Byron Torres @torresjrjr@qoto.org

My new favorite HTML5 tag:

<details>

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/details

Some (probably, most of the) people think that it is pointless to participate in projects such as Mastodon, Pleroma or Peertube, or any other federated social network. And the two biggest reasons for that usually are "There are already too many social networks in my life" and "It is not and will not be popular". While I can totally understand the first one, the second one presents the biggest contradiction - for it to be popular, you have to participate in it. You don't have to invite the whole world, you don't have to worry about your friends' friends. If your friends are in the "fediverse", they will naturally spread it among their friends themselves. And if they are not yet here, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be either. And if you decide that you won't do anything, then of course nothing will happen. The lack of action is the root of stagnation. I personally think, that it is always worth the effort in trying to make open-source and, better yet, "free as in Freedom" projects our daily reality, especially decentralized networks, replacing the proprietary "walled gardens". A much better reality, with broader diversity amongst interests, opinions, world views, with less censorship and establishment propaganda.

Preventing the Collapse of Civilization / Jonathan Blow (Thekla, Inc) https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/videos/watch/54195826-3c02-4814-872a-8ee80b5a7dcb

Vim Will Actually Change Your Life. https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/videos/watch/9847f270-f9ab-42ff-8d33-a59da419b245

@humanetech @activitypub

Mess with the fabric of the Fediverse, and it will mess with you

Over the past 15 years of using #XMPP, I've seen many messengers come and go. People complain about the hassle of switching messengers, but many express a preference for the "simplicity" of gated gardens.... Do they count the cost of switching as well?

A truly sustainable messenger can only be a decentralized protocol, not just an app.

Learn how to join:
- https://joinjabber.org

Optional: but if you think about setting up your own server:
- https://sr.ht/~xamanu/xmpp-server
- https://snikket.org/service/quickstart

The #Signal messenger has become very problematic lately, and most of its problems come from it being centralised.

You may want to follow and support a decentralised messenger project instead, there are many of them on the Fediverse:

➡️ @snikket_im - New initiative giving XMPP servers & clients a newbie-friendly unified look and feel

➡️ @xmpp - The XMPP standards foundation

➡️ @matrix - Matrix is best known for its Element client

➡️ @delta - Messaging through email

➡️ @briar - P2P messaging

I'm happy that I'll be part of two meetings this month in front of the EU Commission talking about decentralized social networks and the work we've done https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/ec-ngi0-liaison-webinars-and-workshop-april-2021/1539

I believe this conversation is an important one to have, and I'd like to expand on why below.