The software product many sites use is called "mastodon", but taken as a whole, this is not "mastodon", it's the fediverse. The fediverse consists of many different software products that all do slightly different things.
For example:
Peertube is a youtube alternative.
Bookwyrm is a platform for sharing literary tastes
Funkwhale is a soundcloud alternative
Pixelfed is for sharing images
Lemmy and Lotide are reddit-alikes
Because the copy of the software is generally about the same, each site running the software is called an "instance".
And they all support the common ActivityPub protocol so not only can (for example) people from different peertube server subscribe to channels on another server, but (and this is amazing), you can follow and participate in many of these things from the site you're reading this on!
One thing to know that's a bit technical: The ActivityPub protocol works by asking other sites what's going on, so if nobody on your site is subscribed yet, then there's probably nothing there. Once you subscribe, you'll start to see new posts. (By the way, that's the same for users on other instances, in case you subscribed to someone and can't see anything yet)
Here's some examples:
@geotechland has a Peertube channel which you can find @geotechland at but it's also available at https://tilvids.com/c/geotechland/videos
Lemmy Instance Solarpnk's self-hosting forum is available at @selfhosting but it's also available at https://slrpnk.net/c/selfhosting
Of course, you can connect through the software you're reading this with right now, but you can also create a separate account on that sort of software, because the different interfaces are useful. A peertube instance will give you a youtube-like interface to go through videos, and a lemmy instance will give you a threaded conversation view.
It's a wide, wide world out there, and the power of these tools goes far beyond being a "twitter alternative" into being a whole ecosystem of different things that can all interoperate.
#twittermigration #feditips
For example:
Peertube is a youtube alternative.
Bookwyrm is a platform for sharing literary tastes
Funkwhale is a soundcloud alternative
Pixelfed is for sharing images
Lemmy and Lotide are reddit-alikes
Because the copy of the software is generally about the same, each site running the software is called an "instance".
And they all support the common ActivityPub protocol so not only can (for example) people from different peertube server subscribe to channels on another server, but (and this is amazing), you can follow and participate in many of these things from the site you're reading this on!
One thing to know that's a bit technical: The ActivityPub protocol works by asking other sites what's going on, so if nobody on your site is subscribed yet, then there's probably nothing there. Once you subscribe, you'll start to see new posts. (By the way, that's the same for users on other instances, in case you subscribed to someone and can't see anything yet)
Here's some examples:
@geotechland has a Peertube channel which you can find @geotechland at but it's also available at https://tilvids.com/c/geotechland/videos
Lemmy Instance Solarpnk's self-hosting forum is available at @selfhosting but it's also available at https://slrpnk.net/c/selfhosting
Of course, you can connect through the software you're reading this with right now, but you can also create a separate account on that sort of software, because the different interfaces are useful. A peertube instance will give you a youtube-like interface to go through videos, and a lemmy instance will give you a threaded conversation view.
It's a wide, wide world out there, and the power of these tools goes far beyond being a "twitter alternative" into being a whole ecosystem of different things that can all interoperate.
#twittermigration #feditips
I can never see the name without humming the jingle "With very few documented side effects, get your kicks with nginx!"
There's definitely a distinction to be made. I'd be upset if someone like that were treated the same as the tools of an authoritarian establishment.
It makes me a top nerd, but I started to think of the girlfriend/wife selection problem as an economics problem.
Sure, we'd all like to have a Bentley(or whatever) in the driveway, but you've got a certain budget and a certain range of choices, so you've got to choose the available car that is the most valuable to you for what you're paying. For some people that'll be a 10 year old F150, for others it'll be a 3 year old Corolla, for yet others it'll be a brand new Ferrari and for others still it might be a 25 year old Sunfire that barely passed inspections.
And sometimes you like to look at the Lambo, but it's actually super uncomfortable to ride, and doesn't work in snow, and gets you pulled over by the cops all the time, and needs to be rebuilt constantly.....
Sure, we'd all like to have a Bentley(or whatever) in the driveway, but you've got a certain budget and a certain range of choices, so you've got to choose the available car that is the most valuable to you for what you're paying. For some people that'll be a 10 year old F150, for others it'll be a 3 year old Corolla, for yet others it'll be a brand new Ferrari and for others still it might be a 25 year old Sunfire that barely passed inspections.
And sometimes you like to look at the Lambo, but it's actually super uncomfortable to ride, and doesn't work in snow, and gets you pulled over by the cops all the time, and needs to be rebuilt constantly.....
That's true, though that didn't stop people from being caught up in it.
"How did you even get appointed to the supreme court?" was top tier entertainment.
"How did you even get appointed to the supreme court?" was top tier entertainment.
I like the interpretation that "meek" is a slight mistranslation, and it's more like "people who have swords but choose not to use them". Those who are powerful but choose to exercise discretion will surely inherit the earth.
Count Dankula sorta did the same thing before anyone talked about $8 verifications, so...
