tchambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social

Technologist, writer, admin of indieweb.social. Fascinated by how new politics impacts technology and vice versa. #fedi22 #indieweb #fediverse

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tchambers, (edited ) to Russia

Whatever is going on right now in , I do note this: is now useless at tracking this. Junk accounts everywhere, no verified accounts, swarms of sketchy bluechecks.

The ONE thing that place was good at was breaking global news. But not now.

See everyone here tonight.

tchambers, (edited ) to bluesky

New research from my team on the :

This is our 3rd quarterly update on which platforms are growing, new entries such as , Notes, & all public data on Meta's
Includes latest on the ,
New polling, new posting data & more.

Welcome any notes or feedback & boosts!

Get it here: https://is.gd/5PJQH7

cc: @spreadmastodon @fediversereport @fediversenews

tchambers, to RedditMigration

organizers aren't fooling around and many have shifted into full on scortched earth on Reddit and to mode:

tchambers, (edited ) to random

➡️

With news of the probable launch of Meta's I wanted to make clear this servers policy:

"Don't preemptively strike meta w/ a fediblock, but stay vigilant with eyes wide open and a finger on the block button."

The same as we do for all servers.

They can be blocked instantly if they violate our terms of use, and as admins are in a far stronger position if we do so than vs before.

I hope all to consider taking this same policy. 1 of X 🧵

tchambers, to RedditMigration

One of the cool things about the #redditmigration & the rise of #Kbin & #Lemmy is it is a big positive to both the #threadiverse and the existing users on the Fedi:

On the Threadiverse side: Lots of brand new blood from fleeing Reddit new users now discovering the Fediverse for the first time. New blood. New ideas.

On the Masto/Fedi side:

I think many are seeing REAL federation from/to an entirely other type of Fedi platform for the first time in the wild.
It really works. Opening eyes.

tchambers, to random

Interesting find:

"Despite Mastodon’s decentralized architecture, we found that the 25% of the largest instances on Mastodon contains 96% of the users....

Paradoxically, while larger instances attract more users, smaller ones attract more active users, reinforcing Mastodon’s decentralization."

...We observed the impact of social network in migration, with an average of 14.72% of Twitter followees per user migrating to the exact same Mastodon instance as user."

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.14294.pdf

tchambers, (edited ) to RedditMigration

Three great sites:

https://redditmigration.com/

and

https://sub.rehab/

and

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.html

For tracking where subreddits are migrating over to on the and other platforms.

tchambers, to random

To real concerns that Meta might do to Acivitypub as Google & they did to XMPP, this seems helpful including this point via
@darius

"Regardless of bigco shenanigans around open protocols, Kazemi isn’t worried about what happens with ActivityPub. 'The nice thing for me is that if the big companies do jump in [to support ActivityPub] and then sort of walk it back,' he remarked, 'at worst, we’ll be back to where we are right now, which is still a pretty nice place.'”

https://thenewstack.io/why-developers-should-experiment-with-the-fediverse/

tchambers, to Futurology

With the upcoming Fediverse service, there has been a, well, robust discussion of how to avoid threats looming. Those advocating mass-preemptive defederation make three cases for it.

➡️ To avoid data mining ...which Defederation does virtually zero to avoid any big tech entity scraping all the fedi public social graph today - Want proof?
see: https://is.gd/q8U2pv

The next argument is about poorly moderated P92 user posts and ad spam.
Which I'll discuss next.

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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

tchambers, (edited ) to RedditMigration

Signs of the in action: Three of the top 6 fastest growing servers are not only not Mastodon.social but they are not even microblogging servers - but rather are servers.

That is only seriously good for the entire Fedi infrastructure. Diversity is strength.

@fediversereport @fediversenews @fediverseobserver

tchambers, (edited ) to random

Rather than making another 10-post-long thread 🧵 on the latest things , I had mercy on everyone & just wrote 1 blog post…

(TLdr: the sky isn't falling, we have always been a diverse set of cultures and moderation standards, we will work it out on both fronts, but a lot is changing on all fronts & more will. And through it all we have all we need to protect our people.) Open to any thoughts, pushback, etc….

https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/25/project-the-fediverse.html

@spreadmastodon @fediverseobserver @fediversenews

tchambers, to fediverse

One of the things I love about the Fediverse is that it is growing in about 8 different directions and they all cohere.

