#social
Apparently some folks here on Mastodon don't think self-promotion is "the way we roll". How twee🙄🤣
Well, I DO roll that way, because I'd like people to read my stuff, articles on Medium, books on Amazon, and check out my FREE writing advice and support on YouTube at:
https://youtube.com/@QuartermainesBooks
If I don't believe in myself who will?
#writingadvice #writingsupport, #books #literature #publishing #social #mastodon #youtube #medium
Monday, Monday, "can't trust that day... "😗
Fighting off the "Black Dog" of facing yet another week of 🐂💩💩 from many sides.
But the truth is, it's like weightlifting: the heavier the weight, the stronger you get.🏋️♂️
So bring it on, A-holes, THE HEAVIER THE BETTER💪
#depression #depressionsupport #social #psychology #mentalhealth
I am genuinely puzzled. Why do you still see these on so many web pages in corporate America?
It has been well documented that Meta will gladly screw Democracy and your privacy for a profit. And Twitter would too if only the company still functioned well enough to do it properly.
Sometimes I think humanity is really comprised of 90% lemmings in disguise.
I REALLY appreciate the helpful advice everyone has given me about getting my stuff out on Mastodon. Thanks🙏
The style and approach here is pretty different from other platforms.
I'll try and figure it out. Meantime, thanks again.
Does anyone have #ios or #macos and #gamecenter? Never utilized the #Social option, and post pandemic being social is still a struggle :/
If you do, and you’re a follower, welcome to favorite, boost or comment, and I can pm you my name, if you’d like to add it. Lmk. It would be nice to communicate, and interact beyond our thirsty posts. #findingfriendsasanadultsucks
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here is "Oscar's Elefanten Revue"
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here is "Wm. Ure and his band"
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here are the "Naitto"
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here you can see "Oscar" (not 100% sure about it)
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
I don't have a clue about who's this girl, can anybody #help ?
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here are the "Guldans Bears Family"
Comunicado contra la violencia de género
COMUNICADO CONTRA LA VIOLENCIA DE GÉNERO
Desde la CGT venimos denunciando durante años ante el Ministerio de Igualdad, el Ministerio de Justicia, el Ministerio de Sanidad, el Ministerio de Educación y el Defensor del Pueblo la falta de medidas efectivas para acabar con los asesinatos machistas, puesto que es evidente que hasta ahora e
https://cgtburgos.org/2023/06/04/comunicado-contra-la-violencia-de-genero/
#Social #feminismo #ViolenciasMachista
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here are "Taitto's" (I'm not sure about the first T)
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here are "Bros Kohler-Alfredos"
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here his "Doodles"
I am posting scans from Eileen Howard's circus autograph book. She performed for a while with #BlackpoolTowerCircus and these are, I suppose, people she met or she worked with. It would be awesome to find some of their grand children thanks to the power of #social, so feel free to #boost these posts or to link them if you feel like they could reach someone who may recognize a relative in the pictures!
Here are "Les Trois Matas"
Exceptional analysis of the 2021 #PNW #heat #dome.
OA 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36289-3
Quotes: “…(analyses of) deaths in metropolitan #Vancouver found that they were disproportionately in neighborhoods with higher #material and #social #deprivation and lower levels of #green #space…”
“…over one million #mussels were estimated to have died in a mere 100-m stretch of #shoreline…”
“…the #heatwave killed ~10 million #barnacles along a single 100-m stretch of #intertidal #habitat…”
#ClimateChange 🔥🌡️🌎
#Social #murder (German: sozialer Mord) is the unnatural death that occurs due to social, political, or economic oppression. The phrase was coined by Friedrich Engels in his 1845 work The Condition of the Working-Class in England whereby "the class which at present holds social and political control" (i.e. the bourgeoisie) "places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death".[1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder
RT @HartmanRadova: Strong delegation of @SvazPrumyslu led by President @RafajJan1 met with leaders of 🇪🇺business to call for ambitious #competitiveness strategy👉🏻no #economic & #social progress without #competitive companies!
