@thenexusofprivacy No worries! It's really interesting to see the discussion. Thanks for running the poll.

@thenexusofprivacy @mav I think the onboarding issue here is discoverability of the directories themselves. If you've been here for a while, you know where the directories are, but newcomers will benefit from something that gets presented to them by the software itself and that they won't have to go looking for - especially if they're not tech nerds or academics.

Resources for choosing the right fediverse instance -- and I'm not just talking about Mastodon (DRAFT)It would be great to have some kind of portal or tool to help people find and evaluate potential instances ... alas, that doesn't exist yet. Still, there are some useful instance catalogs and directories, and ways to get more information about instances you might be interested in. It just takes a little work to find it.https://privacy.thenexus.today/resources-for-choosing-instances/Feedback welcome as always!@fediversenews #fediverse

The official Mastodon web user interface and mobile apps aren't great from an accessibility perspective. Fortunately there are some better alternatives – and many of them also work with Mastodon-compatible software like Glitch, Hometown, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and Friendica.https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-accessibility-resources/ This is a draft, and I'm sure I missed a lot. Feedback welcome!#mastodon #fediverse #accessibility

Yes, and the open social web is a public good that most governments, companies, charities, and philanthropists don't stop to think about.@thenexusofprivacy @fediversenews

Recommendations for accessible fediverse software? I'm working on a blog post for people thinking of joining the fediverse and want to include this information!Here's what I think I know so far (although might be wrong) ... other suggestions welcomeMastodon's web UI is pretty good from accessibility perspective, but has some issues. Pinafore used to be the most accessible web UI but isn't maintained anymore. Semaphpore is a fork doesn't seem to have had any updates in the last year, so I'm not sure of its status. Enafore is another fork but it's described as "somewhat unstable".I haven't seen anything about what Mastodon mobile apps are better or worse from an accessibility perspective.Somebody on OurBlind said that Thunder, a Lemmy app for iOS, is good from an accessibility perspective.#accessibility #a11y #fediverse

Rumors, conspiracy theories, and disinformation about "millions of missing votes" and voting machine fraudhttps://privacy.thenexus.today/disinfo-about-missing-votes/The reality is that it always takes time for some states to count all the votes; when these rumors started ramping up, there were over ten million uncounted ballots in California alone. But, many people don't know that this is how things always work. So, with emotions high in the aftermath of the election, disinformation purveyors are taking advantage of the opportunity to get well-intentioned people to help amplify conspiracy theories.@KamalaHarrisWin #disinfo #uspol #election2024

@thenexusofprivacy @blogdiva @KamalaHarrisWin “The very framing of pointing to voting patterns of specific minority groups as responsible for the results omits the crucial fact that the overwhelming majority of people who voted for white supremacy are white”Hard truth that needs to be confronted if we’re ever going to get anywhere.

Poll: when it comes to politics, what would you like to see in the Fediverse? (7/N)Since it's election day in the US, another post in the What are you looking for in the Fediverse thread ...Please check all that apply!#fediverse #politics #uspol

@thenexusofprivacy Thanks for featuring our work.It's a very exciting time for decentralised social tech!

@[email protected] @[email protected] it sounds a lot like the Vouch system I've read about before... which iirc is an indie web thing.