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noellemitchell, 11 months ago to random

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edendestroyer, 11 months ago to fediverse

is there a list of #fediverse servers that have explicitly stated that they will pre-emptively #fediblock meta's instance?

tags: #MicroBlogging #fedi #pixelfed #anarchism

edendestroyer, 11 months ago to fediverse

really enjoying the fact that #lemmy has listed an islamaphobic/queerphobic/xenophobic/ethnonationalist instance on their join-lemmy.org site (/s)

#MastIndia #Fediverse

tchambers, 11 months ago to RedditMigration

@dansup - know you have a ton going on, but given the events of the #RedditMigration wanted to ask:

Can you add graphs to your #Fedidb #Kbin page, just as you have now on your #Lemmy page?

https://fedidb.org/software/kbin

And both of those two update every 6 hours, right? Watching closely to see if any influx over next 48 hours.

liaizon, 11 months ago to random

"Fark.com was registered in September 1997, when a friend mentioned that all of the four letter domain names were disappearing. Originally, Fark contained no content except for an image of a squirrel with large testicles."
...
"On November 24, 2009, Fark launched a new partnership with USA Today"

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fark

talon, 11 months ago to random

At this point I am literally just begging you to stop putting hCaptcha in your apps. Please. I don't know what else to do. Please. Please don't do it. If it's on a website we at least have a chance. As bad a chance it might be. But if it's in your app anyone who can't do a captcha is completely locked out. So please. Do not do it.

maker, 11 months ago to random

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edendestroyer, 11 months ago to fediverse

#lemmy is a weird project. While the software is fantastic, the development team is heavily endorsing of genocidal propaganda (yogthos ahem) on their main instance and neglectful of who they list on their join-lemmy page as well, as theyve openly listed an indian #islamaphobic/ #queerphobic instance called bakchodi.

Hail #kbin ?

#MastIndia

edendestroyer, 11 months ago to internet

#reddit is banning people's accounts just for mentioning #lemmy

astrid, 11 months ago to random

Listening to people on fedi is listening to hacker mews

atomicpoet, 11 months ago to fediverse

When I look at the most active servers on the Fediverse, Mastodon isn’t dominating.

Here’s the actual breakdown of the 10 most active servers according to server type:

1. misskey.io (Misskey) - 3.9M posts per month
2. mastodon.social (Mastodon) - 1.7M posts per month
3. pixelfed.social (Pixelfed) - 754K posts per month
4. botsinspace.in (Mastodon) - 648K posts per month
5. mstdn.social (Mastodon) - 634K posts per month
6. nijimiss.moe (Misskey) - 627K posts per month
7. mstdn.jp (Mastodon) - 588K posts per month
8. misskey.gamelore.fun (Misskey) - 497K posts per month
9. fedibird.com (Fedibird) - 431K posts per month
10. misskey.cf (Misskey) - 425K posts per month

Once you expand to the next 10 more active servers:

• 8 are #Misskey
• 6 are #Mastodon
• 3 are #Pixelfed
• 2 are #PeerTube
• 1 is #Fedibird

What does this mean?

When we measure for activity – not accounts – Mastodon isn’t even in first place. Misskey is.

Mastodon is in 2nd place.

And other server types, like Pixelfed, aren’t doing so shabby either.

But what’s more interesting is what this all means when you also take into consideration account sign-ups.

It’s true that according to total accounts, mastodon.social is the biggest server on the Fediverse with 1,159,110 accounts. In comparison, misskey.io only has 183,549 accounts.

However, misskey.io is producing 2x more content than mastodon.social.

Some people wonder if this is because of spam.

As someone who actively monitors both misskey.io and mastodon.social, it actually looks like mastodon.social produces more spam. I have yet to encounter spam on misskey.io, nor have I received spam from there. I can’t say the same about mastodon.social – seeing how I received crypto spam to my inbox from there twice last month.

What’s going on?

First, I must acknowledge a fact. The Fediverse is simply more popular in Japan. When I look at the 10 most active servers on the Fediverse, 6 of them are Japanese. Yes, even the Mastodon servers.

And in Japan, it looks like Misskey is overtaking Mastodon. This is not yet true in terms of sheer account numbers, but the fastest growing servers are clearly Misskey. In terms of raw post production, though, Misskey has already overtaken Mastodon.

