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Martin Holland Aug 2, 2023

Ever since writing about #Firefish (at that time still #Calckey) on @[email protected] account on the main instance firefish.social (earlier calckey.social) is super slow or completely unusable if not most of the time at least many times. Is the load really that big and do other instances work better and more reliable? Or better: Should I move my account? If yes, where to?

I hope, nobody understands this as a complaint, because it honestly isn't meant as such. It's just an observation and I would like to know, if I'm witnessing growing pains of #firefish or firefish.social. Maybe moving would even help the instance? I know, the team is working hard and wouldn't want to add any stress. I still like #firefish very much and would like to use it more.

Martin Holland Jul 30, 2023

I (on #Android) use @elk for scrolling through #Mastodon, because it's easiest to switch #accounts when I want to #boost.

But I would like it very much, if one or multiple apps would add an option like "Boost as .." where I could decide during scrolling with which account to boost while not losing my position in the timeline.

Do others want that? What do you think, @trunksapp, @phanpy, @tooot?

Edit: @apps already supports that.

Edit: @SubwayTooter, @megalodon & @moshidon also support it

Martin Holland Jul 30, 2023

JT Jul 19, 2023

Libraries are great. Support your library.

#Gaming #Nintendo #GamerDad

Martin Holland Jul 30, 2023

Let’s Correct the Record on the Media’s Handling of the #Clinton #Email Story - #NiemanReports

Why are marquee news outlets still unwilling to grapple with their role in the #2016election?

"Here’s what The Times and other major news outlets should have done instead: Demand to see the entire trove of documents before reporting on any of them. That would have been the only way to wrestle control of the timeline from outside actors determined to use #mainstream #media to affect the election. It’s not a radical move. Journalists often do that, for instance, when dealing with investigations. We don’t allow the source to dictate publication terms, even indirectly, especially if we know they are purposefully withholding pertinent information and #context."

#FBI #Wikileaks #DonaldTrump #HillaryClinton #Journalism

https://niemanreports.org/articles/clinton-emails-new-york-times/

I wrote about this five years ago (in German):

#MissingLink: Wie Russen einmal erfolgreich #Cyberwar führten

Donald Trump wurde auch dank russischer Hilfe zum US-Präsidenten gewählt. Dafür gibt es inzwischen genug Indizien. Wichtig ist es nun, daraus Lehren zu ziehen.

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-Link-Wie-Russen-einmal-erfolgreich-Cyberwar-fuehrten-4198408.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

Let’s Correct the Record on the Media’s Handling of the Clinton Email Story | Nieman Reports

Why are marquee news outlets still unwilling to grapple with their role in the 2016 election?

Nieman Reports

Martin Holland Jul 28, 2023

jinjiyanazadi Jul 28, 2023

Morgen (Samstag, 29. Juli) findet in Hannover vor der Klinik, in der Naeiri mutmaßlich behandelt wurde, eine Demo statt.

Wann: 14 bis 16 Uhr

Wo: INI Hannover – International Neuroscience Institute | Rudolf-Pichlmayr-Str. 4

#wo_ist_naeiri #Iran #Azadi #IranRevolution #jinjiyanazadi #WomenLifeFreedom #mahsaamini #FrauenLebenFreiheit #IRGCTerrorists #naeiri #hannover

#زن_زندگی_آزادی
#ژن_ژیان_ئازادی

Martin Holland Jul 28, 2023

#Twitter’s turn to #X marks the spot for EU trademark trouble – #POLITICO

#ElonMusk’s attempt to rebrand the #SocialMedia giant could run afoul of intellectual property rights.

"Failing to secure the right to use X risks legal action that could see Musk ordered not to use the name or symbol in certain circumstances, or at all, or even to face damages claims for infringing on another company's established #trademark."

#TwitterTakeover #SocialMedia #XCorp

https://www.politico.eu/article/twitter-x-trademark-regulations-logo-european-union-elon-musk/

Twitter’s turn to X marks the spot for EU trademark trouble

Elon Musk’s attempt to rebrand the social media giant could run afoul of intellectual property rights.

POLITICO

Martin Holland Jul 17, 2023

Twitter's main competitor #Threads is now a little more than a week old, and I had already indicated that some of the initial growth was definitely visible in our numbers. That's why I have prepared another update (this is the translation of https://social.heise.de@mho/110727882695234961):

I wasn't the only one to notice, that it got noticeably quieter on #Twitter after the introduction of #Threads (with the exception of Europe, yet it was noticeable here too).

For a few days, in our analytics, it looked like the visits from #Twitter would decrease so much, that #Mastodon could finally come out clearly in front. But quickly the effect has completely disappeared again: #Twitter as a whole is ahead of #Mastodon again. If you take out the effects I described earlier, they again remain on par.

Also, I still see that visits from #Mastodon's have decreased if you add up all our accounts on social.heise.de: So the end of automatic retweets (https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/110371699219107096) has hurt us overall, @heiseautos, @heisec, @macandi & Co. reach significantly fewer people on their own.

That's a shame, given how it was before. But I can't say, that it's surprising.

Also, it is significant that of the 20 best performing articles on #Mastodon, 8 (!) were published in November and December, 5 in January/February and 6 in March/April: only one article published after April 4 made it into the top 20. The heyday of the recent #MastodonMigration was a while ago.

Things look a bit better when it comes to engagement: 6 of the 20 articles with the most boosts and favs appeared after April 1.

All in all, a rather mixed picture: #Mastodon obviously can't benefit much from the situation on #Twitter. But it also may be, that the recent growth of the #Fediverse may simply be taking place elsewhere and to a much lesser extent in the German-speaking world.

Of course, my numbers are only limited and @heiseonline has a special target group. But as long as there are no better numbers, I will keep an eye on it.

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Martin Holland Jun 24, 2023

There are so many questions right now: What did #Putin promise #Prigozhin, and how can he safe his face after what happened? Why did #Wagner really stop and why would #Prigozhin trust anything he was offered? How can the armies coexist?

What a strange day..

Oh, Wagner are already leaving #Rostov.

#WagnerCoup #Russia #Ukraine️ #Ukraine️War

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Martin Holland Jun 24, 2023

#Wagner has stopped about 200 km from #Moscow. #Prigozhin said, to avoid #bloodshed. Certainly some kind of deal, but what?

#WagnerCoup #Russia #Putin #Ukraine️ #Prigozhin #Ukraine️War

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Martin Holland Jun 24, 2023

From https://twitter.com/sbg1/status/1672630255150923776

"One worst case since end of the #ColdWar has long been Russia as a coup-plagued banana republic with nukes. Another long held fear: a toppling of the #regime by an even harder line nationalist challenging from the right.

Both are real possibilities right now."

#WagnerCoup #Russia #Putin #Ukraine️ #Prigozhin #Ukraine️War

Susan Glasser on X

One worst case since end of the Cold War has long been Russia as a coup-plagued banana republic with nukes. Another long held fear: a toppling of the regime by an even harder line nationalist challenging from the right. Both are real possibilities right now.

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Personal account on #Mastodon:	https://hannover.town/@fingolas
Work account on #Mastodon:	https://social.heise.de/@mho