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heluecht: Früher war es mal so, dass ich bei weitem mehr Posts über #Twitter erhalten habe als über das #Fediverse. Heute sieht es dramatisch anders aus, da führt das Fediverse mit einem Faktor von fast 25 ... https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/382715569165bc0632b7ba2040478844 https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/733402827165bc0644a0b7e423624698
heluecht's status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 16:08:35 EST
Früher war es mal so, dass ich bei weitem mehr Posts über #Twitter erhalten habe als über das #Fediverse. Heute sieht es dramatisch anders aus, da führt das Fediverse mit einem Faktor von fast 25 ... https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/382715569165bc0632b7ba2040478844 https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/733402827165bc0644a0b7e423624698
lnxw48a1: I was thinking about the news that Elon Musk plans to launch #X / #Twitter peer-to-peer payments this year. If he's not willing and able to allow the company to meet regulator requirements, they will find it very difficult to get banks to allow their system to connect to the existing financial system. And that means people will have to buy some sort of in-game tokens or something. This does not necessarily mean a #cryptocurrency token. I don't imagine he would enjoy the "visible to the world" nature of most cryptocurrency transactions. It could be something more like "Linden dollars" in Second Life or the Fortnite in-game currency (I occasionally buy a gift card for it then send the card to my grandson #A1).
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 01:03:51 EST
I was thinking about the news that Elon Musk plans to launch #X / #Twitter peer-to-peer payments this year. If he's not willing and able to allow the company to meet regulator requirements, they will find it very difficult to get banks to allow their system to connect to the existing financial system. And that means people will have to buy some sort of in-game tokens or something. This does not necessarily mean a #cryptocurrency token. I don't imagine he would enjoy the "visible to the world" nature of most cryptocurrency transactions. It could be something more like "Linden dollars" in Second Life or the Fortnite in-game currency (I occasionally buy a gift card for it then send the card to my grandson #A1).
lnxw48a1: US regulator #SEC says its #X / #Twitter account was compromised, announcement of approval for #Bitcoin ETF is premature. https://nu.federati.net/url/293104 [www bloomberg com]
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 22:55:22 EST
US regulator #SEC says its #X / #Twitter account was compromised, announcement of approval for #Bitcoin ETF is premature. https://nu.federati.net/url/293104 [www bloomberg com]
SEC X Account Compromised to Falsely Say Bitcoin ETFs Approved
lnxw48a1: https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub [www theverge com] The Verge article extolling the #Fediverse. I personally think the writer has the wrong point. #Facebook isn't good. Its attraction is "everybody I know is on Facebook" and not any of its half-baked features. Therefore, multiprotocol / multi-network federated social is important to dethroning #corpocentric #socnets like XTwitter ( #x.com / #twitter ) and Meta's Facebook & #Instagram. We need bridges to connect #Nostr, the #OStatus and #ActivityPub fediverses, #Diaspora, #Farcaster, #Bluesky's #ATProto, etc. Or we need instances that speak all of the above protocols / languages. I feel this writer's exuberence will turn out to be fantasy, mostly because of misunderstanding what keeps people in the walled gardens and what it will take to free them.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 22:09:16 EST
https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub [www theverge com] The Verge article extolling the #Fediverse. I personally think the writer has the wrong point. #Facebook isn't good. Its attraction is "everybody I know is on Facebook" and not any of its half-baked features. Therefore, multiprotocol / multi-network federated social is important to dethroning #corpocentric #socnets like XTwitter ( #x.com / #twitter ) and Meta's Facebook & #Instagram. We need bridges to connect #Nostr, the #OStatus and #ActivityPub fediverses, #Diaspora, #Farcaster, #Bluesky's #ATProto, etc. Or we need instances that speak all of the above protocols / languages. I feel this writer's exuberence will turn out to be fantasy, mostly because of misunderstanding what keeps people in the walled gardens and what it will take to free them.
2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse
victorhck: Meme de Drake: #Twitter #X #Extwitter
victorhck's status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 14:23:09 EDT
Meme de Drake: #Twitter #X #Extwitter
lnxw48a1: These days, when I see "Bootstrap", I think of the #JavaScript and #CSS framework created by #Twitter. I usually refer to #bootstrap as "buttslap".
