@Vivaldi guys... it's taking forever now. :(

@Vivaldi Is there an update on this issue? The last update was 2 days ago.

@Vivaldi Hey folks, it's been 2 days since update #6 on vivaldistatus.com. Can you please provide an update and eta of when things will be back online? Thanks!

@Vivaldi Will there ever be a way to reactivate an account I accidentally deleted (I was young and didn't know how Mastodon worked)? I would love to switch to Vivaldi Social but I can't stand the '1' in my username.

@Vivaldi Congratulations on the 2nd anniversary of Vivaldi Social. 🥳🎈🎉🎊

#Vivaldi #VivaldiSocial #SocialMedia #Birthday #Anniversary

@Vivaldi Happy Birthday, Vivaldi.Social! Glad to have you around, thanks for creating such a nice instance! :mastolove:

@jon I'd agree that closed, proprietary algos definitely bless some speech and surpresss others. Studies show YouTube's algo recommendation drives over 77 percent of all video views. What I hope for the Fediverse is that most clients default to just a reverse-chron algo, but then also let USERS create, share and tweak algorithms, that they are empowered to use, or not use.

@jon Thanks for this post - it's probably one of the two main reasons I chose to join Fedi. I know, however, that follower/following dynamics can cause echo chambers, albeit ones that are much more visible and less abusive than those subtly formed by profiling.

Do you have any advice for minimizing these echo chambers, or when an echo chamber may become a problem rather than just being a convenient portal to a common interest?

@jon @EUCommission I work with AI/LLMs alot. It is relatively easy to spot bias when it is spoken out loud; it's more insidious when things are hidden and omitted. Google Gemini and ChatGPT will not answer questions about White, Wealthy, Conservative Men. Google and the tech oligarchs have an agenda.

@jon
Honestly, I still believe that crypto could be used as legitimate alternative currency that can be private and also act as a universal currency in the age of the internet.

However as you said, most crypto is no longer that. The issue is that there is no actual control on how much any crypto is worth at any given time. Even stuff like art follows the same story because of the same reasons. Instead of using it like actual currency, it's being used as an investment to make more fiat money

@jon I disagree, look at coins like Litecoin that normally floats around the $100AUD you say it’s unstable and to volatile here the last 5 years and here is the USD to AUD it’s more volatile and causes more stress to Australian businesses who get bills in USD.

Cryptocurrency is the future, even governments and Federal Reserves are saying that.

@Vivaldi @brucelawson @evan
The big question is:
What tool are you using to listen

I personally listen most on my phone so @AntennaPod is the obvious choice for me, being free and open source

Haven't looked too much for an alternative for desktop Linux but I guess any RSS reader (like the one built-in to @Vivaldi) should work quite well

@Vivaldi @brucelawson Thanks, this looks interesting! Always happy to hear from @evan.

One request I have in the interest of maintaining an open web, is to please make it easier to find the RSS feed for your podcast. RSS is an OG open standard that helps keep the podcast ecosystem decentralized and outside the control of big tech.

For others looking for the feed, it's here: https://anchor.fm/s/fa587fdc/podcast/rss

It has many more years running @Vivaldi and getting OS security updates left in it.

P.S. The built in camera and mic worked out of the box and the Apple mouse was simple to add. Just added as a new bluetooth device. All in all, no real issues to speak of.

@ruario @Vivaldi same on me. But I was comming from the Microsoft univers - 2 decades ago ;-) Now, all my private machines are running on Linux. That's recycling or reuse of old hardware. It's great for fund trading and all my music or private stuff incl Vivaldi Browser 🙂

@Vivaldi a "wide and tall" size option for the Speed Dial widget that allows display of icons and text. I like the Dashboard but I also like my speed dial and I currently feel like I have to sacrifice the latter if I want the former.

@Vivaldi I would like the dashboard to sync across devices.

@Vivaldi a ToDoist widget would be cool. Right now I'm just launching it by URL but it behaves a little oddly.

@oliverandrich back when I was using Vivaldi, I used to have Wikipedia there for quick lookups :)

@oliverandrich @Vivaldi I honestly didn't know they existed so now I'm going to have to try it out.

@Vivaldi

I would use a "download an open source browser" one if it existed

@Vivaldi Bookmark folders.

@Vivaldi I don't use it all, I prefer old Speed Dial I don't need any thing else on my start page

They walked away from big money when highly dubious investors came in at #Opera.

Instead of remaining silent and abandoning their principles, they said "fuck you", walked away and started something new. While I definitely prefer free software, I feel sympathy for that courage.

Look at what Opera turned out to become. With it's built in #crypto currency, #AI force feeding, full scale #telemetry and other crap. Pretty much what they (now #Vivaldi people) warned about back then.

@jon @Vivaldi

@brucelawson Oh hell yes, oh fuck yes

@Vivaldi Doesn't support iOS 15. 🙁

@Vivaldi French article is not available yet and redirects to the English version.

@Vivaldi awesome 😎
Thank you!

@Vivaldi Thanks a lot for the new update.

I have issues with the preferences on both of my devices (Lenovo Tab M10, Android 12 & Motorola Moto G52, Android 13).
First of all, syncronizing seems not to include the default search engine. Then, when trying to set those manually, setting the private search engine crashes Vivaldi.
In general there seem to be random crashes within the preferences.

@Vivaldi Vivaldi 7 looks great!