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Tim Chambers
Really good points here, by @jwherrman "Why Every App Now Feels Like TikTok, But Worse Algorithmic videos are killing social media...." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/why-every-app-now-feels-like-tiktok-but-worse.html
Tim Chambers
@gunchleoc inspired me to pull all the #TwitterAlgorthim findings on what amps and best pushes content inside the Twitter world to better help with #Maystodon and other Twitter actions to evangelize the Fediverse there,. Here it is, in a public Google doc form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iikf7cEBCQIT7-bRptx_WqBIlBGx1EYj2JcrgtVmXgo/edit?usp=sharing
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Michael Fisher
@tchambers @atomicpoet If anyone still needs more proof that Mastodon has reached a self-sufficient critical mass, boy do I have a real life case study to show them.
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Aaron Lord :csharp:
@tchambers “It’s entirely open for innovation, and innovators are building furiously as we speak. By its nature, it’s permanently locked open for innovation, and there is no danger of ever getting cut off from an API, facing sudden connection charges or drawing the wrath of a gazillionaire.”
Michele Yee :infinity_rainbow:
Agreed. I’m never going back to corporate, centralized social media. Honestly, I find it difficult to understand why anyone would at this point. It’s so clear now how much time is spent gaming/circumventing the algorithm. Such a waste of effort.
Tim Chambers
New research from my team on the #TwitterMigration: This is our first quarterly update analyzing which platforms are growing - esp #mastodon & #postnews. Includes new data on users posting, app downloads & more. Get it here: ▶️ https://is.gd/EI1lOl Any help boosting and sharing out this new work is very appreciated!
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Yuri
@tchambers It's honestly cool that no one uses Diaspora for that. Or it's not considered as an alternative for that.
Bill is doing a thing
@tchambers Sometimes the simplest #dataviz is the best, right down to the default Office 2017 colors scheme! Super clear, colorblind-accessible, and easy to understand.
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Liaizon Wakest
@tchambers This is great. Any thought about using something other then Google Docs for this? @cryptpad has a good solution that is much less privacy invasive...
Jeff Barbose
@tchambers It would be helpful to post links with all of these for any pointers to how to write your own bots.
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tamilore
@tchambers @neilhimself and tumblr proves yet again why its the only place that can match (if not surpass) the irreverence of the-site-that-shall-not-be-named
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Monica Cellio
@tchambers for people who want to avoid "dark, seriously dark" LiveJournal early days, the author posted a followup thread about the bare minimum to look for in new sites. Lots to think about here: https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1594756281650524160 .
LoriWitzel
@tchambers Thank you Tim for all you do (much of which I can’t even guess at - very grateful for your efforts and this instance!) For anyone so inclined, if you can, please join me as a Patreon donor here - https://www.patreon.com/indiewebsocial #indieweb #supportyouradmin #SmallWeb #smalltech #humanetech
sfunk1x
@tchambers I knew being a #fidonet coordinator would come in handy in the future! 😂😂 #bbs #remoteaccess #dbridge #echomail #nocarrier
Tim Chambers
Facinationg to see whole "communities" move from #Twitter to #mastodon - I'm thinking of #histodons #journalists #econodon #BlackMastodon - and this example of Botanists: https://botany.one/2022/12/a-quick-mastodon-migration-guide-for-twitter-botanists/
PedroMJ
@tchambers Do you have, or plan to have, a whitelist or blacklist? Isn't there any peering protocol to avoid connecting to the federation to instances that misuse it?
Bekindtoallanimals
@tchambers I knew it was just a matter of time before the fascists try to get to us.
Tim Chambers
PC World Magazine today: "How #Mastodon and federated services put social networks in the people’s hands
Tim Chambers
#Tumblr posts that they will be adding #ActivityPub to connect to the #Fediverse ASAP... #Mastodon
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IanJHill
This is amazing, now tell him to get WordPress comments and other features to integrate with activity pub as well and I can connect all my social media and inter-share. That is the future of my dreams.
Festive Leo ✨🇺🇦
@tchambers It's going to be very interesting to see how instance admins who defederate from mastodon.social because it's "too big" would handle Tumblr with its 300 mil MAU federating
Tim Chambers
"#Mastodon is just blogs...And that’s great. It’s also the return of Google Reader!" https://simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/8/mastodon-is-just-blogs/
Noah Gibbs
@tchambers This is why it seems weird to me that RSS isn't already integrated. I'd *like* to move all my RSS feeds over 😃
Tim Chambers
"Mastodon migration from Twitter: New Mastodon servers are launched in #Ukraine" - https://mezha.media/en/2022/11/05/mastodon-migration-from-twitter-new-mastodon-servers-are-launched-in-ukraine/
Tim Chambers
Over 320 #journalists on #Mastodon in 2 days and I know this list I'm helping with is very partial. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit?usp=sharing
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LilMissCantBeWrong
@tchambers There's an error for Taylor Lorenz, just a tiny typo. @taylorlorenz.mastodon.social instead of @taylorlorenz
Tim Chambers
This feels totally apt: "#Twitter is the ad-dependent print newspaper bought out by private equity that now needs to service its debt, and the first order of business is to sell off the real estate, lay off staff, hike subscription costs and hope the core customer base doesn’t notice everything is worse."
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Greyshley :agummyhug:
@tchambers wait it got CHEAPER? wow.
I was already talking about how like. paying 20$ for something isn't impressive |
@tchambers @timbray
Are there any more details on the blog aspect to it? Does every account get the ability to pay longer posts at a related url with a shortened #fediverse post (500 characters including link to blog post)?
@tchambers @timbray
Some people would struggle with even $50 per year, so it will cause a degree of digital gentrification. Some people will be excluded because of economic class and not character or ability to contribute to discourse. That might be necessary but it's not ideal.
Thank you @tchambers
for promoting a coop. there is also social.coop. And the members know a lot about coops.
I am most interested in turning @UncensoredNews into a coop.
I met some wonderful people from there at the #fediconf.