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o_simardcasanova

@o_simardcasanova@mastodon.social

Economist, Statistician, Writer

I write en 🇫🇷 and in 🇺🇸 on:
· Economics & Environment
· Critical Thinking
· United States
· Content Creation
· Transportation & Cities
· Statistics & Data
And more!

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o_simardcasanova, to bluesky
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“Try not to wildly misrepresent ” challenge, and so far, a massive number of people are catastrophically failing the challenge.

o_simardcasanova, to bluesky
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Let’s start another , this time on upcoming and new features on .

Megathreads are open ended threads where I share relevant information about a specific topic.

Bluesky will soon have proper DMs, video, better auth (via OAuth), better custom feeds, and even more anti-harassment features.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/05-07-2024-product-roadmap

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o_simardcasanova,
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Not a feature, but an interesting post by Jay Graber, the CEO of .

How involved was before he left the board? Not that much, it turns out.

It has always been misleading to present Bluesky as the “platform of Jack Dorsey”. It’s also sexist, as once again, the work of a talented woman was wrongfully attributed to a very mediocre man. The tech version of the Matilda effect.

https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3krxdfy6koc22

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o_simardcasanova, to mastodon
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Thanks to Tusks by @bardi, I have decided to experiment a . Over time, I will compile great tools, apps, and services in a single, long thread.

I will update the Mega Thread every time I find a new tool that I find worth mentionning, either third-party or first-party.

For the first post, I want to showcase… Tusks, obviously! It’s an excellent app for macOS, iOS, and iPad to compose and update threads.

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https://thirdculture.app/tusks

Signez, to random French
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Jack Dorsey (co-fondateur de Twitter) a enfin quitté le board de Bluesky. Ça faisait longtemps qu’il n’y mettait plus les pieds, ça faisait plus d’un an qu’il avait supprimé son compte, mais des gens passaient encore leur temps à reprocher à Bluesky d’avoir ce mec à leur board, vraiment un argument bien éclaté au sol qui disparaît…

…et ironique quand on sait qu'un autre co-fondateur de Twitter (Biz Stone) est désormais au board de la fondation Mastodon aux US 😅

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/05/jack-dorsey-says-hes-no-longer-on-the-bluesky-board/

o_simardcasanova,
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@Signez @renchap (Je partage tout ce que vous dites l'un et l'autre. J'ajoute que présenter Bluesky comme "le réseau de Jack Dorsey” est aussi un argument fondamentalement misogyne : on prend le travail d'une femme talentueuse, Jay Graber, et on l'attribue à un homme d'une insondable médiocrité. L'effet Matilda en somme, mais appliqué au secteur de la tech plutôt qu'à la recherche scientifique.)

o_simardcasanova, to twitter French
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« Les utilisateurs bloqués pourront bientôt voir le contenu publié par les personnes qui les ont bloqués. »

Une nouvelle décision délirante, même comparée à toutes les décisions délirantes qu'Elon Musk a prises depuis qu'il a acheté .

Un cauchemar de modération.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1786213086732447988

o_simardcasanova,
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J'ai dû parcourir son profil pour vérifier si le message était bel et bien réel. J’ai besoin de prendre une douche.

o_simardcasanova,
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@tshirtman Sauf que je n’avais pas l’URL, c’est pour ça que j’ai dû fouiller la déchèterie qu’est son profil pour vérifier si l’impression d’écran que j’avais vu était réelle 🥲

o_simardcasanova, to random French
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Mastodon, j'ai une question : est-ce que W3Techs est une source fiable ?

https://w3techs.com

o_simardcasanova,
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@tshirtman Ah oui, effectivement. Merci pour l’information.

o_simardcasanova,
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@tshirtman Cette page donne également des informations importantes : https://w3techs.com/disclaimer

Gargron, to random
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Me, feeding 2 people and 2 cats on a 60k EUR salary without benefits (because technically self-employed), reading those comments that claim a 501(c)(3) is some kind of nefarious scheme to hide money 😐

o_simardcasanova,
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@Gargron Thank you for everything you do. The people who are saying that are unhinged ideologues.

