Einfach mal nen random Minipark, an ner Strassenecke, mit solchen Huehnern "bepflanzen". #Taichung wird mir immer sympatischer 🙂
Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in dieses Wochenende. Alles wird gut 🖖
I’ve been asked on TV hits and interviews lately to explain why decentralized social media is better, especially re: Mastodon.
How would you explain the benefits of a platform like Mastodon and the fediverse to someone in just a few sentences? How would you make the argument that platforms like Mastodon allow for more free expression than big tech controlled apps?
Would love to hear people’s thoughts! Trying to make my arguments most effective
Why not corporate #socialmedia?
1. Algorithm - pushes specific ideology, causes depression in young adults, distorts reality.
2. Owners propagandise their ideology (see above)
3. Certain voices are censored, just like in communist China. YouTube kicked off Aljazera news. TikTok US censors anti- #ICE sentiment, anti-genocide voices.
4. At election time, owners and the wealthy change the outcome of actual elections with social media.
If you haven't seen the outstanding #fediverse promo video by @_elena (4m)
Highly recommend it;
Tim Chambers
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FediMTL, on the fedi at @info is a new 1-day fediverse related conference in Montreal in just a few weeks on February 24 (is it Fedi-conference season or something?)
There's a streaming option, too! And the sessions look good. Check it out, and spread the word.
Protocols for Publishers
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🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Saskia Welch @saskia Head of Social & Community at @newsmast, working to build healthier online spaces for news, journalism, and civic discourse on the #Fediverse.
🎟️ In-person and streaming tickets: https://fedimtl.ca/
#FediMTL #DigitalSovereignty #SocialWeb
James Valleroy
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My fosdem talk is up!
I make a case for more platforms to support the ActivityPub client API, and how we should look beyond microblogging for future growth of the ‘verse
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QK7XSV-activitypub-c2s/
Seth of the Fediverse
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🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Saskia Welch @saskia Head of Social & Community at @newsmast, working to build healthier online spaces for news, journalism, and civic discourse on the #Fediverse.
🎟️ In-person and streaming tickets: https://fedimtl.ca/
#FediMTL #DigitalSovereignty #SocialWeb
Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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Mastodon is the anti-influence platform
On the social web we are
- free from the influence of megalomaniacs or any one person
- free from the influence of VCs and profit motivations
- free from the influence of algorithmic manipulation
Plus as a bonus, you can follow a friend's "Instagram" from your "Twitter" account ✨
fedicat
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🦣 Stegodon v1.7.1 brings full-text search with SQLite FTS5 and major performance optimizations! Timeline rendering is now faster and search uses less memory. #stegodon #fediverse #golang #tui
🦣 Stegodon v1.7.1 brings full-text search with SQLite FTS5 and major performance optimizations! Timeline rendering is now faster and search uses less memory. #stegodon #fediverse #golang #tui
Chip Butty
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Seems like the #Fediverse is something of a "Second Republic of Letters"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Letters
As the main developer of Fedilab, I've never used Open Collective funds for personal needs like buying a phone or paying repairs (yes, plugging/unplugging daily has consequences). I feel uncomfortable about how to use those funds. In April I'll need to pay for server hosting. I also need a more powerful computer. Are those kinds of expenses ok for you? Like repairing my phone due to a worn-out USB connector?
@apps
Perfecly ok. I'd compare to what a decent employer would supply so you can do the job.
And thank you so much for the best Mastodon (my main use case) client ever!
hannah aubry
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2 questions for all that read it:
Did you not post or reply much on previous social media? Specifically, out of concerns around data collection.
And if so, does that habit still influence how you post on the Fedi?
Fediverse Development
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Hey everyone, we have some pretty big news to share. You might remember that we announced a big restructuring for the Mastodon team earlier this year. Today marks an important milestone in this transition.
2 questions for all that read it:
Did you not post or reply much on previous social media? Specifically, out of concerns around data collection.
And if so, does that habit still influence how you post on the Fedi?
Will Mastodon, the platform that keeps the #Fediverse alive, miss a strategic opportunity to bring official institutions on board at scale?
By watching how #EuroSky is being marketed compared to #Mastodon, it certainly seems that way.
I wish the folks at Mastodon would invest in more professional marketing, similar to what we're seeing from its rival, Bluesky.
There was a major meeting in the EU Parliament focused on this topic, yet there was no announcement or microblog post from Mastodon. Zero engagement.
Compare these two approaches:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ituoear7k6qx3smjfoxhufm4/post/3me7pxwrgerri
Seems like the #Fediverse is something of a "Second Republic of Letters"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Letters