Here's some easy Friday reading: a look at custom emoji across the fediverse.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/custom-fediverse-emoji/
#FediverseExplorations #data #dataviz #fediverse #SocialMedia #emoji #CustomEmoji
socialmedia
Elon Musk called Harris a communist because of her words about equality.
"Kamala is literally a communist. She wants not just equal opportunities, but equal conditions," he wrote on his X social media page.
"Next time you see Elon, please give him this from me" 🖕🖕
- Aure
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #socialmedia
For the second time in <2 wks, a doctored video of MVP #KamalaHarris has spread widely on #ElonMusk’s #SocialMedia platform #X.
A video known as a “#deepfake” that was posted on X on Sat *appears* to show #Harris repeating herself over & over again, using a crude audio rendering made to seem like Harris is struggling to finish a complete sentence.
#ElectionInterference #law #disinformation #FarRight #propaganda #Moderation #InternetManipulation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/deepfakes-elon-musk-donald-trump-kamala-harris-x/
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🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.7 👩🚀
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 2: #Wordpress ↔️ #Fediverse)
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-part-2-wordpress-fediverse/
with shout-outs to @pfefferle @oblomov @evan @cwebber
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog
Best Kurzesagt ever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFlMtZmvY0
Filter bubbles aren't it. It's our brains not being able to handle all of the world's opinions at the same time.
We then assume disagreement-as-identity, while the algorithms feed us more of that disagreement to keep us engaged.
Like many of you, I have grown sick of discussing noted Afrikaner fascist supervillain Elon Musk, and given his various battles with the U.K government and EU regulatory bodies over his presumed "right" to incite fascist violence on the social media platform he purchased entirely for that purpose, I don't think Musk's quest to normalize fascist ideology and put his thumb on the scale to elect fascist politicians in the Pig Empire is the widely underreported story it used to be.
With that having been noted however, I'd like to briefly push back on the idea that "everybody knows" what Musk's game is by now, and that his efforts largely consist of preaching to the choir; an idea firmly rooted in the false assumption that anyone who isn't a fascist has long since exited Twitter (or X, if you insist.) Even setting aside the fact that this position is pretty ridiculous given that Pig Empire governments, politicians, news outlets, and celebrities all continue to maintain an active presence on "Daily Stormer the Social Media SiteTM," the empirical data simply doesn't back that position up. If we are to presume Musk is somehow only speaking to fascists, then the data suggests we as a society have a *much* bigger fascism problem than anyone is prepared to admit:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/election-disinformation-elon-musk-x-trump-harris/
Election Disinformation From Elon Musk Is Drawing Billions of Views on X
"The report from CCDH, a nonprofit organization focused on protecting civil liberties and holding social media companies accountable, found that 50 false or misleading posts shared by Musk on X between January 1 and July 31 of this year racked up a staggering 1.2 billion views. The group categorized the posts under three main themes: false claims that Democrats are “importing voters” through illegal immigration (the bulk of the content that researchers examined); false claims that voting is vulnerable to fraud; and a manipulated video, also known as a deepfake, of Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to the report, while independent fact-checkers found the content in all of those 50 posts shared by Musk to be false or misleading, none of the posts in question contained a “community note,” X’s user-generated fact-checking system that the company promise’s can contextualize “potentially misleading posts.” Just this week, Musk claimed in a post on X that community notes offer “a clear and immediate way to refute anything false in the replies,” adding, “the same is not true for legacy media who lie relentlessly, but there is no way to counter their propaganda.”
Imran Ahmed, CEO of the CCDH, said in a statement accompanying the report that Musk “is abusing his privileged position as owner of a small, but politically influential, social media platform to sow disinformation that generates discord and distrust.”
Yes, you read that correctly, at the time the CCDH report was published, fifty posts by Musk that are essentially election disinformation or fascist propaganda have received 1.2 billion (with a b) views; no doubt aided by Musk's manipulation of the Twitter algorithm to make his own posts the most popular content displayed on the platform. Furthermore, I think it's important to understand that this report looked at just fifty posts by only Musk himself; it says literally nothing about all of the other influencers, politicians, and nazi propagandists working to spread fascist ideology on the platform whatsoever. Finally, while I'm certain that there are a great number of chuds viewing Elon's posts, the reality is that pretending it's only chuds doing so simply cannot be supported by the raw data; whether X users like it or not, they're seeing Musk's fascist content by design.
Look, fascists have been producing fascist propaganda for a very long time, and they do so for a reason - because if enough people consume that propaganda, it works to spread and normalize fascist ideology, creating permission structures for fascist political activity. You are not immune to propaganda, and neither are the millions and millions of unsuspecting people consuming nazi ideology on Twitter/X.
