I think the future for most people on the #socialweb is going to be an all-purpose account that lets them do everything. Have a feed, host files, display pics, engage in groups, post comments. What most people do with separate services, but in a "pod" that can move to any hosting service or domain you want. There could be a great market for providing these services and apps that interface with your data in unique ways. Professionals will have their own dedicated systems on the network.
Been busy today and it looks like they're already gone, but I'm a lefty who strongly supports @newsmax. We should support everyone being on the #socialweb and not block their instance as long as they are not harassing others or hosting many who do that. Especially journalists. It is not their job to conform to popular opinion or what everyone already agrees is true. Only those who push that line help us make progress. I want this place as open and popular as the #openweb. #fediblockmeta#newsmax
What I want from the fedi #socialweb is attention democracy. I want everyone using #ActivityPub and everything on the internet layered with it. I want the public to decide what information, art and ideas go viral in the world, with no favor given to wealth or media ownership. That's my vision.
So while I want to welcome in #meta to further this goal, I fear they are joining us just to try to co-opt it. IDK what to do next but spread the word about the revolution in culture that's possible here.
"#Flickr pioneered a lot of the things we came to associate with the #socialweb, including open APIs, #hashtags, and social networking. It also implemeted #CreativeCommons sharing, which was not widely used at the time. Unfortunately, Flickr was acquired by Yahoo (for 22 million, which at the time was a lot), and while they didn’t ruin it, they certainly tried hard to do so."
Still want to replace liberal.city with a server name and network of users that could be much bigger and stand for a fedi culture that wants everyone here, as long as they don't harass people. Unpopular opinions and facts not currently widely accepted welcome. Not otherwise branded with any specific ideology or community. Anybody else interested? #SocialWeb
whoa, hang on. I think this is the reason #threads isn't fully federating yet. because the algo limits visibility of threads posts to threads users but not us, the vast majority of #threads accounts would see a ton more interaction from other #SocialWeb accounts than from other #threads accounts. it would expose how much their algos serve #meta and their top users over the interests of most users. I wonder if they saw that in their early testing. #fediFTW
right now I love #ActivityPub. but something like a Personal Data Server that I can keep at home or pay somebody to manage, move whenever I want and connect to any new service that somebody develops, seems like the inevitable way forward. a blob with all my stuff as safe as I am willing pay for, where these companies are competing to be the most trustworthy and reliable. instead of having it spread out everywhere or with Google or Apple. and them pushing me to use their services. #SocialWeb
Since most users wouldn't understand what ActivityPub / Fediverse is, it is likely there will be far less than 40% or 30% (guesstimate) of their userbase who will appear in the Fediverse network.
It will highly depend on how they will explain the benefits of enabling ActivityPub in their accounts.
If every article, podcast episode and video was natively an #ActivityPub post, we'd need quote posts but want them to operate differently. They should count as a boost but with a clear indication that the person you are following also wants you to see their comment. How should that look? Maybe they wouldn't themselves be boostable... #SocialWeb
Looks like the #threadiverse has been widely used by the #Lemmy and #Kbin communities for years, but now it's slowly being co-opted (including by #Meta staff) to refer to the #federation of #Threads.
I predict a complete takeover of the #hashtag, and term in general, before the end of 2024.
This is probably the most exciting time to be an internet person, possibly since the 'net first blinked on.
How we experience the web is undergoing seismic shifts —#AI, #XR, and the #SocialWeb will make for increasingly personal and engaging experiences, softening the borders between our digital and physical worlds.
What makes the lack of algorithms in the #Fediverse great? I get to see posts and talk with people all around the world.
You don't get that on #SNS with algorithms because they filter things for you, and you have no control over it.
Don't get me wrong, algorithms by itself are not bad. Just that, it is used in a way that limits your exposure (your posts to the world; and the world to you); and you have no control.
Another improper use of it is, like in #Facebook's case, they push #ads as well as to control the narrative and shape people's minds and opinions.
A really cool thing about the #fediverse (or #socialweb) is that there's so much still to codify and address.
Every so often a talking point about some protocol weakness is rehashed and debated — account portability, eventual consistency, inter-instance fueds, etc., and it really reminds me of when the #internet was much younger, and there were so many more significant and novel things to address. The social web and #activitypub is still so much more nascent than people give it credit for.
Interesting essay on #SocialMedia that may resonate with other #Mastodon users. It left me wondering why I post at all and whether to vacate the #SocialWeb
“Academics Soroush Vosoughi and Deb Roy, both of the MIT Media Lab, along with MIT Sloan professor Sinan Aral, recently conducted a study that reached the conclusion that false news spreads faster than the truth. Their research, published in Science, found that #misinformation is ’70 percent more likely to be retweeted on #Twitter than the #truth,’ and that the #FakeNews ‘reached 1,500 people about six times faster than the truth.'”