This place isn't perfect. It has its problems, flaws, and limitations. It's not immune to hatred or those who spread negativity.
Yet, here I've encountered incredible people, a marvelous community committed to bringing constructive engagement, dialogue, and social interaction back to the network.
Thank you, Fediverse.
Thank you, friends of the Fediverse.
Yes, the company went public. No, it is not a financial success—or even a lifeboat.
Debuting on the charts w/a “DJT” ticker, #TrumpMedia saw a 55% surge in valuation right after markets opened.
Huge influx of cash, right? w/Trump holding ~79M shares, equating to 58% of available stock, the #SPAC debut balloons his #NetWorth by nearly $5B; there were ~136M shares outstanding post-merger.
All these lackeys running the show means a lot of (feigned) confidence from folks in charge. + the most eager #shareholders aren’t in this for high returns, but to support their king…in their own words…in the #DWAC “groups” on #TruthSocial: “I’m holding & plan on being part of the greatest #SocialNetwork there is & support fmr & future President #Trump” (the anthem of the aforementioned retail-level #suckers.) This all means that $DJT is basically…the #political equivalent of a #MemeStock.
Not every fediverse user want to connect to Bluesky but for those that do, you can look into using Friendica. The next release will allow you to use your Bluesky account from within Friendica. Interact with Mastodon / Msskey / Pixelfed etc and Bluesky users together on one platform
#socialmedia platforms are becoming conglomerates of hate day by day. The polarization of society is leading to a complete extinction of dialogue and constructive discussion.
Since most users wouldn't understand what ActivityPub / Fediverse is, it is likely there will be far less than 40% or 30% (guesstimate) of their userbase who will appear in the Fediverse network.
It will highly depend on how they will explain the benefits of enabling ActivityPub in their accounts.
Create three lists: "CUR: All", "CUR: Flipboard", "CUR: Newsmast".
(CUR = CURated / CURation)
Search for "Flipboard" and "Newsmast" (Flipboard accounts share the same icon, Newsmast accounts share the same icon as well.)
Follow the accounts you're interested in. (It's by topic.)
Add each of those accounts to your "CUR: All" list. And to its respective platform list: "CUR: Flipboard" or "CUR: Newsmast".
Switch your "Home" view to "CUR: All", "CUR: Flipboard", or "CUR: Newsmast".
Another way of doing it is by topic:
CUR: Nature
CUR: Current Events
CUR: Programming
Or, by region:
CUR: Local
CUR: Asia-Pacific
CUR: Africa
Adjust it to your needs.
In the Mastodon family, you can set the list to not show up in your "Home" timeline. This way, you can still see the posts from other people you follow without it being filled with curated content boosts.
Benefits of following curation accounts:
You don't have to follow every single account.
> Usually, accounts share other topics which you probably are not interested in. Curated lists filter these topics for you.
You will discover content and people to follow.
> Both Flipboard and Newsmast boosts/reshares the original post. You see the original source/account and interact with them directly.
> You can then choose who you want to follow directly so you can see more of their content and interests, and build a friendly relationship with them.
It becomes possible to only follow 10 accounts ever, yet consume hundreds of content and information.
This way, you can avoid following hundreds of accounts which will only make your "Home" timeline confusing; and more likely, you'll miss what matters most for you because of so many posts from so many accounts.
I hope it helps you! Welcome to the Fediverse #SNS !
P.s. If you're using an awesome Fediverse software or platform besides Mastodon, the steps are similar, if not exactly the same.
The University of Manchester is now recruiting students for its 2024 intake in the MSc Social Network Analysis :fediverse: :igraph: :rstats: - run by the wonderful Dr Elisa Bellotti, a friend and dear conference buddy of mine
How is this very post licensed and how would you know? Do #Mastodon instances dictate a #license on users posts? Is there a way for me, the #author, to assign one and pass the information through the #fediverse? Do I give away my #copyright in the moment, I press on "Publish!" below? (Or press C-c C-c in #Emacs#mastodonEl?) Can I limit #distribution e.g. to notforprofit entities? (Not that I wanted to. At least not now.)
I always do small experiments on social networks, since I like to observe human behavior in different contexts. One of those experiments is to publish an opinion or reflection on X/Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram, etc. Only at Mastodon is interesting feedback generated. In other networks it happens that there is no interest in something serious or aggressive reactions are generated. Interesting to think about why it happens.
A message from an old media #TheEconomist to the new..
#SocialMedia#SocialNetwork
You've been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
Brazilian #museums join the #Fediverse:
"…a #socialnetwork instance dedicated to hosting museums and public #memory institutions…to preserve data from audience interactions as a digital collection for research purposes."