James R Kirk @ Kirk @startrek.website Posts 7Comments 167Joined 2 mo. ago
"Defederating" just means two instances won't talk anymore. For example, your instance (lemm.ee) is currently defederated from three others (You can see here). It means you won't see any posts/comments from users on those instances.
Kiiiinda, Threads users can opt-in to have their content syndicated out via ActivityPub (and be followed be mastodon users). I'm not positive but I believe it's still only one-way, meaning Mastodon replies won't show up on Threads. It's basically an RSS feed.
Looks like a Nostr instance? Nostr is kinda like Mastodon but not using ActivityPub. To my knowledge Nostr is not blockchain related but it is exclusively used by cryptobros.
- The Android widget (not app just the widget) does not have a monthly view.
- There is no office suite (I don't know why this surprised me but it did).
Generally it's been an overall positive experience.
In short, when too many cooks are in charge, it’s hard to make a good meal. Take content moderation, for example.
The take that Fediverse moderation is "not as effective" always makes me smile, because:
- The moderator-to-user ratio is several orders of magnitude better on the fediverse because volunteer-run instances have zero incentive to grow beyond their ability to self-moderate. But also-
- Do you really expect that paid employees (or even trained AIs) are going to be more effective at recognizing who/what is disrupting a community than existing members with a personal stake in it's quality?
Also, as aside I am very happy they said "Bluesky, if it manages to become truly federated" and not the "promises to be" or "is federated" language we usually see.
Great point, absolutely! I don't subscribe to the "dead internet theory" but my time on the Fediverse has also convinced me that all of the corporate platform's traffic numbers are almost certainly heavily inflated (probably to justify higher ad prices).
I am pretty convinced these stats are low because I remember the early years of Reddit feeling much less active than the Threadiverse does now and I have to assume Reddit's MAUs in 2008-9 were at least above 100K.
Regardless, this is nice to see and I recommend everyone check out !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com if they are interested in helping to promote Lemmy instances on Reddit.
Redditors really hate having their routines challenged. The ones who want to leave will leave, and the group of people who stay behind will become increasingly obstinate (and it's probably for the best).
...Propaganda? Cnet?
Well said. I think AI "art" is really best considered just a form of entertainment since there is no human perspective put into it. Adam Savage said it best (paraphrasing here) "In order for me to be interested in a work of art it needs to be coming from a point of view. I don't see anything resembling a point of view with AI."
Yes was happy to see their edit
I agree totally. I think people benefit of think of their instance as the window through which they view the rest of the Fediverse.
Top highly upvoted comment saying you need different accounts for each instance 🤦🏻
Time to jump into the fray I guess
"Portable identities" is a major feature of Mastodon and ActivityPub platforms in general. It'll be on Lemmy one day too.
major GPT vibes
those powered by Bluesky’s AT Protocol
Like what? Which platforms are those Sarah Perez writing for TechCrunch? Can you name more than one?
Is there a source anywhere for this besides this youtubers saying so? I searched but was unable to find anything.
"fag" is a homophobic slur that was actually even more hurtful to use back in the early 2000s when LGBT people were a lot less accepted by society than today. That said your Dad is technically correct and it was a "term of endearment" among homophobes on 4chan which was largely comprised of straight white men in college had/has a self-deprecating sense of humor.