Notices by Bart Decrem (bart@moth.social), page 2

Let’s take back the web all over again. “And now we can take it back. Whether it’s using ActivityPub/Mastodon, or Bluesky/ATProtocol (or others like nostr or Farcaster), we’re starting to see users building out an alternative vision that isn’t just mediated by single companies with Wall Street demands pushing them to enshittify. “ Great read by @mmasnick@mmasnick@mastodon.social https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/21/decentralized-systems-will-be-necessary-to-stop-google-from-putting-the-web-into-managed-decline/

Seriously pissed about this. Offering $10,000 in seed funding for a Deviant Art alternative built on ActivityPub. Q&A below or email your pitch to info@moth.social. https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html

Peak Conan. https://youtube.com/watch?v=BPOtNYfhsN0&si=d0TG0Z_p1aLoP3Yk

Good morning yall

And the answer is: 0 days under yahoo ownership before they ruin artifact.

Super enjoyed @nilaypatel convo with Jay https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648?i=1000650348585

A good day for the fediverse

Fantastic conversation, incl about fediverse stuff. @nilaypatel super thoughtful https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648?i=1000647917179

Decentralization suffers from a lack of leadership. Discuss.

Whoa! Just subscribed to the Warriors magazine from Fanside, courtesy of @Flipboard - thanks, @mike & team! https://flipboard.com/@fansided/golden-state-warriors-cv8qb2cnz

Mammoth 2.1 is on the AppStore w some top user requests: (1) faster!! (2) better language support (3) no more accidentally following the @mammoth acct (4) email issues & mas.to login fixed (5) some more bugs squashed

@mike what a way to end the year!

big, awesome, news from Flipboard! https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006062/flipboard-fediverse-mastodon-activitypub-profiles-social @mike

@mike really excited to see the rollout!

2024 is going to be for open social what 2004 was for the open web --when we launched Firefox 1.0

We’re open source

From: @mammoth
https://moth.social/@mammoth/111547213183315649

Mammoth 2 is ....just about ready!

@rolle @mammoth 🙏algorithms allow us to bring order and structure to what would otherwise be overload. As mastodon grows it will become more important to have good algos that serve the user. That said, the mammoth for you feed is mostly built around smart lists, which are curated lists around a specific topic. The algo part is that we apply a minimum engagement threshold on each smart list when we merge it into For You.

Threads can be to ActivityPub as Gmail is to email. This is a rare oppy to rebuild a key part of the internet on better foundations (maybe even in time for the onslaught of AI- and Trump/Russia-generated junk), as long as mosseri & co stick to the fedi vision (when has big tech ever led us down?)

Another big week on Mastodon & for the Fediverse, between the Nth round of Twitter craziness + launch of Threads. Over the weekend, @pierce posted a fantastic read on The Verge. I pasted together a few excerpts from the piece that encapture perfectly how we, @mammoth, see where things stand + what we’re here for. Let’s do this! PS: read the full piece at https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23782607/social-web-public-apps-end-reddit-twitter-mastodon