EUCommission, to random
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

Today, we launched our new Mastodon instance. It will ensure a privacy-focused space to engage with and get the latest from our Commissioners, departments, and the official voices of the Commission.

We want to thank @Mastodon for stewarding us and helping us make this possible.

Fostering European digital players is vital to our strategy for a stronger .

This is a unique opportunity to grow the community even more. Let's get there!

smallcircles,
@smallcircles@social.coop avatar

@EUCommission

Delightful 💕 to see that now has an official instance. loves Mastodon, as the image clearly shows.

I hope this love will expand further to not just extend to one microblogging application, but to become a full embrace of the based decentralized environment and technology ecosystems that have formed around its open protocols, such as .

Many thanks to @EDPS for its efforts!

jwildeboer, to mastodon
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

The @EUCommission now has its own instance at https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/about Thank you for staying here, EU Commission!

QasimRashid, to random
@QasimRashid@mastodon.social avatar

Senators Rubio, Vance, & Scott, among others, refuse to say they'll accept election results
SCOTUS Justices Alito & Thomas are actively in support of insurrectionists
Speaker Johnson wants the Bible to supersede the Constitution

Fascism isn't headed to America—it's already here.

benroyce,
@benroyce@mastodon.social avatar

@QasimRashid

This is why I cannot stand people who say they won't vote

If they are in a group or an area that voter suppression is pointed at I understand and I forgive

But you have many , many right here on , loudly proclaiming they won't vote

It is melodramatic to say for most elections that it is a crisis that requires you to vote

But there is zero melodrama in saying that Nov 2024 is absolutely crucial for everyone to vote, no excuses

Do not be entitled!

!

Flipboard, to news
@Flipboard@flipboard.social avatar

There’s a new playbook being written right now when it comes to the future of social media. The early-mover advantage is still in effect, and there’s a lot to figure out. Gone are opaque algorithms and the whims of any single company.

The fediverse represents a chance for quality journalism to shine again.

We talked to two leaders at fedi-forward publications — @TheConversationUS's @BostonAbrams, and @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler — about why they’re investing in the open social web, what they’ve learned so far, and their advice for other publishers just getting started.

https://medium.com/fedi-curious/lessons-on-the-road-to-reviving-journalism-via-the-fediverse-01b3748cacc5

hello, to mastodon
@hello@social.wedistribute.org avatar

We dug into 's new US-based non-profit entity, and checked out who their board members are, and what they've accomplished in the past.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/05/mastodons-board-members/

gulovsen, to mastodon
@gulovsen@mastodon.social avatar
notizie, to mastodon Italian

Pulizie di primavera sulle istanze poliverso.org e poliversity.it: eliminati quasi tutti gli utenti inattivi a più di un anno. Cos'è successo e perché l'abbiamo fatto? E perché (quasi) nessun altro fa questo tipo di pulizie?

Uno dei grandi problemi del #Fediverso è che solo un 10% degli utenti complessivi si è effettivamente collegato da meno di un mese, intervallo di tempo questo che segna la differenza tra un "utente attivo" e un utente disperso che presenta un'alta probabilità di essere "deceduto".

@fediverso

Nelle scorse settimane abbiamo provveduto a verificare l'esistenza in vita dei nostri account più vecchi per capire se si trattasse di utenti realmente inattivi oppure solo di persone ancora interessate al Fediverso e i risultati hanno confermato le nostre aspettative: solo una minoranza esigua di questi account ha infatti confermato un qualche interesse a lurkare su #Mastodon o su #Friendica in posizione sefalica*.

  • sefalica, agg. usato solo nella forma femm. sing., dall'espressione vernacolare "se-fa-li-ca(zzi sua)*"* che indica l'approccio di chi è orientato sul proprio interesse e risulta scarsamente votato all'interazione con terzi

Il risultato di questa pulizia è stato decisamente significativo:

D'altra parte abbiamo notato un dato in apparente controtendenza:

  • l'istanza poliverso.org è passata dai 141 utenti complessivi di fine marzo, ai 161 di fine aprile (dati fediverse.observer) e ad oggi viene indicata (dati fedidb.org) con 183 utenti complessivi: 42 utenti attivi in più, ossia un incremento del 30% degli utenti attivi.
  • l'istanza poliversity.it è passata dai 47 utenti attivi di fine marzo, ai 56 di fine aprile (dati fediverse.observer) e ad oggi viene indicata (dati fedidb.org) con 58 utenti complessivi: 11 utenti attivi in più, ossia un incremento del 23% degli utenti attivi.

