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1️⃣ 📢 Big News! Meta is rolling out a Twitter alternative codenamed #Project92. This decentralized social network could be known as Threads upon its public release. Could this be the next massive thing in #SocialMedia? 
2️⃣ 👥 The rise of Twitter alternatives like #Mastodon and #Bluesky has stirred up the industry. Now, Meta is stepping up its game, testing Project 92 with global celebrities. Is this the new home for the stars?
3️⃣ 📱 At first glance, Project 92 looks like a Twitter twin. Users can like, comment, reshare posts, and more. Plus, it's putting verified accounts front and center. Is this the #TwitterClone we've been waiting for?
I compared my Twitter-based traffic to ACASignups.net for the same period in 2022 & 2023 (3/01 - 4/30 each year).
I posted 79 blog entries during that period last year and 77 this year, and I tend to promote all of them equally.
Traffic via Twitter is down 71% y/y.
I posted 79 blog entries during that period last year and 77 this year, and I tend to promote all of them equally.
Traffic via Twitter is down 71% y/y.
Related: I received around 4% as much traffic to ACASignups.net via #Spoutible in March/April 2023 as via Twitter...with around 4% as many followers. So I guess that tracks?
I don't know how much traffic I've received via #Mastodon because it doesn't show up in my analytics--I assume this is due to the decentralized nature of Mastodon?
Internet platforms have reached end-stage enshittification, where they claw back the goodies they once used to lure in end-users and business customers, trying to walk a tightrope in which there's just enough value left to keep you locked in, but no more. It's ugly out there.
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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:
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When the platforms took off - using a mix of predatory pricing, catch-and-kill acquisitions and anti-competitive mergers - they seemed unstoppable. Mark Zuckerberg became the unelected social media czar-for-life for billions of users.
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How To Make the Least-Worst #MastodonThreads: (An opinionated guide) (for the perplexed)
doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-th…
doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-th…
#Twitter is a malevolent dictatorship, #Mastodon is a protocol, not a product.
doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-th…
doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-th…
今天Twitter改LOGO，引起 #doge 不小骚动（由于身体原因，写了两天）。
最近参加百倍币挑战赛的伙伴也经常问我：社交赛道不应该选一个项目嘛？
今天这里就聊聊Social赛道，因为Social概念比较宏大，研究不到位之处，请看官谅解。
最近参加百倍币挑战赛的伙伴也经常问我：社交赛道不应该选一个项目嘛？
今天这里就聊聊Social赛道，因为Social概念比较宏大，研究不到位之处，请看官谅解。
开篇之前，我们把Social分为几个逻辑线：
1.超级应用。
2.底层协议。
3.中间件。
4.社交凭证Token。
其中我们最看好底层协议。今天的重心也会主要放在底层协议篇幅之中。
1.超级应用。
2.底层协议。
3.中间件。
4.社交凭证Token。
其中我们最看好底层协议。今天的重心也会主要放在底层协议篇幅之中。
Here's a Moneycontrol exclusive newsbreak that has echoed across the internet. 🔥
#Meta is mulling a #Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ which will also be interoperable with #Mastodon.
@deepsekharc & @tsuvik bring us details about what this might look like. A thread 🧵
#Meta is mulling a #Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ which will also be interoperable with #Mastodon.
@deepsekharc & @tsuvik bring us details about what this might look like. A thread 🧵
The app will be #Instagram-branded and will allow users to register/login to the app through their Instagram credentials, sources said. 📲
@moneycontrolcom has seen a copy of an internal product brief that elaborates on the functioning and various product features of the app.
@moneycontrolcom has seen a copy of an internal product brief that elaborates on the functioning and various product features of the app.
This development comes at a time when tech companies are eyeing an opportunity to capitalise on the growing trend of Twitter users looking to migrate to alternative platforms, with the chaos in #Twitter caused under the new owner @elonmusk
#SocialMedia #ElonMusk
#SocialMedia #ElonMusk
Ich wollte nen Tweet mit Screenshots posten, aber Twitter ist derzeit gerade so kaputt, dass man anscheinend keine Bilder mehr posten und anklicken kann.
