It won't be until there's an election to dispute, but don't worry I'm just kidding around.
I have alluded to this day in the past by calling it "The Day of the ant and the grasshopper"
For 15 years a lot of people have been screaming at the top of their lungs talking about how the current economic paradigm was unsustainable, and it was just a matter of time before things collapsed.
Between the economic stagnation and the high inflation, there isn't going to be a lot of room to hit the gas like we did in 2003 and 2008, the same can't be done again -- we're about to blow all of our cylinders from all the nitro we've been running through.
For 15 years a lot of people have been screaming at the top of their lungs talking about how the current economic paradigm was unsustainable, and it was just a matter of time before things collapsed.
Between the economic stagnation and the high inflation, there isn't going to be a lot of room to hit the gas like we did in 2003 and 2008, the same can't be done again -- we're about to blow all of our cylinders from all the nitro we've been running through.
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.