Is anyone familiar with the project called LibreSocial? They are building a p2p social network that is decentralized, privacy-respecting, and extendable.
I would be very interested to read a comparison of Fediverse vs. LibreSocial (vs. Solid?) projects, to understand their different goals and different approaches to common goals.
Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $100 billion. Another reason to switch to the fediverse: stop fueling this massive global inequality
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/mark-zuckerberg-net-worth-intl-hnk/index.html
"The cash was flowing in, and companies around Silicon Valley and beyond adopted the same basic strategy: first, grow the user base as quickly as possible without worrying about revenue; second, collect as much data as possible about the users; third, monetize that information by performing big data analytics in order to show users advertising that is narrowly tailored to their demographics and revealed interests; fourth, profit."
- Dr #NathalieMaréchal, 2018.
"The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free"
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/
Two on-site job postings added today: https://puri.sm/jobs/ more (including remote work) will get posted in the future.
Pixelfed Loops is a Vine inspired experiment based around short looping videos, the beta launched in early 2019.
We have decided to retire this experiment and focus on an improved layout inspired by TikTok.
I am deleting my Facebook account on September 1.
I designed a special page on my website and a drip marketing campaign style series of posts for my friends on Facebook. I know this isn’t Facebook, but I will crosspost the content here.
https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/delete-facebook/ #DeleteFacebook
Student of mine is conducting a survey on the barriers to uptake of alternative social media platforms. Your input would be much appreciated. Please boost.
https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a35cj1Rjby58DxX
#fediverse #pleroma #gnusocial #diaspora #mastodon #activitypub #ostatus #pubsub #xmpp #mstdn
#indieweb #friendica #peertube #hubzilla #socialhome #pixelfed
#fedilab #nextcloud
SpaceBear is a managed hosting service that makes it easier to create your own PixelFed, Mastodon, PeerTube or HomeTown instance.
Managed hosting means SpaceBear takes care of the technical stuff, while you own and manage the instance.
You can follow SpaceBear at:
➡️ @support
Their website is at https://app.spacebear.ee
(HomeTown is a fork of Mastodon which includes support for non-federated posts.)
#SpaceBear #Mastodon #PeerTube #PixelFed #HomeTown #Hosting #Fediverse #ManagedHosting
Oh boy oh boy @thegibson and @c0debabe and @tek and @ryen and @drwho are talking about the #Fediverse at #HOPE2020 *right now*:
https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/hope2020
A quick reminder that just after he founded Farcebook as "thefacebook", Mark Zuckerberg said its users were "dumb fucks". Why? Because they trusted him to protect their privacy:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/17/facebook-people-first-ever-mark-zuckerberg-harvard
Interesting news. An excellent way for Microsoft to fend off accusations of anti-competition would be to embrace open standards like Matrix for interoperability, showing they're not trying to vendor-lock their users. Slack could also benefit from this ;)
Mobilizon is a free open federated events system for the Fediverse, designed to get people off Facebook Events. You can follow the project here:
It's currently in beta testing, and is made by @Framasoft (the makers of PeerTube and many other free open projects).
Mobilizon's official site is at https://joinmobilizon.org/en/
#Mobilizon #Fediverse #Events #FacebookEvents #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics