One of the strongest advocates for #Palestine, Lexi Alexander, was recently suspended from #Bluesky without explanation. Truth is that her advocacy was becoming too influential. Even before bsky mods booted her she was promoting #UpScrolled, which is one of the few safe #socialmedia sites for Palestinians. Issam Hijazi is the founder of UpScrolled.

I joined UpScrolled because I value Lexi’s perspective and bsky mods won’t stop me from following her. If you have an UpScrolled account let me know and I’ll follow you too.

One of the strongest advocates for #Palestine, Lexi Alexander, was recently suspended from #Bluesky without explanation. Truth is that her advocacy was becoming too influential. Even before bsky mods booted her she was promoting #UpScrolled, which is one of the few safe #socialmedia sites for Palestinians. Issam Hijazi is the founder of UpScrolled.

I joined UpScrolled because I value Lexi’s perspective and bsky mods won’t stop me from following her. If you have an UpScrolled account let me know and I’ll follow you too.

Dear @tech4palestine,

I'm concerned that many Palestinian people are using your #UpScrolled software and
it's not #FreeSoftware, and it uses trackers from companies aligned with
Israel politics.

In this situation, whatever you're own politics, I think this can be dangerous to #Palestinians to use unproven cryptography with unknown security practices.

What's your take on this?

#FreePalestine#EndAllWars

Dear @tech4palestine,

I'm concerned that many Palestinian people are using your #UpScrolled software and
it's not #FreeSoftware, and it uses trackers from companies aligned with
Israel politics.

In this situation, whatever you're own politics, I think this can be dangerous to #Palestinians to use unproven cryptography with unknown security practices.

What's your take on this?

#FreePalestine#EndAllWars

A new Instagram-like app, UpScrolled, seems like the wrong direction:

❌ not Free Software
❌ app-only, no web interface
❌ no self-hosting
❌ not federated
❌ seeking advertisers

Meanwhile we already have Pixelfed:

✅ Free Software license: AGPL3+
✅ web interface and a mobile app
✅ self-hosting or find an existing server
✅ part of the fediverse

We don't need a new proprietary walled garden! Grow the fediverse!

https://pixelfed.org/

#pixelfed#UpScrolled#SocialMedia #fediverse#FreeSoftware

Meine Deutsch-palestinischen Freunde (ich wusste nicht dass ich so viele habe) wechseln gerade alle zu https://upscrolled.com/, mit dem Versprechen freisprechen zu können. Ich mache mir Sorgen, dass sie nur in die nächste Falle laufen. Vielleicht kann man sie überreden, dass sie wenigstens Activity Pub einbinden.
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My German-Palestinian friends (I didn't know I had so many) are all switching to https://upscrolled.com/, with the promise of being able to make free calls. I'm worried they're just walking into the next trap. Maybe we can persuade them to at least integrate Activity Pub.
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أصدقائي الألمان الفلسطينيون (لم أكن أعلم أن لدي الكثير منهم) ينتقلون جميعًا إلى https://upscrolled.com/، مع وعد بإمكانية التحدث مجانًا. أنا قلق من أنهم يقعون في الفخ التالي. ربما يمكن إقناعهم على الأقل بدمج Activity Pub
#upscrolled #activitypub #freespeech #palestine #freenetwork #federation

A new Instagram-like app, UpScrolled, seems like the wrong direction:

❌ not Free Software
❌ app-only, no web interface
❌ no self-hosting
❌ not federated
❌ seeking advertisers

Meanwhile we already have Pixelfed:

✅ Free Software license: AGPL3+
✅ web interface and a mobile app
✅ self-hosting or find an existing server
✅ part of the fediverse

We don't need a new proprietary walled garden! Grow the fediverse!

https://pixelfed.org/

#pixelfed#UpScrolled#SocialMedia #fediverse#FreeSoftware