Notices by Johannes Ernst (j12t@j12t.social)

Rich findings walking the dog today.

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

This is the #bluesky critique I wish I would have written! I didn’t because I didn’t feel I had spent enough time in the depths of their tech to really be sure I’m not misunderstanding things, but my core points would have been largely the same. @cwebber did spend the time, and more power to her!

Highly recommended.

https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

Hmm, somewhere between Threads and Mastodon, @Gargron turned into an e-mail address.

Yep, I know @pcottle and team aren't quite at this point yet with integration, but I underscores the need for interop testing once again.#FediTest

@kissane Ex-foster parent here. Can confirm need. And the longer you can stay with a kid as an advocate -- preferably over several foster placements -- the better it is.

Hosting an informal #fediverse #indieweb #socialweb get-together at #seagl at 3pm.

@darnell @Gargron @mosseri @zuck @verge @threads @tomcoates

Also, listen to Peter's update given a month ago at FediForum: https://spectra.video/w/w8ErDiH83UTptZsUxQzbkg

@ntnsndr @evan @Identitywoman @jaz My experience has been that people generally want those groups to stay around, so I would suggest planning for the long term rather than just while your program is running.

@ntnsndr @evan @Identitywoman Pulling in @jaz

@ntnsndr @evan @Identitywoman Interesting! Wow!! This is impressive!!

What kind of people do you expect to show up there (say developers vs operators vs community builders vs ... ) and what would they discuss on a day-to-day basis? Who would "own" / control / moderate that space?

Just read the transcript of @mike 's #DotSocial podcast with @jay.bsky.team .

They cover a lot of interesting use cases -- many of them dear to my heart since (embarrassingly) approx 2004:

A single identity for me on the web. Which I control and can self-host or move to different hosts. From where I can engage the world and the world can engage with me. No walled gardens. Lots of new use cases.

It's a bit harder than they make it out to be. But I obviously agree with the vision.

Surprisingly, though, not one question about the #Bluesky business model, which in many ways is the big elephant question in the room.

@mike @jay.bsky.team

All 5000 employees of the University of Innsbruck in Austria now can use the Fediverse, integrated with their enterprise login system.

https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/

From #FediForum notes.

Believe we need Trust & Safety on the Fediverse? And more of it? Join me in the first 50 here.

https://about.iftas.org/first-50/

IFTAS is doing great work and worth our support.

# Trust #Safety #fediverse #iftas

Hi @rolle @nileane @TangerineUI @elk @cheeaun @fediforum, glad to meet you all, thanks @tchambers!

With FediForum, we are trying to bring the Fediverse community together for a few days of live discussions of whatever needs discussing to move the Fediverse forward. Next week is the 4th time we are running it. We have a diverse audience, from plain users-for-personal-purposes to developers, operators, journalists, various organizations, moderators etc. (cont'd)

Other than our speed demo track, we use an unconference format optimized for online interactions, which means that attendees determine what sessions happen, and the format of those sessions, which run from presentations with Q&A to collaborative problem solving, plan making and open discussion. For how this looks like in practice, look at the notes from a previous FediForum, e.g. https://fediforum.org/2024-03/

@rolle @nileane @TangerineUI @elk @cheeaun @fediforum @tchambers

The topics that @tchambers suggested would fit right in, and it would be largely up to you how you'd like to structure the session. E.g. it might be interesting to compare / demo / discuss the different approaches to building alternate Mastodon UI side-by-side. Or ... up to you!

@rolle @nileane @TangerineUI @elk @cheeaun @fediforum

Watching the much-welcomed Waveform podcast about the #fediverse ...

Here's what he says Federating Social Media promises you:

1. the same connections you'd already got
2. the same core ways to interact no matter what platform you are on
3. removes power from corporations who hold users hostage through their social graph
4. make those platforms compete for the quality of the platform.

This is certainly a different take than usual ...!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9CWq5CBlk

@damon Your point is a different point than the one I try to make in a very short post.

Your point: use different software.
My point: choose an instance, not software.

@ShadSterling @damon I think we need to get to the point where each instance operator communicates directly with their prospective user where their prospective users are likely going to hang out. Say: libraries for instances focused on literature, or furry conferences for instances focused on furries. Avenues through something like joinmastodon.org (which are software-focused) should be secondary at best.