prince lucijaMar 23, 2025

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"

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 threadAndy Warburton ❌❌❌
@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 ☹️
Mar 24, 2025 at 7:58amMastodon for iOS
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.