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240510213133/https://activitypub.ghost.org/

And blog/updates on their ongoing work here:
https://activitypub.ghost.org

Building ActivityPub

Ghost is federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world’s largest publishing network.

Building ActivityPub
Show threadAnders Puck NielsenNov 17, 2024
@stromfeldt I have seen it. It will be interesting to see what they come up with. I probably won’t be using it before it is out of beta, but I like the idea.
Show threadAllan Strømfeldt ChristensenNov 17, 2024

@anderspuck Yeah, probably a good idea to wait. I likely won't be using it either way, as I had somebody create a script to connect Ghost (and its membership system) to the open source forum software Discourse. The next thing to be built is an aggregating system, which will aggregate several Ghost-using blogs/newsletters, which will then all share the one Discourse instance for commenting. "Own your software ecosystem" kinda thing.

If you're curious:
https://github.com/vikaspotluri123/discourse-on-ghost

GitHub - vikaspotluri123/discourse-on-ghost: Add Ghost-based SSO to Discourse

Add Ghost-based SSO to Discourse. Contribute to vikaspotluri123/discourse-on-ghost development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦Nov 17, 2024
@anderspuck
Platforms are only as responsible actors as their leadership - and I say this having spent a decade in the leadership of one (which scored high on moderation, but not on APIs). Can't truly evaluate Twitter without Dorsey, X without Musk, or Threads without Zuckerberg and Mosseri.
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦Nov 17, 2024
That's where federation comes into play. A federated platform has multiple leadership and policies. It might be harder to assess, but it also will be more resilient to bias creep (as well as to long term threats).
@anderspuck
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦Nov 17, 2024
That's the attribute I am watching wrt Bluesky. It is decentralized, you can run your own PDS, it does have open APIs, it does have 3rd party clients. It even has the capability of multiple moderation policies (3rd party labeling services). It still does not have relays and discovery independent of Bluesky Inc, so they have that master control. But the path has been toward becoming not only decentralized but in fact federated, over time.
@anderspuck
Show threadjonasrygaardNov 17, 2024
@anderspuck than you for taking the effort proposing some meaningful parameters for discussion.
I am courious whether you will do a similar analyses on Meta platforms. I am also courious about your perspective on shadow ban of certain views (as happened during corona ob twitter) this seems to be important for social media especually in times of crisis - personally lost confidence in “Old” twitter at that point.
Show threadJakobmhcNov 17, 2024
@anderspuck apropos bots, har du så set den konto her? https://romeosquared.eu/author/anders-puck-nielsen/
Anders Puck Nielsen, Blogger at Romeo Squared

Anders Puck Nielsen is a military analyst at the Center for Maritime Operations at the Royal Danish Defense College. Read his posts on Romeo Squared.

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Show threadtadcanNov 17, 2024
@anderspuck Before the APIs were closed off for research they were closed off as open source APIs which allowed third party access for alternative platforms to display tweets. For me this walled garden was a precursor to what is currently happening. The worsening of social media is moving people to Whatsapp or Discord groups where moderation is done with smaller social circles and group norms like early forums. I don't take it as a given that Bluesky etc will take over like Twitter before it.
Show threadAnders Puck NielsenNov 18, 2024
@tadcan No, it's not a given. There are different use cases and some people want conversations in smaller groups. Others want to use it as a microblog for a public audience.
Show threadtadcanNov 18, 2024
@anderspuck For a brief period with FB's rise and the cost associated with sending texts on Dumb phones meant people were generally restricted to the walled garden or public sphere with some accommodation with groups or G+ circles. The Open Source world feared market capture. What interests me is the ratios of people who engage with micro-blogging versus closed groups and how will researchers account for communication that stays behind encryption. Is there a maximum ratio of one to the other?