Everything in this long text by @Mer__edith is just on point. It is a testament to the fact that sound historical and economic understanding is key to realizing the threats that wait in current technologies and is crucial to identifying todays areas of resistance. It gives me hope that @signalapp has such leadership.
She describes the liberal narratives of contractual freedom, the way slavery inspired the mechanisms for control of workers in early industrialization and todays gig economy.
At the core she shows how capitalism always strives towards representing people and their activities as quantifiable commodities. This goal has been imprinted in many forms of modern tech.
My 2 cents: We can see it today in #Web3 which aims at subjugating the digital reality under the same exploitative logics.
Don't know how I can write this without laughing too hard...
There's a Web3CFO club and the guys behind this "idea" published a 100+ page guide: the "Web3 CFO, Ultimate Guide"
I won't share links here, but if interested ping me, I got the PDF without the need to enter your email... (bc the Binance Director for Africa doesn't know how to share stuff on LinkedIn).
So... #Bluesky ALWAYS had a community of #TPOT (that part of twitter) and #Web3. They’re not newcomers, it’s not a new trend, they’re all months old accounts. They have a very well defined cluster in the bluesky social graph, etc.
And even the dev team have an history of working on web3, cryptocurrency stuff and being part of TPOT and #vibecamp. So the web3 cluster and the TPOT clusters are no accident.
So, did bsky users started asking themselves why TPOT and cryptobros were invited before them?
Asking why Jack Dorsey who is a strong cryptocurrency believer is financing both Nostr and bluesky?
Asking about the devs past work?
No, no, much more important. They decided to dunk and dogpile the one guy who got the "bitcoin.bsky.social" handle 3 months ago and is simply sharing bitcoin memes in a platform that always had a cryptobro community.
Just moved my account over. Getting more involved with #cybersecurity as my general direction for a potential career transition. Looking forward to connecting here but feel free to reach out through my other social profiles and chat apps!
Tackle those C# errors with ease 😎 and say hello to simple error handling and logging with SquidEyes.Fundamentals. While you're at it, why not dip your toes into Web 3.0? Join us at the next #phillydotnet meetup. 🙌
Crypto giant Binance is reportedly facing US probe for violating Russian sanctions
Binance is reportedly facing investigation by the US Justice Department over possible violations of sanctions imposed against Russia. The agency is looking into whether the cryptocurrency exchange allowed Russian customers to move money as a way to go around US sanctions
To be honest, platforms or dapps that require an email address to sign up pose a risk to personal privacy, such as Bluesky, Mastodon, and Misskey. 😰
🤔I think there are alternatives like WireMin or Session that I find useful.
Personally preferred WireMin, cuz…
WireMin combines end-to-end encrypted messaging for both 1-on-1 chats and chat groups, as well as a blog posting feature called Feed Space. 🚀
Regarding the Dataleaks issue with ChatGPT, I think WireMin has solved this issue in some way because users can use ChatGPT anonymously on WireMin. Even though OpenAI may still be collecting data, it won't be valuable if AI can't recognize who you are, right?🔪
Undeniably, Misskey, Mastodon, and Bluesky are making a great contribution to freedom of speech, and I love using Misskey😍. But I am still concerned about the privacy issue. I wonder why they still need personal information to register. Why not make it like WireMin or Session? Where you just create your username and set a password, and done.🤔🤔🤔 #bluesky#blueskysocial#mastodonmigration#privacymatters#freedomofspeechandexpression#decentralization#dapps#web3
In a way, IRC was federated, in the sense that different servers are interconnected.
We used to experience a lot of server splits then. Whenever it happened, the only users left in your room are those still “federated” with the server you've logged-on. Then a major drama, and some server admins split up and formed their own IRC network.
Then, there is email and Jabber/XMPP (late 90s), which are federated.
#Web2 was defined (from what I've read years ago) as when corporate structure took over, redefind the web into silos.
While #Web1 was understood as the first phase of the #SocialWeb.
And #Web3 as decentralised, distributed, federated, open, network; or the next phase in SocialWeb.
A new #sewing make in the works: a petticoat. I will be using a lining ripped off from another garment, a bunch of torn embroidered tulles, and a damaged tutu to make it.
Moreover, there are a few small projects in #web3 realm popping in the short-term, which will keep me away from the sewing studio for another week.
The one with the upcoming Thursday deadline is quite exciting since I have only 3 days to produce everything (a mobile-friendly #VR space, 30-minute presentation) and this weekend is the time when I all the planning. But when it’s done, I’ll be sure to share it with this group! 😊
@glynmoody I think you are making a bigger deal out of this than it really is. The idea of the #FediVerse is that anyone can participate, that includes corporate entities. We also have instances from @Vivaldi and @internetarchive - no one is complaining about them. The idea isn't to block commercial interest, just to not have a profit motive as the driving force.
It's funny to watch the #scammers and #grifters of the crypto markets getting fleeced even further by the legal system. But the sad part is I don't think the #investors are going to learn their lesson. They are generally too far into the whole scheme to learn.... As we've seen over and over in #web3, #nfts, and other crypto #markets.
Well, i think we've now hit the pinnacle of #web3 / #cryptocurrency with SEXN, a supposed "sex-to-earn" app. I just hope the many sex workers out there don't get sucked into and lose a bunch of their money. It's bad enough that sex work is demonized and sex workers marginalized in many countries... I really don't want them to be taken advantage of by #cryptobros