On my timeline, some people are saying that if you are federating with Threads, you are a terrible person.
But these folks don’t seem to have any plan for migrating people off Threads. And should they have a plan, what’s their plan for getting them to migrate to a server that de-federates Threads – and ensure they’re happy when they do it?
The ironic thing is that a lot of these “morally upright” folks came to the Fediverse during the #TwitterMigration. They benefitted from tools to make the transition easier. They used auto-crossposting, look-up sites to find their old friends, and various importing tools to help them ensure their switch to Mastodon was a success.
In other words, they benefitted from connecting their Fediverse accounts to Twitter. They can’t use these tools right now, mind you, but that’s not because Fediverse developers were so outraged by Elon Musk that they pulled the plug. No, it was Twitter that pulled the plug by entirely killing off API access.
But now that these folks “got theirs”, they want to kick the ladder off the roof. Should there be some sort of crisis on Threads – and there likely will be – what’s the migration path for Threads users to leave Threads? Why should they trust some random Fediverse server that they’ve never interacted with instead of continuing to deal with the devil they do know, Threads?
By no means am I telling you to federate with Threads. As a server operator, that decision is entirely up to you. Yet I am very skeptical that if all Fediverse servers de-federated Threads, it will make the world a better place. On the contrary, no migration path from Threads makes the world worse.
Yesterday, we co-hosted a webinar w/ @publicspaces on transitioning to #Mastodon from #Twitter as a public organization.
Our key points:
➡️Align your core values w/ communication strategy & reclaim control of channels.
➡️Mastodon prioritizes meaningful, value-driven communication over commercial interests.
➡️#TwitterMigration brought us into a vibrant community🦣 w/ valuable interactions.
➡️Transition should have been made sooner.
👋 Hi, fellow public organizations: What are your experiences?
Geschafft, ich bin nun auf #mastodon und habe #twitter vollständig verlassen. Jetzt heißt es hoffen, das ich hier die selben Kanäle und User wieder finde.
Unterscheidet sich ja doch sehr und ich finde mich erstmal hier ein. Aber das mit den hashtags scheint zumindest gleich zu sein.
Gibts iwas das ihr mir empfiehlt für den Einstieg?
Looking through my feed, certain people are really angry that, even though they blocked Threads already, Threads still uses ActivityPub.
Logically, blocking should be enough. They even created a Fedipact. Problem solved, right?
But I think what really bothers them is that Threads is nevertheless using ActivityPub.
Look, in my ideal world everyone would be operating their own Fediverse servers. That’s exactly what I’m doing with atomicpoet.org. But I’m an edge case right now.
If you want to kill Meta, then people who use Meta’s services must be aware of the Fediverse. Right now, most of them know nothing about it. Those who do know about it dismiss it as geekery.
So how are we planning to bring more people to the Fediverse? Do you even want more people or would you rather keep this place an exclusive club?
The notion that the Fediverse is an exclusive club is an illusion. We should have learned that lesson during the #TwitterMigration, but it looks like we’ll learn that lesson yet again.
Today I submitted a complaint to the Information Commissioner of Canada arguing that by only using third party social media platforms Public Safety Canada was not living up to the spirit, if not the word, of the Access to Information Act.
You can read it on my blog.
I blame @bougiewonderland for egging me on but hey, if you're going to complain about something, you might as well really COMPLAIN! 😂
In oktober zijn we gestopt met #Twitter en volledig overgestapt naar Mastodon.
Tijdens de webinar van @publicspaces delen we onze argumenten voor de transitie. Hoe is onze ervaring met Mastodon tot nu toe? Spoiler: heel goed :) #twittermigration
Russell is an unsung hero of #OpenSource in Australia - it's his diligence and hard work that has kept the books straight for Linux Aus and auspiced conferences for several years now 👋
It's been a long time since I was invited to leave Twitter, and I left (now I'm the happiest person in the world in Mastodon). Now they invite me to leave Reddit... where am I going? #twittermigration#reddit#helpmastodon
Hey #tumblr refugees! I too am a #tumblrite and when we had the mass #TwitterMigration I wrote up a bunch of getting started here posts. You might find them useful!
QUOTE TOOTS ARE COMING. They're in development and there's been a lot of consideration about how to do it right for this environment, so it's taken A While. But it's in active development and within some degree of development-soon.
Anyway, good luck! It's very different here but also pretty rewarding once you figure it out.
Maybe I should start an irregular series of "What Hubzilla is like" posts for people in the Fediverse, Mastodon specifically, who don't know anything about it. Not for those who want to switch, but for those who assume that Hubzilla is just like whatever else they know. Like, for Mastodon users who blindly assume that Hubzilla is just like Mastodon with a different UI and then act accordingly. Thus, it'd mostly focus on how Hubzilla is different from Mastodon.
The difficult part would be to limit these posts to only 500 characters. Minus what I'll need for the hashtags, namely #Hubzilla, #FediTips and #FediverseTips to increase discoverability for those who are interested and #FediMeta, #FediverseMeta, #CWFediMeta and #CWFediverseMeta so that these posts are automatically removed or hidden behind generated content warnings by already existing filters. Because I know for a fact that many Mastodon users won't touch anything that goes even a smidge over 500 characters. And I know that there are Mastodon users for whom any and all Fediverse meta is too nerve-gratingly techy.
> Three, vice versa, Mastodon and its users rejecting the culture of non-Mastodon projects whenever it differs from Mastodon's. Many Mastodon users want everything that is "un-Mastodon-like" banned all across the whole Fediverse because it disturbs them, be it posts over 500 characters, be it quotes, be it "quote-tweets", be it text formatting in any way. However, all this stuff is perfectly normal and absolutely part of the culture everywhere outside of Mastodon.
Character limitation. It's funny that it is a reason because three are Mastodon-powered instances (a lot in fact) with more than 500.
What the "purists" did not realise is that the customizable number of characters has been part of the Fediverse since the first Fediverse managed service launched: StatusNet "hosting", in 2008. @-lnxwalt was very active in posting different content on the different length instances back then.
To add to what you mentioned, another reason they hate #Threads is because they supposedly introduced something that isn't part of #Mastodon and #ActivityPub, dots in username.
But it has been around years before Instagram even thought about Threads (assuming they came up with the project during the #TwitterMigration ). You'll often see it from website-based AP implementations. @example.com@example.com
Also, the reasoning "not in ActivityPub" is well, Mastodon is as guilty of that since the discussions of AP started. Since Mastodon was successful in positioning itself at the proper place, everyone ended up / was forced to implement Mastodon-only stuff just so their software will be interoperable with it, even though it isn't part of ActivityPub.
Most "Mastodon purists", as well as, "ActivityPub gatekeepers" use reasons that can't stand; and their solution is fragmentation or contrary to what the Fediverse is, and what AP was made for. Basically, they want to go back to the way things are: "siloed networks" or "walled-gardens".
#BringDownTheWalls has been the goal of the Fediverse since 2008, and even before that when #SocialWeb discussions started (even in related conferences).
#AskMastodon has anyone heard if the major social media management apps are adding or have added Mastodon. I feel this has been a majornreason we haven't seen broader adoption in the corporate or government space.
Reply with software suggestions? #TwitterMigration#SocialMedia