🙏🏻Great discussions @NadiaCalvino & @MargSchinas
Read our priorities👇🏻 https://t.co/jOY5pDgVib
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/employers_EESC/status/1664622528726282243
Everything that works in #America, #republicans what to tear down; #Social Security, #Medicare, #Unions, #Education, the #economy, #EPA ... Why is that? Do republicans think #Russia is better? I do not understand the #thinking(?) other than they believe the #rich #oligarchs deserve more so they can build an #economy like that of #Russia or old #England. They must feel the best economy is one based on #authoritarian #oligarchs like #MuskMelon.
For All The Other Folks Here Who Also Use #Tribel - Beware of Facebook Trackers On The Service
I logged into Tribel earlier and noticed that blockers saw stuff to block and I was surprised to see that some of them were #Facebook trackers.
The google ones I could excuse since they use google ReCaptcha on their site but still... this site is promoting itself as better than Facebook and yet they are selling their users down the river?
6/6
Le grand mérite de Frédéric Lordon est de s' atteler à la tache.
Carmine.
#politique #social #retraites #FrédéricLordon #LaurentBerger
En accès libre :
https://blog.mondediplo.net/vouloir-perdre-vouloir-gagner
When in Japan:
I saw that it’s common for people to take a long time to brush their teeth without toothpaste. They took their time, playing with their phones, sitting down and talking to each other while brushing.
Is it just me noticing? 🤔
#interesting #funfact #culture #Japan #social
Note: image is only for illustration purpose :)
@Waterloo2@mstdn.party
Grievance narratives, even false ones, can be dangerous motivating forces.
Voter's were told they had been ripped off and scammed. Told that by media and politicians they should be able to trust. The elites shoveling that utter shite were the rip off scammers, and have stolen hundreds of billions.
Farage right there in the midst of it.
I have nothing but contempt for the architects of #Brexit damage, voters should be able to trust their media to keep politicians somewhat honest about key stuff.
#Social #democracy #election #vote #voting #UK #UKPol #Brexit #Conservatives
#social : relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body
- French: social
- German: sozial
- Italian: sociale
- Portuguese: social
- Spanish: social
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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past
@Waterloo2@mstdn.party
Voter's were told they had been ripped off and scammed. By media and politicians they should be able to trust. The elites shoveling that shite were the rip off scammers, and have stolen hundreds of billions.
Farage right there in the midst of it.
Nothing but contempt for the architects of #Brexit damage, voters should be able to trust their media to keep politicians somewhat honest about key stuff. #Social #democracy #election #vote #voting
@mkj@social.linux.pizza
I see how her article figures are showing at least 10x engagement for Fediverse results on a larger account.
...
On smaller accounts I'm regularly seeing figures over 100x better engagement for Fediverse. #SocialMedia #Social #Media #FediFriday #SpreadFediverse
Two weeks left to submit your #abstracts for our #conference on "The #Social #Neuroscience of #Relationships, #Attachment & #Caregiving" (#SNRAC2023) in association with @SoNeAtLab: https://pvrticka.com/soneat-conference-2023/.
Venue: #University of #Essex in #Colchester (#UK)
Dates: August 14-15, 2023
#brain #psychology #trauma, #adversity, #touch, #oxytocin, #genetics, #epigenetics, #allostasis, #coregulation, #psychopathology, #emotion, #pain
The #German #pavilion at #biennalearchitettura2023 turns out to be a #reuse #recycle #workshop cum #storage: Materials from the #biennalearte2022 are being transformed into furniture and more for and with various #cultural, #social and #communal projects like the #centrosocialerivolta in Porto Marghera, among others in collaboration w/ # @bellevuedimonaco! Good work!
Nintendo shadow announces 1-2 Switch sequel and matching Joy-Con
Everyboooooody, 1-2 Switch tonight... or on June 30th
https://www.sidequesting.com/2023/06/nintendo-shadow-announces-1-2-switch-sequel-and-matching-joy-con/
#News #12Switch #Everybody12Switch #nintendo #PartyGames #Social
Simple scoring system.
