Peter Maro Jan 29, 2025
DistroWatch
This is our first post, following the Facebook ban on us talking about Linux.
Jan 22, 2025 at 12:18pmWeb
Show threadEulenpapagei 🦜Jan 22, 2025

@distrowatch Welcome to the free side. 👍
In read about the incident on Reddit.

Would be nice, if you would additionally left some note on your website, confirming that this Mastodon profile belongs to you.

Show threadDistroWatchJan 22, 2025
@strigohabro It's on our contact page and this account will be mentioned in our newsletter on Monday.
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=contact
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Show threadwikiJan 23, 2025
@distrowatch you can also verify your website link by adding a <link rel='me' href='https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch' /> to distrowatch.com
Show threadDistroWatchJan 23, 2025
@hugopeixoto Thanks, I've added the link to the site.
Show threadDistroWatchJan 22, 2025
@strigohabro Thanks for the welcome. It's nice to breathe the free air. Plus the interface is nicer than Twitter or Facebook.
Show threadColdSideOfYourPillowJan 23, 2025
@distrowatch
1. Y'all had a Facebook account!?
2. Why would Facebook have a problem with Linux?
Show threadDistroWatchJan 23, 2025
@ColdSideOfYourPillow We didn't have an official Facebook account. But some people set up Facebook and Twitter accounts which automatically tracked our RSS feeds. This is our first social media account that's actually us.
Show threadDistroWatchJan 23, 2025
@ColdSideOfYourPillow As for #2, Facebook seems to have a problem with all sorts of things. Especially anything involving open source, privacy, and news websites (they block news in Canada, for example).
Show threadmedthepirateJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch @ColdSideOfYourPillow time we remade the web as it should be. Welcome to mastodon and the fediverse.
Show threadGergovieJan 29, 2025

@distrowatch @ColdSideOfYourPillow

Sure. News sites are heretics !
They don't obey to their new lord(s) !

Show threadMatt PalmerJan 29, 2025

@ColdSideOfYourPillow because Linux is Communism, of course.

@distrowatch

Show threadWalrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Jan 24, 2025

@distrowatch

Was that a thing?

I dumped FaeceBook when they told me they owned my photographs!

Show threadMr. GreebJan 27, 2025

@distrowatch

Wait, what? O_o

In any case, welcome!

Show threadDistroWatchJan 27, 2025
@mr_greeb Thanks, it's nice to be here.
Show threadElectroNautJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
Welcome friends!
Show threadPersonneJan 28, 2025

@distrowatch

Can we have more details on this? It's really super weird.

Show threadmrAXJan 28, 2025
@per_sonne is it that weird that the oligarchy wants everyone to run OSes that they have control over ?
Show threadPersonneJan 28, 2025
@mrax
Not at all, but if they really wanted this to be a thing, they would have other ways to do it, which would be much more effective, btw.
Correlation is not causation.
Show threadmrAXJan 28, 2025
@per_sonne I agree, but why would distrowatch and linux posts in general on facebook be suddenly banned under the guise of cybersecurity ? While I subscribe to the doctrine of not blaming on malice what can be blamed on stupidity, too many things are happening around the world right now that indicate a ruling class consolidating its power and carefully crafting the message given.
Show threadPersonneJan 28, 2025
@mrax @DiogoConstantino
Automatic systems usually flag the presence of embedded scripts and / or image files pointing to other domains and / or scripts waiting to be injected. Hiding or obfuscating Big tech / Meta tracking technologies (or even robots.txt blocking specific crawlers) can also be interpreted by these automated systems as malware trying to hide from verification mechanisms. Trust me on this; sometimes the engineers behind these decisions have good intentions, but this brings unexpected results and false alarms. This kind of bans go away once a human reviews the evidence that triggered the ban. The webmasters should also run their website with a fine comb to find hidden scripts or code injections coming from elsewhere. You wouldn't believe how easy it is to inject code from 3rd party domains these days.
Show threadMatt PalmerJan 29, 2025
@mrax sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Show threadDistroWatchJan 28, 2025
@per_sonne Sure, check out our weekly newsletter: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews
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Show threadWorking Class GamesJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Welcome to fedi o/
Show threadKarstenJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
You are Most Welcome here
@Linux_Is_Best
Show threadRomiflaJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Welcome here ;)
Show threadLeszekJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch warm welcome! nice to see you here :)
Show threadSuricatJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch welcome
Show threadAdam Jacobs 🇺🇦Jan 28, 2025

@distrowatch You will be pleased to know that FB doesn't ban such things in the UK. I saw the story about your being banned on FB, and posted a link to your site and a general statement about how awesome Linux is earlier this morning.

