atomicpoet

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

Want an easy way to embed your Mastodon profile to your website?

Here's an easy tool to do it:

https://www.mastofeed.com/

See screenshot for what this looks like.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

Rainbows don’t weigh much.

They’re pretty light.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

I left my Diaspora server for three months, and when I come back, it's full of racists and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists.

Decentralization is not a magic serum that fixes social media.

It's just one tool.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

Tokodon is a Mastodon for Linux that's been gaining fanfare. It's excellent for managing multiple accounts.

I had no idea Tokodon was made by the official KDE team.

It looks beautiful -- even if the UI is a tad text heavy.

Personally, I like text. It lets you know exactly what you're doing. Too much abstraction through icons does not make good usability.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/kde-apps-like-kdenlive-get-big-upgrades-for-kde-gear-2304/

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to fediversenews

A new update to Friendica has been released!

Highlights include:

• The Mastodon compatible API of Friendica was improved,
• Drag and Drop functionality was added to the Frio theme for image attachments, and
• An XSS vulnurability in a javascript dependency in the gallery of the Frio theme was fixed.

https://friendi.ca/2023/04/23/friendica-2023-04-released/

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

Even when Elon Musk has an alt account, he can be quite a Karen about it.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-stole-second-alt-account-twitter-1850376906

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to socialmedianews

Look at the rise and fall of #BeReal!

This is why centralization of social media is such a bad idea.

BeReal is but one node. If it cannot sustain critical mass, it crashes and burns.

Meanwhile, every node that operates on the Fediverse shares the network effect!

No one company, institution, or service owns the ActivityPub protocol.

Source: https://variety.com/vip/the-overcrowded-race-to-replace-elon-musk-twitter-1235602068/

@socialmedianews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

Bluesky vs. Mastodon is not as black and white as many seem to think.

Let me explain why. 🧵

1. A Twitter founder funds and advises Bluesky.

Okay, a Twitter founder (@ev) runs a for-profit instance, and another (@biz) has offered to advise Mastodon.

2. Bluesky accepted VC money.

A VC firm owns 3 of the top 5 largest Mastodon servers

3. An evil corporation (Twitter) helped develop Bluesky.

An evil corporation (Google) helped develop the Fediverse

I have further thoughts here...

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

The people have spoken, and I will abide by the results of the poll.

I'm migrating this account to https://calckey.social

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

I didn’t see this coming, but I’m pleased!

@jerry just announced that the infosec community now has their own #Calckey server! You can join it here:

https://infosec.town/

To all infosec friends, welcome aboard the #Calckey train!

Choo choo 🚂

FROM: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/110329454041203297

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

If social media protocols were people:

ActivityPub = College kid who’s sick and tired of putting up with your shit

AT protocol = People magazine-reading teen who can’t stop talking about ass

Nostr = Coked-out Amway salesman who really needs you on his inside team

Zot = Sean Connery as a Brutal

Diaspora = Old man who never leaves the house

Email = Respectable CEO who suddenly talks about dick pills

Finger = Squatter who lives in an abandon mansion, and who’s seen some things

atomicpoet, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to internet

#Bluesky is finally testing federation with "allow-listed servers".

They're finally taking the step of decentralization.

Many people will naysay this. But it's absolutely better that they move to decentralization than not do it.

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

Every day is a new day that people on Mastodon discover that federation works.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

The Fediverse isn’t the only form of decentralized social media that exists.

There’s also the Relayverse, of which Nostr is prominent.

In many ways, the Relayverse is a mirror universe of the Fediverse.

People there get very angry if you’re not into crypto.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

Oh, what’s this? Twitter’s changing their mind?

They’re giving free API access to verified government and “publicly owned” services?

Hmmm… I wonder if it’s because no one paid their outrageous fees.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-new-reversal-by-twitter-after-move-sparked-mta-withdrawal-2/

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

I created a new Fediverse group: @socialmedianews

This is for sharing news about the general social media industry with an especial focus on Meta, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, etc. -- what I often affectionately call "Big Social".

The Fediverse will not be a focus for this group. To share news related to the Fediverse, tag @fediversenews instead.

Since last December, I've noticed that Fediverse groups have been popular -- and I hope to continue this success with @socialmedianews

Have fun!

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

There's a new #Calckey server for #Polish speakers! Check it out:

https://calckey.pl

I'm celebrating with some kielbasa and grodziskie!

Na zdrowie!

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

After Mastodon and forks, the *key apps make up the 2nd largest part of the Fediverse.

Stats on *key apps:

Misskey
Users: 307,574
Servers: 732
Statuses: 42,631,679

Calckey
Users: 6,321
Servers: 231
Statuses: 559,930

Foundkey
Users: 3,050
Servers: 34
Statuses: 1,360,346

Meisskey
Users: 2,640
Servers: 10
Statuses: 1,641,357

Cherrypick
Users: 242
Servers: 3
Statuses: 48,478

The largest *key server is misskey.io with 173,313 users.

Source: https://fedidb.org/software

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

Well, just confirmed that bans on @fediversenews work as they should.

A troll just tried to post here.

Their troll post doesn't display on @fediversenews, nor is their post boosted by the Group.

Even better, they're not notified when they are blocked 😉

Until comment controls come to Friendica, moderation here will mostly have to be reactive.

I will continue using venera.social for groups until a better solution comes along.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

Relatica, a Friendica iOS client made by @hankg, has made significant progress!

The UI is a lot smoother. The timeline looks great too.

This is still in beta, and not available on the App Store yet—but I’m excited about this!

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to internet

At this point, I feel #Bluesky is doing a speedrun of Twitter.

By next week, we'll have daily main characters.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to internet

Elon Musk is trying to pivot #Twitter to video.

If you post videos, they will be privileged by the algorithm.

Like the rest of Big Social, Twitter wants to become TikTok.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1653447855401468011?cxt=HHwW1oGwvY2EnfItAAAA

@socialmedianews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

If you're trying to sign up for https://calckey.social, you may have noticed there's a notice saying that registrations are disabled above the registration form. This notice is not accurate.

It is actually a bug, and I've filed it as one in the repo:

https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey/issues/10033

If you want to join https://calckey.social, ignore that notice and continue with your registration.

Here's a screenshot of the bug in question.

See also: https://calckey.social/notes/9eegkseedn

@fediversenews

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to random

To everyone DMing me to ask for calckey.social invitation codes: I’m not giving them out.

You’re probably really cool. Typically, I’d welcome you with open arms.

But right now, calckey.social needs to take a breather.

Here’s other servers you can join, though:

https://calckey.org/join/

atomicpoet, 1 year ago to fediversenews

Mastodon’s growth trajectory is one of scalloped growth, not exponential growth.

I’ve observed this same phenomena, but @hildabast presents it so much better in this good data-driven assessment of Mastodon’s growth!

We can’t be exact about Mastodon’s growth, but we can observe key trends.

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/04/30/mastodons-growth-and-communities-branching/

@fediversenews