Notices by Johannes Ernst (j12t@j12t.social)

Hey @bjoernsta, is this basically a public declaration (only) or will there be some kind of project work, fundraising, a permanent organization etc etc?

@bjoernsta Would love to help connect internationally. Lots of similar discussion in various places, as I'm sure you know.

P.S. impressive job signing up important supporters in Germany! Congratulations!!

What #fediverse software can express richer semantics than just “Like”? Eg Facebook as things like heart, fire, open mouth etc. One can imagine others like “I dis/agree” etc. If not, any good reasons why not?

So if Threads is at over 100 million daily active users, Twitter used to have 217 million and hasn't really grown since (and perhaps fallen), Threads is now getting to the same ball park.

Compare to about 5m on Bluesky, and not sure how many daily active users in the ActivityPub world.

Somebody got #venture money in the #fediverse ! Openvibe got $800k from some VCs and Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Tumblr.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/automattic-and-others-back-openvibe-an-app-thats-unifying-the-open-social-web/

There might be more coming from meta.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-meta-right-wing-1235245769/

“Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says”

A politician is understanding what’s going on here. Help, what now?

PS: what an opportunity for the #fediverse. How do we best go about this?

https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-pedro-sanchez-big-tech-billionaires-democracy-social-media/

I read that report cover to cover a few days ago, and it’s … fairly realistic, in my view. Also absolutely horrendous.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries

'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.

'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'

So #bluesky is raising more money, according to Business Insider.

They say valuation is around $700m, which at, say, 10m MAU values them at $70/user. Which is about in the commercial social media platform ballpark.

It also means that every one of you/us with a Bluesky account is expected to make at least $70 in profit for the company.

https://www.businessinsider.com/x-competitor-bluesky-valuation-new-funding-round-2025-1

@silverpill no mention of feditest.org?

Umberto Eco’s 14 criteria for fascism.

https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

@nemobis That's the kind of thing I meant when saying "... POV you may or may not agree with"...

Interesting numbers about war and peace and trends. 6 months old and written with a point of view that you may or may not agree with, but still quite interesting.

Quote that got my interest: “There are currently 56 conflicts, the most since World War II.”

One should add: tendency rising.

https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf

@atomicpoet not a bad theory. I would add that it will transform advertising and product placement by replacing human influencers and ads with likable fictional characters that focus on you.

"At least 160 false narratives were spread in the United States by foreign governments" this year.
Most of it on social media.

Can we make the Fediverse a place that actively resists this?

https://issueone.org/articles/flood-the-gap/

@raphael I would call that a donation? Like what Wikipedia calls it I believe?

@raphael did you mean “invest” or “spend”?

Rich findings walking the dog today.

@ntnsndr @douginamug technically,this may be difficult. See https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky