I just noticed I still own the 'mastodon.press' domain 🤔 I got it a while ago before the massive birb migration but I concluded it was a failed project since it got stamped into the ground  

Pretty sure the domain can be used now for journalists or news outlets or something?

I'm not gonna fire up another instance so I am willing to tranfser it! But it has to be used and not sold or something, that makes me feel like a clown

CNN? TWP? New York Times? Anyone? 

@thomaswilburn Oh, you know exactly how this will play out.

Google's search teams will build AI text and image tools into the search engine.

The Google Assistant teams will incorporate their own AI creation solution.

Clearly, the Android team will say, this is a mobile computing issue, so there'll be an Android app. Preinstalled and separate to the assistant AI and the search AI.

No, the Chrome/ChromeOS folks will say, this really needs to be baked into the browser.

The Google Workspace folk will create an enterprise app for it. Separately, AI writing will be built into Google Docs.

Three separate messaging teams will say it's a chat problem, and clearly what Google needs is a new chat app (or four) to solve it.

YouTube and Google Photos will see this as a video/photo problem, and will incorporate AI creation tools.

Google Cloud will create a cloud-based solution for third-party developers.

None of these tools will be interoperable. Different APIs. Most will be quietly closed within 12 months without warning.

Been having a back and forth for days with #Google Play Store support (yes, actual real human beings, I'm confident of this), over the matter of about 50 cents of Play Store Points.

I may be on the losing end of this one, but I've made some recommendations to help avoid this problem with other users in the future. (Free advice -- which as Allan Sherman once sang, is definitely worth the price.)

It's not the 50 cents, it's the principle of the thing -- there are people who spend a bloody fortune in-app (in my case it was just a simple and relatively inexpensive app purchase) for whom a situation like this could cost them a (relative) fortune in points!

If you are an organization/individual of great repute and sophistication and you haven't set up your very own Mastodon server, I'm so sorry but you're missing out on something special. A once in a decade or so paradigm shift. The reformation of social media itself. #fediverse #mastodon #activitypub

Addendum: as some have pointed out, Mastodon is just one small but significant part of a larger universe of services that use the open ActivityPub protocol & related technology. #fediverse

👋 Hi, this is the official Medium account on our new instance! This is our home on @me.dm, where we’ll be boosting writers and publications, sharing stories, and trying to deepen our understanding of Mastodon and the fediverse.

To get started, we thought we’d share this list of resources about getting up and running if you, like us, are new here: https://scottlamb.blog/list/f4843d1cc80f

#medium, #introduction, #MediumWriters, #NewHere

Hello #Fediverse! This is a quick #introduction now that The Writing Cooperative is on the @medium instance.

TWC is Medium's largest publication of support, encouragement, and tips for #writers and the #writing community. It's run by @justin (that's me!).

How should TWC use this space on Mastodon? Share links to our posts? Post discussion questions? Some other way?

Hit reply and share your thoughts. Let's build something new together.