Roni LaukkarinenJul 10

Fediverse is still the most lively social network I have ever used, since MySpace in 2003. It is better than Twitter or any commercial social media platform ever was. Absolutely love being here.

The most profound thing about it is the international coverage. After the first wave of enshittification in 2010, algorithms took over, and suddenly as a polyglot I was labeled as Finnish. No more visible international posts, people only saw the Finnish ones.

I've noticed the same effect in commercial AI. It ignores the fact that I use English online 99% of the time and still replies to me in Finnish despite all instructions. Algorithms and AI label you. They assign you a language, a status, a certain type of person. There's no changing that.

The Fediverse and Mastodon are delightfully mine, yours, and truly open source - respecting privacy. Nobody's machine can tell you, "You are this, and this is why we do that."

Fuck labelers and the fog machines. Let me be me. Here, on my own server, I can embrace my weirdness and post however I want, how often I want, whenever I want, in whatever language I choose - without constantly worrying about how my identity will be perceived by a machine.

#SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

Show threadAl Wirtes

@rolle As an American, I follow people from around the world on the Fediverse. I appreciate that the lack of an algorithm means that I get to interact with them without filter. I love that Australia and New Zealand are waking up when I go to sleep. And I love catching up on what’s happening in Europe when I wake up.

My feed is curated by me alone. And I’ve never had such a strong sense of the entire world before. This is energizing and exciting. And oh so threatening to the status quo.

Jul 10 at 12:55pmWeb
Show threadJustRosy 🇺🇦Jul 10
@alwirtes @rolle Amen to that!
Show threadcrazyeddieJul 10
@alwirtes @rolle When playing EvE online I got to participate in globally active wars that went on for years. Was always a relay of timezones. Lots of fun, especially when the wars got hot but the patrolling was fun too.
Show threadSu_GJul 10

@alwirtes

As an Australian I do the same - only from the other side of the world & time zone. In a way it is like listening to shortwave radio when you couldn't sleep as a child. 🙂

I also love the opportunity to keep my rudimentary language skills up by puzzling through the toots people make in the languages I know: the rest of the world is so interesting! Finnish looks hard though... (a humorous remark).

@rolle

Show threadfelis_catus_domesticusJul 10

@alwirtes @rolle

a/s/l ?