hrefna, to random The thing about the 'Big fedi, small fedi' article is that it sets up a false dichotomy.
I think that the fediverse can be very big and also much safER than extant social media (or the fediverse as it sits today).
Moderation can require a human touch and moderation can also be rendered much less necessary by automated tools (note I didn't say "we can do moderation by automated tools," I'm making a very nuanced distinction between moderation and other safety tools).
etc.
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Gikiski, to fedia Confession: I still don't know what boost does here. It must do something bad because so rare do I see on a post "boost(1)" or "boost(anyothernumber)" for that matter. Should I also avoid "boost"? Or does the interface only show when our individual boosts?
Damaskox, to kbinMeta I still keep losing comments.
Stuff pointing from notifications lead to no such comment - cannot find anything with Ctrl+F and I see no page numbers or any other indicators of any other pages existing.
datacequia, to random Any books being published about #activitypub ?
dansup, to random Merry Christmas! 🎄
You can now explore popular #fediverse accounts on FediDB ⬇️
Gargron, @dansup Nice!
weirdmustard, @dansup Wished we could sort them after "last active", too, bcs some of the big accounts - of course - left again right after creating their accounts in 2022.
tekkie, to random All self-aware communities on #Fediverse should suspend #Threads just as @aral has done. There's no need for a toxic corporate experiment with the aim to expand the monetisation of #HumanRights violations. #Privacy
hypolite, to random I'm super excited about the #Fediverse. I've been online since the 90s, been through most evolution stages of the internet, and it feels like we're changing it once again - and this time in a good way.
Quoting this post anonymously because I don’t want to be the one to burst their newly reformed bubble. However I believe the honeymoon’s almost over with Threads entering the space, regardless of their intentions. They’re just too massive of a player not to shift the power dynamics in their favor.
People have long been angry at Gargron for sucking most of the Fediverse attention towards Mastodon through no particular fault of their own, and I believe it’s about to change, and not necessarily for the better.
For fringe projects like #Friendica, it won’t change much though, we never were prominent in the space and Threads’ arrival will not change that. @heluecht ’s willing, we’ll start supporting the new API quirks Threads will inevitably put forth and leave the decision to interact with Threads or not to Friendica administrators and individual users.
petrescatraian, @anubis2814 the global feed is already filled by Mastodon posts fwiw (at least on my end). When Reddit had the crisis in summer, Lemmy threads came to fill the space. I would certainly not be surprised to see Threads taking the place of both when their federation will go live.
@heluecht @hypolite
anubis2814, en-us @petrescatraian @hypolite @heluecht I don't mind the rest of the fediverse filing the global feed, that's kind of the point. Threads is just so much more massive we will never find anyone from the fediverse if you fully federate with threads
ScienceDesk, to random Mars experiences moments where its moons cast shadows on its surface. But "eclipses" on the Red Planet are very different from those on Earth, and the footage is surreal: More from Science Alert: https://flip.it/zWSO8l
#Science #Space #Mars #Eclipse
MisuseCase, to meta All these folks tut-tutting about various #fediverse instances preemptively blocking #threads should be aware that many instances are taking this step because Threads is full of #transphobic and outright fascist types that #meta is either unable or unwilling to moderate and instance admins are just treating it the same way they would any other instance that has that issue.
ErictheCerise, 90+% of instances should be blocking Threads just because of their normal moderation policy, not because "it's Meta".
The question people should be asking is, why aren't instances blocking Threads, when it clearly violates their content policy? (Lookin' at you Mastodon.social)
box464, to random The number of Misskey forks continues to expand. How do we mention them collectively? I'm veering toward Forkeys, as in "Catodon is the latest Forkey to enter the stage." or "The Forkeys have one thing in common - emoji reactions."
I suggest checking them all out - each has their own strengths. :blobcatstrong:
tomasekeli, to random there sure are a lot of conspiracy-nuts on #peertube.
vmatt, @tomasekeli So true. It's the main reason I struggle to get in to it (as a viewer, never record anything myself). If you find any nuts-free instances I'd love to see 'em!
Mrfunkedude,
thisismissem, to random To all folks working on #activitypub and the wider #fediverse: happy holidays & merry Christmas!
It's okay to take a break, relax, etc. our work can wait a few days to a week, the world won't implode.
fediversereport, to random Last Week in #fediverse - ep 49
The final weekly update for the year. Thank you all so much for all the support this year, it has been amazing to see the project grow with so much community support!
This update contains:
- Flipboard federation
- Peertube 2024 plans
- lots of quick news links
I'll be offline for the next week to reset and take a break. Fediverse Report will be back next year. Stay tuned, and happy holidays!
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-49/
Flipboard, to random We're federating a few more profiles this #FollowFriday
@euronews — European news network
@fansided — fan-focused sports network
@LaughingSquid — art, culture and lifestyle
@macstories — publication about all things app
@thecollector — history, art, philosophy
You can also see what CEO and cofounder @mike is curating on Flipboard here:
#Flipboard #ActivityPub #Federation #OpenSocialWeb #New #Sports #Tech #Lifestyle
ScienceDesk, to random Nearly two years ago, the underwater Hunga volcano in the South Pacific experienced an eruption so strong its caldera collapsed completely. A small team of scientists has partly mapped the magmatic system under the volcano from both before and after the eruption. Phys.org has more on what they found: https://flip.it/nhwv-e #Earth #Volcano #Science