maegul, (edited ) to mastodon
@maegul@hachyderm.io avatar

Reflecting on the firefish/calckey "moment"

which was about a year ago now, I can't help but suspect it was a small event with wider implications on the dominance of in the

I think it was the last chance to direct the twitter migration energy into discovering new/different fedi platforms.

And it was blown, with alt-social in a weird steady/waiting state that's smaller I suspect, than what many hoped for.

@fediverse

cntd: https://hachyderm.io/@maegul/112358202238795371

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maegul, (edited ) to stackoverflow
@maegul@hachyderm.io avatar

The fediverse won’t succeed at putting up a substitute and that’s a problem?

Just an impression: All the pieces seem to be there. But what’s required is a team, with devs, PMs and coordinators, dedicated to making a particular place in the .

That’s resources and decently sized financial and organisational demands, especially to get a critical mass of users.

Is the fediverse up to that challenge? If not, is it an issue worth addressing?

@fediverse

ajsadauskas, to fediverse
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?

Looks like ICQ is finally shutting down, just as interest in retro internet tools is growing.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june

@fediverse

metin, to mastodon
@metin@graphics.social avatar

Just discovered that most of the people I was following over at Bluesky haven't been active there in months, sometimes many months.

I've got a hunch that Bluesky is not going to be the Twitter successor they hope for. 🤔

There's this platform called Mastodon though… 😉👍

stefan, to fediverse
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

I know some fediverse apps use various text/image detection technologies, so I was curious if this encourages the use of alt text.

The main thing I learned: Out of nearly 30,000 fediverse posts I looked at, almost 80% did not have information about the client app.

That was a bit surprising. And it makes doing this sort of analysis difficult.

amoroso, (edited ) to space
@amoroso@fosstodon.org avatar

These unofficial Mastodon accounts of space agencies are bots that merely share news items the agencies publish elsewhere, yet the accounts have quite a lot of followers:

  • NASA: @nasa 71K followers
  • ESA: @esa 1.4K followers

There's an unfulfilled demand for public institutions to communicate on open and independent platforms.

stefan, to fediverse
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

What is a fediverse-neutral word for "subtweet"? People here use "subtoot", but that's based on Mastodon's "toot", which is no longer officially used.

"Subpost" doesn't sound quite right. But I guess that's it?

mina, to fediverse
@mina@berlin.social avatar

I wonder why the Mastodon web interface only displays the first frame of webp animations.

Is this a general thing or just one more of the arbitrary limitations?

gnulinux, to fediverse German
@gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de avatar

Zum Wochenende: Ückück und das Fediverse - unsere neue Kolumne

Ab Montag schreibt Stephanie Henkel für GNU/Linux.ch Meinungsbeiträge zum Fediverse: Seid gespannt!

#Fediverse #Ueckueck #Ückück #Mastodon #Kolumne #Meinung #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/wzs-ueckueck-und-das-fediverse

stefan, to accessibility
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar
chema, to fediverse
@chema@ctrvx.net avatar

If you're looking to host your very own single-user/a-few-users instance, you cannot go wrong with . It is simple to install on Ubuntu and works very well with some really solid clients. It is also written in C, so it is fast, with few dependencies. Great work @grunfink, you've got a new monthly supporter on Ko-fi!

https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

kubikpixel, to OpenAI German
@kubikpixel@chaos.social avatar

Hach ja, nun ist es hoch offiziell, dass Reddit nun deine Daten für OpenAI sammelt. Alternativen diesbezüglich im Fediverse hatte ich schon länger her vorgeschlagen, das ist @LemmyDev und/oder @kbin, die nicht an deine kostenlosen Daten verdienen (profitieren).

»OpenAI darf Reddit-Daten nutzen:
Die beiden Unternehmen wollen eng zusammenarbeiten – und voneinander profitieren.«

🤖 https://www.inside-it.ch/openai-darf-reddit-daten-nutzen-20240517


frozencanuck, to fediverse
@frozencanuck@mas.to avatar

Great to meet @Gargron, @andypiper and many other and enthusiasts in SF.

Thanks to @mike and @Flipboard for holding the social event!

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koen, to Amsterdam
@koen@procolix.social avatar

Dear European based LGBTIQ+ people.. (so basically everybody).