Something I often hear is, “So what if something’s big in Japan? Lots of bands are big in Japan too, and we don’t hear a whisper from them here in the West.”

While comparing software to music is silly, it is a mistake for Westerners to ignore the cultural impact of Japan and other Asian nations.

We live in an era where many Western kids grow up with Japanese video games, anime, and J-Pop. Many of them don’t even look at Japanese media as “foreign”. It’s simply part of their cultural rubric.

Why do I bring this up? Because while the majority of Fediverse accounts are from the West, the majority of Fediverse content is from Japan. And while there is a language barrier, it’s only a matter of time before that content finds its way out West.

But if you’re a content producer making stuff for the Fediverse, I also think it’s important to ask yourself, “What are Japanese content producers doing right?”

As it turns out, a lot. The Japanese Fediverse is less focused on technology and politics, more focused on art. And there’s a ready community willing to interact with that art.

This is not so true for the West’s version of the Fediverse. Over here, the culture is to deem art “unimportant”. There have been times when I’ve shared thoughts on video games and music, and someone came out of the woodwork to tell me I was wrong for doing this since some political thing in the USA was happening, and I was insensitive for sharing my interests.

For the Fediverse to take root in the West, it must be as much about art as it is about politics and tech.

All this said, there is a further fact that likewise underlies my contention: the 3rd most active server on the Fediverse is pixelfed.social, Pixelfed’s flagship server.

Why is this? Because #Pixelfed is based on images, not text. Which also means that, as a result of content filtering, it is more focused on art than politics and technology.

Interestingly, pixelfed.social is focused on English speakers. As it turns out, the desire to share art is universal – not exclusive to people who speak Japanese. Most people like art.

Don’t get me wrong, politics and technology have an important effect on our daily lives. But it’s art that makes life worth living.

My takeaway: if we want the Fediverse to be as big in the West as it is in Japan, we need to share art.

Source: https://fedidb.org/

aral, 11 months ago to random

Hey, here’s an idea, let’s stick a computer on your face.

xero, 11 months ago to kbin

I don't know enough about #kbin to recommend it, but competition is good and whichever fediverse reddit clone 'wins' will have my support.

https://kbin.pub/en

Are0h, 11 months ago to random

As we roll into Pride Month, remember the convo isn't cis people versus trans people. Nah, that’s bullshit.

The convo is about decent human beings versus irrational bigots who want to harm people not like them.

Dehumanization is not something that one negotiates. Ever.

nitpicking, 11 months ago to science

India is apparently being run by Ron DeSantis."Schoolchildren in India will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements, sustainability, pollution or energy sources such as fossil fuels and renewables."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01770-y
#Education #Science #India

9to5Mac, 11 months ago to random

Reddit may force Apollo and third-party clients to shut down, asking for $20M per year API fee https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/31/reddit-may-force-apollo-and-third-party-clients-to-shut-down/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

edendestroyer, 11 months ago to random

Im having a really hard time opening CWs on #foundkey (#calckey fork) on #firefox (#android). I tap on them and they just wont open. I have to go to the original instance of the post for it to work

futurebird, 1 year ago to bluesky

So #bluesky has all the same moderation issues of the rest of the fediverse... but without the benefit of being independent and not-for-profit?

Nor with the "place where everyone is" -ness of the old twitter?

What is the benefit then?
Is it mostly just easier to use?

If it drains more people from twitter making that place more dead good enough.

aral, 1 year ago to random

What’s happening in Turkey today is not some exotic oddity. It’s a forewarning of exactly what can (and is) happening in the West.

Does this timeline seem familiar?

1. Neoliberals get elected. They fill their coffers while alienating a whole swath of society who they deem too far beneath them to matter.

2. A religious fundamentalist arises who speaks to those marginalised people, telling them they’ve been wronged (they have) and that he will make it right.

3. He gets elected.

4. He stays.

multiverseofbadness, 1 year ago to fediverse

Been a busy week #coding on my #fediverse client. I finally have my #python #framework (#Jenkwerx) doing exactly what it's supposed to so I've been preparing to follow my first user - me on #Mastodon!

..but I pushed pause because, while my inbox is rocking, I don't have my #ActivityPub outbox set up to process from a queue yet (it's still sending love). 😞 So back to unsexy "proper #code logic" for a bit..

..still confident I'll be following a few folks by Sunday tho - ugly test attached! 😆