Come si spiega questa controtendenza

In realtà, benché alcuni nessi potrebbero essere di carattere contingente, non c'è necessariamente una causalità stretta tra l'eliminazione di utenti inattivi e l'incremento di utenti attivi e il motivo principale è il primo della lista:

  1. quando abbiamo cercato di prendere contatto con gli utenti inattivi, si è avuto un risveglio di alcuni di essi che ha determinato la "resurrezione" dei profili inattivi da più di un mese
  2. è possibile che alcuni utenti che hanno ricevuto l'avviso ma che non erano interessati a recuperare il profilo corrente, abbiano deciso di reiscriversi
  3. è possibile che alcuni profili fossero di bot automatizzati che, una volta risultati eliminati, si sono reiscritti automaticamente

Il risoltato è comunque quello di avere uno scostamento minore tra utenti complessivi e utenti attivi.

Ma perché questo ciclo di pulizia?

  • Il primo motivo è la privacy dei nostri utenti: se i nostri utenti non utilizzano il nostro social, non c'è motivo che noi continuiamo a trattare i dati personali necessari a gestire il loro account
  • il secondo motivo è la sIcurezza, intesa come sicurezza di noi amministratori ma anche di tutto il fediverso. Infatti, il fatto di avere in pancia utenti inattivi, non significa né che lo siano davvero, né che non siano utenti pericolosi. Una delle vulnerabilità del Fediverso che nasce dalle istanze a iscrizione libera è che qualche attore malevolo potrebbe far iscrivere utenti fittizi come parte di una botnet da attivare in certi momenti per produrre spam, far aumentare follower, alterare i flussi regolari dei messaggi. Ora, i socal commerciali dispongono di alcuni sistemi di mitigazione del rischio che, sebbene non risolutivi, consentono di sospendere o annullare gli effetti di queste campagne di alterazione della visibilità. Il fediverso invece non dispone di questi strumenti. Ogni utente inattivo è pertanto una piccola potenziale bomba a orologeria, piazzata dentro gli ingranaggi del Fediverso: una botnet dormiente, incistata in tutte le istanze del mondo e pronta a esplodere sarebbe impossibile da fermare in tempi rapidi!
  • Sebbene abbiamo riscontrato che l'eliminazione di profili inattivi non abbia avuto effetti positivi sul risparmio di risorse da parte del sistema, è chiaro che sul lungo termine, la nostra istanza si risparmierà di visualizzare in timeline quei contenuti che sarebbero stati visibili solo perché prodotti da contatti di secondo livello del nostro utente inattivo.

Ma perché questa pulizia non la fa nessuno?

Eh... ora tocca a voi: rispondete nei commenti!
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

BlumeEvolution, to mastodon German
@BlumeEvolution@sueden.social avatar

Ihr Lieben, nachdem heute mal wieder die -Inquisition auf der dualistischen Jagd nach Nicht-Linken erneut bis zur Gleichsetzung von und eskalierte, nehme ich mir jetzt ein paar Tage bis frei.

Denn ich mag das morgendliche Tässle Kaffee ☕️ & die guten Diskussionen hier. Mich schmerzt es aber immer wieder, dass auch kluge Progressive über ihre Arroganz stolpern & damit weit unter ihren Möglichkeiten bleiben. Schade. Live long & prosper! 🙏🫶🖖 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/enge-der-zeit-statt-technologieoffenheit-shareholdervalue-strategien-bei-boeing-und-mercedes/

Vivaldi, (edited ) to Dragonlance
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net avatar

If you’ve been following us, you’ll know that we’re big on the Fediverse.

It was incredibly important for us to create an instance and provide everyone with a social network free of ads and algorithms.

