{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://tube.jeena.net/videos/watch/06ad710a-6bf1-417f-b8bf-6940c0fabd6f",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Introduction to Fediverse Reddit alternatives: Lemmy, /kbin</p><p><a href=\"https://tube.jeena.net/videos/watch/06ad710a-6bf1-417f-b8bf-6940c0fabd6f\"><span>https://</span><span>tube.jeena.net/videos/watch/06</span><span>ad710a-6bf1-417f-b8bf-6940c0fabd6f</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Introduction to Fediverse Reddit alternatives: Lemmy, /kbinhttps://tube.jeena.net/videos/watch/06ad710a-6bf1-417f-b8bf-6940c0fabd6f"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-19T02:02:57+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37985656",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-19T02:37:37Z",
    "url": "https://jeena.net/notes/1366",
    "content": {
        "text": "Introduction to #Fediverse #Reddit alternatives: #Lemmy, #kbin\n\nI'm showing you around how it looks on my instance and how to find communities, etc.\n\nhttps://tube.jeena.net/w/1PPQUhpzxiESV6xuKjeQav",
        "html": "<p></p><p>Introduction to #Fediverse #Reddit alternatives: #Lemmy, #kbin</p>\n\n<p>I'm showing you around how it looks on my instance and how to find communities, etc.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://tube.jeena.net/w/1PPQUhpzxiESV6xuKjeQav\">https://tube.jeena.net/w/1PPQUhpzxiESV6xuKjeQav</a></p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jeena",
        "url": "https://jeena.net/",
        "photo": "https://jeena.net/avatar.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37985531",
    "_source": "201",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@justin",
        "url": "https://beige.party/@justin",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://beige.party/@justin/110566739968222441",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I now write in iA, export and schedule in <a href=\"https://beige.party/tags/Ghost\">#<span>Ghost</span></a>, and <a href=\"https://beige.party/tags/Zapier\">#<span>Zapier</span></a> creates a draft in <a href=\"https://beige.party/tags/Medium\">#<span>Medium</span></a> that\u2019s ready to schedule. This is how the <a href=\"https://beige.party/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> should work. On the other hand, <a href=\"https://beige.party/tags/Substack\">#<span>Substack</span></a> refuses to create an API.</p>",
        "text": "I now write in iA, export and schedule in #Ghost, and #Zapier creates a draft in #Medium that\u2019s ready to schedule. This is how the #IndieWeb should work. On the other hand, #Substack refuses to create an API."
    },
    "published": "2023-06-18T18:56:02+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37982456",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@villasbc",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@villasbc",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@villasbc/110566602901098043",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I want to hop in on the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/redditmigration\">#<span>redditmigration</span></a> train but I\u2019m unsure about picking between Lemmy and Kbin. Any informed <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> digizen that has a preference?</p>",
        "text": "I want to hop in on the #redditmigration train but I\u2019m unsure about picking between Lemmy and Kbin. Any informed #indieweb #fediverse digizen that has a preference?"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-18T18:21:11+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37981929",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@ghordano",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ghordano",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ghordano/110563053063724187",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction\">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Teacher\">#<span>Teacher</span></a>, <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Musician\">#<span>Musician</span></a>, <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Esperanto\">#<span>Esperanto</span></a> speaker, <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology\">#<span>Technology</span></a> enthusiast, <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookworm\">#<span>Bookworm</span></a>. </p><p>Primarily teach high school <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Music\">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicEducation\">#<span>MusicEducation</span></a>.  Studied the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpet\">#<span>Trumpet</span></a> in university, mostly play the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Guitar\">#<span>Guitar</span></a> now.</p><p>I\u2019ve been speaking <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Esperanto\">#<span>Esperanto</span></a> since 2020, learning to speak <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Italian\">#<span>Italian</span></a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Soccer\">#<span>Soccer</span></a> mostly follow <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/MLS\">#<span>MLS</span></a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SerieA\">#<span>SerieA</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonFC\">#<span>MastodonFC</span></a>.</p><p>Amateur <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Python\">#<span>Python</span></a> programmer. Interested in <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a>, working on my own site.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading\">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Books\">#<span>Books</span></a> everyday.  More about <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/PKM\">#<span>PKM</span></a> than I want to admit.</p>",
        "text": "#Introduction#Teacher, #Musician, #Esperanto speaker, #Technology enthusiast, #Bookworm. Primarily teach high school #Music #MusicEducation.  Studied the #Trumpet in university, mostly play the #Guitar now.I\u2019ve been speaking #Esperanto since 2020, learning to speak #Italian.#Soccer mostly follow #MLS and #SerieA #MastodonFC.Amateur #Python programmer. Interested in #Indieweb, working on my own site.#Reading #Books everyday.  More about #PKM than I want to admit."
