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If anyone knows of people/groups that actually care about people, getting people off of #BigSocial, advancing the Open Social Web and making the spaces more accessible, safe and user-friendly let me know. Just without the weird ideology, religion and protocol wars.
#Fedi #fediverse #opensocialweb #activitypub #atproto #nostr

2025-08-31 22:41:13 CEST

You’d think people would want to work together to get people off of #BigSocial yet people want to be weird & engage in protocol wars. That lets me know it’s not truly about the public benefit #atproto #activitypub #opensocialweb

2025-08-25 03:51:25 CEST

I want to see #Fediverse embrace sustainability beyond “small instances” I want to see small businesses, creators, devs, writers etc be able to make money. I see no reason to shy away from ads and subscriptions. Ads should be done respectfully- follow the magazine model and only be connected to a specific service. For example, clients should be able to show ads in a tasteful manner and if that bothers people they can just use a different client.
I’d much rather see people’s dollars going to spaces like these as opposed to Musk and Zucks businesses.
Idk what the ethical alternative to Twitter Blue looks like but I’d much rather see money going to the Mastodon team

2025-06-21 18:55:01 CEST

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I can believe it after nearly 20 years of social media. Plus the polarisation of politics but I would assume there’s not people shouting in others faces and calling them all sorts of derogatory names?

2025-06-21 16:56:12 CEST

One thing I miss on social media is quality content and conversations. Where people would have civil discussions even in disagreements and point to reputable sources instead of “trust me bro” “ do your own research (aka YouTube). I’m sick of the purity tests where people generally on the same sides end up fighting because 1-3 differences. There needs to be a network and platform that emphasises this.
#opensocialweb #fediverse #eq #quality

2025-01-25 01:27:31 CET

#Pixelfed is rightfully getting insane amount of attention but what should also be getting attention is #Frequency check it out https://frequency.app/about #fediverse #opensocialweb #newsocial

2024-12-09 01:39:04 CET

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Your point is mute then because you said if Elon comes to buy it. I’ve seen you move the needle so many times it’s ridiculous and I can’t take your opinion seriously. I don’t believe you engage in good faith. You have your opinion which as others have pointed out in terms of decentralisation is very flawed, you don’t budge. You point out my using ifs yet I’ve tracked all of the conversations you’ve had concerning this and yours are also laced with ifs and possibilities

2024-12-08 01:24:22 CET

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I ask how is it practically different than Musk buying the two instances by Mastodon nonprofit which make up 30% of the MAU. People notoriously don’t like change, there’s no easy way for them to keep their content, their social graphs would be severely impacted. No it wouldn’t shut down the fedi but it would be catastrophic

2024-12-02 00:18:13 CET

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Bridgy fed has existed for years though I think it’s almost as old as Facebook . So Bridgy classic is almost as old as Facebook and Bridgy fed is almost 8 years old

2024-12-01 18:53:10 CET

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I think the nature of software allows grace. Things are super hard to develop and hiccups happen all of the time. Sure Meta has the resources but with running FB, Instagram and Meta AI I doubt they’ve offered as much resources to Threads.

2024-11-29 06:18:44 CET

How is something ethical and or healthy if it’s harmful, problematic and or indifferent towards Black and Brown folk? #Blackfedi #Fediverse #askfedi #askfediverse

2024-11-23 06:11:26 CET

Fate of the universe on the line, How would you guys define decentralised? How would you define federated ?
#Askfedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub

2024-10-30 04:46:28 CET

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Opt-in was initially discussed and there were very vocal people that were against it including on Bluesky but nowhere near on like in Mastodon. Ryan respected peoples wishes and made it opt-in as that gives people actual consent. Not sure why we need to go in circles especially for your convenience. You can juggle multiple accounts, there are clients such as OpenVibe and SoraSns that support Bluesky and Mastodon accounts. That will allow you to manage your account from a single app, it’s not a perfect solution but better than making changes people fought for to appease your desires.

2024-09-22 01:41:28 CEST

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Apparently I need to provide proof and I'm just some angry Black man. But whatever here's some sources of negative experiences on #fediverse #mastodon
https://social.coop/@nico/105565087137887943
https://drewdevault.com/2022/07/09/Fediverse-toxicity.html
https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/
https://fossacademic.tech/2022/12/24/Playvicous-Christmas.html
https://roiskinda.cool/2023/12/recuerda-pv-chapter-7-the-dark-and-ugly.html

2024-09-21 22:21:21 CEST

Damn it, #Mastodon subculture has a crap reputation and it’s honestly mostly deserved. The HOA nickname tracks.
I just can’t figure the space out. There’s anger that people are using #bluesky and #Nostr , there’s a strong hostility toward content creators and influencers. They call people too stupid for calling #Fediverse & Mastodon too confusing. People attack and criticise those that remain on Big Social. A popular minority ran instance was shutdown due to the insane harassment, devs that do anything the people don’t like are relentlessly viscously attacked. Black and Brown people were told to CW their lives racist experiences and when sharing about their #fedi harassment they’re told to digitally segregate and that it can’t be true as others haven’t seen it nor experienced it.
Yet, Mastodon is supposedly the nicest of social networks, that’s as big as lie any Trump told this week.
I honestly, don’t want any Black and Brown people to come here, not yet anyways

2024-09-11 04:17:20 CEST

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why is it bad to filter? How common is it used? You can also just do it and then remind yourself to remove it after tomorrow or whenever short-term solution works for you

2024-09-11 04:05:08 CEST

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keyword filters are your friend

2024-09-07 19:49:26 CEST

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curious as to what this question is about

2024-08-28 06:41:18 CEST

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You wouldn’t need to code anything just look into various Nostr apps such as https://highlighter.com/ https://blogstack.io/

2024-08-28 05:56:59 CEST

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You should look into #Nostr

2024-08-27 15:06:54 CEST

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Maybe you can finish the presentation and posted online or host a nos.social virtual unconference.
Btw is there or will there be a “global” view on Nos.social?

2024-08-26 02:30:23 CEST

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it was a great presentation and history lesson. I learned a ton and was sad it was over so quickly

2024-08-25 14:50:26 CEST

I see people celebrating #Telegram founder Pavel Durov. Some have said do #Elon and #Zuckerberg next. That is not the kind of society we should want nor be pushing for. That would also mean instance admins are directly responsible for the actions of people on their servers including legally outside of what is standard. To some degree of course there are legal obligations but we shouldn’t be treating hosts the same as those committing the illegal acts. There should be logical and reasonable accountability on hosts & providers. #legal #law

2024-08-24 03:40:18 CEST

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Razor thin line. But, this goes to show it's the people not the algorithms

2024-08-05 22:33:56 CEST

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Thank you, sometimes I use Ivory so this is good to know.
I know it says Mastodon limits to four tags but I can make a feed on Sora with a ton of keywords

2024-08-05 21:35:00 CEST

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The screen recording was for the previously discussed feature that you told me Ivory has, sorry I should’ve been clear.

2024-08-05 19:48:20 CEST

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Ivory has this?