jdp23

@jdp23@indieweb.social

strategist, software engineer, entrepreneur, activist ... also at @nexusofprivacy and a bunch of other places

#strategy #equity #justice #technology #policy #disinfo #privacy #algorithmicJustice, #intersectionality #activism #organizing #software #startups ...

And #nobot without permission. Opt-out isn't consent, but it's the only real option we have here.

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damon, to random

In short oder the Fediverse is about to experience massive change and growth. is growing quickly and about to undergo a metamorphosis. Mozilla will be opening up a Mastodon instance and Barcelona will be joining the Fediverse in a month or so. There is a big shift happening irrespective to those that aren't ready nor willing to accept it.

jdp23,

@misc @damon I agree it won't be anywhere near as complete as the way Gab was blocked, It's not a fantasy that a chunk of the Fediverse will block Meta. We still don't know what percentage of instances will block, what .social will do, and whether there will also be a movement to block instances federating with Meta.

jdp23,

@misc I certainly agree that there doesn't appear to be a lot of work organizing an effective response, and that blocking alone isn't the answer.

In terms of blocking instances that don't block, a lot depends on the implementation and what (if any) better controls on data get developed. Will instances federating with Meta be able to commit to keeping personal data from people other instances from getting to Meta? If so, that could reduce the amount of indirect blocking.

@damon

jdp23,

@misc I agree that getting started on the organizing would be useful and for all I know it's happening, but knowing how the fediverse works ... probably not 🤣

@damon

jdp23,

@misc agreed, I think that's the most likely outcome ... and I see it as a good thing! @damon

dansup, (edited ) to random
@dansup@mastodon.social avatar

⚠️ Feedback wanted!

I'm working on improving the @pixelfed app onboarding, and want your feedback on the new sign up flow.

Does this do a good job at conveying the choice of communities to join while providing an easy default instance to join?

This isn't final, I'd like to get a general positive consensus on this before moving forward.

Boosts greatly appreciated!

Edit: Latest revision -> https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110439800953223538

jdp23,

@dansup I like the revised version in general but on the scond screen you might want to give some positive reasons for looking at other communities. @pixelfed

atomicpoet, to fediverse

Well, I also expect 60 million users to join the .

I also expect 150 milllion users to join too.

And also 700 million sites. Not users, sites.

This just scratches the surface on how big the Fediverse will be.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/users/ophiocephalic/statuses/110437505190300421

jdp23,

@oblomov @sparkit @atomicpoet @pfefferle Also Wordpress hasn't repeatedly broken privacy and transparency laws, worked with Cambridge Analytica to give them reams of data to influence elections in favor of authoritarians, contributed to genocide, lied about metrics, colluded with Google on the ad "duopoly" and made money by selling discriminatory ads.

So a lot more people are willing to give them (and Vivaldi, Mozilla, Medium, Flipboard, Fast.ly etc etc) the benefit of the doubt than

jdp23,

@oblomov My guess is that this is mostly a reaction to Twitter's evolution into a hard-right media network -- which means a lot of Twitter's current audience is potentially in play. The potential of Tumblr and Flickr joining the gives some additional but it's speculative at this point so they're probably not counting on it -- and the current Fediverse is small enough that it's not even a blip in their calculations. Not sure BS is much of a factor.

@sparkit @atomicpoet @pfefferle

ben, to random
@ben@werd.social avatar

Bluesky now has a major racism problem (specifically around white people disavowing Black lived experiences), which is also something that Mastodon has. Solving this safely in a decentralized context is going to be vital.

If decentralized social can't be a safe space for vulnerable groups, it can't succeed.

jdp23,

@ben who could have predicted?

tchambers, to fediversenews

This seems very important and worth ongoing study:

“Once again, results suggest a rise in diversity as the 10 biggest server contribution to the Fediverse is reduced by more than 10%. So, even if the biggest servers are accumulating more users, it seems that the Fediverse is becoming more decentralized.”

@fediversereport @spreadmastodon @fediversenews

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/analysis-of-fediverse-diversity-in-terms-of-decentralization/3252

jdp23,

@tchambers @fediversereport @spreadmastodon @fediversenews Interesting! Although there are some quirks in the data, with joindiaspora and diasp.org (neither of which are Mastodon) in last March's accounts and not the current list, and with mastodon.cloud and gc2.jp going from over 10% of MAU to not appearing at all in the latest statistics.

jdp23,

@jupiter_rowland No, I didn't expect it to only to be about Mastodon -- in fact the article was very clear that "the active account data refers only to Mastodon servers, as other software don’t necessarily give this information". I was just highlighting that two large instances that disappeared from the stats and neither of them are Mastodon, so that implies something janky going on with the stats.
@tchambers

jdp23,

@jupiter_rowland Is there actually a refusal to count those? Or is it just a combination of measurement artifacts (some don't show users) and that their numbers are too small to show up at this point? Calckey's growth for example is from a tiny starting point.

@tchambers @marcelcosta

jdp23,

@tchambers Agreed that we don't know what if anything actually 's going to do with (@J12t makes some great points) but it will be because that's who they are. And if the biggest instance in is a surveillance capitalism site, then the fediverse will likely (and justifiably) be seen as a surveillance capitalism network.