Mastodon, to mastodon
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forms new 501(c)(3) non-profit entity with new board of directors in the United States to facilitate tax-deductible donations and in-kind support:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

o_simardcasanova,
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@Mastodon Congrats! Everything that makes Mastodon and the Fediverse stronger is a welcome advancement.

o_simardcasanova, to fediverse
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The Report by @laurenshof is a great resource to keep up with how social media is changing.

What I especially like compared to more mainstream coverage is how Laurens keeps track of less "shiny" projects. Those are a fertile ground for new innovations.

https://fediversereport.com/

o_simardcasanova, to fediverse
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I just realized that being compatible with (and possibly / at a later date) means that it will probably be possible to tag somebody directly in a newsletter post, via their or profile for instance.

I love this idea.

o_simardcasanova, to mastodon
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Okay , I think this one will resonate with many of you.

has been recently criticised by many creators: they have a lot of followers, but very few of them actually see their posts.

Instagram's answer? "Stop crying".

Don't take my word for it, see for yourself here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C53oD86O8c0/

Considering is run by the same people, I'm increasingly convinced that will use Threads to exploit the free labor of creators in the same way it does with Instagram.

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o_simardcasanova,
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I have seen this discourse from time to time on here: people being horribly condescending about "content creators".

What this condescending tone utterly fails to capture is that many of these "content creators" are independent workers trying to use social media to make a living.

Meta is not their employer. But they are extremely dependent on the decisions Meta takes. And the power relationship between creators and Meta is, by a wide margin, in favor of Meta.

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o_simardcasanova,
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There is an army of content creators out there. If one gives up, Meta doesn't really care: there is now enough "content" for Instagram to push it to lurkers and "regular" users. Next to ads.

This is why the power dynamics is so tilted in favor of Meta.

Content creators can't even unionize. There is actually very little they can do.

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o_simardcasanova,
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Why do you think Meta is trying to distance itself from news and politics?

It's probably not financially interesting, for many reasons.

But there may be another issue at play: power. Media are big corporations. Politicians have power. They can fight back, and inflict real damage to Meta.

Indie photographers or writers? What can they do, except, and I quote, "cry"?

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o_simardcasanova,
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Meta's strategy is fundamentally exploitative. Meta makes money on the back of content creators, and their free labor.

Adam Mosseri himself said it a few weeks ago: if Meta had to compensate content creators for their work, it would make Instagram financially unviable.

That being said, the open disdain and the gaslighting is something else.

It clearly shows that Meta believes that it can quite literally bully content creators, and get away with it. Probably because it's true.

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agiletortoise, to random
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Interesting Safari fun fact I just discovered: If you name a bookmark folder with only an emoji and no text, the Bookmark Bar will hide the folder icon beside it, making for nice compact drop-down menus.

Now, if there was just a way for me to use SF Symbols.

o_simardcasanova,
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@agiletortoise OMG YES. Thanks for the tip, I love it.

o_simardcasanova, to bluesky French
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Je ne savais pas que avait jusqu’ici explicitement interdit aux chefs d’État de se créer un compte.

Maintenant que les outils de modération de la plateforme sont en place, l’interdiction vient d’être levée.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/13/24129357/bluesky-heads-of-state-ban-lifted-twitter-alternative

o_simardcasanova, to twitter French
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I just deactivated, probably for good, my French-speaking account.

I’m ready to build the next phase of my online activity on , and .

Onwards!

o_simardcasanova, to random
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I’m increasingly convinced that defederation of Threads will backfires against the instances that defederate.

There is a vocal, but small, minority of users who have very strict opinions on Threads, the Fediverse and Mastodon. But they’re a minority.

The more Threads will federate, the more users who aren’t part of this minority but have to live with the consequences of its demands will ask for a different direction.
https://social.coop/@jsit/112207362680439053

o_simardcasanova,
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@stefan I don’t have any reason to suspect Meta isn’t trying. This is why Threads is different from Gab or Truth Social.

At the end, weighting the pros and the cons is a matter of individual preferences. Hence why I think it is deeply misguided to act at the instance level. Simplifying the UI to block domains at the individual user is something I think would add a lot of value.

o_simardcasanova,
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@stefan This is what I meant: they do have some form of moderation, it's not a free-for-all. But the money they put in is far from being enough. And I don't see them putting enough money today, tomorrow or ever for that matter.

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