Not a feature, but an interesting post by Jay Graber, the CEO of #Bluesky.
How involved was #JackDorsey 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.
Thanks to Tusks by @bardi, I have decided to experiment a #MegaThread. Over time, I will compile great #Mastodon 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.
@o_simardcasanova@tshirtman Je pense que Gabriel faisait référence au fait que l'on pouvait facilement contourner le blocage en se connectant en navigation privée sous un autre compte ?
@o_simardcasanova C’est clairement une tâche difficile qu’ils ont décidé d’attaquer, et ils semblent avoir mis une certaine application à penser au problème, c’est plutôt bon signe.
The #Fediverse 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.
I just realized that #GhostCMS being compatible with #ActivityPub (and possibly #ATProtocol / #Bluesky at a later date) means that it will probably be possible to tag somebody directly in a newsletter post, via their #Mastodon or #Threads profile for instance.
Considering #Threads is run by the same people, I'm increasingly convinced that #Meta will use Threads to exploit the free labor of creators in the same way it does with Instagram.
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.
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"?
@o_simardcasanova It wasn't really a formal policy AFAIK, it's just that someone from the team (Jay?) once posted something like "plz don't invite presidents here at the moment yet, we're not ready for this at this stage"… I don't think there would've been any drama if one that isn't a major world leader has accidentally joined last year :)
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 Right. Well, with all that said, I'm not really sure we moved anywhere with the conversation.
I still support folks who want an extra wall between them and Threads/Meta to feel safe. I do intend to continue blocking them in protest of their poor moderation.
But I do appreciate being able to discuss our differing opinions in a respectful manner.
@o_simardcasanova Last thing I'd add, I honestly don't think it's a big deal when instances break off after disagreements. I'm a big proponent of having more and smaller instances.
But when it comes to #Bluesky, it's especially infuriating that Bluesky is often presented as the platform of "Jack Dorsey".
It is not. From day one, Bluesky has been led by Jay Graber, one of the very few women in a position of power in tech.
On top of being inherently harmful, this disinformation on Bluesky is also fundamentally sexist. Once again, it attributes the work of a talented woman to a (mediocre, in my opinion) man.