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   Dáithí K (dkellyj@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 20:55:25 JST Dáithí K

   It’s interesting that the biggest communication challenge facing Mastodon communities is explaining that it’s basically a protocol and a network of independent, interconnected servers, which is what the Web, e-mail, even DNS and most of the fundamental services we use on the internet are, and always were.
   It just illustrates just how much ‘Big Tech’ proprietary social media platforms swallowed up and walled off, if it’s now difficult to explain what the internet actually is!

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     plis kiss this lis :kiss: (lis@mk.catgirlsfor.science)'s status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 20:55:09 JST plis kiss this lis :kiss:

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     • FiachraByrne

     @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip @FiachraByrne@eupolicy.social @dkellyj@mastodon.ie twitter is like a big, internationally known public square in a city: several hectares of paved ground, bordered by large shops and hotels and fast food chains and at least one major road. there are billboards and surveillance cameras everywhere, also a large cop presence. what it's lacking are basic amenities like benches or drinking fountains, they were removed a couple years ago because they “promote loitering” or “attract the homeless”. busking is either prohibited or heavily regulated
     
     fedi is like a smaller public square, bordered by ordinary apartment blocks and small businesses. it doesn't look particularly remarkable on the map; maybe someone will tell you to meet them there, or maybe you'll stumble upon it as you explore the city, but you wouldn't actively decide to head there on your own if you didn't know about it. there's a weekly market every wednesday and a flea market on the last saturday of the month. there's a nice fountain in the middle with a little wall around it that one can sit on. there are benches and trees and drinking fountains that invite you to stay for a bit and read a book, look at the fountain, listen to the buskers; or you could go sit in one of the small cafés around the place. it's somewhat obscure but those who know it vastly prefer it over the soulless stone desert

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     Ashley Emma Grey :agummyhug: (dhfir@expired.mentality.rip)'s status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 20:55:11 JST Ashley Emma Grey :agummyhug:

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     • FiachraByrne
     @FiachraByrne @dkellyj and why should one pursue such a goal?
     twitter was a "public square" and nothing I have heard of that place made me want to go there.
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     FiachraByrne (fiachrabyrne@eupolicy.social)'s status on Thursday, 10-Nov-2022 20:55:18 JST FiachraByrne

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     @dkellyj To truly be an alternative public square, it needs to mimic some aspects of corporate bird app. Looks nice, easy to use, etc. Remove refernence to protocols. Explain in plain English at level of basic human values rhe difference. I'm thinking Mick Lynch who could translate railway strike into easily understandable terms