People ask: "Why the preoccupation with #Bluesky? Lots of good folks are going there and love it."
@Daojoan does a great job of providing the long answer in this brilliant piece: joanwestenberg.com/big-tech-wa…
But the short answer is that, by funneling users onto another unsafe centralized corporate platform, #Bluesky inhibits the construction of truly defensible public social media.
So now, when something happens over on Bluesky, the Fedi will not be ready to absorb a rapid mass migration.
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Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free
Big Tech designed their platforms to keep you trapped. YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok aren't neutral spaces. They're businesses built on capturing your attention and data.Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
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Linux Setup
I set up Linux as an operating system on my computer yesterday, in an attempt to move away from American big tech corporations.
At first, setting it up feels a big technical, and might be a bit daunting for non-technical folks. but once installed, I found using it rather smooth and natural.
Not all programs are available for Linux OS, so it might not be a solution for everyone. Also, there is the possibility to install it as a dual OS, to have the choice between Linux and Windows at start up.
Below, Linux's logo. Not a lemur, but penguins are cute too.
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To nom d'utilisateur c'est Essi Parent, tu as des enfants ?
Hi,
My name is Enea, 35, from France.
I don't know much about lemurs, but I like the idea of the lost continent of Lemuria.
I just joined the lemur space today, and I am getting to know the Fediverse. I also joined a Peertube instance a few days ago. I am looking to move away from centralized social media.
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Josué X. (foo/vato)
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in reply to Josué X. (foo/vato) • • •"Liberals" was perhaps a bad choice of words. Changed it to "good folks" to better focus on the message. Thanks for the comment.
Josué X. (foo/vato)
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in reply to Josué X. (foo/vato) • • •Agreed. Like it much better too. Again thanks.
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •In essence #Bluesky is a trap, a Potemkin village with an appealing facade, but behind the false exterior it's the same old centralized corporate walled garden (journals.plos.org/plosone/arti…). Users now have the illusion of reach and freedom, but that can be denied at a moment's notice. Alternatively, it can be suppressed gradually, and they may not even know it.
And all the while users are building their corporate prison, they are not engaged in fortifying a defensible public resource.
Bluesky: Network topology, polarization, and algorithmic curation
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Unknown parent • • •This is not productive. He is not going to bat for fascists. Please do not hijack this thread with your semantics. Thank you.
Christoffer S.
in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •There is one Mastodon in the room that is glossed over, imho... and that is the long-term financing of the Fediverse.
There is a, in my opinion, culturally strong and dangerous opinion and that is that money has no place in a social network.
But I rather strongly believe that we need to find ways to a) change this cultural attitude, and b) find ways to financially support, long-term the Fediverse.
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in reply to Christoffer S. • • •Excellent point. The Fedi needs money. Big time donors need to step up and create a foundation to strengthen public social media.
Users need to be regularly reminded that giving to the Fedi is an investment in democracy.
So much needs to happen to fortify public social media.
Instead, Bluesky is attracting their attention with its nonsense claims of maybe sorta distributed someday.
We are missing the opportunity.
#PublicSocialMedia #Fedi #Bluesky
Christoffer S.
in reply to Christoffer S. • • •For example... how about adding a subscription management component directly into Mastodon where Instance admins can "plug in" a payment provider and enable instance members to more easily provide payment to live on the instance?
Just a thought. I have not spent hours upon hours thinking about it... but I do genuinely believe we need to start thinking about a long-term plan for financing all these projects and initiatives.
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It's a great thought.
Thinking like this is motivated by people taking an interest in not just using a platform, but taking personal responsibility for helping to build it and shape it in line with their principles.
Too many people are evaluating social media based purely on their convenience and reach, and not factoring in the importance of the integrity of the platform they are contributing to.
bhyoram
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