Join us live this Saturday as we talk about why it was important for us to do more than just be around here.

We’ll be joined by @beardedtechguy and @cliffwade from @AllThingsTech, who will also talk about the Fediverse and why it matters to them.

🎧 Join the audio event here: https://audon.space/u/@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net

frebelt, to mastodon German
@frebelt@mastodon.online avatar

Die 🇨🇭 Bundeskanzlei betreibt im Pilotversuch noch bis September 2024 die -Instanz social.admin.ch. 🙌 Es gibt 4 aktive Accounts:

Bundesrat: @gov

Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung & Forschung: @WBF_DEFR + Vorsteher @GuyParmelin

Departement des Innern: @EDI_DFI

Hoffentlich gibt es einen guten Plan, damit es besser läuft als mit der 🇪🇺-Instanz social.network.europa.eu
des @EDPS.

Gibt es? @BK_KOMM

https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-97696.html

LisaSBaker, to Battlemaps
@LisaSBaker@mastodon.social avatar
thoralf, to mastodon German
@thoralf@soc.umrath.net avatar

Ich wünsche mir in eine Option, mit der ich Beiträge mit Bildern ohne Alt-Text einfach ausblenden kann.
Automatisch.
Einfach als Checkbox in den Einstellungen.

Das ist wahrscheinlich viel effektiver, als die endlose Bettelei, doch bitte Alt-Texte an Bilder zu kleben.

ScottLoringDavisPhotography, to art
@ScottLoringDavisPhotography@mastodon.social avatar

"Tranquility At The Footbridge"
This beautiful print is available for your home at: https://pixels.com/featured/tranquility-at-the-footbridge-scott-loring-davis.html
This serene beach landscape is depicted under a soft, glowing sky, with gentle waters lapping at the sandy shore. The light early morning haze, sparse vegetation and dunes give this print a sense of peaceful isolation, suggesting a quiet escape in nature.

wjmaggos, to mastodon
@wjmaggos@liberal.city avatar

I'm less interested in getting to connect seamlessly with than with . Anybody working on this?

LisaSBaker, to art
@LisaSBaker@mastodon.social avatar
LisaSBaker, to ocean
@LisaSBaker@mastodon.social avatar
glynmoody, to bluesky
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

The ‘vote Trump’ spam that hit in May came from decentralized rival - https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/the-vote-trump-spam-that-hit-bluesky-in-may-came-from-decentralized-rival-nostr/ fascinating stuff

LisaSBaker, to art
@LisaSBaker@mastodon.social avatar
_elena, to threads
@_elena@mastodon.social avatar

🌶️ take of the day:

People on #Threads rave about its new Tweetdeck-like web client... which is limited to a few default columns. No list support.

Meanwhile #Mastodon has:

AND it doesn't rely on advertising or #surveillancecapitalism.

I swear I'm gonna make it my mission to get my old network to move over here

#fediverse

TRZPhotography, to art
@TRZPhotography@mastodon.social avatar
SirTapTap, to mastodon
@SirTapTap@mastodon.social avatar

Who's moved instances/@ s on / ?

How painful would it be for me to move to @SerTapTap on this same server?

neuSoM, to random German
@neuSoM@bewegung.social avatar

Ein weiteres forschungspolitisches Schwergewicht, das sich vor kurzem von X/Twitter verabschiedet hat, ist die All European Academy, ALLEA, ein Zusammenschluss von Akademien der Wissenschaften und ähnlichen Einrichtungen in Europa.
https://allea.org/allea-ceases-activities-on-x-twitter/

Sie begründete das so:
„Unser Engagement für die akademische Freiheit und die Wissenschaft als globales öffentliches Gut steht im Mittelpunkt unserer Aktivitäten, und die derzeitige Politik von X steht nicht im Einklang mit unserem Auftrag.“
https://twitter.com/ALLEA_academies/status/1737751876521607295
Auf Mastodon ist sie aktiv unter: https://eupolicy.social/@ALLEA

neuSoM,
@neuSoM@bewegung.social avatar

Ende April gab die bekannt:
„Angesichts der Entwicklungen auf der Social-Media-Plattform #X hat sich die Freie Universität Berlin dazu entschlossen, diesen Kanal stillzulegen“
https://www.fu-berlin.de/informationen-fuer/beschaeftigte/aktuelles/news/240424-ausstieg-x/index.html

