DavidBHimself, to meta I'm really tired of the holier-than-you people on the Fediverse!
No, Threads is not full of trolls and evil people just because Meta is evil. Threads is full of people who are not terminally online like we are. This is idiotic to want to block Threads by default. If anything let's show them there is another way.
No, the big Mastodon instances are not full of trolls and evil people just because they're the big instances. They're full of people who are into the Fediverse but for reasons that are theirs have no time, energy, or interest to join smaller instances. This is idiotic to want to block such instances. If anything let's teach them about smaller instances.
And right now, I see people building bridges with BlueSKy and I see very negative reactions from some people about that. Well... No, BlueSky is not full of trolls and evil people.
I'm so fucking annoyed with this bullshit attitude.
Honestly, if your response is "don't federate" every single fucking time, have you thought for a second that maybe, just maybe, you are in the wrong place? Fedi fucking verse. It's in the name.
If you don't want to communicate with people who are different from you, you're honestly no different from the people you are calling names. Please go to your instance that's defederated from everyone else, or even better, go on a closed Discord or something.
Fuck, I barely finished my second coffee and I'm already annoyed.
#Fediverse #Meta #Threads #Federation #BlueSky #Bigots #Mastodon
Gina, to random Hi #fediverse friends, can I ask for another recommendation?
Meeting headsets, what are we using nowadays??
noellemitchell, to random So the results from yesterday's poll made it clear: people on the #fediverse do not want to try #Bluesky! 😆
82% of people said they will not be using Bluesky now that it's open to the public for registration. I have to say I approve of this high percentage. 😄
mastoadmin, to random French
janettespeyer, to random Who can see my posts? I am super curious as to how far this #activitypub can travel? Learning the #fediverse is interesting but a tad confusing for the laypeople like me. If anyone has an analogy do share. Visualizations help. #mastodon #server #instances
Pamasich, @janettespeyer I just saw this post from kbin, a Reddit alternative on the fediverse.
Linux_Is_Best, to random Att Fediverse
The flagship instance of Fire Fish is now OFFLINE.
The significance of this event is many of the Fire Fish Developers have previously come forward claiming the lead developer vanished. Unfortunately, the lead developer treated their project as a centralized project, meaning that they were the sole person making decisions, giving no access to accounts or code changes or even donations, despite having a team behind them.
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minneyar, @tetra This sucks, but security vulnerabilities can happen to literally any project. Coincidentally, Mastodon also just released a fix for a critical security vulnerability.
They disclosed the vulnerability and released both a workaround and a fix for it nearly immediately after it was reported, which I think says a lot more about the trustworthiness of the project than the fact that a vulnerability existed.
tetra, It's not about the fact that there was a vulnerability, it's the fact that it was caused by evaluating JSON
raymondpert, to random Threads will allow you to follow Mastodon users by year-end, according to Meta meeting details
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/12/threads-will-allow-you-to-follow-mastodon-users-by-year-end-according-to-meta-meeting-details/ #Fediverse #Mastodon #Threads
masterdon1312, @raymondpert I assumed it was already happening with some of the accounts that have odd numbers that look like they come from another social network.
raymondpert, I recently had a chat with someone on kbin, or lemmy who pointed out to me that Mastodon posts go all over the Fedirverse.
I'd love to see more interpolarabilty among social networks.
You can look up your own profile, or someone you follow, on kbin/lemmy and see the posts presented differently... in magazine format etc.
Try it. No need to sign up tp look around.
https://fedia.io and many more.
ttpphd, to random First-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases reported in new study
"As children, they had received growth hormone taken from the brains of human cadavers, which used to be a treatment for a number of conditions that caused short stature. Now, decades later, they were showing signs of Alzheimer’s."
Em0nM4stodon, to random Fediverse Question 🎶👀:
I'm not a fan of YouTube,
and certainly not of Google (as you might have noticed...), but one thing I'm addicted to YouTube for is instrumental long playlists of music to work.
I. Need. It :blobcatheadphones:🎵Since I'm always looking for new ways to deGooglelify my life:
Do you know of any PeerTube equivalent for this?
Are there any instrumental long playlists/mixes for work on any PeerTube instances?
Or maybe another Fediverse platform would be preferable for this?
ShadowRam, @Em0nM4stodon
Radio Garden - Radio streaming from all over the world
stefan, to random If you had the time/skills, what feature would you like to work on that's missing or could be improved on the fediverse platform(s) you're using?
thisismissem, @danielmrose @stefan you might be looking for Mobilizon: https://joinmobilizon.org/en/
sour, @stefan
privacy
me, to random I'm trying to convince the last friends I have left on Facebook, X, Threads, or BlueSky to join the Fediverse. Some have tried but felt a sense of loneliness. Nowadays, many people are so used to doing what algorithms suggest that they can no longer make independent choices.
My timeline here, on the other hand, is beautiful.
I see what I want, I follow people who post what I like, and no one tells me what I should do. Freedom may come with a "cost," but whatever it is, it's worth the effort. Always.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialNetworks
PaganLord116, @me Pretty much had the same problem, some people I've told about it have tried it and given up saying there's too much crap to figure out, what's an instance, how do I pick one, how do I find people to follow etc. I started the process of learning Mastodon in case any of my students wanted to try it, ended up liking it pretty well myself though agree I do miss following writers and companies and so on who aren't on here.
shalien, French
rolle, to random It’s funny to me that some people on Threads are saying Mastodon (mistakenly thinking it’s a one service) will always be ”small” and ”closed”. Well, soon we’ll be in the same crowd with the Threads people, perhaps with others like Tumblr too.
The Fediverse can expand unlike the other truly closed social networks. This is exactly like talking about the Internet in the 80s, ”it will be a small thing for the nerds, and always will be so”.
maegul, to random Is decentralised federated social media over engineered?
Can't get this brain fart out of my head.
What would the simplest, FOSS, alternative look like and would it be worth it?
Quick thoughts:
- FOSS platforms intended to be big single servers, but dedicated to ...
- Shared/Single Sign On
- Easy cross posting
- Enabling and building universal Multi-platform clients.
- Unlike email, supporting small servers
No duplication/federation/protocol required, just software.
Sean, @Aatube @maegul @1984 @mindlight @maegul
The private key doesn't need to be memorized, it stays saved on the device that the client software is on, allowing the user to integrate mobile device's biometric reader (fingerprint/face/iris/whatever) to confirm identity, or use security key, there are already different ways to implement it that doesn't require pw memorization.I've got a long unmemorizable string for Firefox sync, Brave, Proton Mail/Pass, it's still more secure than pw memorized
Aatube, @Sean Not all devices support passkeys.
Unmemorizable passwords are not the kind I like to use. I'd rather be able to login on some random incognito guest computer.
@fediverse @maegul @1984 @mindlight @maegul
ayo, to random I think we need interest groups in the #fediverse, or “circles”
ayo, @blag Yeah I think the mechanism is here already, just a matter of presentation. Instead of "following" and seeing posts as combined in the home timeline... we show it as "join" and have a dedicated timeline, where every post / interaction is directed to the group by default without needing to tag it🤔
atocci, @ayo I believe kbin's magazines function exactly like this, where each one has it's own separate timeline of microblog posts. Posts can be made directly to a magazine from kbin or collected from elsewhere in the fediverse based on a list of hashtags the magazine's moderator curates.
For example, I found this post in the "fediverse" magazine here
ttpphd, to random Social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life: A population-based survey
Plourde et al., 2024"The social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life is rather high in Canada. These findings may contribute to efforts to mobilise resources and improve access to this emerging therapy in palliative and end of life care settings."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02692163231222430