Ach te ciągłe wojny rządów i platform #GAFAM, ludzi i platform, platform o jeszcze większe wpływy z reklam i dominację nad innymi platformami, to "grodzenie ogrodów" by nie wpuścić treści z zewnątrz i nie pozwolić osobom wychodzić z treściami poza platformę. To ciągłe manipulowanie algorytmami, wpływanie na opinię publiczną, wywoływanie zaangażowania emocjami i gniewem...
Jak dobrze, że w #Fedi tego nie ma. #Fediwersum jest tworzone przez ludzi dla ludzi. Nie dla kasy, a dla stworzenia platformy dyskusji i komunikacji przyjaznej ludziom. Nie rządom czy korporacjom.
Jestem szczęściarzem, że mogę w tym współuczestniczyć :)
Cytat:
"Chiny nakazują Apple usunięcie aplikacji Meta po „podżegających” postach na temat prezydenta
WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram i Signal usunięte z Apple App Store w Chinach."
TL;DR - Let’s see if #fedi magic can find me a #dress!
I had originally ordered this one more than two months in advance and just heard from the company it’s not even in production yet so… no go but it gives you an idea of style!
I need something to wear to two weddings this summer :blobfoxdizzy:
Requirements:
*floor length on tall people (5’10)
*formal but not bridesmaid vibes
*must feel amazingly confident so I can take down mean girls as needed
Go to github, sign in, and follow the fedi projects, #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, #PeerTube, etc. for awhile ... you shall be overwhelmed with all of the email notifications detailing all of the work being done!
Kind of amazing.
I know this goes for any major #foss project, but #fedi in particular is being banged on relentlessly by many developers, all day, every day.
Something odd, (at least the Android version of) @Tusky doesn't have a translate option for posts like the web version of Mastodon has. Wonder if that's a feature that's coming?
Do any apps allow you to login to multiple #fedi accounts and view all of the timelines combined? #fedilab ?
That is, merge #mastodon, #pixelfed, etc. Homes into a single Home... Same for notifications, local feeds, global feeds etc? For extra credit, boost across multiple accounts.
From the tusky app I go to three dots, share link to post. In the options it pops up I choose "create QR code". This then displays a full screen #qrcode that the other person scans with their phone.
So far this has been 100% successful with pretty much everybody, shows the post, no login and I think helps normalize mastodon to more of my local IRL community.
PSA: Since Threads apparently will be federating replies soon, I thought I should post this again, because there's still a lot of people that don't know.
When a normal user uses "block this domain" it's LITERALLY just a MUTE. The blocked server can still see, interact, and reply to your posts, you just won't be able to see them.
It's kinda like sitting in a room with hungry bears while wearing a blindfold. If you're scared of hungry bears, your best bet is to get out of the room, not put a blindfold on. And by this, I simply mean to migrate to an instance where the blocks are up to your standard on the "instance" level.
Stay informed and make informed decisions, no matter what you choose to do with your Fediverse presence.
Hmmm...wonder how long this has been a thing...if it's fairly new, I wonder if Threads is further along in their AP implementation than they're letting on...
To be clear, I'm talking about how Fedi handles show up as links on Threads. They don't actually link to anything yet, but they do show up as links.🤔
After thinking through some responses to my posts and some thoughts of my own, I have concluded that this study probably has a low content and criteria validity and the study is unintentionally biased. Why theses conclusions I cover that under two overlapping headings:
open questions about the data used
Biases
1 Open Questons
How is untagged data dealt with? This is a significant question, since it affects biases and validity. Many things are untagged on Mastodon type instances. (More on that later) The study mention Mastodon and Misskey. However, a large bulk of Misskey data is not tagged. Tagging is much more common on Mastodon type instances. This means populations that user Misskey will be underrepresented. It also may affect representation of female acculturated individual who studies have been shown to be less aggressive, self promoting, or call attention to themselves.
How are PixelFed and Lenny and other platforms handled? Given that some of my PixelFed posts are boosted my guess is that some PixelFed data is included. Again tagging is less prevalent on PixelFed than on Mastodon based instances. This affects individuals who are visually inclined rather than text inclined. I am not familiar enough with Lenny and its ilk to know how that might affect things.
How are silent posts handled? I don’t have data but one use I make of silent posts is for things I do not want to draw attention to. These often relate to subjects which have drawn critical harassment or negative judgements in the past. This is an experience most marginalized individuals have experienced. Not everyone feels totally safe in the Fedi and may not wish their discussions to reach beyond their circle of trust.
Biases. I have already touched on this. I suspect that non-western, vulnerable and marginalized groups are underrepresented.
First, the sex positive community, a highly marginalized group, is explicitly excluded from the study. NSFW material is not counted. Regardless of one’s opinion of this community and its products, posts, and comments, excluding it skews the data.
None Western users are underrepresented. I have shown how the platforms (Misskey/Pawoo) and habits of Japanese and other Asian groups are underrepresented by the dependance on hastags, attention-seeking behaviors, and Asian dominated platforms. These groups are much less likely to call attention to them self than the self aggrandizing west.
It is likely that female acculturated individual are underrepresented due less attention drawing behavior and language. This has been demonstrated to be the case in many studied elsewhere and I propose it is true here.
While I have no data to back this up, I would theorize the same is happening with POC populations.
Reliance on hashtags certainly biases the study against less technical individuals. While a place like the Fedi draws heavily from a more heavily technical population, there are other users.
Reliance text dominated platforms minimizes the visibility of individual who are graphically oriented, such as the photographic community. At least a portion of this population uses PixelFed. It is unclear the extent PixelFed is included in this study.
I question many of the conclusions in the study. That a small minority of individual contribute and drive discussion on the Fedi is hardly surprising. The break down of interests, however, seems have questionable validity since it excludes non-western, minority and less technically savvy individuals. Incomplete inclusion of all Fedi platforms also reduces the visibility of those who engage in non-text information sharing.
I may be incorrect in my assessment since these questions: hash tag dependance; inclusion or exclusion of none-mastodon instance; and measure to insure inclusion are not clearly stated.
At the very least, I hope that any future study will discuss how they are dealing with these kinds of biases and validity issue.
Ya know...all the fear mongering on Fedi is starting to tire people out...
Lots of people just don't want to be here anymore because of the way a lot of Fedi users treat normal everyday things as EVILLLLLL!!!
You're doing the very thing you fear the most when you talk shit about Threads (and other things most of you deem evil) and pushing people to those platforms.
I am on both and literally seeing it. I have users that follow me on both platforms that say they're considering leaving Fedi because of how normal it is there.
No brigading. No blatant misinformation. No bullshit drama about Fediblock. Just normal, SOCIAL media.
So, those defederating from people that federate with Threads are literally and already killing the platform you claim to love so much...🤦♂️🤬
So, @eatyourglory and I were discussing Lemmy and he had a good question/idea. Could Lemmy communities technically be subdomains? Like instead of Lemmy.world/c/example, it could be example.lemmy.world?
Would this be something that could be theoretically built into Lemmy or is there some kinda technological limitation, making this not a thing..? I think it's a neat idea.🤷♂️🤔