Pablo SB @iPabloSB@qoto.org

No matter how benevolent a dictatorship is, it's still a dictatorship, and subject to the dictator's whims. We must demand that the owners and leaders of tech platforms be fair and good - but we must also be prepared for them to fail at this, sometimes catastrophically.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/23/semipermeable-membranes/#free-as-in-puppies

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For me at least, getting onto @Mastodon and appreciating the structure of the platform and the tone of conversation has made these other pop-up social networks (Twitter replacements) totally unattractive. No, I don’t want to move up on a wait list by “referring 5 friends”; no, I don’t want to be part of another Jack Dorsey project; no, I don’t want to be part of something with weird completely top-down control. Mastodon broke me for other platforms.

Voy como las locas sin tiempo de ná

Peeeeero he entrado para decir: ENHORABUENA, HERMANAS. Se ha dado un pasito palante.

😘😘😘😘😘😘

Another app that uses Runestone has seen the light of day 😃 https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/devpad/id6444708509

Where to find Verge staff on Mastodon - https://www.theverge.com/23519135/mastodon-verge-staff-where-to-find

after years of Instapaper we’re insanely spoiled for choice between Readwise Reader and Matter

#Twitter suspends #Mastodon account, prevents sharing links: Our statement

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/12/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-prevents-sharing-links/

The AI speech enhancement feature in the Adobe Podcasts Beta is very, very good!

It made my built-in studio display mic sound like it was recorded on more professional microphone 🤯

You can try it out here https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance

ICYMI: Drafts now supports Mastodon integration. Get example actions, including some advanced scripted example, in our integration guide: https://forums.getdrafts.com/t/using-mastodon-with-drafts/13766

An irregular reminder that calling this place "Mastodon" has a bit similar energy as saying "I just sent you a GMail."

"Fediverse" (or "fedi") is a better term.

Mastodon is just one of many software projects that talk to each other to create this multi-instance social network:
https://axbom.com/fediverse/

(kudos to @axbom for this fantastic infographic!)

There are blogs, Reddit-like communities, video instances and many more, all part of fedi.

#TwitterMigration #NewHere

I know people really like quote tweets, but the Mastodon devs made a conscious decision not to implement an equivalent. Your reasons for wanting them are completely valid, but overall the bad outweighs the good. It's not just dogpiling, it tips the platform in favor of accounts who are willing to say the most outrageous things possible with the intent of boosting their reach by getting dunked on by quote tweeters.

Ayer leí una historia corta publicada en 2018 que me pareció enorme.

Se llama #STET, de Sarah Gailey. Lo más notable de la historia es el formato: un único párrafo, las notas al pie y las anotaciones de la editora. Suficiente como para atticular una historia distópica sobre IA y coches autónomos. Una reinterpretación magistral del problema del tranvía.

Lo podéis leer aquí: https://firesidefiction.com/stet

Pensando en la absoluta genialidad que era el doblaje de Los Simpsons de Carlos Revilla. La manera en que tradujeron "See my Vest" es sencillamente soberbia.

https://youtu.be/8Gb8usiO3IQ

Mastodon this morning is now indistinguishable from my Twitter feed of about six weeks ago— except it's missing garbage tweets and abusive drive-bys.

Like many others, when Mastodon first launched, I didn't really pay attention to it and the vision @Gargron had for a decentralized social network. And I wish I did.

Now that we're here, I hope other publications can follow the @macstories approach: own your identity, control your tech, and engage with your audience everywhere.

We have lots of ideas for how we can take this further with MacStories 5.0. It feels liberating and exciting to do all of this now.

Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:

Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan

Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa

Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee

Tony Webster
@tony

Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder

#freepress #journalism #journalists #news

Except Gomez Addams celebrated his wife's independence and supported her interests, hobbies, and loved it when she had fun...sooo..

👥 Crear grupos en Mastodon

Por si alguien todavía no lo sabe, existe un servicio para crear grupos de manera muy sencilla en Mastodon.

En el campo de búsqueda se escribe el nombre del grupo que queramos crear o simplemente lo mencionamos como

@ NombreDelGrupo @ a.gup.pe

y se creará automáticamente con perfil e historial en

https://a.gup.pe/

Para publicar sólo habrá que mencionar el grupo en los toots y para suscribirse se hará como cualquier otro usuario.

🎊🎉It happened!🎉🎊

8,001,321 accounts on Mastodon!

We went over 8 million in the last hour!

Break out the champagne 🍾🥂

This is a big milestone!🏅

And believe me, millions more will join soon!

I want to make a test on the % reach a post can have in terms of people in other servers. Are you seeing this post on mastodon.gamedev.place or another server? (Appreciate if you can boost this).