completely unrelated but this is my favorite Wikipedia list and more businesses should join it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_social_networking_services
@liaizon Amazing how they say they're for interoperability and open standards, yet refuse to even acknowledge the existence of existing working groups.
"We want standards! -- No, not those standards!"
Shameless plug, I've written a chapter about Mastodon, content moderation, Gab, the Fediverse, and this phenomenon for an upcoming book published by UMD. And here's a video about it, complete with 🎵animation! 🎵
https://conf.tube/videos/watch/d8c8ed69-79f0-4987-bafe-84c01f38f966
Folks in the #fediverse, you should really be pushing for content management systems that natively support and interact within the ActivityPub ecosystem. Journalists and Media can be participants here *today* with the right software.
Mozilla has announced a grant of up to $30,000 "to people and projects that illuminate how to reimagine data in a way that shifts power away from big tech platforms and toward individuals and communities."
One of the questions I am asked at the #Eunomia meeting, are there any politicians/journalists using Mastodon? Help me out
[BREAKING] Leaked Facebook emails reveal "number one threat" to its platform: decentralized platforms.
@djsundog lower your TTLs in advance!
welcome to the social cloud, @gitea
✔ Overview of recent #ActivityPub projects
• Ocelot Social - social and knowledge network for active citizenship: https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social
• Dharma - community-building platform for Eve Online corporations: https://github.com/cjslep/dharma
• Vagabond - social network built with security and privacy in mind: https://github.com/CameronWhiteCS/Vagabond
• hvxahv - multifunctional network based on AP, ipfs and Matrix protocols: https://github.com/disism/hvxahv
For all projects visit:
https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous |
https://git.feneas.org/feneas/fediverse/-/wikis/watchlist-for-activitypub-apps
Twitter has publicly launched their #Bluesky discord and theres ton of people joining it right now cause it was just boosted by Jack. I got them to set up a #fediverse channel and many folks are there discussing the fediverse in relation to the future of twitter. I think its important to make our voices heard there, whatever they may be. Right now there are way too many crypto people trying to push that direction. Come along for a ride!
still going for a walk.