10pts reply
4pts RT/Boost
1pt likes / votes
Raw score:
Fedi score: 220
Birdsite score: 16
Adjust for follower count (817 vs 1333) & double the posting + dbl self reboost on birdsite.
Fedi: 1436
Birdsite: 16
Obviously this is just 1 little experiment with my accounts, but I ran a bunch of these experiments across Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar - very very bad figures for birdsite overall. #SocialMedia #Social #Media
@axxl @mergesort #real #time #live #influencing is the #future of #integrated #social #mobile #cloud #blogospheric #attention #economies
☝️ Fixed that for you
Urgent call to all #online #content #creators and #social #chatters alike: LEAVE ALL PROPRIETARY CENTRALIZED PLATFORMS NOW AND JOIN THE #FEDIVERSE - the real #virtual #town #square
After the #Birdsite initiated capitalizing on API usage, #Reddit is now following suit. #Discord and all other #commercial #social #platforms / ad #delivery #networks will surely do the same…
#user #content is meant to be #free and not #owned and #paywalled by any company
Cheers!
Almost forgot that I've got a BlueSky account. In case you're there as well, my account is metinseven.bluesky.social
Web link: https://bsky.app/profile/metinseven.bsky.social
Don't know if I'll use it a lot though, as I love Mastodon. 😊❤️
#Hearing issues can be a sign of #cognitive difficulty. That can also lead to #social isolation, which is bad for those with #dementia. Getting #hearingaids, which are now available over the counter, is really important! What #BruceWillis's family is doing -- talking about #dementia, challenging the #stigma -- is such a gift. https://www.yahoo.com/news/bruce-willis-family-missed-early-000321697.html
#Hearing issues can be a sign of #cognitive difficulty. That can also lead to #social isolation, which is bad for those with #dementia. Getting #hearingaids, which are now available over the counter, is really important! What #BruceWillis's family is doing -- talking about #dementia, challenging the #stigma -- is such a gift. https://www.yahoo.com/news/bruce-willis-family-missed-early-000321697.html
How much money will Erdogan and cronies make from controlling Turkey?
Maybe oligarchs don't care if Twitter itself makes any money, they get massive value from degrading democracy, capturing states, resource rights & gvt aid, dodging taxes, & down ranking media scrutiny. #Social #oligarchs #democracy #election #vote #voting
RE: https://universeodon.com/users/georgetakei/statuses/110463400467176426
False 'Facts' about Science and Social Security Share Origins
Why do conservatives keep attacking a successful program that pays for itself?
Because of its success. #Social #Security is “big government” that #works.
Its accomplishments refute the conservative refrain that federal programs are costly failures and that the government should just leave things to the free market.
Most federal programs that conservatives love to hate were implemented in response to the #failures of #free #markets.
It wasn't the private sector that fixed these problems. It was government, particularly the federal government
Second, work from #social #psychology has demonstrated how group performance can be improved when group members share identities. There can be more trust and cooperation. The reasons are complex but can involve reducing tokenization and reducing stereotyping about others.
«Our results indicate that the algorithm amplifies emotional content, and especially those tweets that express anger and out-group animosity. Furthermore, political tweets from the algorithm lead readers to perceive their political in-group more positively and their political out-group more negatively. Interestingly, while readers generally say they prefer tweets curated by the algorithm, they are less likely to prefer algorithm-selected political tweets. Overall, our study provides important insights into the impact of social media ranking algorithms, with implications for shaping public discourse and democratic engagement.»
#twitter #algorithms #social
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.16941
Santé et social à #Genève - Un projet pilote pour faciliter la reconversion des travailleuses du sexe.
Deux associations ont créé un programme certifiant dans la santé et le social. Sept prostituées l’ont suivi et la majorité ont obtenu un emploi.
@jackyan@mastodon.social
Every time I download my following.csv on Calckey it gets date labelled and automatically stored in my Calckey drive. So I can restore who I follow and active people will follow back anyway.