This in turn means that Elon Musk and his social media platform are a legitimate fascist threat to Pig Empire society, and the vast portions of our establishment who remain on the platform, drawing unsuspecting readers to a place where they will be exposed to the fascist content Musk's site is disseminating, are part of the goddamn problem. Given the fact that Musk now appears to be actively suppressing content that disagrees with his reactionary, revanchist worldview, it is simply no longer acceptable for establishment figures in the Pig Empire to claim they must keep producing content for Musk (which is what posting on Twitter ultimately does) because "that's where the people are." Plunging the world into a nazi hellscape for views and likes, is simply not an acceptable tradeoff for anyone, anymore.
#Democrats flip #SocialMedia *#censorship* complaints on #Musk, #GOP
#ElonMusk’s #X is facing #impartiality questions after he endorsed #Trump & the *platform* restricted pro-#Harris account.
#Republicans have spent the better part of a decade accusing #SocialMedia companies of “censoring” *#conservative* viewpoints & skewing their platforms to benefit Democrats.
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/13/democrats-flip-social-media-censorship-complaints-musk-gop/
Good comeback. Checks many boxes of how to respond to comments of this kind:
- call out their bullshit
- respond with kindness
- craft your message not with the edgelord in mind, but write it for the rest of the community (the edgelord will hate it anyway, so no need to pander to them)
Never forget to ask yourself "does this person know who the fuck I am?" -- really think about it, put yourself in their shoes. Would *you* give a shit what *you* think if you were them?
If you cannot STAND the fact that they are wrong, you should use the mute feature.
If this feels like an invitation for you to disagree with me about this, then PLEASE use the block feature instead! 🙏 (update: ...to block me, I want you to block me.)
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The latest on Twitter / X
It appears that many people outside of the UK have little idea what has been taking place over the past week here and Elon Musk's role in it.
Here's a thread explaining a bit more and why so many people in the UK are leaving X 🧵 👇
#X #Twitter #UKRiots #massmigration #socialmedia #mastodon #Threads #Bluesky
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.8 👩🚀
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: #Friendica)
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/
with shout-outs to @anubis2814 @dansup @fedidb @heidilifeldman @tchambers @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @ryanbroderick @caseynewton @ferrante @informapirata @russandro @hankg @tio
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #activitypub #diaspora #bluesky #tumblr
Good news! Our universe just got bigger — now you can follow and interact with profiles from @Mastodon, @threads and other federated social services on Flipboard.
Download the Flipboard app to follow @georgetakei, @taylorlorenz, @potus and more. See posts from the fediverse alongside content from your favorite publishers.
Read more about how it all works: https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/follow-anyone-in-the-fediverse/
And as always, we welcome questions and feedback!
#Fediverse #Mastodon #Flipboard #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology #Threads
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩🚀
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/
with shout-outs to @informapirata @Bro666 @dansup @phanpy @fedidb @vjprema @neblem @FediTips
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit #activitypub
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This week, we've featured several amazing tech and science voices from the Mastodon community on Flipboard!
In case you missed the news, you can now follow anyone from the fediverse in the Flipboard app. We're excited to introduce our readers to people in the Mastodon community, including @alyssam_infosec, @annaleen, @pomarede, @HelenBranswell, @lisamelton, @percepticon, @parismarx, @TatianaIlyina, @skrishna and @zackwhittaker.
To follow these accounts on Flipboard, download the app and visit the Tech & Science tab in Explore. You'll see posts from the fediverse accounts you follow in the new Fediverse Activity carousel in the For You feed.
https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/
#Tech #Science #Flipboard #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialMedia #Technology
People over protocols over platforms.
inspired by today’s #indieweb #fediverse #ActivityPub #decentralized #socialMedia lunch meetup at #XOXO #XOXOConf (@xoxo@xoxo.zone)
This is post 16 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts
← https://tantek.com/2024/173/t1/years-posse-microformats-adoption
→ https://tantek.com/2024/238/t1/indiewebcamp-portland
Edited 317d ago
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If you think that disagreeing with strangers is a good way to make friends I don't want to be your friend.
PLEASE block me instead 🙏
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Artist Chelo depicts what we see - and what we don't see - on social media. I like the full-circle nature of this comic.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/monero_chelo/related_profiles/?hl=en #art #socialmedia
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.10 👩🚀
"My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned"
https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/
with shout-outs to: @poliverso @phanpy @ivory @MonaApp @pixelfed @Tusky @MoogleMaestro
#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #Fediverse #Mastodon #Wordpress #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #Firefish #Ivory #Phanpy
Fediverse Sprechstunde!
🗓️ am Donnerstag 26.09.2024, 19:30 Uhr!
ONLINE!
Bist du #neu oder #neuhier in der Welt des Fediverse? Kein Problem! Wir helfen dir bei den ersten Schritten: Profil einrichten, Sicherheitstipps, Posten und Vernetzung. Sei dabei!
Eingeladen sind auch alle, die bereits Erfahrungen mit Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed oder anderen Anwendungen haben und ihr Wissen gerne weitergeben möchten.