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 05-Oct-2023 14:20:15 EDT
These days, when I see "Bootstrap", I think of the #JavaScript and #CSS framework created by #Twitter. I usually refer to #bootstrap as "buttslap".
lnxw48a1: #Twitter / #XCorp to collect #biometric, #stateID, other personal information #PII from some users as part of its plan to transition into an "everything" service. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66679922 [www bbc co uk]
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 20:04:45 EDT
#Twitter / #XCorp to collect #biometric, #stateID, other personal information #PII from some users as part of its plan to transition into an "everything" service. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66679922 [www bbc co uk]
X, formerly Twitter, to collect biometric and employment data
hypolite: “The social media platform formerly known as #Twitter “
hypolite's status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 17:43:50 EDT
“The social media platform formerly known as #Twitter “
lnxw48a1: #Meta #Facebook's #Instagram service has a new mobile app that directly competes with #Twitter, called #Threads. Threads, with 100M users after 5 days is the fastest growing mobile app ever, according to https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/instagram-threads-twitter-users-elon-musk-million-b2372336.html [www independent co uk] One hundred million downloads & signups, but I wonder how many have posted at least once. I'd like to see their monthly active users number when it comes out.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:28:26 EDT
#Meta #Facebook's #Instagram service has a new mobile app that directly competes with #Twitter, called #Threads. Threads, with 100M users after 5 days is the fastest growing mobile app ever, according to https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/instagram-threads-twitter-users-elon-musk-million-b2372336.html [www independent co uk] One hundred million downloads & signups, but I wonder how many have posted at least once. I'd like to see their monthly active users number when it comes out.
Instagram Threads hits 100 million users
lnxw48a1: Jack Dorsey (former #Twitter CEO) was guest on the first episode of "Money Matters". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzvh4AODtWc Discussed lots of stuff (about 2:45:00 long). I did not watch the whole thing because of its length. I may try to complete it in smaller chunks. #Bitcoin #BTC #Nostr #politics #American_Empire
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2023 00:50:53 EDT
Jack Dorsey (former #Twitter CEO) was guest on the first episode of "Money Matters". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzvh4AODtWc Discussed lots of stuff (about 2:45:00 long). I did not watch the whole thing because of its length. I may try to complete it in smaller chunks. #Bitcoin #BTC #Nostr #politics #American_Empire
Jack Dorsey discusses the future of Bitcoin, the JFK assassination, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/290941 [www techdirt com] MetaFaceBook (MFB) launches its “Threads” Twitter alike. https://nu.federati.net/url/290942 [www techdirt com] #Twitter threatens to sue #Meta #Facebook #Instagram over its #Threads #Fediverse service.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 07-Jul-2023 14:02:50 EDT
https://nu.federati.net/url/290941 [www techdirt com] MetaFaceBook (MFB) launches its “Threads” Twitter alike. https://nu.federati.net/url/290942 [www techdirt com] #Twitter threatens to sue #Meta #Facebook #Instagram over its #Threads #Fediverse service.
Meta Launches Threads, And It’s Important For Reasons That Most People Won’t Care About
Something Stupid This Way Comes: Twitter Threatens To Sue Meta Over Threads, Because Meta Hired Some Of The People Elon Fired
heluecht: Danke #Twitter, dass Du es so gut schaffst, dass ich von Dir wegkomme. Beim alten Tweetdeck gehen noch drei Spalten, beim neuen sogar nur eine. https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/119099791264a2b95e6b8af837487908
heluecht's status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 08:07:41 EDT
Danke #Twitter, dass Du es so gut schaffst, dass ich von Dir wegkomme. Beim alten Tweetdeck gehen noch drei Spalten, beim neuen sogar nur eine. https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/119099791264a2b95e6b8af837487908
lnxw48a1: https://beach.city/@vantablack/110563155848847142 #Meta / #Facebook is building a #Twitter clone under their #Instagram brand. Apparently, there's discussion of various #ActivityPub #Fediverse projects' lead developers signing an NDA and having discussions with them. The participants appear to be deleting evidence. I'm not spinning a conspiracy theory. I just don't think Gargron or Dansup have any idea what kinds of restrictions an NDA can contain. They risk long-term damage to their projects and some impact on their careers.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 16:08:53 EDT
https://beach.city/@vantablack/110563155848847142 #Meta / #Facebook is building a #Twitter clone under their #Instagram brand. Apparently, there's discussion of various #ActivityPub #Fediverse projects' lead developers signing an NDA and having discussions with them. The participants appear to be deleting evidence. I'm not spinning a conspiracy theory. I just don't think Gargron or Dansup have any idea what kinds of restrictions an NDA can contain. They risk long-term damage to their projects and some impact on their careers.
