There's lots of talk right now about how #Reddit alternatives such as #Lemmy, #kbin and #Lotide fit into the overall picture of the #Fediverse, with some calling these link-aggregation sites collectively the "Threadiverse". But how does #Pinetta fit into the mix?
Much like a link aggregator, Pinetta allows users to collect and comment on various things like links, text, images, video, and so on. In that sense, it will interact almost seamlessly with federated link aggregators. The main difference, of course, is in the user interface. Pinetta will have a number of modes that users can choose to display content:
As a "feed" chronologically or ranked based on most engaging posts (based on favourites and boosts);
As a "grid" similar to how #Pixelfed displays images in profiles;
As a "masonry" layout - much like how #Pinterest displays pins by default;
As a "mood board", which will allow users to arrange pins visually to their liking in a freeform 2D layout.
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This week, the #Pinetta team has been busy on multiple fronts! Our #Codeberg repos have been popping, with one feature branch (user model) closed and a new one (user avatars) opened, and progress made on a number of issues. We've also gathered feedback from #askFedi to help us learn about people's experience with #Pinterest, which will help us set goals properly. Finally, our #Matrix channels have been busy as we collaborate both on the technical and community frameworks—and as we prepare to produce the first of several documents to express our collective vision and principles for the project.
Question for black women, indigenous women, or women of other marginalized identities who've used #Pinterest: Is your experience of Pinterest overall positive, negative, or somewhere in between? Have you ever felt targeted for harrassment or other forms of harm while using it?
Please feel free to answer in direct messages if you prefer.
I'm really hoping for more #Fediverse alternatives to both #Tumblr and #Pinterest as two examples in particular. I'm aware of a few things in the works but nothing concrete as yet?
Google unveils changes before strict EU rules kick in
Google vowed Thursday to be more transparent about content moderation across its services, including its ubiquitous search engine, as tech firms rush to meet stricter European Union rules that kick in this week.
Sweeping rules will apply from Friday to Google, alongside 18 other large social media platforms and websites including Meta-owned Instagram, Twitter (rebranded as X) and TikTok, forcing the companies to better police content, or face the risk of billions of euros in fines.
Among the Google products listed were YouTube, Google Maps, Play, Search, and Shopping.
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Pinterest takes my award for most annoying and useless platform on the internet.
Every link to there is trash that never actually shows you what you clicked on. I quite genuinely detest that site and feel like the internet would be a more functional place without #Pinterest clickbait BS mis-directions infesting (image) searches.
Long before #AI was turning everything to crap, Pinterest was already fire-hosing search with BS.
Veo a mucha gente quejándose del uso de sus datos para entrenar IAs que solo quieren aprender de los humanos para, según ellos, esclavizarnos y sodomizarnos en un futuro no muy lejano.
Quiero recordaros que, para cada servicio ofrecido por grandes compañías, existe una opción gratuita, libre y sin ánimo de lucro.
El fediverso es un gran ejemplo de ello, donde podéis encontrar servicios como Peertube, Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc. Todas estas maravillas no utilizan algoritmos que invadan tu privacidad, no te bombardean con publicidad basada en tus datos, ni están controladas por grandes corporaciones que desean conocer tus hábitos de uso y tu información privada…
Sé que los que estáis aquí ya conocéis muchas de estas ventajas, pero tenemos que hacer entre todos un trabajo de formación al usuario y mostrarle a la gente que existen alternativas fáciles, cómodas y mejores.
Me voy a beber 3 o 4 cervezas mientras reflexiono sobre esto… O no.