    },
    "published": "2023-06-18T03:18:24+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37975252",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@thecityinspeech",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@thecityinspeech",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@thecityinspeech/110562460125453468",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Dear <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> people-- what's the least enshittified domain registrar out there? I need to find a new one. Again. \ud83d\ude2d</p>",
        "text": "Dear #indieweb people-- what's the least enshittified domain registrar out there? I need to find a new one. Again. \ud83d\ude2d"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-18T00:47:37+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37974811",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@enron",
        "url": "https://tilde.zone/@enron",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://tilde.zone/@enron/110562364241796152",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.jordanwages.com/@wagesj45\">@<span>wagesj45</span></a></span> absolutely! You should check out the world of <a href=\"https://tilde.zone/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/webring\"><span>https://</span><span>indieweb.org/webring</span><span></span></a></p><p>You might also enjoy <a href=\"https://tilde.zone/tags/geminispace\">#<span>geminispace</span></a> - different protocol, similar principles <a href=\"https://gemini.circumlunar.space/\"><span>https://</span><span>gemini.circumlunar.space/</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "@wagesj45 absolutely! You should check out the world of #indieweb https://indieweb.org/webringYou might also enjoy #geminispace - different protocol, similar principles https://gemini.circumlunar.space/"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-18T00:23:14+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37974465",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@smallpatatas",
        "url": "https://mstdn.patatas.ca/@smallpatatas",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mstdn.patatas.ca/@smallpatatas/110560981109637837",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@tchambers\">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jdp23\">@<span>jdp23</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@misc\">@<span>misc</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://masto.ai/@edendestroyer\">@<span>edendestroyer</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mstdn.social/@fancysandwiches\">@<span>fancysandwiches</span></a></span> </p><p>out of curiosity, what do the <a href=\"https://mstdn.patatas.ca/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> social users think about federating with Meta?</p>",
        "text": "@tchambers @jdp23 @misc @edendestroyer @fancysandwiches out of curiosity, what do the #indieweb social users think about federating with Meta?"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-17T18:31:29+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37971820",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@tchambers",
        "url": "https://indieweb.social/@tchambers",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/110560972578016529",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/@jdp23\">@<span>jdp23</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@misc\">@<span>misc</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://masto.ai/@edendestroyer\">@<span>edendestroyer</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mstdn.social/@fancysandwiches\">@<span>fancysandwiches</span></a></span> </p><p>As an admin: i can verify them using all the tools I verify <a href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> social against any other big server that might push content that violates our terms of use or standards. Same exact tools work here.</p>",
        "text": "@jdp23 @misc @edendestroyer @fancysandwiches As an admin: i can verify them using all the tools I verify #Indieweb social against any other big server that might push content that violates our terms of use or standards. Same exact tools work here."
