@teruterubozu I say tŵtiau but my Cymraeg is probably even worse than yours 😄
And if you ever feel like tooting yn Gymraeg, add the #Ymarfer hashtag so people know you're practising and open to feedback 👍
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@jaz knowing that this community is run by the community. ☝🏽
@jaz The diversity of software stacks that cooperate in making it all works, APIs/protocols that anyone can build on (useful/silly bots, clients, servers, alternative UIs, themes, etc).
@jaz Meaningful interactions, even the bot accounts have human folks behind. Even the corporate accounts have nice people behind
@jaz @Em0nM4stodon I make weird music and learned that it had a name and that a whole bunch of like minded folk were doing that here too. It’s called #BonkWave or #NotBonkWave and these are the finest bunch of new friends that I could hope for. I feel like I am home.
@jaz i like the lack of points, how you only get shown if your post has 1 reply/boost. much less addictive. #TellEveryone
@jaz nobody can own this. There is no CEO of this beholden to anyone and ruining it for everyone.
I’m okay with this being used and happy about semantic edits if you check back.
@jaz commercial social media is a pub or club down the high street. This place, run (largely) by volunteers, is the scene at your local community centre.
Just on a night when the Lego Club, photo exhibition, and furry disco are all on.
The Fediverse is made up of individual humans. It's chaotic, some parts of it are rude, and there's a learning curve. But the path forward for Fedi is towards democracy, rather than authoritarianism.
#Fediverse & #ActivityPub shows people are clamoring for an online town square that is not, to quote Frank Zappa, “strictly commercial”. Commercial entities, nonprofits, & everyday citizens all have equal power on this platform — which has not existed on the Internet since the collapse of USENET¹.
Even if it sometimes looks like this…
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=resource-load&__goaway_id=af0ba41560161defc498a77b9c3e6b8d&v=Oy5ybRNSkb8
…that is what a Free Society looks like.
¹ USENET did have access privilege problems that Fediverse does solve.
@jaz I joyscroll for a short while then I reach the end. I close the tab.
This is a weird way to compliment a system.
@jaz #TellEveryone my favourite thing about the fediverse is that it enables a social media service to be optimised for a particular community, and their specific needs. While still giving its members the opportunity to connect to a much larger pool of people.
Fediverse services don't have to try to host everyone in the world to get critical mass. So they can do a better job serving the people who choose them.
@jaz @tchambers I enjoy being here because I can finally read what I want, not what bots want; because it's made by people for people, based on open standards, you can use any client fitting your needs (RSS included, and even considering digital accessibility needs). #accessibility #fediverse #TellEveryone
@jaz #tellEveryone
I actually see content that I signed up for. Not what a shady algorithm wants me to see.
I love that I can favorite and comment on videos on other websites using my microblogging account. I also love that I can see new videos, photos and posts from people on different sites, all in the one place!
@jaz For me, it's the people.
There aren't algorithms, or pages that spam you, or posts from groups you don't care about; you follow those who post things you find interesting, you follow hashtags to connect you with content that's right up your street, and your home timeline is tailored to your preferences and only show people or hashtags you choose to follow.
People are helpful, kind, interesting; bad social media has lost sight of that. The #Fediverse reminds us of the good.
