Craig Lambie

People often ask why I’m so vocal about the Fediverse and decentralized social media. It’s simple: I believe the "town square" shouldn't be owned by a single global corporation. In Glen Eira and Port Phillip, we value our local community hubs—our digital hubs should be no different. No algorithms, no tracking, just people.

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Mar 23 at 4:13amWeb
Show threadEvi SchreckMar 23
@craiglambie42 I just use the fediverse for a couple of months and still discovering. is there any way to build a local community in the fesiverse? Apart from Instances, are there any kind of rooms?
I just saw a documentary on German TV about geo data tracking. And YES, it is absolutely neccesarry that we have safe spaces where we can just be human without surveillance.
Show threadCraig LambieMar 23
@evischreck I agree totally.
I think the closer thing to groups is on join-lemmy.org
Some more info here https://write.as/fediverse-report/groups-in-the-fediverse
But it looks like Mastodon have dropped that development since 2022/3 when it was on the roadmap.
I think being careful with who you post too, and who can see/ mention you in a post is the best way.
Then @ mention a bunch of people to create a "group" thread atm.
Or use a unique hashtag, that you can follow.
Groups in the #fediverse

Mastodon recently released a roadmap for the future development. One of the items on the list is simply titled ‘Groups’. There is no fur...

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