lnxw48a1: #F-Droid has SlimSocial for #Facebook and SlimSocial for #Twitter. I had not heard of #SlimSocial at all. But since I closed my Facebook account years ago and rarely log into my Twitter account, I don't need them.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 00:33:23 EDT
#F-Droid has SlimSocial for #Facebook and SlimSocial for #Twitter. I had not heard of #SlimSocial at all. But since I closed my Facebook account years ago and rarely log into my Twitter account, I don't need them.
fu: So is it just #Reddit or all of surveillance capitalism following #Twitter lead to charge for the open API access that had empowered their adoption? #lemmy #fediverse ♲ @kixik@lemmy.ml: Reddit will begin charging for access to its API Not sure how that will affect libreddit or teddit. That'd would prevent me to get some news on specific channels, which when interesting enough, I brought to lemmy, 😀https://libreddit.mha.fi/r/technology/comments/12r1lh1/reddit_will_begin_charging_for_access_to_its_apihttps://libreddit.mha.fi/r/programming/comments/12r0xyz/reddit_will_begin_charging_for_access_to_its_api/
fu's status on Friday, 26-May-2023 13:14:33 EDT
So is it just #Reddit or all of surveillance capitalism following #Twitter lead to charge for the open API access that had empowered their adoption? #lemmy #fediverse ♲ @kixik@lemmy.ml: Reddit will begin charging for access to its API Not sure how that will affect libreddit or teddit. That'd would prevent me to get some news on specific channels, which when interesting enough, I brought to lemmy, 😀 https://libreddit.mha.fi/r/technology/comments/12r1lh1/reddit_will_begin_charging_for_access_to_its_api https://libreddit.mha.fi/r/programming/comments/12r0xyz/reddit_will_begin_charging_for_access_to_its_api/
hypolite: So, what episode are we at with the #Twitter Blue Checkmark saga? Here's the rough timeline as I understand it: Before Elon Musk: Checkmark is attributed discretionarily, mainly to prevent impersonation. After Elon Musk: Twitter Blue subscription is introduced that grants the checkmark. Impersonation immediately ensues. Twitter answers by preventing Checkmark accounts from changing their display name. Checkmark is divided in three colors: Gold for companies, Blue for individuals, Grey for government. Checkmark is derided for being bought out. As a response Twitter Blue subscribers ask for their checkmark to be hidden. Prominent accounts (like Beyoncé) lose their checkmark. Prominent accounts that kept their checkmark (like Ron Perlman) defend themselves from claims they have subscribed to Twitter Blue.Am I missing anything? Even twitterisgoinggreat.com can't keep up with the madness.
hypolite's status on Tuesday, 25-Apr-2023 11:50:55 EDT
So, what episode are we at with the #Twitter Blue Checkmark saga? Here's the rough timeline as I understand it: Before Elon Musk: Checkmark is attributed discretionarily, mainly to prevent impersonation. After Elon Musk: Twitter Blue subscription is introduced that grants the checkmark. Impersonation immediately ensues. Twitter answers by preventing Checkmark accounts from changing their display name. Checkmark is divided in three colors: Gold for companies, Blue for individuals, Grey for government. Checkmark is derided for being bought out. As a response Twitter Blue subscribers ask for their checkmark to be hidden. Prominent accounts (like Beyoncé) lose their checkmark. Prominent accounts that kept their checkmark (like Ron Perlman) defend themselves from claims they have subscribed to Twitter Blue. Am I missing anything? Even twitterisgoinggreat.com can't keep up with the madness.
