quillmatiq

@quillmatiq@threads.net

Engineering Leader, Blogger
💼 Formerly Flipboard, Amazon
✍🏼 Writing @ augment.ink & wedistribute.org
🌐 Seeking an interoperable future for tech

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quillmatiq, to random

A cryptocurrency gambling service that takes bets for US elections 🫠

I just...I can't even figure out how many layers of scams this is. I feel like they're a few months away from a SPAC merger.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C69AHiIKmkT

quillmatiq, to random

The thing I dislike most about the Threads algo is how it drops people from my feed for weeks on end. I'll randomly see someone I haven't in a while and get excited to welcome them back, only to realize they've been active this whole time.

This doesn't happen when I catch up on Threads using Phanpy, my Mastodon client, but not everyone has their Fedi switch on so I come here to catch up on those posts. Sad to see I'm still losing out.

Anyway, I hope more people turn on Fediverse Threads 🫶🏼

quillmatiq,

s/o to folks like @timothyjchambers who actively ask people to turn Fediverse Threads on whenever they get a chance!

quillmatiq, to random

Bluesky is planning on building DMs off-protocol, which means that you have to use the official app to use them.

@evanprodromou and @tomcoates are working on E2EE DMs built right into the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, a Mastodon user using any client could potentially start DMs with Fediverse Threads users or any other social web service.

In other words: better.

I wrote more about the work going into E2EE DMs for ActivityPub here: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C6euytvSuhT

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C6tEcaHK1F1

quillmatiq, to random

I was one of the lucky folks that @Flipboard federated today!

Very excited to setup magazines so people in Fediverse Threads, Mastodon, and other federated networks can follow me for specific interests if they don't want all of me on main 🌐

You can follow me at the address in the image and I'll be setting up magazines for my various interests as I find content to share in them 🙏🏻

RE: https://www.threads.net/@timothyjchambers/post/C6pAnbCx08e

quillmatiq, to random

I wrote about how E2EE DMs are becoming a very real possibility for the social web. This would mean that Fediverse Threads users could potentially open DMs to their Mastodon, @Flipboard, and other social web mutuals without needing a separate account.

Very excited to see where @evanprodromou and @tomcoates take this research. More in the link below 👇🏼

RE: https://www.threads.net/@wedistributemedia/post/C6etAhvyEXz

quillmatiq, to random

Alt Headline: Substack finds more ways to lock writers into their platform while @ghost and @buttondownemail build new features to make it easier to own your subscriber list across email and the social web.

The choice is getting clearer by the day: https://www.augment.ink/ghost-substack-discoverability/

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C6cC9YXKHgY

ben.werdmuller, to random

I love the trend of journalists starting up their own independent subscription newsletters / websites. I don't love that they're doing it on Substack.

quillmatiq,

I think it's unfortunate because while Substack is making their network a closed one, Ghost and Buttondown are going to enable Fediverse Threads, Mastodon, and numerous other platforms to subscribe directly to their newsletter.

Substack is fine for short-term wins but will stunt growth long-term.

https://www.augment.ink/ghost-substack-discoverability/

quillmatiq, to random

Every online community works differently. If this one isn't working for you then you don't be a part of it. Stop telling people who are having enriching experiences that they're enjoying themselves incorrectly, it's weird and obnoxious.

People on Threads aren't "annoying", you just don't fit in. And that's fine because a lot of people here didn't fit into the toxic platform you came from. We aren't replicating here, we're restarting.

Hope you find a community you feel you belong in 🫶🏼

quillmatiq, to random

"The project, dubbed SkyBridge, was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects." - @sarahprz for @techcrunch

The launch of this would mean that Fediverse Threads users could follow Bluesky profiles and vice versa. At that point, it wouldn't matter which open protocol your platform prefers using because they'll all be part of the social web 🌐

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/bluesky-backs-a-project-that-would-let-mastodon-apps-like-ivory-work-with-its-network/

quillmatiq, to random

I wrote a follow-up post about @ghost's entry into the Fediverse on augment!

I believe Ghost's Fediverse integration will have larger implications for the newsletter landscape, eventually bringing the slow death of another social silo: @substack.

The network effects of the Fediverse are in play and will skyrocket Ghost's discoverability past Substack. It's time to make the switch just like Fediverse Threads is.

Read more here: https://www.augment.ink/ghost-substack-discoverability/

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C6E9n4FyapY

quillmatiq, to random

Some personal news: I'm now a contributor at @wedistributemedia! I'm so excited to work with the team over there reporting everything happening in the world of distributed social media.