I think there's a "management bubble". Too many people in administration, not enough boots on the ground doing stuff in general. Not just education, in just about everything.
Big platforms are good if you're trying to make all the money, but decentralized platforms don't need to make all the money. The purpose is to communicate enjoyably.
I believe that people who strongly disagree can coexist on a distributed platform much more easily because no algorithm is sitting there throwing rocks at one group while pointing at the other group and going "he did it!" to drive engagement.
I believe that people who strongly disagree can coexist on a distributed platform much more easily because no algorithm is sitting there throwing rocks at one group while pointing at the other group and going "he did it!" to drive engagement.
The fediverse is more robust and resilient the more decentralized it gets.
If you are on a large instance, consider creating your own or joining a small instance.
It's easier to censor one large instance than a thousand little ones.
If you are on a large instance, consider creating your own or joining a small instance.
It's easier to censor one large instance than a thousand little ones.
Sometimes, but sometimes reading the room is figuring out how things work rather than arrogantly walking in and expecting everyone to play by your rules.
The people aren't the politicians, so while I want to feel smug that the policies had the exact repercussions I said they'd have, I feel bad because individual europeans didn't choose things to be this way.
In many countries, there was no option for a sane political party. They all had the same policies just to differing degrees.
In many countries, there was no option for a sane political party. They all had the same policies just to differing degrees.
Everyone would like war to be a nice pretty movie affair where there's one big battle and everyone goes home to bang the leading lady, but that's not reality.
War is a tragedy for everyone involved, and we can see from many examples that if it isn't over quickly, it goes on for a long time and has immeasurable cost.
War is a tragedy for everyone involved, and we can see from many examples that if it isn't over quickly, it goes on for a long time and has immeasurable cost.
When I was a kid, my mom told me to stand up to bullies in the worst way: She told me to just hit them back.
It was bad. I was constantly getting into fights because when I felt uncomfortable I'd resort to aggression immediately.
Eventually I realized on my own that violence wasn't the answer, and there were ways to manage bullies that were more effective and didn't require being all aggro.
Sometimes, it's better to just read the room.
It was bad. I was constantly getting into fights because when I felt uncomfortable I'd resort to aggression immediately.
Eventually I realized on my own that violence wasn't the answer, and there were ways to manage bullies that were more effective and didn't require being all aggro.
Sometimes, it's better to just read the room.
I am legitimately triggered by some things. Yeah I know, I know. But I am.
I was in an abusive relationship a long time ago, and some of the forms of abuse including using the state to harass me after I finally left, and that left scars even years and years later.
When I read about certain things, my blood pressure rises, my mind goes back to those days sitting in my apartment like one of those submarine movies where you don't want to make a peep lest someone hear you and hit you with a depth charge, and being terrified every time I leave the house because there's a chance she sees me and concocts some new story about the horrible things fictional me has done.
CWs aren't useful for me for two reasons: First, how the hell is everyone else supposed to know what will set me off? Second, what good is that going to do? I'll avoid confronting my demons, and those wounds will be given opportunity to fester.
Now there's the problem of imposing a duty of producing CWs on people who aren't troubled by my problems. Every time people have to think about another way they could hurt someone's feelings, it's another filter between you and the rest of the world. Great, it's just one filter. Then it's two. Then it's ten. Then it's one hundred. Eventually you attenuate people so badly you don't get to see the interesting things about them.
The solution to me appears to be cultivating personal strength and grit. Instead of demanding the world change, we must change ourselves to be adapted to the world.
I was in an abusive relationship a long time ago, and some of the forms of abuse including using the state to harass me after I finally left, and that left scars even years and years later.
When I read about certain things, my blood pressure rises, my mind goes back to those days sitting in my apartment like one of those submarine movies where you don't want to make a peep lest someone hear you and hit you with a depth charge, and being terrified every time I leave the house because there's a chance she sees me and concocts some new story about the horrible things fictional me has done.
CWs aren't useful for me for two reasons: First, how the hell is everyone else supposed to know what will set me off? Second, what good is that going to do? I'll avoid confronting my demons, and those wounds will be given opportunity to fester.
Now there's the problem of imposing a duty of producing CWs on people who aren't troubled by my problems. Every time people have to think about another way they could hurt someone's feelings, it's another filter between you and the rest of the world. Great, it's just one filter. Then it's two. Then it's ten. Then it's one hundred. Eventually you attenuate people so badly you don't get to see the interesting things about them.
The solution to me appears to be cultivating personal strength and grit. Instead of demanding the world change, we must change ourselves to be adapted to the world.
I like this idea. Orgs that want to be on the fediverse start their own limited instances, and then they get the prestige of the domain name and they can control access however they want.
They haven't, and they won't.
Unfortunately, responsible policymaking would have prevented almost all of this, but we haven't had that for a long time. Good governance is boring, so it doesn't get votes.
Unfortunately, responsible policymaking would have prevented almost all of this, but we haven't had that for a long time. Good governance is boring, so it doesn't get votes.