@laurenshof My thoughts: I do think "monthly active users" became a standard measurement for social platforms for a good reason - it gives a bit more of a sense of overall sustained usage of the platform than just DAU. And FAR more than whatever Elon's "unregretted user seconds" of usage ever was supposed to mean.
Reminder for underrepresented folk feeling sad discovering that some of the "founders" of Open Source are also open eugencists. Don't feel so sad! Because a lot of founders of Open Source are openly and vocally disdainful of those eugencists, racists, and other bigots. ♥️👍🏿
There are a lot of different personalities in Open Source. And given the demographics of what OSS looked like back in the days, the percentage of bigots is higher than the public at large.
Mike: "one of the original sins of the internet is that the relationship between the person and a website was not done at the protocol level. I see the fediverse with the ability to have a direct relationship as a core answer to them treating people with respect."
I know have separate Mastodon lists of bridged #BlueSky accounts I follow here (thanks @snarfed.org), Flipboard accounts I follow here (thanks @mike), federated WordPress blogs I follow here (thanks @matthias ), federated Podcast feeds I follow here (thanks @dave ) and Threads accounts I follow here (thanks @jessel & @pcottle ) ... and that fact that we can do this at all, and now feels like the new normal, should be an Internet history milestone of some kind.
We’ve been researching key contributors on both platforms who will bring great additional content to our Communities. Soon, we’ll be reaching out to some, inviting them to opt into federation. We’ll then integrate them into a small number of test Communities, bringing their knowledge and comments into our timelines.
Our Amplifier will help users fine tune what they see, opting in or out of Bluesky and Threads content on different timelines, in addition to sorting posts and enabling catch-up.
"When I first arrived here, I was so excited to discover all the knowledge that the human brain must hold. But when I looked around, all I saw were conspiracy theories and mercury poisoning. Candidly, if you had said, 'What do you recommended the holder of this brain do next?' I would not have said, 'Run for president.' I would have said, 'Get somebody else to do that. This person should go sit down.'”
Some amused gasps as the prosecutor asks her why the Trump Org—when Trump was in the White House—would deliver checks (like Cohen's reimbursement checks) to his bodyguard Keith Schiller's home address in DC.