Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@qoto.org

Flying the KITE High against Digital Colonialism: FOSS in the Era of EdTech

https://botpopuli.net/flying-the-kite-high-against-digital-colonialism-foss-in-the-era-of-edtech/

#foss #freesoftware #opensource #kerala #india #kite

The greatest threat to Twitter isn't BlueSky or Threads or Mastodon. It's Twitter. It's 100% Twitter.

FWIW, I hope more Twitter clones appear because, at some point, users will STOP making accounts on all of them. And when that happens, they will be forced to find a way to exchange content with each other or in other words, FEDERATE, with each other.

Unless the future is dystopian, in which case, the owners will force them to become walled gardens, even at the cost of them becoming echo chambers.

If i were to host my own fedi server thats not mastodon (i want something lightweight and there will be like 5 users max probably), what would you recommend?

#fediverse #selfhost

One of the difficulties that a cohort of new users to #mastodon will face is that there is no #algorithm controlling the content they consume. It makes the job of populating timelines, a personal effort. #socialmedia #fediverse

Hope everyone in the #usa had a great holiday weekend! We're back to the races on the #redditMigration with some more huge communities announcing landing spots for people migrating from #reddit.

Topics include #android and #xiaomi -- and an entire instance popped up for #malaysia!

Communities also popped up for #harrypotter #fanfic, #firefox #css customizing, and #opensuse!

Have you found your largest communities?

Share to help others migrate to #kbin and #lemmy!

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.html

I would prefer it if Elon Musk was destroying his site during the work week. This isn't the first time.

“It’s better in the app”

Well the fix your fucking website. Don’t make it my problem.

So, weekend tally: The number of active users across Mastodon rose by 294K, and posting activity roughly tripled. Lots of new sign-ups, but also many returning users. Fun times!

There's a lot of talk about social media these days: #Twitter restrictions and changes, #Meta #Facebook launching #Threads.
And there's #Mastodon which is open & decentralized. That's why we became the first browser to have our own server here - #VivaldiSocial.
Vivaldi Social has no ads and your behavior is not tracked or analyzed for vested interests. It is all about what you like, who you want to follow and interact with. You have control.

Why a civil engineer in TN strived for a year to have her street’s name changed

Anusuya, a 28-year-old civil engineer from Indira Nagar in Ariyalur district, led sustained efforts over the past year to have her area’s name officially changed by removing caste identifiers.

#TamilNadu #ariyalur #dalits #CasteDiscrimination #segregation #HumanRights #activism #caste #casteism #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-civil-engineer-tn-strived-year-have-her-street-s-name-changed-179262

Hello #Mastodon! I'm Anubi and this is my #introduction, I do #pixelart and #lowpoly of various things such as the ones below. Nice to meet you!

Hi folks! This is tough to post. I was laid off just shy of 18 weeks ago. The lack of movement on that front is shockingly bad. Zero response to many scores of applications, and only 3 companies I had interviews with, which were direct referrals. Looking for things in anti-fraud/trust & safety space, as well as what I have always done well- deep customer support, things I've done for 25ish years. My LinkedIn URL is in bio, if you have direct leads you can refer me to, I would be so grateful.

@trinsec

LGBTQ have a long history of being shamed, and being stuck "in the closet" out of shame and fear... the use of the term "pride" is a counter to that, it isnt about being prideful of who you are, it is about having enough pride to not be ashamed of it.

@icedquinn