Hope there is some more apps beeing developed for the #key_apps, #Misskey, #Calckey & #Foundkey, (and maybe somme others) because so far, they arrent well supported by native apps. (Be it for #Android, #Linux, or even #Windows.)
I wonder if anyone has looked across #fediverse platform themes yet, to identity which are pulling #Google fonts, a serious #privacy tracking threat. Which platform is most resistant to and prioritising privacy?
Users should know if their instance is intentional about protecting them from surveillance #capitalism.
Yooo, please don't follow @hack13 it is just for testing some @FurryFediverse code I am working on to support #Misskey#Calckey instances :blobfoxgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:
@cliffwade The main account I use is this one, while my second account is @queenslight, since I finally found a decent accessible interface for #Misskey called WhaleBird.
I am planning to join a #FunkWhale instance too, for sharing random AI TTS skits I do from time to time.
The only feature that matters for any social media experience is the people who are on it. I'm amazed at how many technology leaders forget this and get distracted by the underlying tech, protocols, features, etc.
Elon is a great example. He thinks he bought a platform. But what he really bought was a community. And of the two, the community has degraded far more than the platform.
This is the isue with #Mastodon driven instances. The software is robust, but many sys admins are illiterate about the "social" constructs of what makes a networking stick, being geeks. Second, a lot of people who started with Mastodon in the first place claim they came here because they were 'mistreated' by others in twitter and Facebook for various reasons, they came up with peculiar provisions of no quote tweet, blocking people at the drop of a hat, rude words (like 'content warnings', why warning?). Besides, I avoid using Mastodon instances if I can because of most posters are very rude and hostile. On the other hand, most non-Mastodon instances have a relatively relaxed environment, and instances driven by #Misskey for example, are designed to be fun to hang out with. No wonder #Calckey ended up being a nice, friendly place to post ideas.
Then #twitter under Musk is another level of purgatory!
People are really looking at the Fediverse with Western eyes and aren't considering the fact that in Japan, #Misskey is many peoples' first exposure to the Fediverse.
#Calckey is building on what Misskey has already made. But really, Calckey is exposing the West to the world of *key apps.
But it's also not entirely @gruber's fault because the media doesn't really talk about the Fediverse, and when they do, it's as a synonym for "Mastodon".
How would @gruber know about the massive development efforts to build more user-friendly alternatives to Mastodon?
No one in the media talks about the growth of *key apps, and how they're now the #2 most used Fediverse platform.
Mammoth for Mastodon is now available to download for free on the App Store! 🎉
It has the easiest way to join Mastodon with a great onboarding flow and no need to think about what server to join, it’s full-featured with complete Mastodon feature parity, and fully customizable to tweak it just the way you want and make it yours.