"The vast majority of violence, including virtually every terrorist attack in the last 25 years, coming from the far right, has not been from anyone affiliated with a group. Most of what we see in the violent actions are individuals who are radicalized online into toxic cultures"
#Twitter is a proprietary platform. #Facebook is a proprietary platform. #WhatsApp is a proprietary platform. #Instagram is a proprietary platform. #Telegram is a proprietary platform. #Signal is a proprietary platform. #Mastodon is a proprietary platform.
Bluesky is going to skyrocket to mainstream popularity and actually replace Twitter, and Mastodon cannot, because Bluesky is being designed to be simple, fun, and — most importantly — easy to understand.
All these tools are critical to the future of the Fediverse.
In particular, #Pixelfed will be released on iOS and Android by the end of the month -- which will give people who use #Instagram an easy way to migrate to the Fediverse.
Dan does a lot! Let's show him appreciation and love!
how much of a bubble do we have to be in, to see Twitter as the biggest platform that needs an alternative? I am glad that @pixelfed is trying but we need a wayyyy bigger push in that direction. 90% of my friends AFK mainly use instagram for all communication online.
@liaizon I really don't think #PixelFed is taking a slice of #Instagram's cake any time soon, to be honest. I think if / when #Flickr & #Tumblr adopt #ActivityPub, they might be able to steal away a few users who want to share photos - but Instagram has its feet firmly grounded right now.
US-Behörde: Facebook immer noch "substanzielles öffentliches Risiko"
Trotz Rekordstrafe soll Meta weiter Datenschutzauflagen verletzt haben. Die FTC will jetzt speziell Kinder schützen. Ob das Manöver gelingt, ist offen.
Don't worry - I'm not going to stop posting said content here. Not that I think you were too worried, but just in case :blobnook:
And at the moment I'm not planning on doing that here - one personal #Mastodon account is enough for me. This is a multi-fandom geek Dad account!
But, I wonder how y'all feel about making separate, niche accounts for your fandoms. I know that happens on Instagram, but wasn't sure if people were doing that in the #Fediverse too.
On today’s show (releases at 4pm PT):
🎬 #YouTube unveils #Shorts ad formats at #NewFronts
📆 Meta Monday with Andrew Foxwell
📍 Meta simplifies ad targeting; geographic-based #ads will suffer
💰 Ad spending remains steady despite downturn fears
🛍️ #Amazon's Q1 retail sales stagnate, services grow
📱 #Instagram tests UGC-sourcing feature for brands
🎶 Instagram experiments with songs in photo carousels
🔎 #TikTok will soon auto-flag deepfakes https://todayindigital.com/
I keep getting motorcycle POV police getaway videos in my #YouTube#shorts feed and I keep reporting them for containing dangerous acts. Wtf is wrong with people. #report#contentmoderation
#Tiktok and #ShortVideo content is a cancer regarding this. People are just rrying to go viral and do the same stupid stuff over-and-over and just hope they get the next trend. Whether it is to get others to drink tidepods orbto steal a Hyundai belinging to someone just as a joke.
But companies like #Meta, #Google, #Youtube, #Instagram, and #Tiktok are exploiting this because they are generating clicks, and they can show people ads. This is why they don't moderate these things.
The messed-up thing is that they then moderate and remove legit creators for stupid reasons and false copyright claims.
Social media is broken because it now has longer existed. It is just a bunch of advertisement companies with extra steps.
WordPress.com: Why #Twitter Auto-Sharing Is Coming to an End
For WordPress.com and #Jetpack users, Twitter will no longer be part of Jetpack Social. However, we’re adding #Instagram and #Mastodon very soon. In the meantime, auto-sharing to Tumblr, #Facebook, and #LinkedIn still works as expected, and you can continue sharing your blog post links on Twitter manually through their app or desktop site.
This confirms what I've been thinking #Musk is going to do with #twitter. He's turning it into a big mall: first he partnered with eToro to expand the #financial services they offer, now he's trying to set up a virtual #news stand, next it will be #shop-fronts for every #brand that wants to sell things on Twitter.
The idea here is that he'll get rent for the shop-fronts, while also getting a cut off all the transactions...
@unattributed That actually sounds like a good idea considering how much people use social media; but, we've never seen this done successfully because (both #FaceBook and #Instagram have failed at this).
But, I was mostly referring to #Twitter trying to become a home for articles. I doubt it will find a way to integrate them well; it's still a microblogging platform at heart, after all.
The idea of charging per article is pretty cool though.
#Twitter invested at least $13M in #Bluesky.
Sure, they say it operates independently, but Musk must still retain significant influence and control through Twitter's stake. Moving from Twitter to Bluesky might seem like flipping off Musk, but is it really? Did moving from #Facebook to #Instagram make you feel like you just flipped off Zuckerberg?
Maybe this why Bsky is getting such a boost on birdsite right now. The goal was eventually to integrate it to Twitter (Verge reported).
Meanwhile, there is a true #Fediverse that is not built and controlled by billionaires.
It's interesting to me that so many of us are regular smartphone users now, and we all use them in such different ways.
Figured I'd look at my phone's most used apps as I've never paid much attention to it before. Out of the 55 apps I've used in the last 6 days, yeah, my top 6 aren't a surprise to me at all. 🤣
@atomicpoet Shared this morning with my Instagram followers. It’s a fine line, wanting to lure people over while not being a broken record. I talk about #Mastodon a lot on #Meta platforms. It may be 1/3 to 1/2 of what I share there 😬 I dunno. I don’t care if I drive away followers really & I’m an artist. I’ve always shared a mix of my images, ideas, & #mentalHealth journey. Choosing to spend time on the #Fediverse instead of #Facebook & #Instagram is part of that. #SocialMedia
@pixelfed ich habe das Internet durchsucht und immer noch keine Lösung gefunden. Ich finde nur Beiträge die das gleiche Problem thematisieren.
Wie soll man Menschen zum Plattformwechsel motivieren, wenn man seine timeline nicht mitnehmen kann.
Ich weiß, das liegt nicht an Pixelfed, doch ohne eine userfreundliche Importfunktion schwindet die Motivation. Und die Menschen bleiben bei Instagram, obwohl sie von Werbung und Algorithmen genervt sind. #Instagram#pixelfed#import
@pixelfed@pixelfed I have searched the internet and still have not found a solution. I only find posts that address the same problem.
How to motivate people to switch platforms if you can't take their timeline with you.
I know it's not Pixelfed's fault, but without a user-friendly import function, the motivation dwindles. And people stay on Instagram even though they're annoyed by ads and algorithms. #instagram#pixelfed#import