Ehrlich? #wsocial ist gaaaanz großer #BS! Ich habe mir dort ja nur meinen Claim abgesteckt. Dabei wurde klar: Alles viel zu kompliziert, unübersichtlich und technisch absolut nicht ausgereift. Trotz bestätigter Verifizierung funktioniert dort rein gar nichts. Das #Fediverse hat nichts zu befürchten 😉 #SocialMedia
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New YT video is up!
This one is about four privacy-respecting European alternatives to US tech products, just in case anyone out there is looking to pull a France and repatriate some of their data and tech consumption.
#Video #Technology #Privacy #YouTube #SocialMedia #ContentCreator #DigitalSovereignty
📝 Owning your data #Development #Webdev #Tech #SocialMedia
Owning your own data is hard. I've been trying to own as much as I can, and my site has become a reflection of that process, both in what I display and discuss. As difficult as it is, there's a freedom in owning as much as you can.
Working on the iPadOS version of #FediReader tonight, coming soon to an iPad near you
#SocialWeb #BuildInPublic #Developer #Mastodon #SocialMedia #IndieApps
And Build 92 of #FediReader is out featuring a major overhaul to the #iPadOS app as well as some updates to the list picker
Check it out at:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4
#Developer #SocialWeb #IndieApps #SocialMedia #BuildInPublic #SwiftLang # Mastodon #Apple #iOS
After about twelve hours, the same post had received more than 300 shares and likes on Mastodon, while it had only been shared three times and liked four times on BlueSky.
I'm no social media expert, but it's amazing how reluctant people are to use Mastodon because of its lack of reach and interaction.
If we bring more people here, the Fediverse could become the de facto public square.
https://mastodon.social/@leavex/116127855796326212
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Filipino-American software engineer, Zeu Caupa, talks about ATP—the protocol behind the ATmosphere social network where Bluesky is currently the largest app.
"The government has paid millions to private contractors to surface everything from potential threats to agents to activities that could disrupt ICE’s operations, according to federal documents, contractors and former Homeland Security Investigations agents."
Stay safe out there!
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-surveillance-internet-critics-e3b22f49
With my latest project, you can create a customizable invitation for your fediverse community, with your favorite apps and even starter packs.
Like this one.
Learn how to make your own: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/
For once, in an article looking at alternatives to Big Tech the Guardian has acknowledge (and indeed given a half a paragraph to) Mastodon....
Its not the greatest write up but might encourage some more people to join us...
✏️ "Why I'm following you..."
Build 105 of #FediReader is out now!
What’s New
- Author Attribution Improvements
- Retention of feed position when navigating from posts/articles
Bug Fixes
- Quote Post Linking actually happens
- Swiping between feeds more reliable
- Explore links open in app browser
- Double tap to jump to top of feed works again
Check it out at: https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4
#Developer #IndieApps #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #TestFlight #iPhone #BuildInPublic #Technology
Build 141 of #FediReader is available now!
What’s New
- Nothing: No New Features!
Bug Fixes
- Too Many to List
Check it out at: https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4
#Developer #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Flipboard #IndieApps #iOS #Apple #Technology
#FediReader now has its own website! Join the beta and check out the source code at
Happy Sunday, y'all.
My new YT video is up! This week's topic is ads in space, which is wild, but is becoming a possibility and may one day be a thing. Luckily for us, there's some resistance.
If you enjoy the video, let me know what you think and please take a second to hit the like button. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz9NSNL2NG4
#Space #Ads #Capitalism #Astronomy #Science #YouTube #Video #SocialMedia
The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
In detail: The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”. That "would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight”.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522
📰 Polecam tekst @didleth dla Oko Press. Dowiecie się o co chodzi z tą weryfikacją wieku przy dostępie do socialek:
"Big techy grają z nami w weryfikację wieku. To karanie ofiar zamiast sprawców
[...]
Czy Europejski Portfel Tożsamości Cyfrowej to dobry pomysł na weryfikację wieku?
To zależy. Z jednej strony: ma wiele zalet. Wedle założeń ma być otwarto źródłowy i zawierać „różne technologie chroniące prywatność, takie jak dowód z wiedzą zerową”. W praktyce umożliwiłoby to przekazanie Facebookowi czy TikTokowi informacji o samym wieku, bez zdradzania innych personaliów.
Są też pewne wady. Poza wyżej wymienionymi: wprowadzenia EUDI jako obowiązkowej metody weryfikacji wieku byłoby zwyczajnie sprzeczne z unijnym prawem."
https://oko.press/big-techy-weryfikacja-wieku-karanie-ofiar-zamiast-sprawcow
#BigTech #Media #SocialMedia #Ograniczenia #dzieci #Polska #Europa
"There’s much to improve about search and discovery on Mastodon, and we finally have the technical foundation to build a better solution."
Great read, thank you for sharing @imanijoy @Mastodon!
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/discovery-week-2026-what-we-learned-and-what-were-doing-next/
via https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/117043346514398510
#mastodon #fediverse #MastodonDiscoveryWeek #SocialMedia #design #UX #UXUI
Geht es mit der European Digital Identity ab 2027 für #SocialMedia bergab? #AskFedi
#WSocial stagniert ¹ → Menschen wollen sich nicht scannen, ausweisen & von Dritten überprüfen lassen müssen, nur, um mit Anderen zu sprechen.
Also: Was passiert mit anderen (mehr oder weniger) sozialen Medien, wenn (!) #EUDI / #Altersverifizierung kommen? #EndOfSoMe ?🤷
#eID #AgeVerification #Umfrage #Fediverse #Datenschutz #Kommunikation
Options: (choose one)
The UK is set to ban social media for children under the age of 16, with the rollout reportedly planned for 2027.
The proposed restrictions aim to strengthen online safety measures and limit young users' exposure to harmful content and addictive algorithms.
If implemented, the UK would become one of the first major countries to introduce a nationwide social media age ban for under-16s. 👀
#UK #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety
Is the bubble bursting? 🫧
Big Tech platforms such as LinkedIn, Snapchat, Substack and YouTube now have 'AI Slop' controls.
As more and more people agree that AI content is low quality, repetitive, and unsatisfactory, platforms which once celebrated AI content are paying attention.
What do you think? Should we add AI Slop controls to the Fediverse?
This is great!
"The way we handle reports is proportional, context-aware, and, wherever we can, aimed at helping people put things right rather than simply penalising them."
https://help.joinmastodon.org/article/20-moderation-decisions-and-appeals
And also, an official guide on how to make collections on Mastodon!
https://help.joinmastodon.org/article/19-creating-a-collection
On #Mastodon there are now
436 verified accounts from #news organizations in
22 languages and on
125 instances.
238 were active today.
Some accounts, that were active today are
@riffreporter (GER)
@DeGroene (NLD)
@winnipegfreepress (ENG)
@wochendaemmerung (GER)
@techreview_de (GER)
Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html
Built by @mho
#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon
RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116238453716406471
Leseempfehlung für Kommunikationsverantwortliche in öffentlichen Einrichtungen! ⬇️
Wir freuen uns, @_elena auf der #2MR-Konferenz (sprich: zwoMR) begrüßen zu dürfen – dem Festival der guten Beispiele! 🙌
#2MR: Die demokratiestärkende #SocialMedia-Konferenz
👉 2mr.social
🗓️ Mo. 4. Mai 2026 #MayTheForth
📍 Bucerius Law School #Hamburg
#WissKomm #Universität #Wissenschaft #Museum #Verwaltung #Behörde #Stiftung #Öffentlichkeitsarbeit #ÖR #ÖRR #Rundfunk #Medien #DiDay #OMR #Demokratie