I hope more active users move to the fediverse. That way we will have a lot of variety in content and can also potentially prevent communities from becoming echo chambers. I suppose moderation will also have to be taken up a notch for these changes to actually have a positive effect.
Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free
Submitted 11 hours ago by juergen@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/big-tech-wants-you-trapped-the-open-web-sets-you-free-2/
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gunpachi@lemmings.world 8 hours ago
ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Echo chambers are not bad when the echo is due to the majority opinions being in favor of basic human rights and equality. Giving voice to those that spew hate is not conducive to going anywhere except a circle.
shalafi@lemmy.world 47 minutes ago
And you will be the one deciding what constitutes hate, whose voice to cut off?
danc4498@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Also, more active users means more niche communities. I just realized there’s a Severance community that is medium active. One less thing I need Reddit for.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 hours ago
What! My outie loves Severance.
I can’t locate this community using search on the term ‘severance’.
Do you mind sharing the instance and community name?
Praise Kier!
gunpachi@lemmings.world 2 hours ago
Niche communities are awesome ! Sadly reddit is still the king in this aspect.
Maybe in a few years lemmy will reach that level or even surpass it… One can dream.
Flagstaff@programming.dev 5 hours ago
prevent communities from becoming echo chambers
I suspect this will still become a problem since we can subscribe to whichever communities we like and vice versa.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 5 hours ago
It is a feature, not a problem.
I have, like, this whole rich life offline. My curated list of instances and communities (plus my user block list) is just my entertainment and a small portion of my day.
You may not believe this but I have numerous thoughts, activities and interactions that never leave a trace online. I have no obligation to drink from the firehose that is being pumped from the septic tank of the human psyche.
doodledup@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Why moderation? The old internet didn’t have moderation. Why does everyone feel the need for moderation?
bassow@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The old internet was hidden behind dial-up modems and TCP-IP stacks and weird telnet and usenet protocols. This complexity worked as a filter and the people using it were mostly academics, students, techies and other nerds (me amongst them). The moment uncle Bob could poke his way through social media on his phone from the shitter, the whole thing cascaded into Eternal September and “the old internet” was lost forever.
Flagstaff@programming.dev 5 hours ago
Trolls, bots, and scammers make them necessary, at a minimum, and then the subliminal messaging from the cronies of politicians, etc. make them welcome. Bots are easier to make than ever before so you can’t compare the past with the present that easily. kbin.social died last year because of relentless spam bots posting garbage/malware links 100x/sec.
mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
What? The old internet absolutely had moderation, even back in the day of BBS.
humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
I remember reading a book that talked about public spaces and how we often think of malls as public spaces, but they have so many restrictions and ulterior motives that it doesn’t really hold.
They’re essentially the irl equivalent of centralised social media platforms. I hope once the fediverse really takes off, we can have ‘official’ platforms/instances that are run by governments that federate only to other ‘official’ ones. That seems like a better way to reach people, instead of Xitter.
freebee@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
It is incredibly frustrating to see for example Ursula Von der Leyen preaching “EU STRONG” stuff on fucking shitter. Really? This is your way of showing how strong the EU is and we shouldn’t or can’t rely on USA? By posting your I’m strong message on the precise platform the US chief nazification officer owns? FFS.
If all EU governments together decide to ditch shitter and move to mastodon instances, media follows. It’s a pretty cheap measure to implement, too.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 4 hours ago
Hard agree! I do think fediverse platforms are perfect for public entities to disseminate information.
I’m US based so my example is say a county. They already have the IT infrastructure and staff. Make an instance for the county and a community for each department.
The road department can post road closures and upcoming traffic diversions. The parks department can promote events, etc.
These type of instances can just disable comments. They are read-only so moderation is not needed.
It’s trivial from a resource perspective and even easier than updating a website.
moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Any great app on Android for mastodon?
merde@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
I’ve been using Moshidon. One day I’ll find an app as good as Ivory on iOS, but in the meantime Moshidon is fine.
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
I’ll second moshidon. It gets bonus points for letting you see your followed hashtags. Or something like that. There’s something with hashtags that you can’t do in the web browser that you can do with apps. Moshidon does that thing.
freeman@feddit.org 5 hours ago
I use Tusky and am satisfied, maybe there are better apps idk
rimu@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Preach!
scripthook@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I tried Bluesky for while but honestly I like Mastadon and Lemmy better. I’m also testing LOOPS (tiktok replacement) which is from the same creator as Pixelfed. There’s something comforting using decentralized platforms that are safe from Government and Corporate intervention
dwemthy@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
What’s your impression of loops so far?
I’ve been underwhelmed, but I don’t know if that’s a platform issue or an adoption issue. Found a couple good accounts to follow, but I really want a block option to keep some accounts out of my “for you”
scripthook@lemmy.world 45 minutes ago
Content wise it’s underwhelming but it’s random videos. There’s more variety than Pixelfed which has an even smaller community. Eventually more trends will catch on to Lopps but I hope there’s more original content once it’s out of beta and public
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
I like that it feels more like the web when I was younger, smaller communities usually with a more specific topic, run by a person or small group.
orize@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 minutes ago
Where can I DL and try it?
scripthook@lemmy.world 48 minutes ago
loops.video You can download the Android APK or Download TestFlight for iOS to use it. You have to sign up first
Allero@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
If only we had more content not related to “look we’re free!”, “look Linux is freedom”, “free free free!”, “MAGA bad, but we’re independent and free!”, it would be even more awesome (not a pun to your side, just a piece of frustration)
Also, for those saying “create it yourself” - I do