@ophiocephalic @mathias @jupiter_rowland @spreadmastodon

sharan, to fediverse
@sharan@metalhead.club avatar

I am writing an article on and .

If you could point me to different people who were part of developing these software solutions, that would be great. I got some of them, I would like to feature the champs that started/continued developing.

I promise it's nothing more than the straight-up promotion of this wonderful place.

jdp23,

@sharan there's a bunch of of links about the pre-Mastodon fediverse and the early days of Mastodon in https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-a-partial-history/

neil, to random

For those of you worrying about the Suez Canal situation, don’t!

With just three tugs, the big boat has been pulled off.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65705317

jdp23,

@neil ?

thegibson, to random

Friends,

I am proud to announce... BIG. BOAT. STUCK.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/ship-grounded-in-egypts-suez-canal-one-of-worlds-busiest-shipping-routes-12888801

jdp23,

@thegibson and is already starting to heat up

maegul, to fediversenews
@maegul@hachyderm.io avatar

So the closure of home.social (see https://home.social/@admin/110419949340787839), from my memory of the recent musings of the admin, is another example of a sizeable instance closing because of admin burnout (partly, IIRC, from admin/instance infighting interestingly).

So given that account mobility is still imperfect, and frankly probably annoying and confusing for many people ... is there anything better that can be done?

@fediversenews

jdp23,

@maegul one piece of the answer's the same as it's been for the last 6 years: make account mobility easier and better (even if still imperfect). But then again, that would make it easier for people to migrate from .social, so it's not surprising it hasn't been prioritized.

jdp23,

Handing things off can be tricky though -- a new admin gets access to email addresses and everybody's DMs, so it's a heckuva lot of trust. Plus, suppose you inadvertently choose an admin that some other instances see as a bad actor for some reason?

In terms of the design issues on post migration, the best summary I know of is @trwnh's comment at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423#issuecomment-1428866921

@maegul @supernovae @maegul

jdp23,

@maegul It's hard to know. My impression is that most admins realize that they've asked the users on their instance to trust them. I agree though that there's some cognitive dissonance in how it gets thought about and discussed.

@trwnh @maegul @supernovae

jdp23,

@supernovae It would be interesting to hear your thoughts … how would you approach it if you had to bow out of universeodon? What would you do If another admin offered to host it for you? How would you evaluate whether it was in your users’ interest? If you don’t decide to transfer control, what advice would you give your users with today’s tools? What tools and functionality would make the situation better? @maegul @trwnh @maegul

J12t, to internet
@J12t@social.coop avatar

Meta is planning to implement ActivityPub? Not so fast IMHO.

Parsing the recent leaks on their "Instagram for your thoughts" / P92 / Barcelona app.

Blogged: https://reb00ted.org/tech/20230522-what-the-meta-activitypub-not-so-fast/

jdp23,

Agreed, very good analysis @J12t! When you talk about "current (and prospective)" Fediverse users, one obvious target for them is Tumblr's audience.

Since there isn't yet a standard client-to-server interface (since nobody uses C2S), they also have the opportunity to own the API (optimized of course for their own implmentation).

@mike

matthieu_xyz, to internet

Hey. If you’re worried about stealing and monetizing your data. (even though they shouldn’t because you’re not a meta user and didn’t sign their Terms and Service) I have a simple solution for you.

Step 1: Don’t follow anyone on Meta don’t accept follows from Meta. If you don’t follow anyone and no one follows you you’re not sending data to anyone. is push-based not pull. Meta won’t see your posts if you don’t send them to Meta.

Step 2: Block domain. If you block a domain as a user, you won’t even need a fediblock from an admin, your feed will be clean from Meta.

DONE! No need to ask for all 20 000 fediverse admins to ban Meta for you.

jdp23,

@vyr exactly. Bootlickers gonna lick, but the rest of us don't have to passively accept it.

More positively though, it'd be great if this leads to improvements in control of boosts or "indirect blocking" (which would be valuable in general).

ubiquity75, to random

Siouxsie was incredible. I’ve never heard her speak so much at a show before. There were over 20,000 people there to see just her. I was about as close as one could get to the stage. I’m still processing it, but it felt historic and epic and so well deserved. She will be 66 years old on May 27th.

https://www.stereogum.com/2224444/watch-siouxsie-sioux-sing-israel-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade-at-cruel-world-fest/news/

jdp23,

@ubiquity75 Glad you managed to see her! I was thinking about you when I heard about the Saturday night cancellation.

znarky, to random

People hate Facebook but the groups can be good. My local native plant gardening group is delightful. The only problem is that get too many notifications for all of the useful comments.

jdp23,

@znarky 💯

@devnull i hope you're thinking about private groups as well -- there's a huge opportunity here, and while some ActivityPub implementations have them I don't think anybody's brought a real forum-esque perspective.

jdp23,

@devnull Yeah there is a lot to think about! There are various implementations of groups as broadcast bots (a.gup.pe and chirp.social), but I'm pretty sure all the posts are public, and moderation facilities are minimal. Friendica and misskey/calckey also have groups but I don't know much about them.

oblomov, to random
@oblomov@sociale.network avatar

What's the gender neutral for techbro?

jdp23,

@oblomov actually now that i think of it, it's a trick question: there is no gender neutral for techbro, they're inherently gendered.

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