Also...
Calckey is getting a rebrand. I still have my fingers crossed for 🌰🐿Squirrel🐿🌰, but I expect it will something better. #Fediverse #Calckey #SpreadFediverse #Social #AccountPortability
@jackyan@mastodon.social @atomicpoet@mastodon.social
Just make a Calckey account, upload your following.csv & have a play around is my strong advice to anyone with slightest curiousity.
Also in terms of feature sets (I had no idea how awesome antennas are until I tried them for example) and servers, tons of good info here.
https://calckey.org/ #Fediverse #Calckey #SpreadFediverse #Social #AccountPortability
@jackyan@mastodon.social
Glad you found it useful!!
I would definitely do both, why not!
Calckey interface is super customisable, choose arrange columns, widgets etc but even the defaults are great. Can save presets too!
Also, I believe clever people in the Fedi are already looking at some sort of auto-updating follow people across their multiple Fedi platforms functionality and this will become possible and even the norm in time.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #Calckey #SpreadFediverse #Social #Migration #AccountPortability
@jackyan@mastodon.social
Hi Jack!
Ok about Calckey migration (or not) my experiences are. TLDR I am maintaining both accounts. I download then merge upload followers.csv across to each. Some things are better done on each.
@ArtBear@MastodonApp.uk
@ArtBear@Calckey.social
I like both projects, want both to succeed of course this is good for Fedi, and really like both my servers which have different flavours (lots progressive UK political activist mindset on mastodonapp.uk for example). I think Mastodon will bring some people to Fedi, who won't use Calckey, and Calckey will bring some (maybe a lot) who won't use Mastodon. I see massive potential for Calckey, to bring in vast numbers of more casual users.
There's tons of good features on Calckey but it's not dealing well with super long threads that are remote yet. There's probably 1000 posts now in my music discussion thread for example.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@ArtBear/110181551934429095
but I love how Calckey can put multiple !!playable!! links inside a single post, that is so awesome.
https://calckey.social/notes/9f4i2yes7w
I love calckey reactions not just likes. It suits my inner child to react to a badger video with a badger reaction...
Plus MFM text you need to play around with https://calckey.social/notes/9ets419y9l
I love that all my images I upload save into my calckey drive area with their alt text, which I can edit anytime, and they are ready for reuse without needing alt text all over again!
https://calckey.social/notes/9f74cbw3ns
Calckey has post upload for Mastodon, but without media coming yet. Also Twitter post upload is coming too, which could be huge.
Overall I feel no need to decide for 1 or other, I follow all my people from both platforms. I will get more in to Pixelfed at some point soon and probably Kbin, Peertube, WriteFreely, Friendica and new platforms/projects etc in time.
That's the huge draw of Fedi, just download<->upload your follows.csv #Fediverse #Mastodon #Calckey #SpreadFediverse #Social #Migration #AccountPortability
RE: https://calckey.social/notes/9f79k75r5r
Clout Score of “0” works for me 😉 👍
Bluesky now lets you choose your own algorithm
It's #Friday! Jump up and down, turn around, and sit down. It's also the last day of #elementary #school for my #son He will move up to middle school in the fall 😞 Hopefully, I have prepared him enough to handle the #social pressures that will start to build. He is special needs but doesn't seem that way unless triggered. So it's been very difficult so far with peers and teachers. Good luck to all you #parents out there. Here is your #morning #mantra
I am thankful for living to see another #sunrise and I will use this gift to help everyone I can.
#photography for today is a #sunrise over #Keller #Texas.
@aby@aus.social
Ok, I fully countenance that could be a fair criticism, I'm neither a sociologist, researcher, nor pollster. However contraversial content helping drive Corporate Social Media profits, is a well researched and established concern by many with significant expertise. So is this really a reach?
