New: Fediverse Report 109
This week, an essay about #Bluesky's proposal for setting user preferences on their accounts. This allows people to indicate how they want their data to be handled off-protocol. I wrote about how the #fediverse can improve on this, using its strengths of many different communities, each with its own culture and values.
Also:
- Next week is the digital conference @fediforum
- A research dataset to compare Threads and Mastodon users
Read at:
@trwnh this is what browsing #bluesky (the hashtag not the site) is like
@Gargron @EUCommission The European Commission is on Bluesky too: https://bsky.app/profile/ec.europa.eu, but hopefully they’ll be able to switch to their own PDS or one based in Europe one day…
glances at trending
Great day for open source platforms to be on their bullshit huh? :blobfoxthumbsdown:
UPDATE: #Bluesky Backs Down Reinstates Censored Video
Thanks to 404 Media @404mediaco, the video has been unblocked.
https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/114071618066890090
"New: Bluesky deleted the AI protest video of Trump sucking Musk's toes, calling it 'non-consensual explicit material'. Now after we published, Bluesky has put it back.
"re-evaluating the newsworthy context, the moderation team is reinstating those posts."
New: Bluesky deleted the AI protest video of Trump sucking Musk's toes, calling it 'non-consensual explicit material'. Now after we published, Bluesky has put it back.
"re-evaluating the newsworthy context, the moderation team is reinstating those posts."
Just wondering how #Bluesky users and the Bluesky advocates here on Mastodon are responding to today's political censorship. Would love to see some of the reaction. Please feel free to post examples below. Thanks.
On the same day that Jeff Bezos cracks down on unflattering opinion in his newspaper, corporate #Bluesky begins to censor the progressive ex-Twitter/X users that had flocked there thinking that they where switching to a safe haven.
So, it matters who owns your platform.
We don't know who all owns #Bluesky (it's a secret), but we do know that VCs and crytobros are big equity holders, and the expectation that they will stand up to political pressure should be exactly zero.
You know all those warnings that corporate #Bluesky is vulnerable to political censorship...
And so it begins.
"A Bluesky account you control... posted content or shared a link that contains non-consensual explicit material, which is in violation of our Community Guidelines. As a result of this violation, we have taken down your post"
What happens as the political pressure to toe the line increases?
Public Social Media Fediverse is the only defensible option.
Af en toe doe ik wat vergelijkend warenonderzoek tussen #Twitter, #Bluesky en #Mastodon:
Op Mastodon binnen half uurtje 17 boosts:
En 77 na een dag.
https://mastodon.social/@Kletskous/113675350596075497
Op Bluesky 0 https://bsky.app/profile/kletskous.bsky.social/post/3ldm2qhs46s27 en op
Twitter 1 like https://x.com/Kletskous/status/1869457820623749319
Is your child a far-left extremist?
Look for warning signs:
#FarLeft #extremism #equality #fascism #genders #racism #history #philosophy #injustice
In principle, any such effort to move #bluesky closer to its stated ideals is to be welcomed. And its principal actors likely were never going to bet on the fediverse, or they would have done so already.
I remain skeptical that, with Bluesky in control of final moderation decisions and key communication flows such as DMs, an external entity can accomplish these goals.
Als ik zie hoe Big Tech begint te dansen naar het pijpen van #Trump & Musk, word ik overmand door twijfels over #Bluesky. Het is en blijft een bedrijf met private eigenaren, die het medium, net als Twitter en Facebook, ooit zouden kunnen gebruiken voor massamanipulatie van de publieke opinie. Ik heb de afgelopen maand een beetje geswitcht tussen BS en #Mastodon. BS heeft voordelen (meer nieuws, relevante medegebruikers), maar Mastodon lijkt me veiliger en toekomstbestendiger in deze boze wereld.
If I add the #traffic from #Mastodon & #Flipboard & #Bluesky into #Fediverse (I know, I know... but they're federated or bridged), they're now comparable to #Facebook. 😯
Will be interesting to see that graph, when #Threads federates here and (!!) allows automated posts.
#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #eXit #Xodus
(🧵 2/2)
2024 is ending, time for a last look at the #traffic to @heiseonline via X/ #Twitter and its alternatives.
#Mastodon was very stable, which made it the biggest source by the end of the year. #Bluesky grew significantly at the end and is now clearly in second place. #X fell the whole year, and our departure (from posting there) just accelerated that. But #Threads (where we can't post automatically) is still far behind.
#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #eXit #Xodus
(🧵 1/2)
That happened faster than even I expected, and I'm a cynical Gen X guy.
And to put the rest in context: #Bluesky and #Flipboard still bring by far the most traffic per follower. #Mastodon is now a little bit behind #Facebook. #Threads and #X bring way, way less.
(🧵 4/4)
If you combine #Mastodon, #Flipboard and #Bluesky into the #Fediverse, they are not that far from #Facebook. But of course, that's a bit of a stretch (at least for now).
But what's clear, is that Flipboard is not as strong as before. Any tips, on how to get more out of @Flipboard?
(🧵 2/4)
Another week is over, time for new stats regarding traffic to @heiseonline: It seems like there is a new balance with #Mastodon in front, #Bluesky brings now half as much. Although we stopped posting to #X, it still brings in more than #Threads and roughly as much as #Flipboard.
(🧵 1/4)
Is #Mastodon all perfect and shiny?
No.
Do I feel way less harassed here than #Twitter?
Yes.
Would I trust a corporation like #Bluesky again after the Twitter dumpster fire?
No. x 1,000
There are so many smart people working to make this place better and I appreciate them. Thank you! ✨
spotted in the wild
Honestly baffled
@Gargron TY for all your hard work. I believe it is paying off. I left #twitter in 2017 but went cold turkey. Tried #bluesky earlier this year but after a week I deactivated because it felt the same as twitter and I left twitter because of how bad it made me feel. A few weeks ago I decided to try mastodon and it hits different. I'm not steeling myself before opening the app. I'm still getting a feel for it but I'm I haven't left yet and don't intend to any time soon. Long live the
#BlueSky real time user growth counter:
#Bluesky journalism starter pack
Am lucky that I landed here on Mastodon 2 yrs ago instead of #Bluesky or #Threads as they were trying to mimic that dumpster fire place.
I told myself I would not join another corporate social media site from scratch. With no true tech background I figured out how this worked, reached out and found fellow birdsite friends amongst the rubble.
Thank you to @trumpet and team for allowing me to join here on the #scotland instance. (That's another story lol) ❤️
For those joining the Xodus for #bluesky, you’ll find me there: