ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

@mastodonusercount At our current overall #Fediverse #growth rate, we should be even with the bird site's 206 million active #users in 8 years (2030.) Here's to hoping this goes faster. #Invite your friends: https://c.im/

@rswestmoreland Ah; you don't want to use that one. Find one of the third-party ones. The actual "Mastodon" app was written in a hurry to get something out the door, and doesn't support a lot of the protocol's actual features. It's intended more as a "my first app" sort of experience. Many of the others are nicer.

#Tusky on #Android but I don't know what #iOS users use.

Just a reminder to not buy a commercial VPN on Black Friday unless you’re a corporate IT admin buying a concentrator, or you’re trying to watch geolocked kdramas. They provide you no added security. You’re welcome! #cybersecurity

Success story for the Fender's Blue Butterfly.

Sarah Palin's recent loss in Alaska could serve as exhibit A in the case that Malcolm Turnbull and I make in @TheGuardian for ranked choice as a possible path forward to fixing America's broken electoral system: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/28/how-australias-electoral-system-allowed-voters-to-finally-impose-a-ceasefire-in-the-climate-wars

Hot take: with so many people joining, #moderation across #Mastodon instances should get a little bit more considerate and less impulsive. Dealing with a lot of new moderation requests necessitates extra deliberation and nuance, not the necessity of an immediate, impulsive decision making just for the sake of reducing workload.

This is hard to do, I know, and so #instance #admins deserve extra support from their users especially at this time. But let's be considerate and not harsh with reports.

I'm dismayed at some of the people on the #left throwing shade at #decentralization as "some #libertarian noise." Like, this is literally people #seizing the #means of mass communication, and these people are opting to side with the #profiteers because apparently it turns out the #proles are actually scary.
The ideal socialist condition would be independent communities self-governing and engaging in mutual aid. How the hell does #Twitter fit that model even *remotely* better than #Mastodon?

I see a lot of legitimate concerns and complaints about #Mastodon and the #Fediverse (on #Moderation , poor usability, missing features, etc). But perhaps a big reason for many people's difficulties is a gap in expectations and a deep unfamiliarity with non-hierarchical spaces:

1/11

Deactivate my account on the bird app today.
Appreciate the community on here @freemo and the @QOTO instance.

I am again out in the middle of nowhere, trying to enjoy the stars - and the first thing you see are fucking Starlinks. Everywhere. It’s heartbreaking. It’s nauseating. I think I’m going to puke my thanksgiving. Thanks Elon.

Please, please do not buy Starlink. There are plenty of other internet options.

⚠️PLEASE BOOST⚠️ Do you want a better Internet? Help the people who make it happen!

@cwebber co-authored #ActivityPub, the protocol that makes Mastodon happen. It's what allows different Fediverse instances to talk to each other, preventing another Elon Musk from happening.

Now she's building @spritelyinst, a FOSS distributed programming platform. The mission: social media done right.

Help her build a better Internet! #DonateFriday https://spritely.institute/

@peterdrake

stux is a friend of mine, weve had beers, i help him with his servers when i can... He has not made a comment on this either way. I have no intention to push him to make a comment either. If he feels so compelled.. if he wants to save his ass I understand that too.

has #4 come to pass, is it approaching? I knopw of very fewe servers of any size that has defederated from us.. popular opinon as can be seen from the recent thread on fedithings is overwhelmingly in our favor.. every response on fedithings post last i checked without no exception was in our favor. or at least no expections i noticed.

@Gargron @stux @QOTO @trinsec

Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly ALL previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. The decision will have dangerous consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #twitter #twittermigration #tech #technology #elon #TwitterMigrate

Musk didn't buy Twitter to make money from it. He bought Twitter to control public narratives and push political discourse further to the right, which he knows is crucial to defending his class interests. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/22/elon-musk-twitter-business-politics-right

#followfriday

I want to be selective this follow friday sorry for leaving off the countless of you that deserve mention. I dont have the energy to compile a long list today

@koyu@koyu.space - one of the oldest and most awesome people on the fedit

@Romaq A newbie but a pasionate outspoken person with a good head on him

@georgetakei just cause he is the only celeberty who is active here right now whom I really appreciate.

#followfriday #ff

Hours after documenting Andy Ngo's vocal support for known pedophiles, journalist Vishal P. Singh (@VPS_Reports) was permanently suspended from Twitter.

One trait that Musk and Trump have in common is they are both outrageous susceptible to flattery.

It doesn’t matter how abhorrent you are. If you flatter them, you are a good person.