I see it as one continuous point, but just formatted for readability. #Social #SocialMedia #Democracy #CorporateResponsibility
Plz 🔁Boost for sample-size🔁
Do you think it matters when #socialmedia networks feed off racist, homophobic, transphobic, fascist, sexist etc provoke posts
📈which drive outrage & reactions
📈which drives engagement figures
💰which drives ad$ revenue for big corporate media sites?
#Fediverse #Social #SocialMedia #Antifa #Transphobia #Homophobia #Sexism #Antifascist #Fascism
Tennessee Speaker appoints conspiracy theorist to develop state social studies standards
#Laurie #Cardoza-#Moore, known for holding extremist views and promoting conspiracy theories, has called "U.S. history #textbooks" currently used in classrooms the "#greatest #national #security #threat to the United States."
Last week, #Tennessee #House #Speaker Cameron #Sexton (R) announced that he had appointed Cardoza-Moore to serve on the Tennessee #Standards #Recommendation Committee to oversee “#Social #Studies materials being reviewed for use in classrooms #statewide.”
With her new appointment, Cardoza-Moore will have the power to “submit final recommendations for [Social Studies] standards to the State Board.”
https://popular.info/p/tennessee-speaker-appoints-conspiracy
I keep seeing #PostcardSwap and it intrigues me. I've noticed that postcards are becoming less and less common with the advent of instant messaging. But I like them - I like sending them, and I like receiving them. As I sit here now, I have a wall of ones I've received since before I moved into this house right in front of me, from all over #Europe and it makes me smile knowing that every one was sent by someone who wanted to share something with me because they know it means the world to me. They're little things, but they are tangible and physical and actual, and I can't imagine ever discarding them.
I occasionally buy old #postcards too, but only if they have been sent, and they are intact including the #stamp. There's something about holding a small piece of #social #history in your hand, knowing that someone kept it because it meant something to them, something that stopped them dropping it in the bin when they were tidying up. Timelessness.
From 23 May: Disabled People Do Not Exist for Your Entertainment - Content warning: This article discusses disableism and ableism which some readers may find upsettin... https://www.themarysue.com/disabled-people-do-not-exist-for-your-entertainment/ #ableism #big-on-the-internet #internet-trends #social-media
Humans: "Orcas have sunk 3 boats in #Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?"
Orcas: 'cause we can! 'nuf of hooomans!
Orcas of the world, Unite!
https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why
"Scientists think a traumatized #orca initiated the #assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the #behavior is spreading among the #population through #social #learning "
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12947
#conservation #marinemammals #Sustainability #Sentience #ecology #AnimalEthics
Sei americani su 10 hanno preso una pausa da Twitter
In una analisi separata l'istituto di ricerca ha anche studiato il comportamento effettivo di 1.002 degli utenti più attivi di Twitter e ha riscontrato "un notevole calo dei post nei mesi successivi" all'acquisizione di Musk. "Il numero medio di tweet mensili di questi utenti è diminuito di circa il 25% dopo l'acquisizione", viene rilevato.
La nuova legge francese minaccia gli influencer di multe salate e fino a 2 anni di carcere se violano le regole di trasparenza e di promozione. Tra gli obblighi, quello di indicare quando immagini e video hanno dei filtri che ritoccano viso e corpo. La introdurreste anche nel vostro paese?
#influencer #viso #corpo #filtri #frodi #social
https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2023/05/in-francia-pronta-una-legge-anti-influencer/
Day15
There is no central architect.
There are some people on the Fediverse who contribute a lot, but there are no Emperors, no Kings. Power is distributed out & shared, and not a pyramid with rulers atop. The rest of the network can just adapt around any figure. The Fediverse can't be bought and sold.
This means my social is not at the whims of negotiating with some central figure, who is unlikely to register I even exist. If I want something different, I can move around the Fediverse to where it's happening that way, even set up my own space if I want.
#Fediverse #FediFriday #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social
Day14
You can start off in the Fediverse from any platform, so maybe this one.
Maybe you begin with Calckey (this here)/Misskey or Mastodon or Pixelfed (a bit like Instagram). You will soon appreciate your freedom to add other platforms without having to start over from scratch like with the big corporate social walled enclosures that separate their user bases. I post seamlessly from Calckey to my Mastodon followers for example.
