wtf?
"European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States."
https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/
Good luck getting w.anything - I thought 1-character domain names weren't allowed? (apart from sneaky "X.com" of course)
wtf?
"European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States."
https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/
Good luck getting w.anything - I thought 1-character domain names weren't allowed? (apart from sneaky "X.com" of course)
I will be opting my account out of the #Bluesky bridge next week. If you follow me from Bluesky (I think there are about 3.9K of you) and want to continue seeing my posts you will need to get an account on the fediverse. Cheers.
@Gargron In solidarity with you and all you have done for us, I've deleted my #Bluesky and #twitter accounts....permanently.
I plan on focusing on #fediverse and other forms of decentralization, as well as personal privacy technology.
You inspire us all!
I very much hope Cyd does what it says it will, and deletes all my Tweets. It has started with stuff I posted in 2011, and is currently removing nearly 80,000 Tweets.
It seems way easier than the other Tweet deleters, and I will be sending them a donation if it is even 9/10 as good as it looks so far...
RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/115859297445602235
Echt jetzt?
Ihr seid immer noch auf #X?
Was muss denn noch passieren?
Bitte unbedingt 👇 lesen und die richtige Entscheidung treffen.
@a_watch @Bundesregierung @ChariteBerlin @dawum @fff @fraunhofergesellschaft @helmholtz @idw_online @Krautreporter @libreoffice @ntv @PIK_climate @tdforg @tagesschau @tonline @transparency_de @tu_muenchen @umwelthilfe @Volksverpetzer ...
"AFT Withdraws from X Over AI Image Concerns
The #American Federation of #Teachers (AFT) has announced its departure from #socialmedia platform #X, previously known as #Twitter, over the dissemination of inappropriate #AI-generated images."
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/3768662-aft-withdraws-from-x-over-ai-image-concerns
I very much hope Cyd does what it says it will, and deletes all my Tweets. It has started with stuff I posted in 2011, and is currently removing nearly 80,000 Tweets.
It seems way easier than the other Tweet deleters, and I will be sending them a donation if it is even 9/10 as good as it looks so far...
@mekkaokereke I absolutely feel you in what you're saying. And I believe in learning from anything I can.
I will also say that my instance has 10 users, of which like 3 are regularly active. I never know what the Fediverse drama of the month is because it goes sailing past my tiny instance. I see my friends and follows and they see me. That's enough.
@roadriverrail @mekkaokereke Not everyone can do this (admin an instance) but virtually everyone knows or can meet someone who can.
Big instances are about Mastodon's latent #twitter insecurity, craving growth.
Bin ja generell dafuer, dass man einmal am Tag Good News posten sollte! #Twitter #xdown
https://www.heise.de/news/Ausfall-beim-Kurznachrichtendienst-X-und-Grok-derzeit-gestoert-11144580.html
It turns out the leader of the #GreenParty of 🏴 and 🏴 previous had an account on Mastodon (hello @ZackPolanski 👋 ) and so did Green MP for #Brighton Pav' (hello @sianberry 👋)
So I emailed the party to ask if they would consider moving away from #Twitter/X in light of recent events and reboot a Mastodon effort.
I shared links to mastodon.green and a set of UK-based instances, including toot.wales.
You too can email office@greenparty.org.uk to ask that they get an official #Mastodon account.
Arizona investigating Musk/twitter/grok for generating non-consensual nudes, including of children
L'uomo pieno di soldi che ha comprato Twitter facendolo suo, ora lo usa per diffondere tutto il male del mondo, comprese foto artefatte di abusi sui minori.
Esattamente 7 anni fa però, il problema più grosso e meritevole di insulti era l'account twitter "il mondo positivo" in cui io e il mio più caro amico facevamo gli scemi impersonando il virus HIV parlante quando ancora non avevamo concretizzato i racconti. Perché mettevamo l'hashtag dell'immacolata colazione, e non solo quello, ci hanno augurato di morire con l'AIDS a tutti e due. SPOILER: siamo ancora qua a rompere le balle peggio di prima.
Mi piacerebbe proprio sentirli adesso, se hanno ancora il coraggio di parlare. #sfogo #twitter #insulti
Your take on #twitter? It's not novel, it can't be, the monkeys with typewriter are *done*.
"Try this one neat trick to not loathing yourself for remaining on #twitter."
Your take on #twitter? It's not novel, it can't be, the monkeys with typewriter are *done*.
it's actually not okay the extremes it takes for some folks to leave Twitter. O_o
and still, some people (who don't personally agree with the many issues) just *still* linger on there casually, seemingly immovable.
Like, anti-consumer, monolithic, data-harvesty platforms that you submit misused personal info to. That should be bad enough, but instead, the effective standard we have as a global community is wayyy too low.
BREAKING: American Federation of Teachers very large union says they're leaving X over CSAM and other Grok imagery abuses
BREAKING: American Federation of Teachers very large union says they're leaving X over CSAM and other Grok imagery abuses
RE: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/115891147664577220
Hard to imagine why anyone wants to be on that website anymore.
Are you?
#petition "Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement "
https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2610
On la fait monter jusqu'à 1 million ?
Fais ta magie Twi...euh #Mastodon !
it's actually not okay the extremes it takes for some folks to leave Twitter. O_o
and still, some people (who don't personally agree with the many issues) just *still* linger on there casually, seemingly immovable.
Like, anti-consumer, monolithic, data-harvesty platforms that you submit misused personal info to. That should be bad enough, but instead, the effective standard we have as a global community is wayyy too low.
The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent interview with As It Happens, calling on the government to quit using X. I’m attaching a couple of screen shots here; since they are a bit unwieldy for alt text, I’ll attach a link to the full transcript below. #CBC #cdnpoli #Twitter #X #Grok #CSAM #yeg
