I actually have no idea how many boosts and favs some of the most successful posts get here in the Fediverse, because my instance shows a fraction of them no matter how successful they are. But guess what? I don’t care! It’s the best part here, to effectively unlearn that like-craving social media trait.
Everyone likes ”likes”, but in here it happens in our own terms and overall the metrics don’t really matter in the end.
@rolle You bring up an excellent point here “to effectively unlearn…” Part of the Fediverse experience is that unlearning, or possibly, return to an open platform that is not ruled by algorithms or simple rhetoric. Isn’t a voice still a voice even if there is minimal response? It probably isn’t from a lack of not being read. The fact of your ability to reflect and post something has value.
People are biased. We always think we know shit that we don't. Given the chance, we will bias you too. For what we perceive as your own good. But the better good is always found by putting all of our eyes and brains on it. Systems that do that are never our first choice because they might lead to conclusions we disagree with, but luckily, most of us will choose them as our next best option. That's democracy. That's science. That's a mixed economy. That's the #SocialWeb. #LiberalValues
When thinking about Elon and X, please also consider this. If a place for speech gets accepted as the most open and popular, then what's popular there will be claimed as speaking for the general public. Winning in the public square matters.
But of course X is not a public square. It's a place where lefties increasingly feel unwelcome cause of harassment. But its use by big names keeps telling the world that it matters. We must displace it, by limiting harassment but not speech here. #SocialWeb
speech that cannot be limited by the government, might still not be allowed in my house. or if being expressed in a public space, might still lead people having a nice conversation about the issues of the day, to get up and leave.
say whatever horrible shit you want but it will probably mean nobody will stick around to hear your genius explanation about how to handle poverty. swear and the people with their kids at the public meeting might leave. this isn't that hard edgelords.
I get the sense that lots of people on #xitter feel like it was the first real public forum. where you could engage with public officials and journalists and subject matter experts. there was no algo. it was pure and important. they want that but don't trust that anywhere else can provide it. so they stay. not realizing that we are that done even better. or really could be if they all showed up. so I still think we will win cause the demand is there but it's damn frustrating. #SocialWeb
glad you're here on the #SocialWeb. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. journalists should be clamoring for the level of independence it allows their writing to go viral, right? do you think the smaller audience is the main reason more writers are not here? thanks.
primarily I want to share one id/account. we don't need separate private messaging here. when people try to do that, it should be a matrix conversation. etc.
On a night like tonight, how utterly stupid is it that governments and news organizations don't have their own #mastodon and #peertube servers. Instead they let tech mega corps and even cable companies stand between them and an informed public. Fucking ridiculous. #SocialWeb#Iran
@wjmaggos The German Public Broadcasting Services do have their own Mastodon Server, but they basically just use it as an overpowered RSS feed. No interaction or whatsoever.
I assume it's cause we're not a big enough audience yet but this kinda independence is pretty basic to their missions. they should be leading the revolution. and could if they did it together.
You are getting your news from somewhere. Why you wouldn't want that place to allow you to pick a wide variety of the smartest journalists, without the influence of ads or a corporate/billionaire controlled algorithm, I don't understand. That's our potential here. #SocialWeb
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The ridiculous way that Cory (@pluralistic) approaches his account name and posting his articles here is still better than the cluster that is #nostr and #bluesky names, system structure and data management. IMHO! #SocialWeb
People have email addresses like me@mydomain.com while also having a website at mydomain.com. What's preventing folks from also having a #SocialWeb account using me@mydomain.com? Would it just be confusing? Then there's all the different fedi services.
@rolle None of these. I don't know where to go. But over the past 25 years, there have been so many places I've written. Different forums and all kinds of chats. Many have disappeared, many have been spoiled in some way, some have become silent, or the topics have become boring. But somehow always after little brake I always find a place where to be. These options above are still not appealing.