From look at the top software undergirding the Fedi:

, , are all playing substantial roles...but are not "forks' of Mastodon but are entirely different apps, which benefit from Mastodon, and give value back to it. And are one Fediverse.

cc: @manton cc: @pfefferle
@dansup

tchambers, (edited ) to kbin

This magazine I created for the 4 days ago now has over 5,400 subscribers and growing fast. Tons of great articles, links and questions there...

https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration

tchambers, (edited ) to random

So the roadmap for keeps bubbling up cool things.

➡️ Better remote follows/engagement UX
➡️ Groups
➡️ Exclude List Posts in Main feed
➡️ Quote posts
➡️ Better sorting for threads
➡️ Improved content and account search

Exploring:

➡️ Home feed digest view
➡️ Blocklist subscriptions
➡️ Markdown support for posts
➡️ Passkeys support
➡️ Domain name ussage for account
➡️ Restrict who can reply

https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

tchambers, (edited ) to reddit

Watching #Elon and now #Reddit CEO Huffman run the same play, it makes me think that Matt Muellenweg may be the only tech CEO left that I can think of has any credibility on the #OpenWeb. #WordPress #Automattic

tchambers, to random

Literally YOU are the product being sold as a Facebook or Instagram user….

“Meta makes $207 per year per user in the US and Canada, without charging them anything.

That's more than what many subscription products (Netflix, Spotify, etc) make from their paid users.”

https://twitter.com/tanayj/status/1651334563401027584?s=46&t=SJq9hij4JmK6nQhFUm559w

tchambers, to RedditMigration

This from @mmasnick gets it exactly right:

"Reddit is discovering the same thing that Twitter is also discovering: when you build a service where the value is all the free content that users provide, you’re going to run into some problems when you suddenly start acting like you 'own' all that, and you feel the need to put up paywalls for access.... at some point those users are going to realize they have the power to go elsewhere."

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/13/reddit-blackout-crashes-the-site-as-reddit-users-realize-theyre-in-the-power-position/

tchambers, (edited ) to fediverse

From @pluralistic and HT to @erlend for this:

"Is there something better coming?” I think it’s ; and I think it’s Mastodon for a bunch of reasons. One is that the Mastodon standard was developed when the tech platforms were totally disinterested and didn’t have their fingers on the scale...."

(Full quote below)

https://jacobin.com/2023/05/cory-doctorow-big-tech-internet-monopoly-capitalism-artificial-intelligence-crypto/

tchambers, to Futurology

🔥 Hot take: 🔥

potential entrance into the Fediverse is the most over discussed topic on the Fedi right now.

(very much Including by me)

And and 's recent embrace of the Fediverse is the least.

And I suspect long term the later may have as much significance as the former. Maybe more.

cc: @pfefferle @mediawiki @legoktm

tchambers, to fediverse

User “rebellions” and strikes by mods and top users happening at Twitter, StackExchange and Reddit all at the same time. Over different issues but all against centralized siloed platform issues. Good time to be developing for and building out the .

StackExchange:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389811/moderation-strike-stack-overflow-inc-cannot-consistently-ignore-mistreat-an

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/141borj/major_reddit_communities_will_go_dark_to_protest/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

tchambers, to random

From the CEO of blogging site DailyKos, that sees about 160 million visits a year:

"Using Twitter is still a necessary evil for many of us, me included. But given the pace of alternatives suddenly emerging, those days are numbered. I fully expect Twitter to be obsolete by the end of the year, a $44-billion boondoggle that’ll resemble little more than a glorified Parler or Gab. Yet another ‘unscheduled rapid disassembly’ overseen by Elon Musk."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/26/2171355/-Twitter-competitors-are-coming-Here-s-what-might-be-next#comment_86275913

tchambers, (edited ) to fediverse

🚨 Want to help build a robust bridge and relays between & networks? (:fediverse:

Live only for a few hours - we launched this group late last night - it already has over 40 developers/followers starting to do exactly that.

➡️ @activitypubblueskybridge

If you are working on this, or want to, go follow that mastodon-compatible Frendica group & introduce yourself!

cc: @mmasnick @anildash @manton

tchambers, (edited ) to RedditMigration

The magazine I creted for - and that had zero users 4 days ago, now appears to be the 2nd most popular one on kbin.social, with just over 8,700 subscribers:

https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration

tchambers, to fediverse

Join me in the movement to , to find a better social home, and help others do the same.

https://spreadmastodon.org/utilities/share-spread-mastodon

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