    },
    "published": "2023-06-17T18:29:19+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37971821",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://techlifeweb.com/blog/2023/06/2023-06-17-post-1618/",
    "content": {
        "html": "I don't understand Medium. Can someone who publishes over there explain why you are posting there and not on youur own site?<a class=\"p-category\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/medium\">#medium</a> <a class=\"p-category\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/blogging\">#blogging</a> <a class=\"p-category\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#indieweb</a>",
        "text": "I don't understand Medium. Can someone who publishes over there explain why you are posting there and not on youur own site?#medium #blogging #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-17T16:18:31+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37970750",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@xandra",
        "url": "https://tilde.zone/@xandra",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://tilde.zone/@xandra/110558145286584232",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>woohoo! so grateful for the wizards in the 32-bit cafe (particularly <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://retro.pizza/@yequari\">@<span>yequari</span></a></span> for setting this up). we've started our own link aggregator to get our reddit fix with a personal web spin: <a href=\"https://discuss.32bit.cafe/\"><span>https://</span><span>discuss.32bit.cafe/</span><span></span></a></p><p>and! bonus! a primary resource list, editable by the community: <a href=\"https://discuss.32bit.cafe/wiki/resources\"><span>https://</span><span>discuss.32bit.cafe/wiki/resour</span><span>ces</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://tilde.zone/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://tilde.zone/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a></p>",
        "text": "woohoo! so grateful for the wizards in the 32-bit cafe (particularly @yequari for setting this up). we've started our own link aggregator to get our reddit fix with a personal web spin: https://discuss.32bit.cafe/and! bonus! a primary resource list, editable by the community: https://discuss.32bit.cafe/wiki/resources#indieweb #web"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-17T06:30:18+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37966387",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@governa",
        "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@governa",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fosstodon.org/@governa/110555747307274639",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/10ThingsILikeRightNow\">#<span>10ThingsILikeRightNow</span></a> in no particular order</p><p>1. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/fediverse\">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <img alt=\":fediverse:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/349/974/original/dec5bd846438f70e.png\" title=\":fediverse:\" width=\"16\" /><br />2. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/ThinkPad\">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <img alt=\":thinkpad:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/219/986/original/513404798b19ab30.png\" title=\":thinkpad:\" width=\"16\" /><br />3. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/Fedora\">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <img alt=\":fedora:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/024/637/original/cc41b6bb7be9d7c2.png\" title=\":fedora:\" width=\"16\" /><br />4. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/omglol\">#<span>omglol</span></a> <img alt=\":prami:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/464/671/original/e8f7676932f2c6c8.png\" title=\":prami:\" width=\"16\" /><br />5. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/halloumi\">#<span>halloumi</span></a> \ud83e\uddc0<br />6. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrogaming\">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f<br />7. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> \ud83d\udcbe  <br />8. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/haikuos\">#<span>haikuos</span></a> <img alt=\":haiku:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/400/637/original/4e2114ac8fc8e3f8.png\" title=\":haiku:\" width=\"16\" /><br />9. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/steamdeck\">#<span>steamdeck</span></a> <img alt=\":steamdeck:\" height=\"16\" src=\"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/421/273/original/c4bf98e830e50b28.png\" title=\":steamdeck:\" width=\"16\" /><br />10. <a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/nextdns\">#<span>nextdns</span></a> \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f</p>",
        "text": "#10ThingsILikeRightNow in no particular order1. #fediverse \n2. #ThinkPad \n3. #Fedora \n4. #omglol \n5. #halloumi \ud83e\uddc0\n6. #retrogaming \ud83d\udd79\ufe0f\n7. #indieweb \ud83d\udcbe  \n8. #haikuos \n9. #steamdeck \n10. #nextdns \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T20:20:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37962017",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@croobat",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@croobat",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@croobat/110555396151753320",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/10thingsilikerightnow\">#<span>10thingsilikerightnow</span></a> </p><p>0. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/foss\">#<span>foss</span></a><br />1. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/archlinux\">#<span>archlinux</span></a><br />2. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/lemmy\">#<span>lemmy</span></a><br />3. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/fullstackopen\">#<span>fullstackopen</span></a><br />4. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/rust\">#<span>rust</span></a><br />5. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a><br />6. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/dwm\">#<span>dwm</span></a><br />7. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/astro\">#<span>astro</span></a><br />8. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/bicycling\">#<span>bicycling</span></a><br />9. <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon\">#<span>mastodon</span></a></p>",
        "text": "#10thingsilikerightnow 0. #foss\n1. #archlinux\n2. #lemmy\n3. #fullstackopen\n4. #rust\n5. #indieweb\n6. #dwm\n7. #astro\n8. #bicycling\n9. #mastodon"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T18:51:09+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37960865",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://techlifeweb.com/blog/2023/06/2023-06-16-post-1731/",
    "content": {
        "html": "Tried to follow a Lemmy account via BridgyFed and it failed hard. <a class=\"p-category\" href=\"https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb\">#indieweb</a> \"IndieAuth verification failed: 404\". It should be set up right as I've used it before plus indiewebify.me checks out.",
        "text": "Tried to follow a Lemmy account via BridgyFed and it failed hard. #indieweb \"IndieAuth verification failed: 404\". It should be set up right as I've used it before plus indiewebify.me checks out."
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T17:31:37+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37960055",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-16T15:14:15Z",
    "url": "https://jeena.net/notes/1364",
    "content": {
        "text": "Now that #reddit is going away I finally installed a #fediverse alternative #lemmy for myself: https://jemmy.jeena.net/post/50",
        "html": "<p></p><p>Now that #reddit is going away I finally installed a #fediverse alternative #lemmy for myself: <a href=\"https://jemmy.jeena.net/post/50\">https://jemmy.jeena.net/post/50</a></p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jeena",
        "url": "https://jeena.net/",
        "photo": "https://jeena.net/avatar.jpg"
    },
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37957893",
    "_source": "201",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@postroutine",
        "url": "https://framapiaf.org/@postroutine",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://framapiaf.org/@postroutine/110553308166040109",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>For this friday, do you have great indieweb websites to share ?</p><p><a href=\"https://framapiaf.org/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "For this friday, do you have great indieweb websites to share ?#indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T10:00:09+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37957832",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

Decentralization isn't enough. It's about people.

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2023-06-16T14:27:56+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2023/decentralization-isnt-enough-its-about-people",
    "name": "Decentralization isn't enough. It's about people.",
    "content": {
        "text": "I posted a link the other day to this sobering essay about how the promised migration to Mastodon didn\u2019t go as hoped. It makes some assumptions about what people were hoping for in the first place, but if you were (as I was) hoping that this would be a moment that federated social media might become mainstream, I think its arguments are correct. I wish they weren\u2019t.So what does Mastodon bring to the table in addition to Twitter, that might justify someone deciding to take the plunge and move to it? There are a few unique things about the platform, but they generally fall into the broad category of \u201cthings users don\u2019t care about\u201d. Chief among these is decentralisation.I\u2019ve made this argument before: for most people, decentralization is not a selling point. For a significant number of people, not being Twitter as run by Elon Musk is a selling point. And while there are certainly arguments to be made about how decentralized networks are less likely to fall prey to the same fate, the fact of the matter is, most people don\u2019t care. Most people don\u2019t understand what decentralization even really is, and nor should they have to.Decentralized protocols are infrastructure in the same way that servers are infrastructure. Nobody cares if a traditional social network is built on AWS or Google Cloud. What they care about is the community: can they follow people they\u2019re interested in, can they engage in great conversations, potentially find an audience for the things they make, and do all of this safely and without abuse.Mastodon has, so far, not done well on this front. People really do find it hard to use. And when they do make it on, the number of \u201creply guys\u201d \u2014 people who respond in an unwanted and condescending way to peoples\u2019 posts, particularly those written by women \u2014 is sometimes off the charts. Finally but by no means least, there\u2019s a disturbing current of anti-Blackness that extends from the covert racism of asking people to hide their lived experiences behind a content warning to overt white supremacy. For many people, it is not a welcoming place.Dr Johnathan Flowers, who studies the philosophy of technology, gave a great interview last year that covers this topic in detail. It\u2019s very difficult for me to pull a representative quote out; instead, I recommend that you read or listen to the whole piece.Indeed, when I posted the link, I got some interesting replies that expressed the sentiment: it\u2019s good that not everyone can use Mastodon. Sometimes a higher barrier to entry leads to a better quality of community. We never wanted everyone to move over; we just wanted the right people to move over.Not a good look when many of the people who are put off from using the community are people of color, women, the disabled, and people with few resources. I\u2019m strongly opposed to this sentiment: I think for social media to truly be useful, it must be welcoming, inclusive, and accessible.There\u2019s another reason why I want user-aligned social media to be readily accessible. (I\u2019m struggling for a good term for this, as you can tell: it\u2019s not decentralized social media, because decentralization is just a functional means to an end. What do you call something that is inherently supportive of the people who use it and their underlying interests? Democratic? Progressive?) Social media is intrinsically involved in the very dark moment in democracy that we\u2019re living through; it has empowered populism and the rise of a militant far right. We need the online spaces that most of us use to not be run by people who are active supporters of fascism at worst and agnostic to it at best.Social media helped bring about Trump. Right now Elon Musk is using Twitter in the same way Rupert Murdoch uses his media empire. Facebook does not look like it is eager to avoid the mistakes of its past if it means forgoing profit. There has to be a strong, inclusive alternative to these platforms, and right now there simply isn\u2019t one.None of this is to say that the underlying protocols are bad. I love ActivityPub. I think they\u2019re a fantastic way to build new platforms. And I think that\u2019s exactly what we need: new platforms, in the human sense, built with the participation of the communities they support. It\u2019s not nearly enough to build a functional Twitter clone. Technology is never enough. We need to build communities in new, participative ways that ensure everyone\u2019s voice is heard. We need to share equity. We need to ensure that people with few resources are able to onboard. We need to ensure that everyone can feel safe as they express their true selves. Otherwise, to be frank, I don\u2019t see the point.I think it absolutely can be done, but lately I\u2019ve been feeling like Mastodon itself is not yet the answer. The big question, then, is: what do we do next?",
        "html": "<p>I posted a link the other day to this sobering essay about how <a href=\"https://blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/why-did-the-twittermigration-fail/\">the promised migration to Mastodon didn\u2019t go as hoped</a>. It makes some assumptions about what people were hoping for in the first place, but if you were (as I was) hoping that this would be a moment that federated social media might become mainstream, I think its arguments are correct. I wish they weren\u2019t.</p><blockquote><p>So what does Mastodon bring to the table in addition to Twitter, that might justify someone deciding to take the plunge and move to it? There are a few unique things about the platform, but they generally fall into the broad category of \u201cthings users don\u2019t care about\u201d. Chief among these is decentralisation.</p></blockquote><p><a href=\"https://werd.io/2023/this-moment-isnt-about-decentralization\">I\u2019ve made this argument before</a>: for most people, decentralization is not a selling point. For a significant number of people, not being Twitter as run by Elon Musk is a selling point. And while there are certainly arguments to be made about how decentralized networks are less likely to fall prey to the same fate, the fact of the matter is, most people don\u2019t care. Most people don\u2019t understand what decentralization even really is, and nor should they have to.</p><p>Decentralized protocols are infrastructure in the same way that servers are infrastructure. Nobody cares if a traditional social network is built on AWS or Google Cloud. What they care about is the community: can they follow people they\u2019re interested in, can they engage in great conversations, potentially find an audience for the things they make, and do all of this safely and without abuse.</p><p>Mastodon has, so far, not done well on this front. People really do find it hard to use. And when they do make it on, the number of <a href=\"https://mashable.com/article/twitter-reply-guys\">\u201creply guys\u201d</a> \u2014 people who respond in an unwanted and condescending way to peoples\u2019 posts, particularly those written by women \u2014 is sometimes off the charts. Finally but by no means least, there\u2019s a disturbing current of anti-Blackness that extends from the covert racism of asking people to hide their lived experiences behind a content warning to overt white supremacy. For many people, it is not a welcoming place.</p><p>Dr Johnathan Flowers, who studies the philosophy of technology, <a href=\"https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/\">gave a great interview last year that covers this topic in detail</a>. It\u2019s very difficult for me to pull a representative quote out; instead, I recommend that you read or listen to the whole piece.</p><p>Indeed, when I posted the link, I got some interesting replies that expressed the sentiment: it\u2019s <em>good</em> that not everyone can use Mastodon. Sometimes a higher barrier to entry leads to a better quality of community. We never wanted everyone to move over; we just wanted the <em>right</em> people to move over.</p><p>Not a good look when many of the people who are put off from using the community are people of color, women, the disabled, and people with few resources. I\u2019m strongly opposed to this sentiment: I think for social media to truly be useful, it must be welcoming, inclusive, and accessible.</p><p>There\u2019s another reason why I want user-aligned social media to be readily accessible. (I\u2019m struggling for a good term for this, as you can tell: it\u2019s not <em>decentralized</em> social media, because decentralization is just a functional means to an end. What do you call something that is inherently supportive of the people who use it and their underlying interests? Democratic? Progressive?) Social media is intrinsically involved in the very dark moment in democracy that we\u2019re living through; it has empowered populism and the rise of a militant far right. We need the online spaces that most of us use to not be run by people who are active supporters of fascism at worst and agnostic to it at best.</p><p>Social media helped bring about Trump. Right now Elon Musk is using Twitter in the same way Rupert Murdoch uses his media empire. Facebook does not look like it is eager to avoid the mistakes of its past if it means forgoing profit. There has to be a strong, inclusive alternative to these platforms, and right now there simply isn\u2019t one.</p><p>None of this is to say that the underlying protocols are bad. I love ActivityPub. I think they\u2019re a fantastic way to build new platforms. And I think that\u2019s exactly what we need: <em>new platforms</em>, in the human sense, built with the participation of the communities they support. It\u2019s not nearly enough to build a functional Twitter clone. Technology is never enough. </p><p>We need to build communities in new, participative ways that ensure everyone\u2019s voice is heard. We need to share equity. We need to ensure that people with few resources are able to onboard. We need to ensure that everyone can feel safe as they express their true selves. Otherwise, to be frank, I don\u2019t see the point.</p><p>I think it absolutely can be done, but lately I\u2019ve been feeling like Mastodon itself is not yet the answer. The big question, then, is: what do we do next?</p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
        "url": "https://werd.io/profile/benwerd",
        "photo": "https://werd.io/file/5d388c5fb16ea14aac640912/thumb.jpg"
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@jxn",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@jxn",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@jxn/110554333919650017",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>What <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/lemmy\">#<span>lemmy</span></a> or <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/kbin\">#<span>kbin</span></a> server are all the cool <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS\">#<span>FOSS</span></a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a>  kids going to?  I mostly want to find communities talking about self-hosted, dev/ops, open-source, science news and of course Ange Postecoglou.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/reddit\">#<span>reddit</span></a></p>",
        "text": "What #lemmy or #kbin server are all the cool #FOSS and #indieweb  kids going to?  I mostly want to find communities talking about self-hosted, dev/ops, open-source, science news and of course Ange Postecoglou.#reddit"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T14:21:01+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37957247",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@ApisNecros",
        "url": "https://ioc.exchange/@ApisNecros",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://ioc.exchange/@ApisNecros/110554197025511817",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Just bought my third domain name. And this time I'm actually going to use it! Am I a true <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/techie\">#<span>techie</span></a> yet?</p><p><a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/WebDev\">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href=\"https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Just bought my third domain name. And this time I'm actually going to use it! Am I a true #techie yet?#WebDev #IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T13:46:12+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37957248",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@renegadejade",
        "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@renegadejade",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://hachyderm.io/@renegadejade/110553942884474761",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Is <a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> compatible with fediverse/activitypub?</p><p>(I\u2019m not sure this is even the right question to ask, tbh)</p><p>I want to host a blog at my own domain for long-form writing, and when I post it, have a meta description/excerpt post to my Mastodon account but more importantly, I would like blog post tags to be discoverable via fediverse hashtags. </p><p>Is this a thing?</p>",
        "text": "Is #indieweb compatible with fediverse/activitypub?(I\u2019m not sure this is even the right question to ask, tbh)I want to host a blog at my own domain for long-form writing, and when I post it, have a meta description/excerpt post to my Mastodon account but more importantly, I would like blog post tags to be discoverable via fediverse hashtags. Is this a thing?"
    },
    "published": "2023-06-16T12:41:34+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "37955448",
    "_source": "7235",
    "_is_read": false
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