The BBC's experiment with Mastodon is pathbreaking in English-language news -- a major organization setting up its own instance. They've really thought this through. Key language:
"We're using social.bbc as the domain, so you can be sure these accounts are genuinely from the BBC. And by linking to and from the BBC’s website, we have verified our identity on Mastodon."
Re-Post: Über das #Fediverse werden noch immer seltsame Mythen verbreitet - offenbar von eingefleischten (oder mittlerweile verzweifelten) Twitter-Fans. Ich habe einige dieser Mythen aufgegriffen, um zu sehen, was dran ist. Spoiler: Nicht viel. 😉
Warum ich das schreibe? Weil nach den letzten #reddit Änderungen ein paar User ebenfalls ins #fediverse umgezogen sind und zwar nach #lemmy
Das Tolle daran: Ihr könnt von eurem #mastodon account mitlesen (z.B. @dach) & schreiben oder komfortabler über z.B. die deutsche Instanz https://feddit.de selber mitmachen! #feddit
"I'd just like to add that it's been a few years since I got excited about innovation in tech. Things like cryptocurrency, NFTs, and now AI, have all been about extracting value and making profit. The fediverse is a breath of fresh air."
Between Twitter and Reddit imploding, and Meta soon launching their fediverse-compatible Project 92/Barcelona/Threads, there's a great need to make https://jointhefediverse.net available in more languages.
Would you join me and the rest of the volunteers and help out?
Join the JoinFediverseWiki - "eine Enzyklopädie über das Fediverse"
Das Wiki bietet schon umfangreiche Informationen über das Fediverse und dessen diverse Plattformen. Es enthält jedoch auch noch einige Lücken, die darauf warten, von fleißigen Fedizens gestopft zu werden.
This seems very important and worth ongoing study:
“Once again, results suggest a rise in diversity as the 10 biggest server contribution to the Fediverse is reduced by more than 10%. So, even if the biggest servers are accumulating more users, it seems that the Fediverse is becoming more decentralized.”
Uuhh...now I'm getting lost. Should we block them to avoid them blocking us first?
For me, being here (in the Fediverse) and not posting original posts on the BigTech centralized services, which they can kick me off, moderate or cut me off from my content, was the main reason. I host my own instances. For the (very few) posts I do on a centralized service I have already posted it here (in the Fediverse) OR (more often these days) simply post a link to the Fediverse post in question (often with the #JoinTheFediverse tag).
My point is that my goal is still intact, no matter whichever other instance is set up. I still own my content. It can't be taken away from me. As I undisputably post it on a platform I control first it is not theirs, even if my post enriches a post that started off on their platform and they in some way might claim ownership of its content. If they were to decide to block me it goes like with any other block here in the Fediverse = unfortunate but, hey, that is how this place works...and if they do they will definitely not even be able to find a legal loop-hole that allows them to own my content in any way/shape/form.
On the flipside, if a service appears on the Fediverse that my current non-fedi friends thinks "hey, THAT is what I will join!" (despite me having chewed their ears off for months to come here in the first place) and it will mean I get to see their posts here, and to share my posts with them: good for them! Good for me!
In the meantime we (who are already present in the Fediverse) can look at what the new instances are doing, how they are doing it, if they are introducing new challenges/problems, and if those problems means we should adapt something in our existing services here.
https://jointhefediverse.net is now available "po slovensky"! More languages are coming. Huge thanks to everyone who reached out and offered to provide translation!
I am currently in touch with volunteers who offered to translate the site into German, Spanish, Polish, and Russian. If you'd like to help, or speak some other language, please do reach out!
Well, in the light of Twitter continuing its transformation into a right-wing online forum, tell your friends and loved ones that it's not too late to #JoinTheFediverse.