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It's brief, around 25:15

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo


If you've been sitting on making a post about your favorite instance, this could be a good opportunity to do so.

Going by our registration applications, a lot of people are learning about the fediverse for the first time and they're excited about the idea. I've really enjoyed reading through them :)

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (16 children)

I wish he had mentioned Lemmy, but it's understandable that he didn't. Also Bluesky isn't an alternative to big tech, it IS big tech. I wish it wasn't stealing so much of our publicity lately.

But beggars can't be choosers, and we have seen some nice growth over the past couple months. John Oliver fans are the perfect candidates to join the fediverse, hopefully some of them find their way to Lemmy.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm really not happy about bluesky their fragmentation of the fediverse protocols is only going to harm us in the long run.

[–] knova@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

IMO bridgy is not well designed. The fact that it requires both the follower and the followee to specifically opt in basically makes it DOA. Both Mastodon and BlueSky are completely open and public in terms of post visibility, so bridgy should have been designed to require explicit opt outs from anyone who didn't want their content bridged.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bridgy started without that requirement and it pissed off too many Mastodonians so they reworked it

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well fuck the mastodonians their stupidity is no reason to make everyone else's experience shitter.

[–] Zagorath@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I would have put it in less harsh terms, but yes, basically this.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

The fediverse hoa had a bit of a problem with it, ignoring the fact that federation is opt out by default.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

That's what I suspect

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m really not happy about bluesky their fragmentation of the fediverse protocols

shrug, I wish they were with us, but they are also a big ole corporate entity, so I'm kind ok with us staying our our side of the fence. As they need to implement payment and corporate protections to their network, we're free to be free over here.

is only going to harm us in the long run.

We don't have to play ball. not with them anyway,

I think, If we have any credible threat, it's going to be from the Governmental gross anti-tampering laws, forced moderation, or backup regulations. They could make it legally difficulty for us to exist.

[–] kudra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think, If we have any credible threat, it's going to be from the Governmental gross anti-tampering laws, forced moderation, or backup regulations. They could make it legally difficulty for us to exist

This. I have considerable concern that Fascists will straight up ban Fedi if enough people shift to it. They don't like not being able to control everything, Fedi is far too much actual freedom of communication.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The thing about fedi is how do u stop it. Ban every instances ip? make it illegal to use? They can try but they will have very little success.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

You make laws like the Online Safety Act in the UK. You then attach a multi-million dollar fine to anyone who doesn't adhere to the bonkers unenforceable stipulations in the text.

All of a sudden, no one but a corporation with a legal department can safely run an instance without putting their money and eventually freedom on the line.

They might not be able to just stop it, but you can force us into a pirate scenario where we have to do it in the dark.

We are likely starting to slowly head into 1984 territory. IF Fascim continues to rise, eventually, non-state-run media will be deemed unlawful and they'll do what they can to make it go away.

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[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)
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[–] Uri@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Bluesky will be the next Twitter. Just give it some time

[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

mastodon is already the next twitter, bluesky is just a direct copy of it with nothing keeping it from going the same way. mastodon is open source (can't be corpoed), federated (can talk to other platforms/instances so being on a small one doesn't hurt anything), and most importantly, uses a protocol that doesn't make self-hosting impossible due to storage requirements.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah I think it's best we don't advertise this place. It's a little strange.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Come to Lemmy, we got: blood thirsty Linux users, furries, femboys, communists, and tankies. Also, porn.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

One of the few decent TV hosts. His reporting on Palestine breaks with the anti-Palestinian censorship that dominates US media.

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