lnxw48a1: @clacke I was here in 2009, so it was still early days, but apparently not as early as it felt. For example, the former Twitter employee who created some of the standards that Identica and StatusNet used (including at least one that Mastodon still uses) was unknown to me. I remember hearing about #Twitter plans to federate with #Identica, but I was not aware that they had sent at least one message across networks before deciding to go toward the walled garden model.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 23:08:20 EDT
@clacke I was here in 2009, so it was still early days, but apparently not as early as it felt. For example, the former Twitter employee who created some of the standards that Identica and StatusNet used (including at least one that Mastodon still uses) was unknown to me. I remember hearing about #Twitter plans to federate with #Identica, but I was not aware that they had sent at least one message across networks before deciding to go toward the walled garden model.
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft announces that its ads platform would no longer work with #Twitter. https://nu.federati.net/url/290186 [www techdirt com] In response, Elon #Musk threatens to sue #MSFT over AI training data.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 00:03:56 EDT
#Microsoft announces that its ads platform would no longer work with #Twitter. https://nu.federati.net/url/290186 [www techdirt com] In response, Elon #Musk threatens to sue #MSFT over AI training data.
Microsoft Ditches Twitter From Its Ads Platform… So Elon Announces Plans To Sue Microsoft
lnxw48a1: This "WeChat does everything" idea sounds similar to what App dot Net was trying to do. If I recall correctly, ADN was supposed to be a support layer where different things could ride atop. They built their microblogging thing and I think there were a few alpha products being built, but they ran out of funds. I think partly because their biggest product was the microblogging site, and it was mostly a smaller and paid version of #Twitter ... it is hard to gain enough paying customers for the same thing that a larger zero-price competitor offers. So let's say Twitter goes 100% paid, will they still be the world's leading source for news and information? I cannot answer, but I don't expect to be among their customer base.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 18:01:05 EDT
This "WeChat does everything" idea sounds similar to what App dot Net was trying to do. If I recall correctly, ADN was supposed to be a support layer where different things could ride atop. They built their microblogging thing and I think there were a few alpha products being built, but they ran out of funds. I think partly because their biggest product was the microblogging site, and it was mostly a smaller and paid version of #Twitter ... it is hard to gain enough paying customers for the same thing that a larger zero-price competitor offers. So let's say Twitter goes 100% paid, will they still be the world's leading source for news and information? I cannot answer, but I don't expect to be among their customer base.
lnxw48a1: #Twitter Inc has been consumed by "X Corp", a subsidiary of "X Holdings". https://gizmodo.com/twitter-x-elon-musk-wechat-everything-app-1850322566 I wonder how that affects people like former CEO Jack, who still had some stock that his contract requires him to hold for a number of years.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 11-Apr-2023 17:44:14 EDT
#Twitter Inc has been consumed by "X Corp", a subsidiary of "X Holdings". https://gizmodo.com/twitter-x-elon-musk-wechat-everything-app-1850322566 I wonder how that affects people like former CEO Jack, who still had some stock that his contract requires him to hold for a number of years.
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/290076 [www forbes com] From 2022-09: Forbes co-sponsored a session for decentralized socnets ... included some early #Twitter builders Article's writer clearly didn't have good sources for some things, though. For example, there were "more than 40" #Mastodon instances. I'm positive there were more than 4000 at the time.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 06-Apr-2023 17:01:10 EDT
https://nu.federati.net/url/290076 [www forbes com] From 2022-09: Forbes co-sponsored a session for decentralized socnets ... included some early #Twitter builders Article's writer clearly didn't have good sources for some things, though. For example, there were "more than 40" #Mastodon instances. I'm positive there were more than 4000 at the time.