Hey, fast so, als hätten die bösen #Elon-Kritiker recht damit gehabt, dass er die Plattform an die Wand fährt... #TwitterDown
Hey, fast so, als hätten die bösen #Elon-Kritiker recht damit gehabt, dass er die Plattform an die Wand fährt... #TwitterDown
Unseren Tweet gibt es also erst ein andermal... Wer #Volksverpetzer-Content weiterhin zuverlässig sehen möchte und nicht vom erratischen Musk abhängig sein möchte, der kann sich die #VolksverpetzerApp holen 😉
Apple: apps.apple.com/de/app/volksve…
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…
Apple: apps.apple.com/de/app/volksve…
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…
Und weil auch Links nicht mehr funktionieren muss ich leider darum bitten, selbstständig in den App-/Playstore zu gehen und "Volksverpetzer" zu suchen lol
Oder vielleicht klappt es mit Ascii QR Code 😂 Ah ne, zu viele Zeichen 😂
Oder vielleicht klappt es mit Ascii QR Code 😂 Ah ne, zu viele Zeichen 😂
If I click on this @nytimes story from #Twitter I see only this code string:
{"errors":[{"message":"Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitte… for more information","code":467}]}
{"errors":[{"message":"Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitte… for more information","code":467}]}
The classic #trilemma goes: "Fast, cheap or good, pick any two." The #ModeratorsTrilemma goes, "Large, diverse userbase; centralized platforms; don't anger users - pick any two." 1/
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:
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The Moderator's Trilemma is introduced in "Moderating the Fediverse: Content Moderation on Distributed Social Media," a superb paper from @ARozenshtein of @UofMNLawSchool, forthcoming in the journal @JournalSpeech, available as a prepub on @SSRN:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 3/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 3/
Though I didn't know it at the time, Jan 29, 2020 was my last day at #BoingBoing; as it happens, that was nearly exactly 19 years after my *first* day at Boing Boing. 1/
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:
pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/dre… 2/
pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/dre… 2/
Though it was a tough decision, it was the right one, and while I'm no longer helping to write the site, I'm still an ardent reader, a co-owner, and a well-wisher.
I started writing Boing Boing at the age of 30. When I stopped, I was 49. That's a lot of living. 3/
I started writing Boing Boing at the age of 30. When I stopped, I was 49. That's a lot of living. 3/
The really remarkable thing isn't just that #Microsoft has decided that the future of #search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a #chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar - even more remarkable is that #Google agrees. 1/
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:
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Microsoft has nothing to lose. It's spent billions on #Bing, a search-engine no one voluntarily uses. Might as well try something so stupid it might just work. But why is Google, a monopolist who has a 90+% share of search worldwide, jumping off the same bridge as Microsoft? 3/
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…
#Pluralistic 1/
Inside: Poor people pay higher time tax; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-…
#Pluralistic 1/
This week (Feb 13-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra Tickets just released for Sydney!
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
Poor people pay higher time tax: The rich truly do get more hours in the day.
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Here is how #platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. 1/
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:
pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/pot… 2/
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I call this #enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a "two sided market." 3/
#OSINT. Quisiera comentarles y compartirles algunas técnicas o herramientas para #Mastodon, que a la fecha me vienen facilitando la vida como #AnalistaOsint para el desarrollo con éxito de las muchas investigaciones.
#OsintResearchers #Socmint #ManuelBot #Cyber
🧵MINI HILO🧵
#OsintResearchers #Socmint #ManuelBot #Cyber
🧵MINI HILO🧵
1⃣ #Followgraph para Mastodon. Recurso muy indispensable, que permite ingresar cualquier cuenta de #Mastodon y obtener una lista de cuentas seguidas por las personas a las que sigue este perfil. Ayuda mucho a encontrar conexiones entre personas.
✅ followgraph.vercel.app
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✅ followgraph.vercel.app
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2⃣ #MastodonInstances. Herramienta para buscar en la lista completa de instancias en #Mastodon. Puede ayudarlo a elegir la instancia correcta (coincidiendo con publicaciones como spam, otros) y encontrar contenido ilegal para investigar delitos.
✅ instances.social
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✅ instances.social
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In "Social Quitting," my latest @LocusMag column, I analyze the precipitous #VibeShift of the dominant social media platforms: how we so quickly went from wondering how to get shut of them to asking where we go now that we're all ready to quit.
locusmag.com/2023/01/commen… 1/
locusmag.com/2023/01/commen… 1/
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:
pluralistic.net/2023/01/09/wat… 2/
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The core of the argument revolves around #surpluses - that is, the value that exists in the service. For a user, surpluses are things like "being able to converse with your friends" and "being able to plan activities with your friends." 3/
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. 1/
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:
pluralistic.net/2022/12/23/sem… 2/
pluralistic.net/2022/12/23/sem… 2/
Elon Musk has purposely degraded the value of Twitter because it is an impediment to his desire for unaccountable power. Responsible progressive commentators must open Mastodon accounts, encourage their audiences to join Mastodon, & set up cross-posting to make it easy for all…
Some starter info on Mastodon for those who don’t know much of it nbcnews.com/tech/mastodon-…
How to join Mastodon washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
I left #teaching on Friday. I've had a few days to recover and gather my thoughts, and here they are. I loved the school, loved the children, had great success and was proud of my achievements but after 7 years of giving my heart and soul, I had to stop. Something has to change.
When I joined the school I was impressed with the enlightened attitude to workload, in particular the feedback policy (no crazy book marking, lots of WCF and verbal feedback instead), and behaviour was better than nearby schools... but...
After COVID and the new #OFSTED framework, expectations seemed to ramp up, and behaviour declined. My work days lengthened, while - a victim of my own success - class numbers at GCSE and A-level rose. We couldn't recruit, so I was stretched to breaking point.