Today I attended an event in #Amsterdam organized by @waag @DeGroene @gemeenteamsterdam and the #oBa Amsterdam public library called #StateOfTheInternet

Featured speaker this time was Euro Member of Parliament @kimvsparrentak who passionately spoke on the need for a more free Internet detached from #bigTech and more focussed on #Democracy and real #Social interaction.

When confronted with her presence on X and Insta, and the lack of active presence here on the #Fediverse we promised to help her.

Please help us get a decent follower-base here and follow her account right now, before she even gets a chance to get more active. A follower base of more than a 1000 people will surely help her convince her party members to spend time and money on a real presence here.

I used a cut out of the image posted by @sicco in this post: https://todon.nl/@sicco/112372340250592627 thank you for that Sicco.

paul, to Plumbing
@paul@oldfriends.live avatar

Weird issue. In warm weather, our toilet and drains sound hollow, gurgles, etc, when flushing or draining, like when the tub is drained. In the cold months, it is fine. Last year we had the system snaked 100%. No clogs–been an issue since we bought house in 2019.

I am thinking the warm weather, wind, etc is causing negative air pressure through the main roof plumbing vent

What does the think? Any solutions?

stefan, to fediverse
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

Good news, users!

You can now try out my projects, including https://data.stefanbohacek.dev/projects/fediverse

compost, to fediverse
@compost@regenerate.social avatar

The reason why we would love to see more accounts talk about composting on the is simple.

You will be able to focus on your area and explain to local people what they can compost and where they can get their organic matter.

You can create a local community that will help your local area make a better place.

If we started this account it is for a main reason. Make people understand that by choosing to compost they can have a positive impact and do something about the .

So creating a multitude of local accounts that will allow people to organize and make their area a better place is a very powerful thing to do for the .

irfan, to mastodon

Important issue, and an interesting discussion has taken place since last year on the side of things. I imagine this issue is also present for and most other services, and I wonder if a fix is already in the works or even rolled out for them?

🔗 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/23662

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/112364520275421073

drahardja, to stackoverflow
@drahardja@sfba.social avatar

The Stack Overflow rugpull is another data point in my head which discourages me from contributing any content to a hoard owned by a corporation.

I’m hoping that ActivityPub will one day enable SO-style knowledge bases in which the individual nuggets of content are owned by independent servers and cannot be purchased by anyone.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

notroot, to fediverse

Adding a Fediverse Share Button to my Emacs Nikola Blog

Just to get extra meta, I published this blog post, then shared it to my account by clicking the "Fediverse Share Button" and writing these words you're reading right now.

Next I will grab the article ID of this toot, and rebuild and redeploy, so that when (if?) anyone replies to this toot, their replies will appear in the "Comments" section of my blog!

100% static site, written in Emacs, built and deployed using Nikola.

https://blog.notroot.online/posts/adding-a-fediverse-share-button-to-my-emacs-nikola-blog/

lee, to fediverse
@lee@sanjuans.life avatar

We just published a new Common Craft video that explains the and in about 3.5 minutes. I'd love to know what you think: https://youtu.be/VmSWPj0T9IQ?si=2AbwNYzCQh90cfBe

ascherbaum, to Blog
@ascherbaum@mastodon.social avatar
maegul, to fediverse
@maegul@hachyderm.io avatar

Nice demonstration of why mastodon's dominance is problematic

See the conversions here:
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4628
and
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/federating-the-content-of-posts-note-articles-and-character-limits/4087

AFAICT, mastodon's decisions, which are arguably problematic (on which see: https://lemmy.ml/post/14973403) are literally trickling down to other platforms and infecting how they federate with each other as they dance around mastodon's quirks in different ways.

It seems like masto is ruining "the standard" with its gravity.


@fediverse

cliffwade, to fediverse
@cliffwade@allthingstech.social avatar

Good morning and happy Wednesday folks!

Let's all discuss what our day has in store for us today or what we've already done for the day.

It's work as usual for me with a meeting at 2pm that shouldn't take too long. It's a Nova meeting, so should be interesting as well.

Beyond that, likely just some video games and TV to round out the day.

noondlyt, to fediverse
@noondlyt@mastodon.social avatar

You know what's nice about here...knowing I can criticize and call out any corporation, politician, or wealth hoarder without being suppressed, hidden, etc at the whim of advertisers or megalomaniacs.

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