Jack Dorsey’s Former Boss Is Building A Decentralized Twitter
heluecht: Einmal mit Profis ... #Twitter #Tweetdeck https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/179379364564098d33e5b24263661529
heluecht's status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 02:40:34 EST
Einmal mit Profis ... #Twitter #Tweetdeck https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/179379364564098d33e5b24263661529
heluecht: Ich glaube, ich auch nur noch bei #Twitter, weil es irgendwie ein morbides Vergnügen ist, den Vogel abstürzen zu sehen ... https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/157760330163ff296758391486206871
heluecht's status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 05:32:05 EST
Ich glaube, ich auch nur noch bei #Twitter, weil es irgendwie ein morbides Vergnügen ist, den Vogel abstürzen zu sehen ... https://pirati.ca/photos/heluecht/image/157760330163ff296758391486206871
lnxw48a1: Apparently, there's going to be a "Twitter coin" that gets associated with likes and retweets, so that people who post popular tweets get rewarded. At least, that's what I've seen people posting. I have not logged into #Twitter to see for myself.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2023 22:37:32 EST
Apparently, there's going to be a "Twitter coin" that gets associated with likes and retweets, so that people who post popular tweets get rewarded. At least, that's what I've seen people posting. I have not logged into #Twitter to see for myself.
lnxw48a1: #Nitter instance closes due to complaint about #Twitter child porn visible from Nitter. https://pussthecat.org/nitter/
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 21-Feb-2023 20:01:06 EST
#Nitter instance closes due to complaint about #Twitter child porn visible from Nitter. https://pussthecat.org/nitter/
heluecht: Manchmal schießt es aus sehr unerwarteten Ecken gegen #Twitter. Das bayrische Landesamt für neue Medien prüft nun, ob Twitter gegen den Medienstaatsvertrag verstoßen hat, weil Tweets von #Musk massiv priorisiert werden. www.blm.de/infothek/pressemitt…
heluecht's status on Friday, 17-Feb-2023 10:07:53 EST
Manchmal schießt es aus sehr unerwarteten Ecken gegen #Twitter. Das bayrische Landesamt für neue Medien prüft nun, ob Twitter gegen den Medienstaatsvertrag verstoßen hat, weil Tweets von #Musk massiv priorisiert werden. www.blm.de/infothek/pressemitt…
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/289353 [arstechnica com] $1,5,000,000 payment on the #Twitter purchase is due soon. Will there be a default?
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 11:10:02 EST
https://nu.federati.net/url/289353 [arstechnica com] $1,5,000,000 payment on the #Twitter purchase is due soon. Will there be a default?
With $1.5 billion bill due at month-end, Elon Musk’s options aren’t great
lnxw48a1: https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/01/the-end-of-the-twitter-client-era/ [sixcolors com] I remember using 3rd party clients to access #Twitter. There was the commandline #TTYtter, the #Flock browser's built-in social client, and many others. As Twitter added ads andspewed tons of #JavaScript, leading to a "jumping and twitching" interface that would move underneath your mouse pointer and cause mis-clicks, and as it took 5-10 minutes after logging in for the page to fully load, it was clients that made the site tolerable. There was the "OAuth-pocalypse", when they required all clients to use OAuth (v2?) and it intermittently failed for a few weeks. Then came the day when clients and other API uses "that substantially reproduce" the Twitter UI were notified that their days were numbered. I remember @evan telling them that Identica and other StatusNet instances had a similar API ... but few, if any, clients came over. Most just shut down. Hilariously, there was a trivially reproducible social ranking thing that was cited as an example of the kind of API uses Twitter considered interesting and allowable. There were other, lesser bumps in the road, but as Twitter had already strangled most of its client ecosystem, I did not pay attention.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 17:32:12 EST
https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/01/the-end-of-the-twitter-client-era/ [sixcolors com] I remember using 3rd party clients to access #Twitter. There was the commandline #TTYtter, the #Flock browser's built-in social client, and many others. As Twitter added ads andspewed tons of #JavaScript, leading to a "jumping and twitching" interface that would move underneath your mouse pointer and cause mis-clicks, and as it took 5-10 minutes after logging in for the page to fully load, it was clients that made the site tolerable. There was the "OAuth-pocalypse", when they required all clients to use OAuth (v2?) and it intermittently failed for a few weeks. Then came the day when clients and other API uses "that substantially reproduce" the Twitter UI were notified that their days were numbered. I remember @evan telling them that Identica and other StatusNet instances had a similar API ... but few, if any, clients came over. Most just shut down. Hilariously, there was a trivially reproducible social ranking thing that was cited as an example of the kind of API uses Twitter considered interesting and allowable. There were other, lesser bumps in the road, but as Twitter had already strangled most of its client ecosystem, I did not pay attention.
