chrismessina

chrismessina, 1 month ago to random

Threads has entered the fediverse. (Yes, it's opt-in by default)

https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/

chrismessina, 1 month ago to fediverse

I appreciate @pcottle's entreaty to the attendees of the #FediForum to engage with the Threads team genuinely.

Meta/Facebook have a mixed track record when it comes to open formats/standards (fool me once, etc etc); but at the same time, ushering in 130M potential new users to an open, social web is also an opportunity not to be dismissed out of hand.

I am optimistic that the current team is showing up with good intent and I intend to reflect that.

#DiSo #ActivityPub

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matt, 1 month ago to random

I don’t know when this changed, but the purchase history page in the App Store got an update.

It won’t let you see more than a year at a time, but it does give you more details which is kinda cool.

matthewcassinelli, 2 months ago to random

New FourTet album out: https://music.apple.com/us/album/three/1729585296

chrismessina, 2 months ago to random

352-65 in favor of TikTok divestiture.

Biden's right: "When we stand together, we can tackle any challenge".

🫠

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/technology/tiktok-ban-house-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

chrismessina, 2 months ago to random

Bluesky has open sourced its collaborative moderation tool called Ozone and will let users run their own independent moderation services later this week.

https://github.com/bluesky-social/ozone-ui

https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderation

chrismessina, 2 months ago to random

X drops the "Trust" from their "Trust & Safety" team.

Now it's just "Safety", which is a two point score in football when the offensive team is tackled, loses possession of the ball, or commits a foul in their own end zone. 🏈

https://x.com/safety/status/1767275266613645597

#DeadTwitter

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chrismessina, 2 months ago to random

Spotted this in a recent Superhuman webinar.

Internally, they've added inline integrations to Airtable and Linear to the text selection UI.

Seems like a perfect extension point for other email-focused Chrome extensions... any takers?

#NewSuperhuman

chrismessina, 2 months ago to random

Happy sixth anniversary to @brianmcc and his @Techmeme Ride Home Show. 🎂

It's the 15 minute daily show that's kept me on top of all the most important news in Silicon Valley for nearly as long as it's been in existence!

Go subscribe wherever fine podcasts are distributed!

https://www.ridehome.info/show/techmeme-ride-home/

chrismessina, 3 months ago to fediverse

ICYMI — you can now listen to my interview with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on Spotify or wherever else fine podcasts are traded.

We go pretty deep contrasting #ATProtocol and #ActivityPub, discuss challenges with "creator mobility" and touch on opportunities to serve the decentralized social web.

https://pod.link/techmeme/episode/8feef0e4a44f139704f886e130d7c04b

chrismessina, 3 months ago to random

Happy to be the 2500th backer of @Iconfactory's #ProjectTapestry!

Learn more: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/project-tapestry?ref=project_mastodon

https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/111930949420985066

chrismessina, 3 months ago to random

Good write up on the #BlueskyBridge controversy:

https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/

chrismessina, 3 months ago to random

TechCrunch covers the controversy over @snarfed.org's Bluesky-Mastodon bridge:

"With the help of constructive feedback from the Github discussion, Barrett decided to build what he calls a “discoverable opt-in.” That way, users on either side of the bridge have to request to follow accounts from across the bridge, and then that user will get a one-time pop-up asking if they want their accounts to be bridged across the two networks or not."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-having-a-fight-that-could-shape-the-next-generation-of-social-media/

chrismessina, 3 months ago to random

Hashtags coming to Bluesky — hear it from Bluesky CEO Jay Graber! 🤩

Watch the entire episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5RjCH0nLj8

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chartier, 3 months ago to random

At first glance, I don't... detest #Mozilla's announcements.

I get they're trying to diversify, so they threw a bunch of spaghetti at the wall. Some stuck, some didn't. Seems pretty normal when going through a phase like that, no?

VPNs? Email relays? Saturated markets, tough to compete, makes sense to scale back. 3D worlds? Companies much larger have tried and failed, makes sense to drop it.

Mastodon instance? How many people do you need to run one? Scaling back probably makes sense too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

scottjenson, 3 months ago to fediverse

The amount of dogpiling and outright bile I've seen in this discussion around the BlueSky bridge disgusts me. @snarfed.org@snarfed.org is a great guy, fully open source and a huge proponent of the #fediverse. This outright misunderstanding of what it means to be 'federated' yet still have the gall to attack this person saying he's against federation is beyond me. WE CAN DISAGREE! But we don't have to act like Twitter rejects. We are better than this.
Edit: correct account
https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware/111925619878914337

chrismessina, 3 months ago to random

RIP mozilla.social?

"Scaling back investment mozilla.social: With mozilla.social, we made a big bet in 2023 to build a safer, better social media experience, based on Mastodon and the Fediverse. Our initial approach was based on a belief that Mozilla needed to quickly reach large scale in order to effectively shape the future of social media. It was a noble idea but one we struggled to execute. While we resourced mozilla.social heavily to pursue this ambitious idea, in retrospect a (1/2)