3 helpful sites to explore:
An over view of the Fediverse, a co-operation of social platforms. Imagine Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube, Medium, Reddit but co-operating, inter-operating and developing to benefit all the users not some billionaires.
https://jointhefediverse.net/
Calckey servers
https://calckey.org/
Where did your Twitter contacts go? Automatically reconnect to your Twitter people from the many different Fediverse platforms.
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social #SocialMedia #social
So...
is anyone interested in actually measuring how hard it is to communicate and be heard as a regular person's account on big social vs. Fediverse???
My personal results when I ran a series of experiments using my 1k ish Mastodon following vs 1k ish Twitter following in Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar were frankly astonishing.
@atomicpoet @mmasnick@mastodon.social #SocialMedia #social
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/users/ArtBear/statuses/109631371722523956
So New_ Public lists the following 8 (!) emerging #decentralized #social networking protocols as the ones to watch:
ActivityPub, AT Protocol (Bluesky), Nostr, Farcaster, Lens, DSNP, SSB (Scuttlebutt), and Spritely.
https://newpublic.substack.com/p/the-summer-of-decentralized-social
Day13
I realise #Fediverse is an evolving co-operating culture with common protocol linking many things. No platform is trying to lock up all my attention in their walled garden.
I can have several accounts, try & use several platforms, keep my circles across all & I'm free to move around. Exporting and importing followers, migrating, these are all #Fediverse core principles. Freely social, not captive eyeballs.
On phone tablet desktop, I can have apps and/or I can open simple browser windows +just type an instance's address. There are many ways to login & communicate across the #Fediverse.
This idea is a revolution in itself. How much effort did I lose on doomed corporation farms that were jealously trying to carve out separately, wall away and own their userbase. Myspace, Google+, Facebook, Twitter.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social
Day12
#Fediverse has many apps & projects, many servers, many mod teams. This is its strength.
No1 can buy it up.
The code is all open source. No advertisers. There is no reason to make us anxious or aggressive to make us click more or scroll faster, there is no1 to trade clicks & scrolls to for ad$.
Everything runs on donations & volunteer time+skills.
The servers & platforms I use regularly I should contribute to. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day11
Metrics don't matter here. Numbers don't matter. Mollowers aren't faked here, my voice isn't reduced by algorithms. What matters here is good interactions. Actually being social.
Having more followers does not make my posts more visible.
Following fewer people does not make my posts more visible.
Having lots of favs does not make my posts more visible.
It is not a system of social overlords broadcasting at serfs who don't get heard.
The features here are designed for the users, not for data harvesting or profit. They are deliberate choices to encourage people to treat each other better. There is rapid development and if I need a different feature, I should just look at another platform to access the Fediverse which will give it to me.
I can use many Fediverse websites/apps, and keep all my circle of people across them.
People matter, not metrics. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day10
If there are subjects I don't want to deal with I can set filter words in my profile settings which will stop certain topics from showing up in my feeds.
#Fediverse & it's different platforms+software have masses of clever tools, & different ways to access. You communicate with people all over the Fediverse, seamlessly.
So much more to explore, new projects, new apps: #PixelFed like Instagram but not trying to sell you stuff
#PeerTube like Youtube but not ads based
#Friendica like Facebook but not harvesting data
& many more to discover
#Calckey like a smooth & fun new Twitter replacement #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day9
This place is built on kindness, on respecting each other, on listening, on benefit of the doubt, on not trying to 'win' conversations but learn from them. Humans beings are varied, that makes life interesting.
I must not leap to be be negative back. Maybe they just have too much stress today. If I have to I can block. If troll servers turn up, I can block an entire server if I need to - but probably the mod heroes will be on it anyway.
They're volunteers, our mods and admins, and it's a tough job, let alone when it's unpaid. Be kind to them!
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day8
When uploading images try and describe the images in the alt text box, this is good for people using screenreaders, blind, partially sighted etc. Try to remember to include people.
