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And #Peertube gets a shout out by @[email protected] during the opening & welcome at #MatrixConf:

"The conference is being livestreamed on YouTube right now... on PeerTube someday". YESSSSSS!!! πŸ™Œ

#TheFutureIsFederated #fediverse

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@msdropbear42 @peterg75 ah I only use Phanpy and mobile apps with Friendica to consume content (I.e. read my feed and reply to posts) but nothing matches the sophistication of the OG Friendica interface for formatting posts…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

@[email protected] oooh I’m so happy to hear you are enjoying Phanpy. It truly is the best ✨ I use Tusky on Android and Mona Pro on iOS with Friendica and really really love the UX

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] thank you for the brilliant suggestion Juan! Woooow!!! Definitely β€œbrave enough” to try Beeper, LOL. And it was purchased by Automattic, which is a really good sign IMHO. I can’t thank you enough! Will try it ASAP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] awwwww mi iscrivo subitooooooo πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ grazieeeeeeeeeee

 

Oh what a wild ride these past 3 months have been.

As I deepen my explorations of the #Fediverse and #foss projects I feel like I've become a new person.

As outlined in this post from last week, in early June I "only" had a Mastodon account: https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/

Fast-forward to mid-September and I now have 9 Fediverse accounts, I'm exploring Matrix and its bridges, I'm watching videos from #Fosdem and I say things like "Misskey is my Everest" (because most of its servers are in Japanese)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] the whole point of Matrix is to be a free, open source, federated way of communicating, so you can use it on desktop (Mac, Windows, Linux), mobile and even from a browser: https://element.io/download

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] thank you! I've blocked time in my calendar to watch the keynote address from the conference (they're livestreaming on YouTube) this Friday morning. It's about Matrix 2.0: https://cfp.matrix.org/matrixconf2024/talk/WUGXFW/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@[email protected] ok so from what I'm seeing, Matrix has incredible integrations (bridges) with Slack, Discord, Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal, etc... so you may be able to communicate with your friends using these bridges https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/ (disclaimer: it's my day 2 on Matrix and I'm not sure yet how to make a bridge work)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] yes, this is why I love the Fediverse so much!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@[email protected] thank youuuu! πŸ₯Ή I just wish other parents and grandparents would be more aware of the dangers / toxicity of digital platforms by Big Tech. Most people I talk to are resigned and say "there's nothing we can do, they're the standard, everybody uses them." I find that to be a weak argument and I'm ready to give all my support to healthy alternatives

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] Thanks! I found this super helpful explanation on Reddit (of all places):

"Matrix is a federated protocol like ActivityPub. A server running ActivityPub can theoretically be bridged to Matrix and vice versa (though I'm not aware of a fully functional and reliable bridge as of right now). So it's part of the Fediverse in terms of philosophy and potentially in terms of interoperability, but most people don't bridge between them at this time"

https://www.reddit.com/r/fediverse/comments/zr8ck5/help_me_to_clarify_about_matrixorg/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

@[email protected] thank you for the kind words!

I'm doing this to get more friends on here. 99.9% of my real life close friends and family members only use social apps by Big Tech.

And I have a vested interest in having the Fediverse succeed because in a decade's time my little one will be a teenager. It would be upsetting to see her use toxic platforms by Big Tech. Her worth shouldn't be associated to the number of followers she has or likes she gets. I'd want her to use healthier social media...

 

And I just joined another #Fediverse project (#Matrix) so that I can write about it for a future issue of #thefutureisfederated

LOVING the #Element app - it looks really modern and elegant. And it's very intuitive and easy to use.

If you have any Matrix rooms to recommend, I'm all ears πŸ€—

Funny how this blog post of mine from 5 DAYS ago is already out-of-date, as I "only" had 9 Fediverse accounts then: https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/

 

My oh my. From ABC News Australia: "Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option."

A summary:

"The company does not offer Australians an opt out option like it does in the EU, because it has not been required to do so under privacy law."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/facebook-scraping-photos-data-no-opt-out/104336170

BTW the ABC News website has links to Facebook, Instagram and X but no Fediverse profiles. So their posts are used to train #Llama

#BigTech #AI #privacy #Meta

 

πŸš€ The Future is Federated - issue no.10 πŸ‘©β€πŸš€

"My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/

with shout-outs to: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #Fediverse #Mastodon #Wordpress #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #Firefish #Ivory #Phanpy

 

As I prepare a new blog post for #TheFutureisFederated, I am curious about something:

How many #Fediverse accounts do you have (including content aggregators and federated #Wordpress sites)?

I went from 1 to 9 in just 3 months! πŸ™ˆπŸ™Š

 

Good morning Fedi Friends!

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I'm working on a new blog post for #TheFutureIsFederated reflecting back on my "Fediverse summer".

Before I started the blog, I "only" had a #Mastodon account.

⏩ 3 months and I now have 8 accounts on the #Fediverse (incl. my federated #Wordpress sites).

I've become the biggest fan of the #Fediverse and #ActivityPub and I can't wait to share the biggest lessons I learned.

Sign up here to get my new posts: https://blog.elenarossini.com

an animated GIF showing moving stars in the background with the title "the future is federated" over it

 

A moment of gratitude for @imdavidpierce - The Verge's editor-at-large - for his coverage of the #Fediverse.

While most other tech publications and reporters ignore it, David has been a great champion of it.

He covered the asterism symbol debate on Friday (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/23/24226755/til-what-an-asterism-is) and wrote a fantastic piece last year: "2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse" https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub (thank you @[email protected] for pointing out Friday's piece).

Thank you David! πŸ™

 

Good morning Fedi Friends!

πŸ“¦ It's a (virtual) moving day for me 🚚

I'm moving to a new #Friendica instance and thus trying out #Fediverse account migration for the first time. I'll keep you posted on how it goes πŸ€—

 

Thank you so much for all your feedback to my post about #Fediverse content aggregators (Mbin, PieFed and Lemmy) and interoperability.

Following some of your testimonies, I'm semi-tempted to create new accounts on #Friendica and #Lemmy – on other instances – to do more interoperability tests, considering that some of the problems I may have encountered could be instance-specific (with nothing to do with software). Is this something that may interest you?

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/

 

πŸš€ The Future is Federated - issue no.9 πŸ‘©β€πŸš€

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/

with shout-outs to @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit

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