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In My Opinion Bluesky Will Never Federate And That’s Concerning
What are we doing here folks? We all flocked to Bluesky because it resembled what we used love — Twitter from the 2010s, but with the hope that it would in the end be different. The Bluesky team has promised to federate/decentralize for a while now, with nothing coming of it. Only empty promises (so…
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For The Love Of The Web. Posting Publicly Is Going To Get Used In Some Way
Sam Cole over at 404 Media wrote an article about a Hugging Face Machine Learning Librarian making a public data set of 1 million Bluesky posts available to everyone for Machine Learning. People were of course outraged. Afterall it’s the Internet. People thrive on being outraged, pissed off, and otherwise salty. What people seem to…
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Bluesky, Billionaires, And Dodo Birds
People say that Bluesky might turn into Twitter and be purchased by a billionaire I know Jay doesn’t want this to happen. And in theory it won’t due to the possibility of decentralization, but we’ve been burned multiple times. Shall we do it again? Sure, why not. 😵💫😜 I mean, until that happens Bluesky is…
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I Wish I Could Have Said This Was Planned.
I just realized, yes it wasn’t planned, that my main identity on social is now s3th.me. It’s my Mastodon server, my Threads username, and my Bluesky username. I’d like to say I planned it this way. But nope. Just kind of worked out! What social network are you all using now that T2/Pebble is gone…
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Extremely Online… Taylor Lorenz’s New Book Is Out!
It came with a thud on my front step. I had forgotten I ordered it to be honest. Taylor Lorenz’s new book on social media and influence online Extremely Online looks absolutely amazing. I’ve been a fan of Lorenz since she worked at the New York Times. Her coverage of social media and the Internet…
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The Idea Of My Blog Being Federated On The Fediverse
The idea of my blog being federated on the Fediverse and being able to have people follow the posts directly is really cool. I just wish I could figure out how to get the ActivityPub plug-in to work. Doh! 🥸
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The Urge To Go To A Small Mastodon Host Again… I Did It
I can’t explain it. I’m going back to hosting my own instance. It’ll be just for me and I’ll have complete control over the whole instance. Managing Masto.ai with Stux was fun and all, but the responsibility became too much as more and more people were complaining about spam and what not. I still wish…
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Dropped Into Twitter
I dropped into Twitter/X during WordCamp US 2023, because most of what was going on was being documented over in Musk-ville. Much to my chagrined. I’ve now dropped in daily for a quick peek to see what’s going on. Still not spending to much time there. More people are moving to alternatives, which include Mastodon,…
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People Who Stay On Twitter Are Aiding Musk In His Antics
I know a lot of people who are still on Twitter, because they feel they get a benefit from it. But what is the benefit of being associated with Elon Musk. He’s a truly horrible person with very right-wing/Nazi/Fascist tendencies. Now Musk is planning on getting rid of the Twitter branding altogether. I think this…
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The Fediverse Is Coming Into Its Own
The demise of Twitter as we know it is upon us. Elon Musk is burning down the Twittersphere while sitting at his desk inside. Is he insane? Absolutely. Does he know what he’s doing? No. Does he give a shit? Nope! People are fleeing to the fediverse, the open network of social platforms that are…
