Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@NGIZero Cool thanks. Fingers crossed on this.

#TheYearOfTheFediverse

@brian Just contacting the press office now

https://www.lush.com/uk/en/faq/contact-us

I am not sure if this is the right place, but they may be able to help me find the right people to contact.

If they get more than 1 e-mail suggesting the join ( I am including links to joinmastodon and joinpeertube ) they may take some notice

Paul

@NGIZero are you able to add your peertube link to your profile please.

@brian Idf nothing else moving here could give us a huge amount of publicity.

If fb et al are scared or worried about what we offer, the publicity of people moving here, may actually motivate them in to making their platform safer.

If nothing else it could give us that much needed exposure to bring people here, but that would come with good / bad people.

@brian I kinda agree with you, perhaps as they clearly don't like the way things are on Facebook et al, then maybe they can help make fedi better.

It is a difficult one to call really, the could use Peertube rather than youtube for example.

@brian Do you think it is worth trying to get them on here though.

It may just start to tip the balance, my attempt to get mental health charities on here seems to have failed (so far at least). I feel really sorry for those on here who need or may need help .

@icedquinn That head line reminds me of the ST voyager episode Scientific method, where the doctor likens the crew to being one large petri dish as the hidden aliens were conducting experiments on them.

@icedquinn They will listen even more when companies start to move here, and bring their customers with them, lets make them all feel welcome and importantly supported in their move.

Granted we are not here for advertising, but as a way for people to keep in touch, share product lines why not.

What we need is to support them, perhaps. I lack the skills to set my own instance up, but others d have these skills.

That will create demand for more people to learn, these skills (inc linux admin) we are ideally positioned as people who are a) here and b) care about what the fedi stands for to help these companies out.

Lush to stop some social media until it's 'safer'

(Lush is an Online cosmetics shop / company I think)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59380458

https://www.lush.com/uk/en

This sounds like a really good opportunity for the Fediverse to reach out and see if we can get them on to the decentralised platform.

They are looking for an alternative that is safer, well we may not be perfect but they will have more control with their own instance

Same goes for Youtube -> peertube instance.

#Advocacy, #Opportunity #Lush #Cosmetics #YearOfTheFediverse

@freemo A good point, thanks.

I guess on a similar note if some one said "all Nazis were evil" you could try and counter that with the story of Oskar Schindler

https://www.holocaustmatters.org/who-was-oskar-schindler/

And suggest some helped saved lives.

It would be rather controversial or contentious, however if that sparked a good discussion that would be a good thing.

@Sydneykaye01 @pamby1 @Bleukitty

There are similar issues with the current 'cancel culture' someone has branded Winston Churchill racist as he failed to help with a famine during 1943. (it may have been in India)

It seems that fails to take in to account the fact we were in the middle of world war 2. The Uk had rationing and was in immediate threat of invasion.

This is what concerns me, if you take historical figures, sure some are linked to slavery but there are two sides to every persons historical profile. We should be presented with both sides, and decide for ourselves, and others should respect that conclusion.