"This is a very positive signal overall. The tide is turning for interoperable social media, and that's always been the goal."
- Instance admins, upon seeing a giant wooden horse that Meta has wheeled up to Fedi's gates
"Yeah I'm pretty sure that all my users want me to gift-wrap their data and give it to Meta"
- Instance admins who aren't going to instantly block Meta
@kop316 thanks for your hard work!
mmsd is one of the most used apps on my phone... even though the technology is soooo 1990s, it's still one of the primary ways I have to keep in touch with some family / friends. Without your work on this, it would have been a lot harder (maybe even impossible...) for me to daily drive a Linux phone for the last 2+ years.
Losing Signal : why I’m not reachable on Signal anymore. And what it tells us about the problem with centralisation.
mmsd-tng just got it's 1,000th commit today!
#MastodonNews Mar 4, 2023
So, this is fun. We are their worst nightmare. Turn's out Mastodon "falls short for businesses" because it lacks "advertising support," says an ad industry publication.
CMSWire: Facebook Is Better for Business Than Mastodon. Here's Why >>> https://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/facebook-is-better-for-business-than-mastodon-heres-why/
"Social media has become one of the most powerful tools businesses can leverage for advertising... Mastodon, on the other hand, does not offer an advertising platform to businesses."
😂
I am off to foss-backstage.de next week and I want to meet you :) There will likely be a fringe gathering of people involved in #Outreachy. #fossback #Berlin #foss
#DinoIM version 0.4 is much more mobile-friendly. A big usability improvements on my #PinePhone with #Mobian because I now can stay in the vertical layout, no longer having to rotate my phone. https://dino.im/blog/2023/02/dino-0.4-release/
Our co-founder, our stalwart board member since 2012, our hero, Daniel Ellsberg, eloquently writes about how he is facing terminal cancer.
"My wish for you, my friends, is that at the end of your days you will feel as much joy and gratitude as I do now."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/daniel-ellsberg-pentagon-papers
Daniel Ellsberg—Pentagon Papers whistleblower, cofounder and board member of @freedomofpress (where I work), and anti-war anti-nuclear activist—has terminal cancer.
He's lived a long and remarkable life of integrity and conviction. He's facing down the end of it with as much clarity, cheer, and equanimity as I've ever seen. I'm inspired and heartbroken in equal parts.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/daniel-ellsberg-pentagon-papers