Mastodawn

Red Jul 7, 2023

Electronic Frontier Foundation Nov 19, 2022

If you're hearing a lot about the fediverse these days, you should know: Mastodon is not the whole fediverse and the fediverse is not simply a Twitter replacement. The fediverse is an entire ecosystem, built on something called ActivityPub. Learn more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/leaving-twitters-walled-garden

Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on privacy and security on Mastodon, why the fediverse will be great—if we don't screw it up, and how to make a Mastodon account. You can follow EFF on Mastodon here.A wave of people have announced that they're leaving...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Red Jul 7, 2023

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alchemistmuffin Jul 7, 2023

I joined Mastodon because I felt Blue Bird site under the dictator was going to implode at the time. It’s imploding, and as of July 1, this site is the number 1 focus for my social going forward.

With that being said, I don’t want Mastodon to be filled with big tech nonsense. It’s killing the bird site as of today, and I don’t want the Fediverse to fall victim as well.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #BigTech #Social #Threads

Red Jan 20, 2023

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Chris Trottier Jan 18, 2023

I'm so tired of these journalist hot takes about the Fediverse.

Elon Musk has declared war on journalists, banned them outright—including journalists from the Washington Post.

So what do these bottom feeders do?

Suck on the teat of Twitter all the more while bad-mouthing an actual solution that can save their dying industry.

Red Jan 18, 2023

Chris Trottier Jan 18, 2023

Another stupid hot take about the Fediverse. This time courtesy of Megan McArdle from the Washington Post.

Apparently, Mastodon is doomed because it solves problems most users don't care about.

Just like Linux is a failure—because only hobbyists and IT professionals use it.

Except—unknown to Megan—Linux is a huge success which runs on everything (including your router).

Also Megan seems unaware that the *actual* problem with social media really is centralization.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/17/twitter-mastodon-replacement-social-media/

Twitter might be replaced, but not by Mastodon or other imitators

Twitter's successor will probably be something not much like Twitter at all.

The Washington Post

Red Jan 18, 2023

Neil Gaiman Jan 18, 2023

Finally a starry night here on Waiheke. I took a few photographs, using a Pixel 6 and a tissue box as a makeshift tripod.

Red Jan 18, 2023

Elon Musk's Jet Jan 16, 2023

Landed in Oakland, California, US. Apx. flt. time 3 Hours : 16 Mins.

Red Dec 19, 2022

Dan Gillmor Dec 19, 2022

If Musk "steps down" as Twitter CEO, per his latest bogus "poll", some things to remember:

1) He'll still be in control. The owner sets the policy the CEO carries out. The owner decides in the end.

2) He lies incessantly. Nothing he says can be trusted, ever.

3) Big Journalism will breathlessly cover the charade as if it meant something, and will continue to support a man who loathes honest reporting and has contempt for genuine freedom of expression.

Red Dec 19, 2022

Chris Trottier Dec 19, 2022

@At0micAndy @damien But what isn't a competitor to Twitter?

Red Dec 19, 2022

Lootria Dec 19, 2022

@DismalShadow @atomicpoet Damn, who would've thought that censoring something common like promotion of other social media on a social media platform could backfire so much?

Red Dec 19, 2022

Chris Trottier Dec 19, 2022

So @.joinmastodon got unbanned from Twitter.

This is the first tweet that they sent after the unbanning:

"As a company from eastern Germany, we know that building a wall to try and keep people from leaving isn't a good idea."

What a response!