0/ In the past weeks, #Mastodon network grew by 50% (and counting). A growth level that would impress any investor. And a growth level that makes many of the network's older users weary. To grow or not to grow – this is the big question for the #Fediverse. A 🧵:
1/ (Now that it is again OK to mention on Twitter other social networks, like Mastodon)
theverge.com/2022/12/18/235…
theverge.com/2022/12/18/235…
2/ New users are organically joining Mastodon, at a steady pace of 300k/week. Will the institutional backbone grow and adjust as well? I recently published an opinion on this in @techpolicypress: techpolicy.press/priorities-to-…
#ContentModeration is fundamentally about making social media work better, but there are two other considerations that determine how social media *fails*: #EndToEnd (#E2E), and #FreedomOfExit. 1/
These are much neglected, and that's a pity, because how a system fails is every bit as important as how it works. 2/
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Guter @tomlangpaul Kommentar in der #zib zu #pressefreiheit & #musktwitter. Gut, dass Alternative Kanäle für Qualität Content geschaffen werden, aber kompletten Biedermeier Rückzug in den kuscheligel #Mastodon Sozial Salon der Gleichgesinnten wird es hier nicht geben.
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#ZeitfuerNeues (Mastodon @kenwinkler@semiosen.de) wählt Fehdehandschuh statt Biedermeier Rückzug. Freundliches und Persönliches auf Mastodon. #followme.
Twitter Fokus auf Beiträge #klassenkampfvonoben & #partizipation im Kampf gegen #the1percent und Knechte: #fckmsk , #oevp usw.
Twitter Fokus auf Beiträge #klassenkampfvonoben & #partizipation im Kampf gegen #the1percent und Knechte: #fckmsk , #oevp usw.
Trotz Minikonto unter 2000 follower genießt #ZeitfuerNeues die volle Aufmerksamkeit von #musktwitter mit #shadowban Reichweiten Beschränkungen, die Interaktionen um rund 70% drücken. Beiträge, die bis mehrere hunderte Likes erhielten, stehen heute bei 7 bis 10 Likes. #Klartext
1/11 #GITwitter is on 🔥 w #MedEd
It all started on one #MondayNight @DCharabaty
@MondayNightIBD was created & led the way for other platforms incl @ScopingSundays
👇#Tweetorial:Setting up Structured #MedEd Platforms on Social Media in @AGA_Gastro
📜bit.ly/3VR49qB
It all started on one #MondayNight @DCharabaty
@MondayNightIBD was created & led the way for other platforms incl @ScopingSundays
👇#Tweetorial:Setting up Structured #MedEd Platforms on Social Media in @AGA_Gastro
📜bit.ly/3VR49qB
2/11 Firstly ❓- Are #SoMe based #MedEd platforms & activities useful?
This survey by @DCharabaty & team 📝 at @DDWMeeting shows:
✅ Respondents suggesting change in practice based on discussions in 👆
✅ Enhances collaborations
✅ Promotes decision making
✅ Opport networking
This survey by @DCharabaty & team 📝 at @DDWMeeting shows:
✅ Respondents suggesting change in practice based on discussions in 👆
✅ Enhances collaborations
✅ Promotes decision making
✅ Opport networking
3/11 Ready to get started ?
🟣Align Handle & Audience to your Educational Interest
🟣Create educational handle separate from your personal account
🟣Self-explanatory name & logo
🟣Determine 🎯 audience to curate content that will optimize engagement
Step-by-step guide 👇
🟣Align Handle & Audience to your Educational Interest
🟣Create educational handle separate from your personal account
🟣Self-explanatory name & logo
🟣Determine 🎯 audience to curate content that will optimize engagement
Step-by-step guide 👇
No matter how hard conservative culture-war cannon-fodder love big business, it will never love them back. Take network policy, where rural turkeys in Red State America keep on voting for Christmas, then profess outrage when Old Farmer Comcast gets to sharpening his ax. 1/
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:
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For two years, the @FCC has been hamstrung because MAGA Senators refuse to confirm @gigibsohn, leaving the Commission with only four commissioners. What do the GOP have against Sohn? 3/
So the account @ElonJet seems to have gone dormant last Mon (12/5) after it was #exposed that @elonmusk pushed to shadow ban the account because it was providing easy access to PUBLICLY available info.
I wonder if I'll be secretly shadow banned using the "#VisibilityFiltering" technique for deliberately bringing news of this from a #Mastodon link.
mastodon.world/@HappyShappys/…
#FreeSpeech #PublicUse #Hypocrite
mastodon.world/@HappyShappys/…
#FreeSpeech #PublicUse #Hypocrite
I'm well aware of @elonmusk's warped sense of #FreeSpeech and that the @USConst_Amend_I only actually protects you from GOVT censorship.
Just doing my part to tip the multi billionaire's ego the wrong way.
Just doing my part to tip the multi billionaire's ego the wrong way.
