quillmatiq

quillmatiq, 1 day ago to random

"I don't know if the Fediverse is going to take off, even if I'm being optimistic and all signs are pointing toward that being true. What I do know is that a protocol-based solution is likely the right one if we want the next generation of social web products to be owned by us, the humans. To me - that's worth rooting for."

Fediverse Threads, more below 👇🏼

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C7UXfJrJvCJ

quillmatiq, 2 days ago to random

Bluesky just shipped DMs! These DMs are running off-protocol (not on AT), do not support group chats, and are not E2EE but all of them are on the roadmap.

That was really fast considering they just announced it a few weeks ago 🤯

Your move, @threads 👀 Fediverse Threadsdss

https://bsky.social/about/blog/05-22-2024-direct-messages

quillmatiq, 3 days ago to random

@deadsuperhero and I wrote about the members of Mastodon's new board! Very cool to see a diverse set of experienced voices advising one of the most important platforms in the Fediverse 🌐

cc Fediverse Threads

RE: https://www.threads.net/@wedistributemedia/post/C7PhpI2yyHz

quillmatiq, 3 days ago to random

@mmasnick sees Fediverse Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky, and the rest of the open social web as an antidote to the AI-generated decline of the internet:

"decentralized social media could offer an alternative to the world in which all the information we consume is intermediated by a single centralized player, whether it’s a search engine like Google, or a social media service like Meta [...] one in which you get to build the experience you want, rather than the one a giant company wants."

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/21/decentralized-systems-will-be-necessary-to-stop-google-from-putting-the-web-into-managed-decline/

reckless1280, 4 days ago to random

Altman statement on ScarJo situation pretty hard to square with his “her” tweet https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161253/scarlett-johansson-openai-altman-legal-action

quillmatiq, 7 days ago to random

Maybe the real Twitter was the Fediverse we made along the way 🌐

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C7EEJuQKyn2

quillmatiq, 7 days ago to random

@ghost updates us on when to expect full ActivityPub integration: "more than a month, but less than a year, probably".

I'm not going to hold them to that since this needs to be done right and they should take their time, but it tells us that this is a top priority in their minds and is coming way sooner than I initially thought it would.

Following augment.ink from Fediverse Threads may be a thing by 2025!

Full update here: https://activitypub.ghost.org/building-activitypub-day-1

quillmatiq, 10 days ago to random

A cryptocurrency gambling service that takes bets for US elections 🫠

I just...I can't even figure out how many layers of scams this is. I feel like they're a few months away from a SPAC merger.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C69AHiIKmkT

quillmatiq, 13 days ago to random

The thing I dislike most about the Threads algo is how it drops people from my feed for weeks on end. I'll randomly see someone I haven't in a while and get excited to welcome them back, only to realize they've been active this whole time.

This doesn't happen when I catch up on Threads using Phanpy, my Mastodon client, but not everyone has their Fedi switch on so I come here to catch up on those posts. Sad to see I'm still losing out.

Anyway, I hope more people turn on Fediverse Threads 🫶🏼

quillmatiq, 16 days ago to random

Bluesky is planning on building DMs off-protocol, which means that you have to use the official app to use them.

@evanprodromou and @tomcoates are working on E2EE DMs built right into the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, a Mastodon user using any client could potentially start DMs with Fediverse Threads users or any other social web service.

In other words: better.

I wrote more about the work going into E2EE DMs for ActivityPub here: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C6euytvSuhT

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C6tEcaHK1F1

quillmatiq, 18 days ago to random

I was one of the lucky folks that @Flipboard federated today!

Very excited to setup magazines so people in Fediverse Threads, Mastodon, and other federated networks can follow me for specific interests if they don't want all of me on main 🌐

You can follow me at the address in the image and I'll be setting up magazines for my various interests as I find content to share in them 🙏🏻

RE: https://www.threads.net/@timothyjchambers/post/C6pAnbCx08e

quillmatiq, 22 days ago to random

I wrote about how E2EE DMs are becoming a very real possibility for the social web. This would mean that Fediverse Threads users could potentially open DMs to their Mastodon, @Flipboard, and other social web mutuals without needing a separate account.

