@deadsuperhero Nope, doesn't seem so. Blocked a #Mastodon instance I have an alt of from my #Misskey here, and then posted from the Mastodon. Can still see the post from there. :mima_think:
One way to promote the #Fediverse is by making the different fediverse software support custom profile skins and themes. This can potentially create an ecosystem of skin and theme creators, which in turn will make more people talk about it.
I differentiate between a skin and a theme because:
A “skin” is like changing the CSS of the default layout. Adding an image here and there, new icons, and colours and gradients.
While a “theme” can change the layout itself. The widgets available, or shuffle them around. Possible even a way to add custom ones (careful with this though).
You can add, remove, and move widgets around. Use custom ones easily. Change colours easily. Change the widths, the columns, and so on. That is a “theme”. There were even third-party frontend packages a developer can use so they don't have to worry much about it.
Skinning is the simplest method; and this was what made #Plurk popular when it launched in May 2008 (yes, Plurk is as old as the Fediverse network). There was a Plurk skin ecosystem, which in turn increased the number of people talking about Plurk.
Apply the theming feature from the early CMS brands with Plurk's user-level skinning feature, and we create a playground for the users.
#Misskey and forks already had a good start with their user-level skinning feature (and user-level plugins at that). We just need to see it in the other popular fediverse software.
Make it easier to understand. Write guidelines in layman's terms, not dev terms, and maybe, just maybe, we can spark the interest of new users. Who doesn't want a customisable user profile?
After thinking through some responses to my posts and some thoughts of my own, I have concluded that this study probably has a low content and criteria validity and the study is unintentionally biased. Why theses conclusions I cover that under two overlapping headings:
open questions about the data used
Biases
1 Open Questons
How is untagged data dealt with? This is a significant question, since it affects biases and validity. Many things are untagged on Mastodon type instances. (More on that later) The study mention Mastodon and Misskey. However, a large bulk of Misskey data is not tagged. Tagging is much more common on Mastodon type instances. This means populations that user Misskey will be underrepresented. It also may affect representation of female acculturated individual who studies have been shown to be less aggressive, self promoting, or call attention to themselves.
How are PixelFed and Lenny and other platforms handled? Given that some of my PixelFed posts are boosted my guess is that some PixelFed data is included. Again tagging is less prevalent on PixelFed than on Mastodon based instances. This affects individuals who are visually inclined rather than text inclined. I am not familiar enough with Lenny and its ilk to know how that might affect things.
How are silent posts handled? I don’t have data but one use I make of silent posts is for things I do not want to draw attention to. These often relate to subjects which have drawn critical harassment or negative judgements in the past. This is an experience most marginalized individuals have experienced. Not everyone feels totally safe in the Fedi and may not wish their discussions to reach beyond their circle of trust.
Biases. I have already touched on this. I suspect that non-western, vulnerable and marginalized groups are underrepresented.
First, the sex positive community, a highly marginalized group, is explicitly excluded from the study. NSFW material is not counted. Regardless of one’s opinion of this community and its products, posts, and comments, excluding it skews the data.
None Western users are underrepresented. I have shown how the platforms (Misskey/Pawoo) and habits of Japanese and other Asian groups are underrepresented by the dependance on hastags, attention-seeking behaviors, and Asian dominated platforms. These groups are much less likely to call attention to them self than the self aggrandizing west.
It is likely that female acculturated individual are underrepresented due less attention drawing behavior and language. This has been demonstrated to be the case in many studied elsewhere and I propose it is true here.
While I have no data to back this up, I would theorize the same is happening with POC populations.
Reliance on hashtags certainly biases the study against less technical individuals. While a place like the Fedi draws heavily from a more heavily technical population, there are other users.
Reliance text dominated platforms minimizes the visibility of individual who are graphically oriented, such as the photographic community. At least a portion of this population uses PixelFed. It is unclear the extent PixelFed is included in this study.
I question many of the conclusions in the study. That a small minority of individual contribute and drive discussion on the Fedi is hardly surprising. The break down of interests, however, seems have questionable validity since it excludes non-western, minority and less technically savvy individuals. Incomplete inclusion of all Fedi platforms also reduces the visibility of those who engage in non-text information sharing.
I may be incorrect in my assessment since these questions: hash tag dependance; inclusion or exclusion of none-mastodon instance; and measure to insure inclusion are not clearly stated.
At the very least, I hope that any future study will discuss how they are dealing with these kinds of biases and validity issue.
#Threads user with dotted username (an impossibility in vanilla #Mastodon) spotted in the wild federating with a #Misskey instance (namely, Voskey)! So, does this mean Misskey can handle dotted usernames & thus can further do what #Mastodont?
By the way, that #Threads account belongs to a small Japanese #bakery shop selling #cakes online, in case anyone here wishes to buy from them: @kashi.usuiro@threads.net
(Sadly, it seems you cannot yet directly @ them from #Misskey as the dot immediately breaks the ping for being outside the instance-domain-name part, so I had to fake the ping here by making it a #maskedlink to their URL.)
#Misskey blocks CW'd images if you're logged out now, but if you follow someone from Mastodon (or a misskey instance probably) you can just view it normally.
If you need to share a link, a mastodon link of the misskey link works, funny enough. IDK why they're doing that, stupid. Twitter-esque, even.
It's so crazy to me to think that I was on Xhitter for like 4 years and had a total of about 120 followers, most of which were spammers messaging me about "stream graphics".
I've been on Fedi for less than a year and have 5x that amount of followers and probably only enough spammers to count on one hand. I love this place.
📞 Introducing voice & video call for the Fediverse ✨
Sora is a futuristic Fediverse client for Mastodon, Bluesky, Misskey, Pleroma all in one. Comes with local ML to curate posts and the For You timeline.
In the next update V10, Sora allows you to have a Peer-to-Peer call using Fediverse credentials.
Good addition even if it's on the Threads side ... and I'm curious why many fediverse apps still can't get the correct post and follower count but it works with threads? Is it compatibility between Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey apps? @Gargron