Notices by william ⁂ maggos (wjmaggos@liberal.city)

@evan

it means being able to click on a hashtag and see them from the whole network. maybe I'm using it wrong but I still don't see that. I have to go to the tagspub account. also I know it's a hard problem.

and while I think the upset people have a very diff perspective on fedi (imo their goal is social networking not social media), I also get how the bots feel wrong. it feels like an algo, especially when you haven't considered we don't have other ways to solve the problem or don't care.

I want a big fedi and see social media as essentially about the public conversation and getting attention. I want hashtags to work well here without bots but otherwise can't understand the concern.

#TagsPub

@tchambers

wouldn't having half or more of the web on Gopher made for a worse web and helped prolong the dominance of AOL etc? sorry but that's how I see it.

And of course the people who came late to the party with VC backing are playing nice. they always do, until they outlast the competitors and don't fear what users will do when they enshittify. it doesn't matter how nice their team is, they will get moved out as necessary.

the app view is nice but it naturally centralizes network power.

Somebody please go find out why Republicans voted against #Massie. I really can't understand it unless they still just love Trump blindly or were tricked by the massive advertising. He's like a perfect Republican with brains and integrity. Maybe he wasn't focused enough on local issues.

cc @ryan @eriner @billybon3s @klaatu @nam @sirphenom @SirSeatSitter @Darren @Vox @threalist @Nicktherat @melodiousowls @sirchris @phoneboy @fletcher @realcaseyrollins @takash @makeheroism

In the video in the post I just boosted, @anildash says #Substack is now boiling the frog in a slow move from email towards lock-in. And of course they work with Nazis etc.

What we need is an effort between newsletter publishers like #Ghost #WordPress etc and reader apps like @wallabag to build an ecosystem like podcasting. To make it smooth while remaining totally open. I'd argue for using #ActivityPub in addition to RSS to support boosts. Then we need decentralized money.

#APnative

@pfefferle

did you guys do a write up about posts here actually being the full article somewhere? I think it's a huge part of the puzzle. I remember a podcast talking about moving in this direction with @johnonolan.

#APnative #DemocracyOfReach

@pfefferle @jeremy

I'd like WP to output #APnative articles that I could directly boost or read later (or have read to me via TTS) via @wallabag. I'd like it all to work together so it automatically shows up in my queue there if I bookmark it here. An open but smooth ecosystem ala podcasting, but with the news feed and boosting of fedi built in.

This kind of interoperability is our killer app to move people off the platforms. Serving readers and creators better without lock-in.

I wonder if the fedi struggles because it's too good to be believed.

"You're saying you're just trying to free us from advertising and corporate control? No strings? Bullshit. Everybody's got an angle."

#SocialWeb

@dansup @anewsocial

I think it's naive to think that the VCs aren't planning for monetization where despite how they squeeze their users for profit and credible exit is possible, most users feel stuck anyway. They want to be THE protocol everyone uses.

I think the parallel is with Google. The BS app view vs Google search and email. Main portals. A world of open protocols and people could leave, but they mostly don't. And @pluralistic says they are one of the best examples of enshittification.

@evan

does Montreal count? otherwise never AFAIK.

@evan @_followback

is there a detailed explainer on tags here and maybe search on the fedi too? it's the one argument I think the other place can make but I'm sure we can be better at it too.

@cwebber

they'd have no moral problem hoarding all the oxygen.

I mean he's right but can't people see how this will keep people from using fedi? my congressman Casten is probably the most prolific user of fedi in the US government.

cc @iftas @evan

#SocialWeb

https://social.linux.pizza/@maccruiskeen/116194910365065277

Reading the replies to this post about saving the servers used by many journalists just proves my point re moderation on the fedi. There were complaints that some of these journalists pushed mainstream propaganda, and other complaints that some journalists there were transphobic. Of course. What's good journalism to some will be considered misinformation or hate speech to others. The norm needs to be only block servers for unwanted tagging or we'll never grow.

cc @evan

https://thecanadian.social/@mike/116150084519166344

Decentralize it. We're getting there. The details are:

Servers and apps for reading, watching and listening that require no middleman. See #ghost #wordpress @wallabag #peertube #owncast #podcasting

The social news feed that lets important news and ideas go viral without algos or anybody being able to shut down access for large portions of the network. That's everything using #ActivityPub.

Direct automatic funding of journalism using an open protocol. #interledger #PublicPatron #FediForFiat

@evan

I disagree. The only servers that should be blocked are those that fail to address their users who engage in unwanted tagging. That's harassment/abuse. It drives away users. I could support a list of servers somehow so verified.

But to go further than this is a kind of censorship of content allowed elsewhere on the web. Stuff we basically never stumble on while browsing. Without algos here, it will never be forced on us.

I can easily see posts critical of Israel called antisemitic.

I fight for decentralized social media cause I believe that the current structure of our info ecosystem allows capitalism to corrupt democracy. That people cannot properly advocate for themselves in the political arena cause they are biased by the ability of the wealthy to influence what info and views receive mass attention. That until the public has collective control over what they think about, only the interests of the wealthy will be best served.

#SocialWeb #DemocracyOfReach

cc @fediforum

@WarnerCrocker

it was good, a little slow in the beginning but they had emotional setup to do.

@WarnerCrocker

at the intermission for Hamnet at Shakes. know anything about it?

I want to share this article by @anildash about markdown but being a kinda related subject, it's also probably the place to advocate for making articles (everything really) #APnative.

Cause I'd rather have bookmarked it in Mastodon, had it automatically show up in my social graph connected read it later app, then boosted it from there after I'd read it. Allowing for virality but keeping the tally of boosts of the article (and favorites and replies) all in one place.

https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/