For my first post, I wrote about @ghost joining the Fediverse 🙏🏼

What's exciting about this is that it isn't just an ActivityPub plugin - it's a top-down re-thinking about what Ghost is as a service. This is ActivityPub for publishers done right.

Congrats to @johnonolan and team! cc Fediverse Threads

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/ghost-implements-activitypub/

quillmatiq, to random

Really great discussion between @mmccue, CEO of @Flipboard, with @rklambo and @pcottle of the @threads team about Fediverse Threads on the Dot Social podcast.

Looks like Phase 2 of federation will include seeing interactions from the Fediverse on Threads! Very excited to starting liking and replying to y'all's posts through my Mastodon account 🌐

https://youtu.be/jszwVtlU4TQ?si=z6q2v-eFcqeLBwYR

quillmatiq, to random

"The open social web's network effects are now in motion - if you're not piping your platform's content into it then you and your users are missing out on what's going to be the largest sharing network we've ever seen in social media."

Fediverse Threads

https://www.augment.ink/social-siloes-post/

quillmatiq, to random

I wrote about the slowly dying breed of siloed social networks and how the Fediverse can breathe new life into existing services.

https://www.augment.ink/social-siloes-post/

Fediverse Threads

https://www.augment.ink/social-siloes-post

quillmatiq, to random

Apple fans: Governments need to stop regulating Apple and trying to break my beloved walled garden! Third party app stores will do nothing for me! 😡

Also Apple fans: Omg, I get to use emulators on my phone now? 🥰

quillmatiq, to random

@ryanhatesthis gave another shout-out to my piece in the latest edition of Garbage Day, this time saying that it's one of three articles that have made him excited for the Fediverse!

Very cool to see more and more people getting hyped for what's coming after Fediverse Threads 🌐

You can check out the full newsletter that links to the other two Fediverse pieces here: https://www.garbageday.email/p/new-dinner-party-simulation-app-dropped

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C5l6QZGvuAn

quillmatiq, to random

A reminder not to share your whole contacts list to an app that doesn't have a monetization plan, may not exist in the near future, and is owned by a company that still needs to pay back their investors as much a they can.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@mikehos3/post/C5zaDcax02F

quillmatiq, to random

Hanging with a fellow @Flipboard alum and Seattleite on the top of @techmeme 🥹

RE: https://www.threads.net/@thekenyeung/post/C5t4SyjSQgeC2TYRrLRZ7t1unAtiWJys4eyB9Y0

quillmatiq, to random

Yeah, I miss Google+ too.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@hi.im.vijay/post/C5q3aYGPJq_-kR_F5aW59XMsl0MBe1REYBzd-o0

quillmatiq, to random

So my post made its way to HackerNews last night - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40009148. On the second page now but apparently peaked at #7 🤯.

Happy to see so much positive feedback on the post! Looks like a lot of people are excited about Fediverse Threads 🌐

s/o to @cheeaun for discovering the HN link 🙏🏻

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C5l6QZGvuAn

quillmatiq, to random

There will never be a social media experience that makes sense for everyone. Federation means being able to try a diversity of options while keeping the same network.

When Threads federates, I hope you can find what works best for your needs. Maybe that'll still be Threads - and that's dope! But luckily, you won't have to choose the option that the majority have agreed is "good enough".

To me, Fediverse Threads isn't about Threads or Mastodon - it's about the wave that comes after it 🌐🌊

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C5l6QZGvuAn

quillmatiq, to random

I wrote about my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences that went above and beyond my expectations. A post in which I try my hardest not to rant about lists.

Later this year when Fediverse Threads completely federates, the social web ecosystem is going to get a lot more exciting and I'm so ready for that future.

www.augment.ink/threads-on-mastodon/

http://www.augment.ink/threads-on-mastodon/

quillmatiq, to random

If you're like me and followed all your Fediverse Threads follows on your Mastodon account, get yourself a chronological feed for Threads that includes replies and reposts by making a list with all of them. Then use the Advanced UI for a live-ish feed.

If you've already followed a bunch and don't want to go through your follows again, use this tool: https://www.mastodonlistmanager.org/manager

Hoping to see more of my follows turn the Fediverse switch on so I don't miss their replies 🤩

quillmatiq, to random

When Substack launched, one of its major selling points was portability of subscribers. If you ever wanted to leave, you could move your email list to another tool without missing a beat.

Substack is now prioritizing lock-in features. Notes and Follows could have easily been implemented using open standards like ActivityPub, which would continue to make writers' content interoperable and portable. Instead, they built a walled garden.

Leave the N*zi bar before you get locked in.

https://www.thewrap.com/substack-follow-feature-problems-subscriptions-down/

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