Wissensaustausch: Deine Kenntnisse im Fediverse könnten anderen Teilnehmern sehr nützlich sein, besonders denjenigen, die noch neu in der Community sind. Networking: Dies ist eine hervorragende Gelegenheit, sich mit anderen engagierten Mitgliedern der Gemeinschaft zu vernetzen und neue Kontakte zu knüpfen. Ideen und Inspiration: Deine Perspektive als erfahrener Benutzer oder Betreiber einer Instanz kann dazu beitragen, innovative Ideen zu fördern und die Zukunft des Fediverse mitzugestalten.
Der Raum wird 10 Minuten vor Beginn geöffnet.
Der Link: kommt noch
Das Online-Treffen findet auf unserem BigBlueButton-Server statt. Du benötigst keine zusätzliche Software, sondern nur einen Browser – vorzugsweise Firefox oder Chrome – ein Mikrofon (es handelt sich schließlich um eine Sprechstunde) und, wenn du möchtest, eine Webcam. Wir freuen uns auf einen lebhaften Austausch! 🎙️ 🙋♀️
Der Ablauf der Sprechstunde sieht folgendermaßen aus: Zu Beginn geben wir Tipps und Hinweise für Anfänger und Einsteiger. Anschließend geht es um Ratschläge für Instanzbetreiber und Moderatoren. Ein solcher Austausch ist wichtig und notwendig für eine gute Vernetzung untereinander. Es wird nicht ausschließlich um Mastodon gehen, denn die Welt des Fediverse ist weitaus größer. Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander.
Je mehr mitmachen, desto besser!
#FediverseSpechstunde
#MastodonBeginner
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#Fediverse
#socialmedia
It sucks whenever I draw sneers on #SocialMedia for posting unpopular things based on #AynRand’s #philosophy of #Objectivism.
Which is almost every time.
But then these words echo back to me in my head whenever I feel intimidated into silence by the wrongness of the world: https://a.co/7KMJ42p
And then I remember that “popular” doesn’t mean “right” in either the factual or moral sense of that word.
So I go back to fighting the good fight, in every sense of that phrase.
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A groundbreaking episode of Dot Social.
@mike - “I think that the work that you've done, the work that Eugen’s done, there is an opportunity to bring this together and take us to a whole new level.”
@jay.bsky.team - “Our goal is to try to show you the world that's possible.”
Fediverse Sprechstunde!
🗓️ am Donnerstag 24.04.2025, 19:30 Uhr!
ONLINE!
Bist du #neu oder #neuhier in der Welt des Fediverse? Kein Problem! Wir helfen dir bei den ersten Schritten: Profil einrichten, Sicherheitstipps, Posten und Vernetzung. Sei dabei!
Hauptthema: #Lemmy mit @Ranslite .
Ich freue mich darauf und hoffe es werden weitere Nutzer von Lemmy dabei sein.
Lemmy ist wie ein föderiertes Reddit aufgebaut: Der Fokus liegt auf Themen-Communities, in denen Beiträge (z. B. Links, Texte, Bilder) gepostet und kommentiert werden. Die Diskussionen sind eher threadbasiert und themenzentriert.
Eingeladen sind ebenso alle, die bereits Erfahrungen mit Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed, Misskey, Hubzilla oder anderen Anwendungen haben und ihr Wissen gerne weitergeben möchten.
Wissensaustausch: Deine Kenntnisse im Fediverse könnten anderen Teilnehmern sehr nützlich sein, besonders denjenigen, die noch neu in der Community sind. Networking: Dies ist eine hervorragende Gelegenheit, sich mit anderen engagierten Mitgliedern der Gemeinschaft zu vernetzen und neue Kontakte zu knüpfen. Ideen und Inspiration: Deine Perspektive als erfahrener Benutzer oder Betreiber einer Instanz kann dazu beitragen, innovative Ideen zu fördern und die Zukunft des Fediverse mitzugestalten.
Der Raum wird 10 Minuten vor Beginn geöffnet.
Der Link: wird hier 1 Tag davor gepostet
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Der Ablauf der Sprechstunde sieht folgendermaßen aus: Zu Beginn geben wir Tipps und Hinweise für Anfänger und Einsteiger. Anschließend geht es um Ratschläge für Instanzbetreiber und Moderatoren. Ein solcher Austausch ist wichtig und notwendig für eine gute Vernetzung untereinander. Die Welt des Fediverse ist Größer und vielfältiger. Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander.
Je mehr mitmachen, desto besser!
#FediverseSpechstunde
#friendica
#MastodonBeginner
#Mastodon
#MastodonSprechstunde
#Fediverse
#socialmedia
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.11 👩🚀
"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)"
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/
with shout-outs to: @bengrosser @rysiek @phanpy @pixelfed and all the lovely people I've been interacting with on here ❤️
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #privacy #consent #Matrix
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Top Execs Exit #Trump Media Amid Allegations of CEO’s Mismanagement and Retaliation
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Several people involved with the former president’s company, operator of #TruthSocial, believe the departures were retaliation following internal complaints about CEO Devin Nunes to the company board.
#News #DonaldTrump #DevinNunes #TrumpMedia #Business #SocialMedia #Tech #Media