Very excited to see where @evanprodromou and @tomcoates take this research. More in the link below 👇🏼

RE: https://www.threads.net/@wedistributemedia/post/C6etAhvyEXz

quillmatiq, 23 days ago to random

Alt Headline: Substack finds more ways to lock writers into their platform while @ghost and @buttondownemail build new features to make it easier to own your subscriber list across email and the social web.

The choice is getting clearer by the day: https://www.augment.ink/ghost-substack-discoverability/

RE: https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/C6cC9YXKHgY

ben.werdmuller, 24 days ago to random

I love the trend of journalists starting up their own independent subscription newsletters / websites. I don't love that they're doing it on Substack.

quillmatiq, 26 days ago to random

Every online community works differently. If this one isn't working for you then you don't be a part of it. Stop telling people who are having enriching experiences that they're enjoying themselves incorrectly, it's weird and obnoxious.

People on Threads aren't "annoying", you just don't fit in. And that's fine because a lot of people here didn't fit into the toxic platform you came from. We aren't replicating here, we're restarting.

Hope you find a community you feel you belong in 🫶🏼

quillmatiq, 29 days ago to random

"The project, dubbed SkyBridge, was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects." - @sarahprz for @techcrunch

The launch of this would mean that Fediverse Threads users could follow Bluesky profiles and vice versa. At that point, it wouldn't matter which open protocol your platform prefers using because they'll all be part of the social web 🌐

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/bluesky-backs-a-project-that-would-let-mastodon-apps-like-ivory-work-with-its-network/

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

I wrote a follow-up post about @ghost's entry into the Fediverse on augment!

I believe Ghost's Fediverse integration will have larger implications for the newsletter landscape, eventually bringing the slow death of another social silo: @substack.

The network effects of the Fediverse are in play and will skyrocket Ghost's discoverability past Substack. It's time to make the switch just like Fediverse Threads is.

Read more here: https://www.augment.ink/ghost-substack-discoverability/

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C6E9n4FyapY

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

Some personal news: I'm now a contributor at @wedistributemedia! I'm so excited to work with the team over there reporting everything happening in the world of distributed social media.

For my first post, I wrote about @ghost joining the Fediverse 🙏🏼

What's exciting about this is that it isn't just an ActivityPub plugin - it's a top-down re-thinking about what Ghost is as a service. This is ActivityPub for publishers done right.

Congrats to @johnonolan and team! cc Fediverse Threads

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/ghost-implements-activitypub/

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

Really great discussion between @mmccue, CEO of @Flipboard, with @rklambo and @pcottle of the @threads team about Fediverse Threads on the Dot Social podcast.

Looks like Phase 2 of federation will include seeing interactions from the Fediverse on Threads! Very excited to starting liking and replying to y'all's posts through my Mastodon account 🌐

https://youtu.be/jszwVtlU4TQ?si=z6q2v-eFcqeLBwYR

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

"The open social web's network effects are now in motion - if you're not piping your platform's content into it then you and your users are missing out on what's going to be the largest sharing network we've ever seen in social media."

Fediverse Threads

https://www.augment.ink/social-siloes-post/

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

I wrote about the slowly dying breed of siloed social networks and how the Fediverse can breathe new life into existing services.

https://www.augment.ink/social-siloes-post/

Fediverse Threads

https://www.augment.ink/social-siloes-post

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

Apple fans: Governments need to stop regulating Apple and trying to break my beloved walled garden! Third party app stores will do nothing for me! 😡

Also Apple fans: Omg, I get to use emulators on my phone now? 🥰

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

@ryanhatesthis gave another shout-out to my piece in the latest edition of Garbage Day, this time saying that it's one of three articles that have made him excited for the Fediverse!

Very cool to see more and more people getting hyped for what's coming after Fediverse Threads 🌐

You can check out the full newsletter that links to the other two Fediverse pieces here: https://www.garbageday.email/p/new-dinner-party-simulation-app-dropped

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C5l6QZGvuAn

quillmatiq, 1 month ago to random

A reminder not to share your whole contacts list to an app that doesn't have a monetization plan, may not exist in the near future, and is owned by a company that still needs to pay back their investors as much a they can.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@mikehos3/post/C5zaDcax02F