@_elena

Until it does not materialize inside the institutions, I don't think it's relevant.
This thing seems pretty much unknown, no real information about the organization, the company, the business model.

Just a name and some ugly video @ Davos.

They're hoping / begging EU politicians to *move* from X.
European Commission already has blog/video instances and they don't use them.

The W target is some #bluesky european users who both understand the need of decentralization and are enthusiast to give to someone a copy of their documents and migrate.

Full crowds

Hi #bluesky followers: just to let you know I'll soon be blocking it.

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*I've got rid of Twitter/X because it became a bad actor. As Twitter started Bluesky I never joined and ignored the #Fediverse #bridge.

The past weeks I received abusive comments & blocked individual brid.gy accounts after finding reporting doesn't work.

Reading up on it, it seems Bluesky moderation policies are not how I look at the world. Reading this article strengthened that feeling:
https://werd.io/on-ice-verification-and-presence-as-harm/

Hi #bluesky followers: just to let you know I'll soon be blocking it.

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*I've got rid of Twitter/X because it became a bad actor. As Twitter started Bluesky I never joined and ignored the #Fediverse #bridge.

The past weeks I received abusive comments & blocked individual brid.gy accounts after finding reporting doesn't work.

Reading up on it, it seems Bluesky moderation policies are not how I look at the world. Reading this article strengthened that feeling:
https://werd.io/on-ice-verification-and-presence-as-harm/

For all my enthusiasm about #Bluesky as a complement to the ActivityPub-based Fediverse, the truth is that the experience I've had trying to appeal to their ban of the well intentioned and harmless Agora Bot has me worried. They have ignored my appeal and messages so far, precisely like you'd expect from Support in any random corporation.

This coupled with the fact that someone can obviously ban an account globally for any reason or no reason is making me appreciate the #Fediverse even more.

So #threads is now adding ads. We still have no idea how #bluesky will eventually monetize, but it's a company running on VC that it will eventually have to provide a return for.

The typical response to fedi is that it's fine but I wish it had this or that, and especially that it needs more people or certain accounts. What doesn't get factored in is the most likely outcome for these services, especially if they win. This really matters when you're building on them.

Be future proof. #SocialWeb

#TIL Bluesky has no profile indicator (or even third party labeler that I can find), for determining if an account is a bot.

#Bluesky

#TIL Bluesky has no profile indicator (or even third party labeler that I can find), for determining if an account is a bot.

#Bluesky

@darnell @quillmatiq @ricci lol, it actually is just #Bluesky, see for yourself: https://stage.wsocial.eu

#WSocial

I hardly check #Mastodon anymore, as it seems to be dying out. I still check #X the most, and then it’s a tie between #Bluesky and #Threads, but I lean more in favour of Bluesky, where I find better discussions, versus Threads, where it’s more of a spillover of influencers from #Instagram.

#TIL Bluesky has no profile indicator (or even third party labeler that I can find), for determining if an account is a bot.

#Bluesky

For all my enthusiasm about #Bluesky as a complement to the ActivityPub-based Fediverse, the truth is that the experience I've had trying to appeal to their ban of the well intentioned and harmless Agora Bot has me worried. They have ignored my appeal and messages so far, precisely like you'd expect from Support in any random corporation.

This coupled with the fact that someone can obviously ban an account globally for any reason or no reason is making me appreciate the #Fediverse even more.

⚠️🚨 STOP Using Social Media Platform Hootsite

👉 They Partnered with ICE 👈

"A Hootsuite employee mentioned geolocation, saying the company could drill down to street-level data."
Note: There are Four articles in this post including a Bypass Paywall to the Globe and Mail

"While Hootsuite is based in Canada, it has hundreds of employees globally, including CEO Irina Novoselsky who is based in N.Y City. The company serves major brands like Adobe and Ikea and more .."

h/t @tod
#Luxembourg #Talkwalker
#Canada #USA #Resist #SocialMedia
#Hootsite #FB #TikTok #Threads #YouTube #Twitter #WhatsApp #Bluesky
#Pintrest #CyberSecurity #AI

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-hootsuite-canada-vancouver-ice-social-media-contract/

You will also want to read this link👇

https://www.rswebsols.com/news/canadian-news-luxembourgs-ai-technology-for-social-media-monitoring-to-support-ice/

Bypass paywall : Globe and Mail Article https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-hootsuite-canada-vancouver-ice-social-media-contract/

Link to Hootsite website: https://www.hootsuite.com/platform/integrations

So #threads is now adding ads. We still have no idea how #bluesky will eventually monetize, but it's a company running on VC that it will eventually have to provide a return for.

The typical response to fedi is that it's fine but I wish it had this or that, and especially that it needs more people or certain accounts. What doesn't get factored in is the most likely outcome for these services, especially if they win. This really matters when you're building on them.

Be future proof. #SocialWeb

Over the past few days, the @leavex account has gained almost 500 new followers. Until recently, the Bluesky account (@leavex.eu) had nearly 1000 followers and was ahead of the Fediverse version. That situation has now reversed.

This shift seems closely tied to the recent revamp of the #LeaveX campaign, which now includes statistics on how many politicians are still using X. Increased visibility also played an important role: the project was shared widely by @randahl, an account with a large following, which likely contributed significantly to the surge in followers.

What’s particularly interesting is that the Mastodon account consistently receives more attention and interaction than the Bluesky account. This suggests that, at least for political topics, engagement currently can run deep on the Fediverse.

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#Fediverse #Mastodon #Bluesky #Politics #LeaveX #SocialMedia