prince lucija

i want to write a guide for my friends who have realised they want to try fediverse. i would install a gts instance and a phanpy (both avail. in yunohost) and then start the guide with "hello. i'm really sorry this has to be more complicated from instagram, but blame those who fucked up the web, increasingly since 2004, but now we can unfuck it together. but we need some learning time. don't worry, everything will be ok."

oh, maybe i need stickers with QR code (link to unfuckthe.website and text "scan this to unfuck the web"

Mar 23, 2025 at 1:56amWeb
Show threadprince lucijaMar 23, 2025

Unfuck The Web

  • learn HTML
  • buy your own domain name
  • create your own website
  • run an email newsletter and don't track opens/clicks
  • write a blog
  • fuck up big tech: leave all their platforms^1
  • use web hosting that is sponsoring developers of free software
  • create a digital garden on your website
  • offer RSS on your website
  • join the fediverse
  • learn linux and how to use the terminal
  • set up and admin your own web server
  • do it with others! join local meetups, homebrew website clubs and similar.
  • teach others for free (skill sharing)
  • read blogs in a rss reader
  • maintain a blogroll
  • host your website from your home

unfucktheinter.net

  • listen to podcasts on a podcast app (rss! not Spotify or Apple podcasts)
  • join local librehosters collective
  • setup your own local email server
  • daily-drive Linux
  • install custom rom on your phone
  • use encrypted and decentralized communication: signal, matrix, jabber/xmpp, deltaChat
  • use and share private self hosted cloud - like NextCloud
  • anything with VC (vulture capital): don't touch it, even with a stick
Unfuck The Web Now!

Show threadprince lucijaMar 23, 2025

sketching.

cc @altbot

Show threadprince lucijaMar 24, 2025

went ahead and did what had to be done

https://unfuckthe.website/

Unfuck The Web Now!

Show threadAdelinawritesMar 24, 2025
@prinlu yes! 😭 have been wanting to do this for a while and it has constantly been on my mind lately. Just need to friggin do it!! 💪💪 this is the way
Show threadprince lucijaMar 24, 2025
@adelinawrites navijam glasno! - nežen opomnik: ni treba vse s seznama naresti, kar gre gre, s potrpežljivosjo. z googla se je težko spravit, to so dolgi in naporni procesi. :-)
Show threadantonin jousseMar 24, 2025
@prinlu My actual to do list :) I try to teach it to my students.
Show threadcephasteomMar 24, 2025

@prinlu Yes! Have been dreaming up similar ideas: was thinking along the lines of Resist Enshittification. Unfuck The Web will do nicely. Am in the process of deleting all of my corporate media accounts, and posts like these make me feel less like I'm a member of the tinfoil hat brigade.

Best wishes.

Show threadprince lucijaMar 24, 2025
@cephasteom thank you. wish you luck and a lot of patience with the move away from Big Tech! 💛
Show threadAndy Warburton ❌❌❌Mar 24, 2025
@prinlu god I wish people would do this. But folks are just totally unwilling to give up their audience even if it means keeping toxic tech afloat ☹️
Show threadprince lucijaMar 24, 2025
@andy_warb the switching costs are too high for them. giving up one's audience is very hard. it's like leaving the community where you belong. it's ok if they don't. it should be their decision, and it should come from profound realisation that no one can force them into. in the meantime we can offer all the information they need when they need it.
Show threadAnja KreysingMar 26, 2025
@prinlu Great but not managable for everyone. With a fulltime Job and 3 Kids the time is Limited. But digital participation is Human right imho. We need more Grass Root teachings round the next corner & good online tutorials…
Show threadKristoffer LislegaardMar 26, 2025

@anja @prinlu

I think we should have some of these things in school, youth clubs, etc.

Learn kids how to make html-sites instead of editors.

We grown ups need to unlearn.

Learning and autonomy shoul be part of the process instead of telling people you can buy your way to the top.

This includes music making.

People get bombarded with adds for plugins, sample packs and even midi chord packs instead of wanting to learn.

We need personal DIY instead of corporate flashiness more than ever!

Show threadAnja KreysingMar 26, 2025
@lislegaard @prinlu yeah more digital education would be great! And: handle very careful with (big) tech is very important, too. BUT: I wouldn't condemn commercial apps in general. There is so much great software out there! I have deep respect for the inventors. And I don't hesitate to pay for their good work. If a company acts awfull like for eg Native Instruments with the Absynth, I avoid spending my money for their products. Let's prefer concious decisions over moral conflicts. 🙃
Show threadKristoffer LislegaardMar 26, 2025

@anja @prinlu

I also agree with this (not enough space to include in my original reply).

It is important not to scare people away from this learning!

Show threadAnja KreysingMar 26, 2025
@lislegaard @prinlu yesss that's the main problem of the most teaching: don't scare the kids & people away. It has to be a joy and frequently playfull. 🤩 I love my 2015 Mac BookPro running on Linux Mint Debian Edition. It's not perfect but great. But I can't switch off nearly 30 years of sound- and videowork I still can only maintain with an Apple MacBook. So I am currently a dual user and I am fine with that. 😊 But: FOSS development needs a big speed up, of course! 🙌