Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@qoto.org

Anyone can set up and run their own server on here.

This is great for lots of reasons (outlined here: https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers/) but it also means that a small minority of servers may be run by nasty people, and potentially contain nasty content.

Fortunately, most server admins use server blocks to prevent their users having any contact with rogue servers.

If you see something bad on here, it's important to report it so that your admin can take action. Click on ⋯ and "report" to report a post.

4/4 It's not known which agency or brand team member in KFC came up with this idea, but considering that Wieden+Kennedy, the agency, rewarded the Twitter user, on behalf of their client KFC, with a gold-framed portrait where KFC's Col. Sanders carries the Twitter user (https://tinyurl.com/kfctweet2), it's most probably the handiwork of the agency.

This is an incredibly nuanced and clever easter egg to conceive and hide. And the resultant virality is truly 🤯 stuff!

In many (inner) cities, green spaces are few and far between as demands for living and office space trump the need for children to play. Today's cartoon by Zach. More cartoons: https://cartoonmovement.com/search?query=&sort=created&order=desc

#innercities #greenspace #urbanplanning

India's first #Pride march: the Friendship Walk in #Kolkata in 1999. I'd never heard of this before.

No corporate sponsors, no floats, just a small group of guys (they all seem to have been men) in yellow t-shirts walking in the rain. A lovely brave gesture.

I'm glad things worked out in the end for Mr Dowjah and his neighbour.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66220514

#India #lgbtq #lgbtqhistory

End of last year we launched our own #Mastodon server Vivaldi Social, becoming the first #browser company to step into the decentralized world of the #fediverse.

Our goal was to offer better #alternatives for people to communicate in an algorithm-free environment with no surveillance capitalism, devoid of tracking or #dataprofiling.

Read more what Forbes wrote about it👇
https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2022/12/09/how-musk-made-vivaldi-build-a-mastodon-server-in-a-fortnight

#socialmedia #privacy #community

1. Be gay
2. Do crimes
3. DO post about being gay
4. DON'T post about doing crimes, for the love of god, I cannot stress this enough, jesus christ

Elon ruining Twitter's identity as a global village and turning it into an echo chamber filled with circle-j*rkers might have an unintended outcome.

We got lazy with our activism.

Wanna complain? Tweet.

Wanna denounce? Tweet.

Wanna condemn? Tweet!

But now, social (media) activism might not be as effective anymore.

That means, frustrations might eventually make people get out ON THE STREETS to protest!

What do you think happens then? 👀

#SocialContract #Twitter #Activism #SocialMedia #SJW

#LAZYFEDI* QUESTION

is there a spreadsheet of how much it costs to run a #Mastodon instance based on # of users & activity?

i would like to see numbers from the hundreds to the millions

it would be cooler if we could have that information extended to all the other #fediverse platforms: #Pixelfed #Lemmy #Pleroma and amma gonna throw in #Drupal #OpenSocial in case there's any instances using ActivityPub & federating

(* lazyfedi is my take on the legendary #lazyweb asks from blogging days)

“The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”

Carl Jung, born on this day in 1875, on life and death https://t.co/urhhSaUyhE

Someone: you’re the coolest person I know!
Me: Omg wowww!!!!
My mind: (they need to meet more people)

Don't you just hate it when you arrive at work and realise you've forgotten to bring your will to live?

OnlyFans but instead it's elderly women showing you how to cook family recipes, sew, garden, can food, make sourdough starters, knit, perl, and be sassy as fuck without giving a crap what anyone else thinks.

Call it OnlyNans.

Allegations against Brij Bhushan serious, says Delhi court - The Hindu

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-court-brij-bhushan/article67107090.ece/amp/