Fediverse is MUCH better at this than most places, something to be proud of, lets keep it that way! #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day7
Emails have a subject line which I click to expand body of the message.
Fediverse has similar thing. A content wrapper [CW] button when posting that adds a title, then one clicks to expand post.
It takes very little extra time to do. Subject line doesn't prevent me sending email! It's good for long posts or stuff that people might not want to see.
Remember sometimes people just need a break from things going wrong in the world. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day6
I should write an introduction post to say hello and tell people a bit about myself.
Include the #introduction hashtag. Pin it to my profile.
Include lots of hashtags, so people can find me too. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day5
There are multiple feeds. You can customise them.
🛳️Home includes everyone I follow from any server for multiple social platforms.
⛴️Local=everyone on my ship (physical server).
🚢Federated=a step wider network, the people that locals are connected to or are searching.
#Fediverse is like a fleet. Different types & sizes of ships. Different sizes of instances/servers running a variety of social platforms. But all communicating & co-operating across the Fediverse. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day4
⭐ is the ❤️ button but it only tells the author you like their post, nobody else.
🔁Boost🔁 is what moves info around.
There is no algorithm, we choose and not some algorithm under corporate control. We choose by 🔁boosting🔁 posts and by using #hashtags.
If I put hashtags more at the bottom of a post it is kind to those using screen readers, partially sighted, blind etc. Fediverse has a good reputation for inclusion, we must keep it going.
Some platforms like Calckey even have a separate box below main post compose area, just for adding hashtags. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day3
👊I can put #hashTags in the search bar & find intersting things. Join in those conversations. Find more people to follow.
✊Locals on my server might answer questions eg "what's a good #hashtag to find historians with?" #Histodons Many are obvious eg #naturePhotography #ClimateChange
🤜I could pin hashtags as columns, or follow hashtags to put them in homefeed. I can create rules + keywords + hashtags + users based notifications called antennas on platforms like Calckey. There are many ways to find stuff or be notified on topics you specify.
🤛I can edit my posts (4.0+ Mastodon, Calckey, various other platforms). #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day2
👊I know bookmarks!
Bookmark a post via an icon or 3 dots flyout menu to return to something useful.
✊Follow liberally!
Morefollows has zero algorithm penalty here. Is no algorithm. More people I follow, more interesting my feeds get. There are good tools for management.
🤜I can click #hashtags!
#FediTips or #Newbies. I click hashtags to learn more stuff & find more people!
🤛I look at different feeds like local federated home etc.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day 1
Where am I? Is this the Fediverse? What is the Mastodon? How do I Calckey? Am I Pixelfed?
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👉 Click for Thread🧵
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What I've learned about #Fediverse (#Mastodon #Calckey etc) condensed to help others.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Discussion invite: Do you have a "third place"?
I've been hearing about this idea that your home is your first place, work or school is your second place, and that there are amazing benefits to having a third place that is community space for socializing and does not emphasize commerce. This could be a church, a barber shop, a library, a rec center, a park, etc.
I do not have a third place, and apparently I am not alone. Since the US has been and continues to be increasingly car-dependent, especially in the suburbs, and community spaces are disappearing and giving way to commercial properties, we don't have many third places left here.
The Fediverse is probably the closest thing many of us here have to a third place, but research has shown that it's just not the same. Online communities are amazing, but they can't replace the mental benefits one gets from an IRL third place.
So what's up guys? Do you have a third place? If so, what is it? How has it improved your life or where do you think you might be without it? I'm really curious to hear about your experience.
#ThirdPlace #PublicSpaces #MentalHealth #Community #Social
"We could not find any statistical link between changes over time in the prevalence of either mobile-internet subscriptions or self-reported #social-media use in a country, and changes over time in that country’s #suicide or self-harm-hospitalisation rates, for either boys or girls." https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/05/03/suicide-rates-for-girls-are-rising-are-smartphones-to-blame?itm_source=parsely-api
Is this an abridged history of #social???
