So...
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ClipHeadreplied to mekka okereke :verified: last edited by
@mekkaokereke
Why?Isn't it just another platform owned by a billionaire...or did I miss something?
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to ClipHead last edited by [email protected]
@ClipHead @mekkaokereke probably because it's not Twitter/X. All we can do is put the option out there and hope people choose the Fediverse. Did anyone try to promote Fediverse options to the Brazilian Twitter/XVerse? Or did we just assume they'd flock here?
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to mekka okereke :verified: last edited by
@mekkaokereke I agree, it's a good thing. Even if I'd rather they had found a home on the Fediverse (without need for a bridge)
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mekka okereke :verified:replied to ClipHead last edited by
It's good because Mastodon is not ready to accept 2 million Brazilians. Brazil has more Black people than the United States.
Which billionaire "owns" BlueSky? Dorsey invested, and then left the board, and denounced BlueSky.
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ClipHeadreplied to mekka okereke :verified: last edited by
@mekkaokereke
Ah, good to know.Thanks.
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A Hurricane of Jacarandareplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris @ClipHead @mekkaokereke
last I checked, twitter blocks fedi links. I think people got banned for just putting a link to their masto profile.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to A Hurricane of Jacaranda last edited by
@DabonSteed @ClipHead @mekkaokereke I've put links in my profile when I still had one, but I do think there has been shadow banning or other forms of suppression for people mentioning Fedi. That said, there are certainly ways to promote alternatives to X. I think we need to do more. Especially in non-English locations.
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Augusto Camposreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
We have many active, well maintained and well populated Mastodon instances here in Brazil, like the ones on this list: https://mastodon.br-linux.org/instancias/
And all of them are having traffic and onboarding peaks since Friday, when X was closed here because of its owner’s reckless behavior.
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AstroMancer5G (she/her)replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris
There's still a chance to promote the Fediverse on Brazilian BlueSky, since there's no reason someone couldn't use both.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Augusto Campos last edited by
@augustocc @ClipHead @mekkaokereke Great to hear!!
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to AstroMancer5G (she/her) last edited by
@AstroMancer5G @ClipHead @mekkaokereke indeed!
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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKreplied to ClipHead last edited by
Mastodon would struggle with a sudden influx of 2 million people from pretty much anywhere, and still needs to implement the protection/safety mechanisms that people have been calling for for years (otherwise the Fediverse will just fragment further)
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Bobareplied to Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK last edited by
@vfrmedia @ClipHead @mekkaokereke People would love to think that everyone would all join a bunch of different servers to distribute the load, but the reality is people would go to whichever instance their friends are going
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Matthew :bi_flat:replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@[email protected] Even with promotion to Fedi, you would still get people finding the UX design to be bad (mainly from using Mastodon) as well as their not exactly apart of the userbase of Fedi as it very DIY-Tech vibe and look down on "normies" (someone doing/liking an popular thing) and get snarky about it. For them, it not going to benefit them being on Fedi and BlueSky is as close you get to Twitter just without Elon Musk's bullshit
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Justin Fagnanireplied to Matthew :bi_flat: last edited by
@matty @mekkaokereke @ClipHead @chris
+100
I found this attitude a lot when I first tried to migrate. If I expressed that I wanted certain features or things to work a certain way, I was told I was wrong for wanting it ️
Search and discovery are still two big examples of this. afaik, someone tried to solve the problem and was chased out.
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Matthew :bi_flat:replied to Justin Fagnani last edited by
@[email protected] This! I just get major "I'm a good guy, you should listen to me" vibe from the Fedi userbase. They would get annoyed at someone for using Twitter or BlueSky as that's the "Nazi bar" but get angry at when individuals on Fedi asking not just basic respect but also to defederate some shady users/instance and dismissed it as 'drama'.
The lack of self-awareness on here is very concerning and I usually get anxious to criticize Fedi without thinking "oh god, somebody is going to explain to me like I'm 5 years old".
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Matthew :bi_flat: last edited by
@matty @justinfagnani @mekkaokereke @ClipHead I think you're unfortunately exactly right. The only thing I can hope is that in time both the interface and the people using it moderate to something that is more compatible, I think it will get there, if slowly. But while we get there, it never hurts to be promoting Fedi at every chance we get, which I know many many do.
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Matthew :bi_flat:replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@[email protected] I am still rooting for Fedi, even if it may not be everyones' cup of tea. Despite some annoyance I have, I do enjoy Fedi and wish some quality of life features gets added as well as the user on there stop being as preachy or elitist.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Matthew :bi_flat: last edited by
@matty @justinfagnani @mekkaokereke @ClipHead Preach!
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(((Thinkaholic))) is antifareplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris @mekkaokereke I wish the Fediverse were a place I could recommend in good conscience to people of color, but right now I think BlueSky is probably a healthier place for them to land. The Fediverse could change that, but shows no inclination to do so…. ️