lnxw48a1: @bobjonkman @bobjonkman One positive is that some #Twitter clients are now advertising #Mastodon clients. I wish they'd also look at making clients for #GNUsocial, #Misskey, #PixelFed and so on, as not everyone supports the Mastodon API.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 15:19:28 EST
@bobjonkman @bobjonkman One positive is that some #Twitter clients are now advertising #Mastodon clients. I wish they'd also look at making clients for #GNUsocial, #Misskey, #PixelFed and so on, as not everyone supports the Mastodon API.
lnxw48a1: @bobjonkman I've heard that #Twitter revoked access for most 3rd party clients, but I don't use them, so I cannot confirm.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 13:59:07 EST
@bobjonkman I've heard that #Twitter revoked access for most 3rd party clients, but I don't use them, so I cannot confirm.
lnxw48a1: #Twitter considered "pay for usernames" to bring in revenue -- NYTimes
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 16:59:56 EST
#Twitter considered "pay for usernames" to bring in revenue -- NYTimes
lnxw48a1: Speaking of #Twitter, it has had some sort of outage for the past few hours. I've seen people posting about being sent to the login screen, then getting an error and being sent back to the login screen.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 21:53:38 EST
Speaking of #Twitter, it has had some sort of outage for the past few hours. I've seen people posting about being sent to the login screen, then getting an error and being sent back to the login screen.
lnxw48a1: https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 21:20:57 EST
https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
Mastodon Brought a Protocol to a Product Fight
lnxw48a1: One thing about this surge of people migrating from #Twitter to the #Fediverse is that people who gave up on #federated #socnets years ago and solely used #corpocentric platforms are now coming back. Thus, I get announcements about people I knew from #Tent (thanks to fellow former Tentler @bthall) along with news about people from #Identi.ca and other #StatusNet and #Pump.io instances returning.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 14:25:03 EST
One thing about this surge of people migrating from #Twitter to the #Fediverse is that people who gave up on #federated #socnets years ago and solely used #corpocentric platforms are now coming back. Thus, I get announcements about people I knew from #Tent (thanks to fellow former Tentler @bthall) along with news about people from #Identi.ca and other #StatusNet and #Pump.io instances returning.
lnxw48a1: https://freeradical.zone/@Guslanzetta/109576301598478337 Claim that #Twitter had a breach which exposed 400,000,000 usernames and related information
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 16:31:07 EST
https://freeradical.zone/@Guslanzetta/109576301598478337 Claim that #Twitter had a breach which exposed 400,000,000 usernames and related information
lnxw48a1: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 14:39:32 EST
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
lnxw48a1: #Vivaldi Browser added a social side panel and says it was the first to do so. https://vivaldi.com/new/ Years ago, a #Firefox fork called #Flock had a social tool built in. I only used it for #Twitter, but it was there. Memory is unclear whether it was a side panel or another Window with different measurements, but it existed.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 12:18:23 EST
#Vivaldi Browser added a social side panel and says it was the first to do so. https://vivaldi.com/new/ Years ago, a #Firefox fork called #Flock had a social tool built in. I only used it for #Twitter, but it was there. Memory is unclear whether it was a side panel or another Window with different measurements, but it existed.