In der Begründung bekennt sie sich zu den Grundsätzen des und :
„Seit Dezember 2022 ist die Freie Universität Berlin auf Mastodon vertreten. ist Teil des dezentralen Fediverse-Netzwerks. Im Vergleich zu großen kommerziellen sozialen Netzwerken setzt Mastodon auf chronologische Feeds und reduziert die algorithmische Sortierung von Beiträgen. Dies sorgt dafür, dass Informationen jederzeit offen zur Verfügung stehen und verringert die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass sich sogenannte Filterblasen bilden.“

Bravo, @freieuniversitaet ! Eine gute Entscheidung!

🌻 🐘 🐘 🐘
holen wir uns zurück

neuSoM, to berlin German
@neuSoM@bewegung.social avatar

The of , one of the best-known of has decided to close its account on #X:
"In light of developments on the social media platform X, Freie Universität Berlin has decided to shut down this channel."
https://www.fu-berlin.de/informationen-fuer/beschaeftigte/aktuelles/news/240424-ausstieg-x/index.html

In its justification, it commits itself to the principles of the and :
"Freie Universität Berlin has been present on Mastodon since December 2022. is part of the decentralized Fediverse network. Compared to large commercial social networks, Mastodon relies on chronological feeds and reduces the algorithmic sorting of posts. This ensures that information is always openly available and reduces the likelihood of so-called filter bubbles forming."

Bravo, @freieuniversitaet ! A good decision!

🌻 🐘 🐘 🐘

dugglebutt, to random
@dugglebutt@beige.party avatar

I don’t really use Twitter anymore, I have a burner that I just use for sports and weather and news and never post from. But every time I open it, I have to question my sanity.
I just read an article about how there is an ice cream that is designed to, and I am not making this up, “taste like your grandma”
I subsequently read another article about how the New York Knicks won an NBA playoff game because someone let out “an epic fart”
These are real things. You can look them up.
Are people just getting more insane? Should I double up on my meds?

benroyce,
@benroyce@mastodon.social avatar

@dugglebutt

The downside of is if you don't follow anyone you get no content.

I "solved" the problem by overfollowing, I just follow with abandon. Then lists for posters I don't want to miss in the massive firehose I created.

?

Twitter has an algorithm for what is delivered to your eyeballs.

And that algorithm is in the hands of a .

You get what he serves and you like it or you suffer.

Fuck Twitter. Fuck all legacy .

1dalm, to random
@1dalm@deacon.social avatar

A village generally functions as a large family.

A town or neighborhood generally functions as a large village.

But a city does not function like a large town or a large neighborhood. It functions like a collection of competing and cooperating towns and neighborhoods.

I think this is a big reason why capitalism and our car dependent zoning has broken the way cities function. Urban and civil planners and franchise planners, etc. plan out development to optimize cities, not to optimize towns/neighborhoods.

For example, when Walmart plans a new store, they plan to optimize their sales based on service to the larger city, not in service of the town/neighborhood they are opening up in. When city planners plan a new highway, they plan it to optimize transportation in the whole city, not to optimize transportation in the town/neighborhood. Everything is planned to optimize on the city level and the village/town/neighborhood level is sacrificed as a result.

That's why people have to drive 30 minutes to go to a grocery store and 40 minutes to go to church, etc. this is what has killed our communities.

1dalm,
@1dalm@deacon.social avatar

To expand on this, this is also why our "global village" of the fails as a village. Because companies that have taken over the internet didn't treat it like a village, they treat it like city planners treat a city. Optimize everything for the greatest number of users.

Which is part of the interesting thing about and ActivityPub. An individual Mastodon server really does function more like a village than it does a city. It's a small group of people collectively trying to make their little internet community better, and they are more able to police their own users as a result. is able to function like a more healthy city that supports cooperating and competing towns and villages.

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