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Do not think as you stare at your screen of smearing a package of hamburger on your face until the shrink wrap breaks.

Breaks through to the ground red meat, laving your face. You might realize you're on Twitter, or Facebook*. What it is on the other side of the plastic.

I am not a vegetarian, and I own an iPhone.

*#Instagram #Threads #TikTok #Google etc.

#iPhone #hamburger #applestore #meatmarket #X #Twitter #Facebook

Funny to see #Meta / #Threads feeling the heat from #Bluesky. They've announced they're tweaking the For You page on Threads to show more from people you follow, in addition to custom feeds being rolled out (what Bluesky is so popular for).

Meta will do anything but let you just...follow only who you want.

Who do you think @mike should interview next year? We're all ears 👂

#Fediverse #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Podcast #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #SocialWeb #WalledGardens #Threads #Bluesky

We also cut up some YouTube Shorts for newbies: Here's a playlist that includes @Gargron, @jay.bsky.team, @johnonolan, @molly0xfff and @ben.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxOZLwweDAo&list=PLtZ3QXAltC7wdAaUkwlLqvZkVELsJ2fdq

#Fediverse #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Podcast #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #WalledGardens #Threads #Bluesky #YouTubeShorts

Our podcast about the fediverse, Dot Social, is one today! 🎉 It’s been such an honor to host the builders of the social web on this show and to learn from them. We have one more episode coming up in 2024 (read the blogpost to find out who @mike will be chatting with) then rest, then back at it in 2025.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/dot-social-podcast-about-the-fediverse/

#Fediverse #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Podcast #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #WalledGardens #Threads #Bluesky

With the latest exodus from the #birdshite, I'm hearing lots of tech/social-media "experts" doing interviews, talking about the social media landscape and #Bluesky versus #Threads.

Somehow they never – or barely – mention the issue of centralized corporate ownership and Mastodon/Fedi and the federation concept get no mention at all.

Besides being shoddy journalism, it makes them look quite ill-informed on their supposed core expertise.

#Threads’ algorithm will focus more on the people you follow - https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/21/24302400/threads-algorithm-focus-people-you-follow shows the rising power of #bluesky...

"Decentralised social media is more than just a technical shift; it's a step toward restoring autonomy and trust in our digital lives, empowering individuals and communities to connect without compromising their values or privacy."

A study by the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford finds that decentralised social media leads to citizen empowerment.

https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/decentralised-social-media-increases-citizen-empowerment

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Decentralised #Decentralized #Mastodon #Bluesky #Threads #X #Empowerment

Bluesky now with 20 million accounts and probably almost as active as Threads

Bluesky is still significantly smaller than Threads in absolute terms. Thanks to the latest additions, however, there's apparently almost as much going on there.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Bluesky-now-with-20-million-accounts-and-probably-almost-as-active-as-Threads-10075597.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Bluesky #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Threads #X #news

@simonemartelli Il punto è proprio questo: perché già pagando per i servizi a grandi corp dobbiamo trasformare i piccoli nodi indipendenti in dei ripetitori per conto di chi ha una "potenza di fuoco" estremamente più elevata? Sul blocco non mi pronuncio, ma per le piccole istanze, defederare #BlueSky e #Threads e qualsiasi altro grande altro progetto di social federato sorga in futuro non è solo un dovere civico ma una questione di sopravvivenza.

I’ve missed Mastodon. I’ve been mostly screaming into the void on #Threads but I didn’t enjoy it as much as THIS void.

I am attempting a small #fediverse experiment. Focusing on #Toronto people, institutions and groups, I am asking #Threads users to enable fediverse sharing.

As much as I’d love refugees from Xhitter come directly to Mastodon, enabling fediverse sharing seems like the next best option if they go to Threads or Bluesky.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@david.e.ley/post/DCiBlcmN5in

I have no intention to leave the Fediverse.

I already work to a large social media company (Meta), and the idea of trusting another large social media company during my leisure, seems both counterproductive and unwise, given what I know. If most people read the TOS (terms of service) and understood them, you'd never join a corporate social media platform.

#Fediverse #BlueSky #Twitter #X #Threads #Meta #Facebook

やっぱり「#X から引っ越す」ということになると #BlueSky が選ばれやすいんだろうなー

分散型といいつつ実際には 1 つのサーバーに集中してるし、そうなってることで #X から引っ越してくるユーザーにとっては分散型がどうとかプロトコルがどうとかそういう #Twitter 時代にはなかった概念を覚える必要もなく使えるし、なおかつ UI も #Twitter にかなり寄せてある。

リアルな引っ越しでも、言葉とか習慣が違う慣れない土地より、土地勘のある場所のほうが気楽だろうし。
#BlueSky にいまひとが増えてるというのもまた「人が多いところにだったら行ってもいい」みたいな、誰もが持ってる「群にはついていきたい」という気持ちが背中を押すところもあるんだろうな…

そう考えると、自分は #Fediverse :fediverse:という夢をみているのかもしれない。その夢を重ねてこの場所を見ているから素敵な場所に見えているのかもしれない。
でも #Fediverse :fediverse: は夢としてはなかなか悪くない夢だし、実際のところ現実に今存在する :fediverse: というこの場所は、なかなか良い場所なんだよ、少なくとも自分にとっては。

たとえ人が集まらなくたっていい、なぜなら #ActivityPub :activitypub: でほかのサーバーとも繋がれるんだから！というのは、なんというか、すごく肩の荷が降りる世界観なんだよな…
もう、どの #SocialMedia に登録してる・してないということを気にしなくていいんだ… :tony_smiling: みたいな気持ちになるんだよ。

それこそ、#X にいこうが #BlueSky にいこうが #Threads にいこうが、それぞれにいるアカウントはどこからでもフォローできるんだ、という世界観。
分散型がどうとかプロトコルがどうとか、本当は自分もそういう話をしたいわけじゃなくて（そもそも自分もそんなに詳しくないし）、そういう #SocialMedia 同士の壁が無くなる世界観の話がしたいんだよな、きっと。

Cross-post to #Bluesky, #Mastodon, #Threads, #LinkedIn, etc. for as low as $5/month. I use #Obsidian to compose the posts, but that’s optional. Learn how to do it in the video below. https://youtu.be/lKqpcC4Vju4

A massive amount of my followed accounts from #Mastodon or federated #Threads now moved over to #Bluesky. My timeline is almost dead and I can’t follow these people because the accounts are not bridged. 🤦♂️ I really feel a big fail on #Mastodon part but I’m staying here regardless. My only option for now is to bookmark website and manually check them once in a while 🙄 We need auto opt in #bridgyfed ASAP

Why am I here and not on #Bluesky or #Threads? Because here I am on my own instance, hosted in the EU, and not on a centralised service from the US (which both Bluesky and Threads are) where soon a Trump government is installed that can easily force both Bluesky and Threads to hand over full access to all my data. That's my personal risk calculation. Yours might be very different. And that's perfectly fine!

Mark Hamill joined Bluesky.
Stephen King joined Threads.
The Fediverse has Linus Torvalds and Tim Berners-Lee.

#SocialMedia #SocialWeb #Bluesky #Threads #Mastodon