"In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new. ... There's a palpable feeling that this just might be the year of the open web."
Zappify Mosquito Killer - One user, Sam, from Reddit, couldn't be happier with his Zappify Mosquito Zapper. He shared his experience saying, "I've tried various mosquito zappers in the past, but the Zappify 2.0 is hands down the best one. It's powerful, easy to use, and I love how it keeps my outdoor space bug-free. No more mosquito bites for me!"
Former CEO of Twitter wanted to build a social protocol no-one can control, like SMTP or HTTP for social media. Bluesky’s ATProto was supposed to be an open source protocol that Twitter could eventually utilize, but then Musk happened and Bluesky started taking it to the wrong direction and everything fell apart in Dorsey’s mind.
A very revealing interview. I now see even more future in W3C’s ActivityPub.
Happy Friday to all of you here in the #Fediverse today!
What is on your agenda for the day and for the weekend ahead?
For me, the wife and I are going to a special Winston Salem Dash baseball game tonight. It's our first one. They are the A team for the Chicago White Sox. Hoping to have a great time tonight.
Not much else planned outside of work stuff for a bit today and the weekend we don't have anything planned as of yet.
Good Friday morning to all my #Fediverse friends out there. Hope the day is going well.
Let’s take a moment for our #KoffeeWithKyle chat and see what everyone’s plans are for this last day of the week.
For me, had to jump start my car this morning. 😒 Not how I wanted to start a Friday. Now I have to get my battery checked. Have work per usual. Couple of demos today for products. Then this evenings is pretty chill; school work and TV.
Seems to work on #MissKey.> They can convey meaning well
If everyone agrees on the meaning of the picture, sure, but this is not the case. Various emojis can have vastly different meanings to different groups of people. If you're also going to add in custom emojis this is going to be even worse, you're throwing around emojis that are literally undefined by the majority of the world population.
With your example "boosts appreciated", making a hashtag BoostsAppreciated is clear, concise, and accessible to all. I've never even heard of a dedicated emoji for this, and if you suddenly started to use those I'd have to wonder what you're trying to convey, and use the alt-text to actually get anywhere. Seems like more hassle than just using text in the first place.> They can be used in addition to other textual hashtags
This is true, but do you expect people to just use double the hashtags going forward? One with readable text, the other in image form which you then have to hope works in every context?> textual hashtags [...] aren't always as accessible in their meaning either
Everyone can make "bad" hashtags, but I don't think making the pool worse is going to improve that. If any, it'd make it worse, now people can make bad hashtags with both text and images.> There are cultures around emoji use, that give meaning in certain contexts, and those cultures are part of social fabric and cohesion then
That sounds like a rather big assumption. Are you aware of any cultures that are currently unable to use hashtags, that have a strict need to use basically any image they can think of? To me this sounds incredibly unlikely, especially in the context of the #Fediverse.
For this week’s #FollowFriday I recommend a very unique account, Ryan Barrett @snarfed.org@snarfed.org
He works on https://fed.brid.gy — an important exploration on bridging different protocols in the social web.
If you open his profile (i.e., open original page) it’s actually just his #PersonalSite — a peek into a future where individual personal sites transcend any “social network”
@gbhnews hi! that makes sense. I'm not an expert, of course, but here's how I'd rewrite it: "1.3 million people trapped as Israel bombs Rafah" because that's the bigger news. Focusing on "Palestinian militants" is misleading, as if this a battle between equals rather than the domination of one over the other.
thanks so much for the reply! your presence here really does rule!