#Facebook
We're a shiny new tech bro thing, with Venture Capitalist backing!
We're here to empower you!
We're here to empower some of you.
We're here to empower a narrow selection of you..
We're here to empower advertisers to you...
We're here to empower billionaires to harvest you....
#Twitter
We're a shiny new tech bro thing, with Venture Capitalist backing!
We're here to empower you!
We're here to empower some of you.
We're here to empower a narrow selection of you..
We're here to empower advertisers to you...
We're here to empower billionaires to harvest you....
#Bluesky
We're a shiny new tech bro thing with Venture Capitalist backing!
We're here to empower you!
We're here to empower some of you.
We're here to empower a narrow selection of you..
...to be continued...
Research published by @randfish at @SparkToro suggests the rising number of direct traffic for sites is from social platforms stripping the referral data from outbound links.
https://www.coywolf.news/social/new-study-reports-cause-of-increased-direct-traffic-to-sites/
Anybody know anything about BlueSky social? I get Nostr, that's just Jack Dorsey, and Crypto Bros gonna Crypto, but why is BlueSky trying to create ANOTHER distributed social network when we already have one that WORKS GREAT and WITH OPEN STANDARDS UNGH! :)
I'm guessing this is about $#!@# money. Some idjit saw Twitter goes toes up and smelled an Opportunity?
If this happens, this is a major victory for ActivityPub!
The Vergecast - ActivityPub is the next big thing in social https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vdmVyZ2VjYXN0/episode/MmE3N2Y1Y2MtNDlhZS0xMWVkLWE2ZGMtZjczYTRhNWY5MzEy?ep=14
>Flipboard CEO Mike McCue joins David and Nilay Patel to discuss the potential of #ActivityPub, a new standard for #social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than #Twitter and #Facebook. Can ActivityPub save the internet?
Clayton Christensen, sadly not with us any more, described the “law of the conservation of attractive profits” in his 2003 book “The Innovator’s Solution”. It’s been intriguing to me ever since. I wonder whether we can apply it to the revolutionary impact the #fediverse can/will/might/has on the #social media industry.
I think it can, and should be applied to understand opportunities and perils — by everybody who has a stake in the fediverse project, even if you want business to stay out.
1/4 Been trying to keep tabs on my #social interactions. My personal #EgressFilter is something I’ve been cognizant of for a long time. It’s part of my #masking, of course. But a certain amount of filtering is good and normal. Dialing it in can be challenging.
I had a miss on Friday. I was doing small talk in work cafe, waiting for my order. Small talk is always a challenge for me. We got on the topic of food safety and preparation.
At the end of last Friday's The World at Six (the main national news program) on #CBCRadioOne , after presenting https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6810428 , the host said "I think a lot of us can identify with that" with respect to how the woman didn't want to come out of the cave. I suppose the lack of #responsibillity and #stress could be atrractive for many, but the #social #isolation would probably break people...
#Twitter is fastly becoming a "pay-per-reach" social network. A path that Facebook and Instagram have already followed in the past. Social actors require spaces to foster social transformation, we must bet unwaveringly on spaces like #Mastodon to continue defending those that others want to silence. #activism #network #social #empowerment #society #software #freedom #freesoftware #software
Today in 2007, June Callwood died. Born in 1924 in Chatham, Ontario, she founded one of the first women's shelters in Canada, as well as Canada's first HIV/AIDS hospice.
Called "Canada's Conscience", she co-founded over 50 social action organizations in Canada.
#canada #socialwork #social #activism #canadian #history #histodon #histodons
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Misskey 13.11.1 is now available with lots of bug fixes @syuilo
https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/releases/tag/13.11.1
#misskey #opensource #foss #fediverse #misskeydev #social #network #socialnetwork #microblog #activitypub #typescript #vue #pnpm #vite
I’m checking out the revamped Hipstamatic to see if it might reignite some of the old fun of social photo sharing. Anyone else out there using it yet?
My profile: https://hipstamatic.app/@AlexJ