Elena Rossini ⁂
When I opened up Lemmy this morning I could not believe my eyes. The top story was a headline from Forbes stating:
« ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media ».
The article mostly focused on #Pixelfed and did a fairly good job explaining how #ActivityPub works. But they spelled #Mastodon « Mastadon » over and over again with no links to it. Yikes.
B for the effort, but please editors do better!
Lord Elektron
@_elena weird, almost makes it looks like they misspelled Mastodon on purpose. 🫠
Elena Rossini ⁂
@rfg spot on. While reading the article my top thought was: this journalist has never used any of these tools - and has probably never even visited any of their websites 🫠
But props for how they described decentralization and how ActivityPub works
rfg
@_elena The author's probably never used it themselves—all their own social links are corporate.
xs4me2
@_elena great and not so great, it illustrates why we are in the political fascist mess we are in here right now with the main stream media…
Either they have no clue, no educated opinion or they simply don’t care and they are acting as if stupidity is a virtue.
El Duvelle
@_elena Thanks for letting us know! I sent a message to the author asking to correct the typo (from his personal website), we'll see if it works..
Elena Rossini ⁂
@elduvelle that's amazing, thank you so much for this!
I wanted to do that today but I had to take care of my little one (breakfast, getting dressed, pre-school dropoff). I just got home from her school. I'm so thankful for your email to the author! 🏆
Elena Rossini ⁂
@xs4me2 tangentially-related but it makes me a little sad that the news media would only acknowledge the existence of the Fediverse when there is money involved.
I'm thrilled for the success of Pixelfed's Kickstarter campaign but Dan has been working on it tirelessly for 7 YEARS. Hello news media, why didn't you mention Pixelfed before?
Aw capitalism (ew)
Elena Rossini ⁂
@kingsleybugarin @ruisdeeltje good to know!
Kingsley Bugarin PLY OAM 🇦🇺
If it was deliberate it won't stop people finding Mastodon.
If you put the incorrect spelling into google the top search result is still
second is the wikipedia article about mastodon.
But, I am using a plugin to block the google AI crap.
Elena Rossini ⁂
@stveje that's amazing! @elduvelle had reached out to the author about the typo. Great job!
Sebastian/S.T. Veje
@_elena It seems they've fixed it, thankfully.
That said, I find the MastAdon misspelling interesting, because to me it's obvious that it's not spelled with an A because I'd pronounce that differently, but apparently a lot of speakers pronounce these two spellings the same. I wonder if it's native English speakers generally, or perhaps to do with dialects.
Elena Rossini ⁂
Please join me in a round of applause for @elduvelle who, after reading my toot, reached out to the Forbes journalist, pointing out the "Mastadon" typo.
The typo has been fixed and the article is even linking to https://joinmastodon.org now 🥳
Elena Rossini ⁂
It just occurred to me that the Forbes article uses a stock photo of a hand holding up a smartphone with a bunch of apps from mainstream, for-profit social media... even if the piece is about the #Fediverse.
So on my to do list for today: recreating a similar photo showing Fediverse software instead. Like, how my actual phone looks like.
As a photographer, I feel it's my duty to do this.
I will give the pic a CC BY-ND license. Thoughts?
And fellow photographers will you join in?
Elena Rossini ⁂
@thomas yes indeed!
Thomas Lemarchand
@_elena Thanks for sharing this news.
They corrected their mistake. I'd say they deserves an A now 🙂
Pete
@_elena CC-BY-ND is a good choice
3dmvr
@_elena thats hilarious I keep spelling it wrong too, just makes more sense
Elena Rossini ⁂
@everydayisextra thank you!
Every Day Is Extra
@_elena You are completely on the right track, Elena. Also a good time to point out how much I admire your enthusiasm! ❤️
From a recent trip to Germany, I brought home a Fairphone 5. Let me know if I can help out with a photo of Fedi apps on such screen.
xs4me2
@_elena Ew neoliberal capitalism indeed… sad.
Corb_The_Lesser
@_elena Better CC-licensed stock photos than Getty's but stock photos are used by news outlets to grab attention and clicks, not convey information. Their use is a symptom of that industry's rot.
Elena Rossini ⁂
My best shot at a stock photo for the #Fediverse, showing its most popular projects.
Please show some mercy, I am not a hand model (obvi) and my masking skills are a little rusty.
If some photographers would like to improve it, I could share my original photo and screenshot.
Hilariously, when I opened the tripod my bracelet got stuck in it and I semi-panicked for a few moments because I was home alone... with a tripod stuck to my wrist. Thankfully I managed to free myself 😂
Elena Rossini ⁂
@stefano grazie Stefano!
Stefano Marinelli
@_elena it's great!
Elena Rossini ⁂
@dansup thank you Daniel! ❤️
Elena Rossini ⁂
@d1re_w0lf indeed, I would have added it but opted for simplicity and just having the flagship projects shown.
My real Fediverse folder has Ivory, Mona, Surf and Voyager
D1re_W0lf ⁂
@_elena I was going suggest Phanpy (I have it installed as my only Mastodon client on my iPhone as a PWA and it works really well) but indeed having only "official" apps may be a better idea for a generic photo like this.
Elena Rossini ⁂
@capeta I'm so glad I got spared the embarrassment of having to knock on a neighbor's door, asking them to "free me" from the tripod 😂
Efexor Zolpidem :v_com:
@_elena the tripod thing is a perfect sitcom episode setup, ngl 🤣
Elena Rossini ⁂
@oblomov since mainstream media is 100% clueless about the Fediverse, I thought the best approach was the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid).
In reality I don't even use the Mastodon app. I have Ivory for mastodon.social and Mona for my self-hosted instance...
Oblomov
@_elena would it be a good or bad idea trying to make it “fuller” by adding some unofficial apps?
Elena Rossini ⁂
@d1re_w0lf I really like it! It's the only Lemmy app I've ever used, though, so I have no frame of reference
D1re_W0lf ⁂
@_elena How's Voyager if yo don't mind me asking?
I've been using Mlem ( https://mlem.group ) and it "does it job" but there's always room for a better app. 😁
Benjamin
@_elena Whenever I see it written like 'Mastadon' I think of Sacha Dhawan's delivery of "Spy.... Master" in Doctor Who.
Which doesn't mean anything except that I definitely belong on Mastodon.
KB Sez
Can we talk #Lemmy ?
I’d like to get away from #Reddit but I’ve heard sketchy things about the people behind Lemmy and I haven’t seen any other platform coming up better.
What’s your take?
Highland_Shark
@_elena Great 👍🏻
Ged Maheux
@_elena @elduvelle bravo! 👏👏👏
Total Sonic Media
@_elena -my suggestion is to add a Friendica web app, Fedilab or Insporious* app icon for that sixth spot to make it more symmetrical.
Elena Rossini ⁂
@acambronero awesome!
Antonio Cambronero :wordpress:
@_elena This is my mobile phone ;) Composite montage in Canva(.)com: real screenshot embedded in a photograph.
Total Sonic Media
@_elena - screen shot of my "social" apps - also a shout out to the NeoLauncher's category based app drawer for making apps better organized.
Elena Rossini ⁂
@bovaz clappers too! 🎬 I once got my finger stuck in it, injuring it (there was blood even!) 🙃
bovaz
@_elena@mastodon.social After Orson Welles, you can then confirm that tripods are indeed dangerous?
Elena Rossini ⁂
@cvwillegen oh my! 😅 @monospace
Christ van Willegen
@_elena
Still better than having to go to the store to buy nail polish remover using only your left hand, because you've super glued your right thumb to your index finger...
@monospace
Elena Rossini ⁂
Dear Fedi friends, thank you for all your boosts and messages today – it's been a RIP my mentions sort of day not just on Mastodon, but on Pixelfed too. Wow.
I'm delighted to hear you liked my smartphone "stock" photo of Fedi apps. Tomorrow I'll add it to my website with clear instructions (re: CC license) so that hopefully anyone can download it and use it.
I'm off to pick up my child from pre-school, so I'll be offline for the next few hours. Thanks for all your feedback & support! ❤️
@BjornW@mastodon.social
@_elena looks great! Maybe add it to your websites and add a Creative Commons license to make your intentions clear, e.g. if you want it to be shared and give credit use: CC-BY-SA etc.
RhesusPieces
@_elena a week ago I was going to mastodon and typing it in to the address bar; I couldn’t get it on the screen, and a couple of efforts later ,realized I’d been typing in “masturbate.social” so I can’t say much…
Vincent 🌻🇪🇺
@_elena Never mind the spelling of Mastodon, I’m stunned Forbes knows how to spell ‘ethical’!
BBonkers
Seems intentional. Pixelfed mostly represents a loss of advertising revenue, while Mastodon represents a loss of control over narrative.
Taran Rampersad
@_elena nice shot. I guess I have more to explore. 😉
Elena Rossini ⁂
@downey @Slyphic the article is chilling... basically Forbes doesn't pay contributors but "journalists" (like the one explaining the system in this blog post) can create a "PR firm" and charge upwards of $15k/month for the promise to get you featured on Forbes?!? How is this even legal?!?
Michael Downey 🧢
@Slyphic @_elena It's not a news article from the news/editorial team, it's one of their "contributor" blogs.
https://joshsteimle.com/writing/how-being-a-forbes-contributor-works.html
Slyphic
@_elena The article has corrected both those points, the misspelling and the lack of links. The new editorial process is publish first, have an editor look at it when they have time.
I caught a story on car radio this weekend, NPR, about the fediverse and they spent an inordinately long time mocking the name in the most derisive and childish manner, but did praise ActivityPub, Masto, Pixelfed, et al for being the only viable path forward for a free and open internet. Better than nothing?
Elena Rossini ⁂
@wendinoakland yes I thought about it but I preferred to keep it simple and only show official apps or shortcuts to websites (like Lemmy) because mainstream media is totally clueless about the Fediverse and I didn't want to add extra complexity. The whole KISS / Keep it simple, Stupid principle that is.
I may do a v2 with Friendica, too, following many requests
wendivibe
@_elena You could always add some mastodon client apps like @ivory and @MonaApp and @IceCubesApp too!!!
Elena Rossini ⁂
@airwhale I've been using tripods for 2 decades and it's the first time this ever happened... such a freak accident, LOL
Tormod
Looks great Elena!
Happy that you're still with us. Death by tripod is such a silly way to go 🙃
Elena Rossini ⁂
@benfulton this genuinely made me laugh out loud 😂
Ben Fulton
@_elena "Hey! Remember Mastodon has two O's in it!"
"Oh, sorry. Join Mastadoon today!"
Elena Rossini ⁂
@photovince ha touché! 😆
oigreslima
fabrixxm
wakest ⁂
@_elena its impressive to me that we trust them to be honest about who the top list of the richest people in the world is but they dont even use spellcheck before posting an article
Fabián Rodríguez 🛡💾 🇨🇴 🌴
@_elena great initiative, I'd love to have the same but on an Android device
Elena Rossini ⁂
@magicfab definitely on my to do list (I have a Google Pixel 4 too)
Goldmaster
@_elena nice, may want to add it to @mediawiki hope to see this guess added to news sources in the future
Elena Rossini ⁂
@Goldmaster sure thing! Is there a guide somewhere about how to do that? @mediawiki
Goldmaster
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard
This is it here. Its Wikimedia commons. A Wikipedia account is needed.
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