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News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline - https://www.theverge.com/news/709209/news-media-alliance-12ft-io-takedown-paywall?ref=feedle.world
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It's a sweaty 33°C in #Oslo today so I took a break from the sunshine and updated the BIG LIST OF MASTODON INSTANCES on my website.
There's still a lot more I need to add and maybe find a better format for it all now that the list is so long, but if you're looking for a new server to join or just to find some like-minded people, it's a good list to browse.
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Three attempts at making payments secure - https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/three-attempts-at-making-payments-secure/?ref=feedle.world
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Sascha Pallenberg räumte mal zwischendurch jegliche #SocialMedia Euphorie ab, die vorher bei Vorträgen zu #SocialSelling aufkam: Wie der Like-Button das Internet zerstört.
Today, https://Channel.org public beta goes live! 🎉
We're so excited to give you access to https://Channel.org Channels, your own curated feeds across the social web.
You can create a Channel on the https://Channel.org website now and then download the beta Channels app for easy management.
We'd love for you to try it out and let us know what you think!
#SocialMedia#Fediverse#SocialWeb#Mastodon#Channels#Newsmast#Beta#Technology#FediTech#FediApp#App
Highlight videos are playing a major role in the upcoming Upper House election, with social media increasingly impacting election results amid the growing popularity of YouTube and other video-sharing sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/politics/highlight-videos-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #socialmedia #youtube #shinjiishimaru
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Kids use their phones way too much, and me too - https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/kids-use-their-phones-way-too-much-and-me-too/?ref=feedle.world
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- https://www.manton.org/2025/07/15/in-related-client-api-news.html?ref=feedle.world
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flickr-rss - https://www.dzombak.com/blog/2025/07/flickr-rss/?ref=feedle.world
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- https://www.manton.org/2025/07/16/dave-winer-were-turning-the.html?ref=feedle.world
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Kill Your Epistemic Arrogance - https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/kill-your-epistemic-arrogance/?ref=feedle.world
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Feature-wise, Bluesky feels like a cheap, dated version of Mastodon. It still has no edit option, no content warnings, and is stuck with a 300-character limit.
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GRA-A-A-AVY, Man - https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/07/gra-a-a-avy-man.html?ref=feedle.world
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It just makes me wounder: Are modern messengers these days complicated or do the people who have the talent to write such a #MultiProtocolIM chosen that this is stupid and that like myself they'd never touch that shite in their life and make peace with it?
I mean, there arecommercial#MultiPlatform #clients for #SocialMedia like #HootSuite and #NUVI [not that I'd like either of those but still...
https://www.hootsuite.com
https://reputation.com/products/social-suite/
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