It's still there.

Show threadJulia ClementJan 29, 2025
@statsguy @distrowatch
Interesting, it does ban Distrowatch in New Zealand. Two of my comments were deleted a day or two back do it's not just the seppos being censored
Show threadAdam Jacobs 🇺🇦Jan 29, 2025
@juliaclement @distrowatch Interesting. I wonder if it's a country-specific thing. The link I posted yesterday is still there.
Show threadFungifreundJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
Welcome! One follower more!
Heard about that on lemmy. 😉
Show threadyourgenarJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch welcome ! Glad to see #distrowatch here !
Show threadThoriumJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Welcome to Mastodon! The oligarchs currently in control of the USA are a vile lot.
Show threadClovis Jan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Juste à temps pour t'aider à choisir une nouvelle distro @Seth 😏
Show threadScandinavian ⁂ ArchitectJan 28, 2025
@clovis @distrowatch Pour le moment comme tout remarche quasi miraculeusement je touche à rien mais je note^^
Show threadRonyJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch hello there!
Show threadMike RockwellJan 28, 2025

@distrowatch consider owning your presence on the web so you don’t have to worry about the ebb and flow of your instance admin’s policies:

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/

Running your own server - Mastodon documentation

Show threadJannekeJan 28, 2025

@distrowatch Hmm, if an organization (?) that's about open source needs to be kicked by big tech before they consider switching to the free fediverse world...that doesn't bode well for us/for freedom?

Otoh, chances are all kinds of minorities will get attacked by POTUS and subsequently kicked by big tech.

Show threadDistroWatchJan 28, 2025

@janneke Perhaps. Though I'd like to point out we didn't "switch" to the fediverse. We didn't have an official presence on FB. Other people set up RSS feed reposting bots on FB and Twitter to follow us. (Someone did on Mastodon too.)

This is our first social media account.

Show threadJannekeJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch thanks for clearing this up. It really got me puzzled.
Show threadFallsMom 🌻Jan 28, 2025

@distrowatch

Is there a FB ban on talking about #Fediverse

Show threadPhantaNews ✅Jan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Welcome
Show threadKoen de Jonge - SynQJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch I hope you will get a lot of fun and respect and nice interaction here. 👍🏻
Show threadMike Jan 28, 2025

@distrowatch last year Facebook banned every single subdomain of my saas app citing cyber security risk and gave no details and refused all appeals even though thryr was zero evidence.

Meta is evil. Flat out.

Show threadcrossgolf_rebel - kostenlose KwalitätspostsJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch hello and welcome to the #Fediverse
Show threadjerrydgjJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
Love you guys, I've been browsing your page for 15 years here and there.
Show threadFrendJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Glad to see you here. Welcome to the #fediverse 👋
Show threadEmre Sokullu Jan 28, 2025
@distrowatch welcome!
Show threadJakub Klawiter Jan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
Welcome home… ;-)
Show threadrsudevJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
Welcome as well from me!
Show threadjoene 🏴Jan 28, 2025

@distrowatch

Let the distro wars commence! 

Show threadAxelJan 28, 2025
@distrowatch
Welcome to the Fediverse 🥳
Show threadDr. Quadragon ❌Jan 28, 2025
@distrowatch Welcome, you beautiful motherfuckers.
Show threadslotrakJan 29, 2025

@distrowatch

Hi. Pleased to meet you.

BlueSky is a little different. Some things to keep in mind. No algorithm, so a like means, "Hi. I found your post of interest," and a repost means, "Hi, followers. I found this post of interest; maybe you will, too." Lots of likes are nice, of course, but they don't equate to further reach. You achieve wider reach when those who see your post repost it.

Welcome to the light 😁

Show threadiridiumJan 29, 2025
@distrowatch welcome home 😁
Show threadGeodad478Jan 29, 2025
@distrowatch Hey welcome! I’ve used Distrowatch for like 20 years!
Show threadDistroWatchJan 29, 2025
@Geodad478 Wow. You were there from the beginning. Thanks for sticking with us.
Show threadGeodad478Jan 29, 2025
@distrowatch Y’all have been an invaluable resource for keeping us p with news and finding new distros to try out. I got my first copy of Fedora Core 5 by going through your site.
Show threadDistroWatchJan 29, 2025
@Geodad478 That would have been back around... 2005? You've been with us a long time. :)