And still others left because other people were leaving. In probably the most painful story I heard, one person – a friend of mine – told me that her Twitter feed simply died the day Musk took over. An avid cyclist, she had been following professional cyclists for years to study her sport. She also followed people fond of sharing cat pictures....
In addition to content moderation concerns, those who sign the #fedipact or otherwise pledge to block Meta cite many other reasons for doing so. vanta’s fedipact site sums up several: “that time they helped facilitate a genocide. that time they helped try to rig an election....
Claudius Link
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Freedoms are not given, they are taken.
-- Peter Kropotkin
Freedoms are not given, they are taken.
-- Peter Kropotkin
FOSS and federated alternative social media are important because they fundamentally challenge our assumptions about how social media needs to work. A basic insight from the field of science and technology studies (STS) is useful here: it could be otherwise....
dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
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Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/1112nX2yUK (Tambako The Jaguar)
#Fox #Bot
Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/1112nX2yUK (Tambako The Jaguar)
#Fox #Bot
They were effective. Gab was blocked from the vast majority of the fediverse. In fact, it was so well-blocked that Andrew Torba indulged in what could be characterized as a childish rage-quit....
hypebot
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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm...
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm...
Observing fediverse members’ disdain for unethical research and the contentification of social media posts, I sought consent from fediverse members. In the case of interviews, I have engaged in standard institutional review procedures for informed consent and drew on Internet research ethics guides....
Andrew Wooldridge 🚴♂️
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By late 2017, Mastodon had shifted from being described by its founder as a GNU social alternative to being reported upon by tech journalists as a Twitter alternative....
der.hans
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...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done.
(Equal Rites)
Alex Akselrod
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Anarchism will be seen to be an idealistic philosophy in the sense that it believes freedom will come from the conscious activity of men. No automatic process is to bring it about.
-- Laurance Labadie
D. Olifant
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This was quite disappointing to Ro. In light of the toll that racist trolls were taking on moderators like Marcia, he could not understand why safety features, such as importable instances blocklists, were not being implemented. From Ro’s perspective, Rochko’s vision has actively prevented safety features from being a part of Mastodon....
This was quite disappointing to Ro. In light of the toll that racist trolls were taking on moderators like Marcia, he could not understand why safety features, such as importable instances blocklists, were not being implemented. From Ro’s perspective, Rochko’s vision has actively prevented safety features from being a part of Mastodon....
...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done.
(Equal Rites)
Angela Antunovic
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People of Earth, your attention, please. This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council. As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system. And regrettably, your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you.