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toddalstrom

@toddalstrom@mastodon.social

Founder of BeerAdvocate. Living in Helsinki, Finland.

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toddalstrom, to lemmy
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Looks like the has been widely used by the and communities for years, but now it's slowly being co-opted (including by staff) to refer to the of .

I predict a complete takeover of the , and term in general, before the end of 2024.

toddalstrom, to bluesky
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I’m starting to see people on #Bluesky announce that they’re moving to #Threads. Especially those who rely on engagement.

Why?

#Meta’s adoption of #ActivityPub vs. #ATProtocol.

#fediverse #socialmedia #socialweb

toddalstrom, to mastodon
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Last month I deleted all social media apps from my phone, except for , to help reclaim my time, redirect my focus, and improve my mental health.

Highly recommended.

toddalstrom,
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Why ?

Some reasons:

  • I like what @Gargron + team are doing

  • Not owned by megacorps, billionaires, megalomaniacs, and the like

  • No ads, surveillance, or monetization of my data

  • More control over my account, social graph, feeds, and whatnot

  • Authentic engagement vs. performative, paid, and rage farming

  • Higher quality discussions + connections

  • I'm pro- and believe that the is the future of the social web + so much more

toddalstrom, to ai
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The continues…

“Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way.”

https://www.wired.com/story/here-come-the-ai-worms/

toddalstrom, to bluesky
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Great interview with Jay Graber (CEO, ) on Decoder with Nilay Patel (@reckless1280), where they dig into some of the major difference between Bluesky () and ().

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648?i=1000650348585

toddalstrom, to bluesky
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Meanwhile on …

toddalstrom, to threads
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And suddenly everyone on is a expert and feels the need to explain (copy and paste) what it all means to their followers because @zuck entered the room.

Gotta capture that engagement while it’s hot! 🔥🧵😆

toddalstrom, to beer
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Some interesting news:

"Carlsberg will acquire 20 percent of Mikkeller, while Founder and CEO Mikkel Bjergsø will maintain the controlling interest and continue in his role of CEO."

https://www.mikkeller.com/news/mikkeller-signs-agreement-with-carlsberg-new-partnership-to-strengthen-mikkellers-sales-and-distribution

toddalstrom, to bluesky
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Source: https://bsky.app/profile/mightymadmaxine.bsky.social/post/3kkstfgpl2q24

toddalstrom, to twitter
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Logged into and just to check in. Poking around too.

help me 80s GIF

toddalstrom, to bluesky
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is basically Twitter for furries, dick pics, and fanart.

toddalstrom, to Discord
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Not that I needed another reason to feel good about ditching , but here it is...

"Over the weekend, hackers targeted federated social networks like to carry out ongoing attacks that were organized on Discord, and conducted using Discord applications. But Discord has yet to remove the server where the attacks are facilitated, and Mastodon community leaders have been unable to reach anyone at the company."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/discord-took-no-action-against-server-that-coordinated-costly-mastodon-spam-attacks/

toddalstrom, to Finland
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Good morning and happy from !

Miss Chicken von Waffles is currently sleeping under the tree.

Best present ever!

toddalstrom, to fediverse
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Does have a limit?

Does ?

There’s no good reason for a post to have 30+ .

toddalstrom, to random
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PSA: https://paddynotpatty.com

☘️🇮🇪

toddalstrom, to meta
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:

"People who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Which is exactly what is happening with and the ."

"...if Meta joins the Fediverse, Meta will be the only one winning. In fact, reactions show that they are already winning: the Fediverse is split between blocking Meta or not. If that happens, this would mean a fragmented, frustrating two-tier fediverse with little appeal for newcomers."

https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

toddalstrom, to fediverse
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Disappointed, but not surprised, by the utter lack of interest in over at .

XF 2.2 was released in Sep 2020. XF 2.3 will drop sometime this year, however, IMHO, none of the new features were worth waiting 3+ years (a lifetime ago) for.

In the meantime, like are testing a plugin, 2.0 will support , and plans to join the too. I'm sure there are more.

I really want to migrate to another platform.

evan, (edited ) to random
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Are we friends?

toddalstrom,
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@evan Where’s the I never met you, but I’d like to hang and drink some beers option?

joy, to random
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The irony about being on mastodon.social… I haven’t seen any of the spam yet, but I do see your messages about silencing and/or blocking the instance… 🤔🤷‍♀️

toddalstrom,
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@joy I got spammed. Lots of site lag and errors for a bit, but all clear now.

rolle, (edited ) to fediverse
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I’m not even arguing any more about which social media platform is the best. Only thing certain is that X is shit. For the rest I’m just waiting for the modern microblogging services to be connected via ActivityPub. In the meantime I’m using only Mastodon and Threads.

toddalstrom,
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@rolle I feel this. Very tired of the bashing of social media platforms and people for their choices/opinions. It's easy to fall into this too. I've even had to check myself a few times.

And I agree that Mastodon (I love it here) + Threads (everyone I know is basically there) is a good combo; despite the latter being a Meta product, but also because it's a Meta product.

It'll also be interesting to see what we can do with our accounts when Threads finally federates with ActivityPub.

rolle, to random
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This week I held the first week of work orientation and briefing for our new trainee who is originally from Wisconsin, US. Our spoken work language is Finnish and it seems she handles it brilliantly as she has been living in Finland for some time now. But I've noticed for me it's intriguing to have another spoken language in my world once again. All our docs and coding is naturally in English so it's not much of a stretch to actually speak English out loud, to me at least.

Despite this we have decided that it is good to use Finnish at work, because she wants to learn more and it's difficult otherwise, if we all keep speaking English. We Finnish people are funny that way, we don't really speak Finnish if the other person is not fluent with it, we switch to English too easily, because of our natural hospitability and because most of the Finns like to make the other person comfortable instead and we generally know English well.

I actually have some family from Australia from my mothers side, some of my cousins don't even know Finnish even though they have Finnish names, as they have lived most of their lives in Australia. I've never been there, but kinda through my special interest in languages I've learned to speak English pretty fluently and it comes naturally to me.

Anyway, solely the fact she is American living in Finland is kinda awesome in my world. After everyone has left the office we often get stuck in these long discussion about cultural differences, metal music and life in general. We have a lot in common and this week seems like a good start. I'm hopeful this will give birth to something great in our work community.

toddalstrom,
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@rolle I’m an American living and working in Finland, but I work from home and my exposure to Finnish is limited and transactional vs. conversational as a result.

I do aspire to learn Finnish though.

In the meantime, my daughter goes to a Finnish public school and is quickly learning the language.

toddalstrom, to random
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Can't believe that it's already been a year since we moved to Finland.

toddalstrom, to Finland
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Today we said goodbye to Miss Chicken von Waffles, but not before letting her touch some grass in .

RIP, Chicken. Thanks for 18 years of love. ❤️🥺

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toddalstrom,
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Thanks for the words, everyone. Yesterday was brutal.

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