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I'm a fan of the Fediverse, but what are the major issues we faced right now because of the limitations of the #ActivityPub protocol? Recently, decentralize social networks are at their peak, big players are trying to be part of it, and is constantly in the news....
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9006187...
An awesome new app just got released for free on itch.io, that lets Fedizens create their own MTG-style playing cards.
So, with news of Reddit making deals to sell user data for AI training, I think we should really start organizing ourselves for an effective migration campaign....
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/4986083...
There’s another wave of discourse about The Bad Space on the microblogging side of the fediverse, so here’s my article from a couple of months ago....
mastodon.online/...
Interesting post about BlueSky’s underlying federated protocol (AT Protocol)
TL;DR: The current Mastodon-signup is only removing the confusion of users on first glance, because it either hides the server-choice altogether, or leaves them with a choice that is impossible to make at this point of their Mastodon-journey. Instead, it should introduce them to decentrality on a lower scale, with a handful of...
I think as the community grows, more search engines will start including us!
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/7026921...
The good news is that there are some straightforward opportunities for significant short-term safety improvements. If fediverse funders, developers, businesses, and “influencers” start prioritizing investing in safety, the fediverse can turn what’s currently a big weakness into a huge strategic advantage....
source: fedi.fyralabs.com/notes/9pxjbg2f43
With the advent of Reddit going public and selling user data an opportunity has arisen. I still consume Reddit from time to time and noticed in the threads about these things that a lot of displeased users were there. But when they ask what alternatives there are, lemmy is barely mentioned at all. So if you’re still on there,...
A really interesting look at the recent spam wave.
The Fediverse is currently divided over whether or not to block Threads. Here are some of the things people are worried about, some opportunities that might come from it, and what we need to do to prepare.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/6763330...
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/5391072...
in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began....
