I get the sense that lots of people on #xitter feel like it was the first real public forum. where you could engage with public officials and journalists and subject matter experts. there was no algo. it was pure and important. they want that but don't trust that anywhere else can provide it. so they stay. not realizing that we are that done even better. or really could be if they all showed up. so I still think we will win cause the demand is there but it's damn frustrating. #SocialWeb
glad you're here on the #SocialWeb. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. journalists should be clamoring for the level of independence it allows their writing to go viral, right? do you think the smaller audience is the main reason more writers are not here? thanks.
primarily I want to share one id/account. we don't need separate private messaging here. when people try to do that, it should be a matrix conversation. etc.
On a night like tonight, how utterly stupid is it that governments and news organizations don't have their own #mastodon and #peertube servers. Instead they let tech mega corps and even cable companies stand between them and an informed public. Fucking ridiculous. #SocialWeb#Iran
@wjmaggos The German Public Broadcasting Services do have their own Mastodon Server, but they basically just use it as an overpowered RSS feed. No interaction or whatsoever.
I assume it's cause we're not a big enough audience yet but this kinda independence is pretty basic to their missions. they should be leading the revolution. and could if they did it together.
You are getting your news from somewhere. Why you wouldn't want that place to allow you to pick a wide variety of the smartest journalists, without the influence of ads or a corporate/billionaire controlled algorithm, I don't understand. That's our potential here. #SocialWeb
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The ridiculous way that Cory (@pluralistic) approaches his account name and posting his articles here is still better than the cluster that is #nostr and #bluesky names, system structure and data management. IMHO! #SocialWeb
People have email addresses like me@mydomain.com while also having a website at mydomain.com. What's preventing folks from also having a #SocialWeb account using me@mydomain.com? Would it just be confusing? Then there's all the different fedi services.
@rolle None of these. I don't know where to go. But over the past 25 years, there have been so many places I've written. Different forums and all kinds of chats. Many have disappeared, many have been spoiled in some way, some have become silent, or the topics have become boring. But somehow always after little brake I always find a place where to be. These options above are still not appealing.
It's just so basic but someday we won't have websites littered with icons for #Xitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube etc. It will just be a fedi icon next to the email icon. Or at least that's the dream. #SocialWeb
saw your #WTFpod episode show up in my feed so I read the description and then googled you. That you're already on the fedi is so very cool. How did you find out about the #SocialWeb? Listening rn.
The vibes on Threads have been shifted. The For you feed brings up negative and controversial posts. Unsurpisingly no such negativity exists on my chronological feeds on Mastodon.
I've never really used TikTok but it feels like what I'd expect from there. I'm kinda worried they've made it a place even people who can handle X today wouldn't want to come to.
old twitter would still be awesome if anybody offered it. we do but sadly without the big names, which are kinda essential to making it feel essential.
I don't seem to be seeing "negative" or "controversial" posts when I look at my Threads "For You" feed.
Do you think the change you are seeing on your Threads "For You" feed is something that affects most Threads users? Or something that may have just affected you?