lnxw48a1: https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/ [www wired com] Wired: #Mastodon features that #Twitter should steal
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 23:26:36 EST
https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/ [www wired com] Wired: #Mastodon features that #Twitter should steal
Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)
lnxw48a1: Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 22:27:57 EST
Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
lnxw48a1: I saw this screenshot that claims to be #Twitter's new policy on accounts promoting competing #socnet s. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/288977
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 13:06:19 EST
I saw this screenshot that claims to be #Twitter's new policy on accounts promoting competing #socnet s. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/288977
heluecht: Aus der Kategorie "Twitter dreht jetzt komplett frei": Man darf auf #Twitter nicht mehr auf andere Netzwerke verweisen:"Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms on Twitter.""Prohibited platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr""If violations of this policy are included in your bio and/or account name, we will temporarily suspend your account and require changes to your profile to no longer be in violation.""Accounts that are used for the main purpose of promoting content on another social platform may be suspended. Additionally, any attempts to bypass restrictions on external links to the above prohibited social media platforms through technical or non-technical means (e.g. URL cloaking, plaintext obfuscation) is in violation of this policy. This includes, but is not limited to, spelling out “dot” for social media platforms that use “.” in the names to avoid URL creation, or sharing screenshots of your handle on a prohibited social media platform."Es könnte also sein, dass meine Zeiten auf Twitter tatsächlich demnächst ein Ende finden - Wobei: In der Liste der Plattformen steht ja "Mastodon" und nicht das Fediverse an sich. Also müsste Friendica ja eigentlich okay sein 😀 help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-…
heluecht's status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 13:06:09 EST
Aus der Kategorie "Twitter dreht jetzt komplett frei": Man darf auf #Twitter nicht mehr auf andere Netzwerke verweisen: "Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms on Twitter." "Prohibited platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr" "If violations of this policy are included in your bio and/or account name, we will temporarily suspend your account and require changes to your profile to no longer be in violation." "Accounts that are used for the main purpose of promoting content on another social platform may be suspended. Additionally, any attempts to bypass restrictions on external links to the above prohibited social media platforms through technical or non-technical means (e.g. URL cloaking, plaintext obfuscation) is in violation of this policy. This includes, but is not limited to, spelling out “dot” for social media platforms that use “.” in the names to avoid URL creation, or sharing screenshots of your handle on a prohibited social media platform." Es könnte also sein, dass meine Zeiten auf Twitter tatsächlich demnächst ein Ende finden - Wobei: In der Liste der Plattformen steht ja "Mastodon" und nicht das Fediverse an sich. Also müsste Friendica ja eigentlich okay sein 😀 help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-…
lnxw48a1: I missed it, but it appears that #OpenBazaar is gone. Their #Twitter account has some details (from early 2021). OB was a fee-free peer-to-peer marketplace. I think it was based on #cryptocurrencies ... at least #Bitcoin #BTC.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 21:36:46 EST
I missed it, but it appears that #OpenBazaar is gone. Their #Twitter account has some details (from early 2021). OB was a fee-free peer-to-peer marketplace. I think it was based on #cryptocurrencies ... at least #Bitcoin #BTC.
lnxw48a1: https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 14:39:47 EST
https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
lnxw48a1: Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 00:43:53 EST
Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing Also, this drastically reduces the utility of the platform. When something happens--an event, a news story, a tragedy--people turn to #Twitter because the people in the know are there. Severe weather, earthquake, flood, all of them are reported on Twitter, sometimes with links to a news or agency report. California Highway Patrol even puts its AMBER alerts there.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 23:16:45 EST
@geniusmusing Also, this drastically reduces the utility of the platform. When something happens--an event, a news story, a tragedy--people turn to #Twitter because the people in the know are there. Severe weather, earthquake, flood, all of them are reported on Twitter, sometimes with links to a news or agency report. California Highway Patrol even puts its AMBER alerts there.
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing I guess that means that any journalist that uses #Twitter should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #Fediverse and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 23:11:51 EST
@geniusmusing I guess that means that any journalist that uses #Twitter should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #Fediverse and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.
lnxw48a1: That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 19:43:32 EST
That's hilarious. What sparked a bunch of people to try #Mastodon in 2017? Ads on #Twitter and #Tumblr "it's like Twitter without the Nazis".
lnxw48a1: Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 19:42:05 EST
Official #Mastodon account suspended on #Twitter for posting a link to "Elon's Jet" account https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton/109520284997462443