@mrcopilot No, but I'm sure it's a real mess. I don't usually play multiplayer games with strangers; I don't think that is the only "social feature" of gaming platforms, though.
@ricmac would love to see a contrast between this and the corporate messaging Vivaldi is doing
Why tire yourself out bathing when you can oursource?
@catsalad As with all outsourcing projects the downside is that you lose control of the means of production.
The calves will continue to lick you until they are sent to the slaughter house.
Then the process has to start again with a new set of calves that might not be quite up to speed on your precise needs.
So then you have to define the requirements of a "good lick" in minutiae to avoid legal disputes over the quality of the delivered services.
Rinse and repeat.
While bigtech is dealing with some 'operational issues', Im sitting here wishing I had this on my desk:
https://nlnetlabs.nl/news/2025/Apr/01/phonebook-of-the-internet/
@mro You may like this site too:
https://bgp.tools/as/13335
Sean Tilley
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btw this is also the reason I don't think syndicating the same post to multiple social media platforms works these days — whether you do this via POSSE or using a tool like Hootsuite. You can kind of tell it's a post sent to various places, because it's not tailored to a certain community. Also, I find the people who do this often don't engage in some of the places the post ends up in — which feels rude to me. #YMMV
Good attempt at making sense of social media in the post-Twitter era: https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon
I've tried POSSE a few times in the past, but I always find it's too deficient in the 'social' aspect. The way I try to cope is to choose *which* social media platforms I engage in — I chose Mastodon and (to a lesser extent) Bluesky; and I dropped X and Threads, because they don't align with my web values (ref https://cybercultural.com/p/web-values/). I still use LinkedIn, as it has an entirely diff purpose.
btw this is also the reason I don't think syndicating the same post to multiple social media platforms works these days — whether you do this via POSSE or using a tool like Hootsuite. You can kind of tell it's a post sent to various places, because it's not tailored to a certain community. Also, I find the people who do this often don't engage in some of the places the post ends up in — which feels rude to me. #YMMV
@rscottjones I don't think it's "normal" for internet platforms to exert their power and gatekeep their users' content; which is why I personally choose to use Mastodon and similar platforms that give power to the users (which I regard as normal). #YMMV
Thanks everyone for your responses! I am 50-75%. As Tumblr, Threads and others join the Fediverse, I believe there will be a centre of gravity that will bring in other large networks. There's a lot of overlap but I think with ~5B people on the Internet, we can get to 20% coverage.
@evan As always, I admire your passion and continued hard work building ActivityPub. I wish I shared your optimism about Threads and Tumblr, but at this point I don’t have confidence in either company joining the fediverse in a meaningful way. And maybe that’s ok…the open web is here for the people who want and respect it. Just my 2 cents and #YMMV. I voted 0-25%, but only because I don’t trust Meta or Automattic (i.e. that selection was not for any technical reason).
Daniel Appelquist
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Since my latest Cybercultural post is about search, I checked out my website's traffic sources so far this year. "Direct" is #1, which could mean a number of sources — incl Mastodon, which unfortunately doesn't usually provide referral data (I wish it would). The only other "social" sources in top 10 are Bluesky and LinkedIn. Threads & Facebook both very low (no surprise!). I wish Flipboard was higher, tbh. ChatGPT & Perplexity do send some traffic...actually ChatGPT wasn't too bad. #YMMV
Since my latest Cybercultural post is about search, I checked out my website's traffic sources so far this year. "Direct" is #1, which could mean a number of sources — incl Mastodon, which unfortunately doesn't usually provide referral data (I wish it would). The only other "social" sources in top 10 are Bluesky and LinkedIn. Threads & Facebook both very low (no surprise!). I wish Flipboard was higher, tbh. ChatGPT & Perplexity do send some traffic...actually ChatGPT wasn't too bad. #YMMV