When I talk about the importance of going all in on the Fediverse, I speak based on experience.
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Jon S. von Tetzchnerreplied to Jon S. von Tetzchner last edited by
I guess Elon Musk wanted to prove my point yet again...
X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts
"X CORP. OWNS THE X ACCOUNTS."
404 Media (www.404media.co)
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@jon Right, but with everyone jumping on Twitter 2, how do you do change that?
I can't follow those people and small organizations that are closing their Twitter accounts, unless I setup a Bluesky account and download the app.There is a huge communication problem about Mastodon and ActivityPub. Less then one year ago there has been a similar situation, and people preferred to open an account on Facebook's platform Threads instead of the open alternative.
Not even tech channels and outlets are talking about it.
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In reality you can follow a lot of these people from here. Some are here already. You are also able to follow people on Threads. You can also follow Blogs and the like from here. There is a lot more you can do than you think.
The most important thing, however, is to convince people to join us. Convince them that it is worth it to set up shop here. Welcome them here. They may have their other accounts, but gradually they will see the value of being in a community that engages with them in a mostly positive manner.
Then when Twitter 2 goes down, they will thank you that you told them to join us, because here they still have their following.
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I mean, we should all be familiar with the enshittification loop by now. Sooner or later, any platform that seeks to turn a profit is going to turn the screws to you once they know you're locked in. -
The point is really that when you have a standards based, distributed system, things do not need to be like that. That is really the beauty of the Web and the Fediverse is really a true member of the Web.
I am not saying there will not be any bad Fediverse servers. There already are. But we can choose with which servers we will federate and that has the potential to keep the Fediverse overall on a straight and narrow!
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@jon Speaking of FB what on earth is going on there? It's full of scam ads and I see so little of what my freiends are doing these days. It's only out of habit I even check it.
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Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️replied to Jon S. von Tetzchner last edited by
I'm a big fan of the "find people on other networks and bring them from there to your community" model, similar to POSSE.
Generally though you want to make sure that the experience on the other networks is not the full one, so they have a reason to come to your network. One good way is to just post titles with a link elsewhere, and the full content on your own community.
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Grassroots Joereplied to Jon S. von Tetzchner last edited by
I've started a very preliminary conversation with a progressive overtly political organization with a lot of prospective users focused on the risk of Bluesky becoming Twitter 2.0.
Maybe the risk is small, maybe it's large, but can progressive organizations afford even a small risk given the magnitude of the political ramifications if we face a similar situation in late 2027/early 2028?
We'll see how the conversation goes as I work my way up their management ladder.
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Grassroots Joereplied to Jon S. von Tetzchner last edited by
Turnkey Fediverse nodes seems like a requirement for not particularly tech savvy progressive organizations.
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@jon related
X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts
"X CORP. OWNS THE X ACCOUNTS."
404 Media (www.404media.co)
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@gjhbkk3 , indeed. I agree. It has gotten a lot worse.
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Jon S. von Tetzchnerreplied to Grassroots Joe last edited by
The point is really to include the Fediverse in your mix. I can understand the need to try out those other networks as well, but IMHO the Fediverse should be a focus for the future.
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Jon S. von Tetzchnerreplied to Grassroots Joe last edited by
That is a business opportunity, to help people get small and medium sized servers onto the Fediverse. I believe there are already some around and I am sure there will be more, like there are for Minecraft. That means organizations can do things in stages. Start small and gradually build their own.
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@jon That's in theory, if those account opt-in to share with one bridge server.
But, leaving alone that as of now I haven't personally found one*, I suppose that doesn't happen because they don't know, care, or understand what either Bluesky and the fediverse do and operate.* I admit it's a very small sample, butt I can't project 0 to anything big.
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@jon Do you think about auto-cross-posting system(Bluesky and Fediverse)? -> Bridgy Fed
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Personally I am not a fan of such solutions, but others are. I prefer the more personal touch of being there on the platform. I am finding this platform, Mastodon and the Fediverse, to be the most fun.
