"For two decades, “social media” has been the master lens through which scholars have understood digital communication—an era defined by user-generated content, networked publics, and participatory culture.
That era is drawing to a close."
socialmedia
@FediFollows you ought to include the contacts of #opensource champions like the #developers of #linux #distros like #mxlinux #linuxMint #debian #archlinux, #developers of some prime #mastodon instances, #piefed instances, #codeberg , #github and email services like #mailo and #proton.
That way, we would be able to reach out to them through #socialmedia whenever we need their support.
This informal channel is oftentimes better than your regular email.
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My new video is up!
In this one, I discuss the recent firing and then rehiring of experienced workers at Ford after their AI experiment failed spectacularly. I also touch on the real world impacts to people and the importance of institutional knowledge.
If you enjoy the video please give me a like. This is a free, easy way to support a small creator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1HpxS3L858
#YouTube #AI #Labor #Layoffs #Ford #Auto #Video #SocialMedia
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Federation hashtags test #news #socialmedia #mastodon #wch #meta #space #ufo #twitter #music #photography
RE: https://c7.io/@doin/116441059922177723
#互联网抗癌记 Paul Moore 再一次通过 Chrome 扩展破解了欧盟的匿名年龄验证系统。他表示，“尽管经过 3 个月的安全强化和全面的真正改进，基本问题仍无法解决。”
#年龄验证 #未成年人 #社交媒体 #社交媒体禁令 #隐私 #欧盟 #新闻 #AgeVerification #Minor #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #Privacy #EU #News
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My brother showing me his social media on his phone, I see the nasty comments on public pages/spaces, and I'm in a shock. I'm glad I switched solely to Mastodon since a few months ago. Public comments here vastly lean towards being nice. The horrific corporate social media is just too toxic, I cannot imagine going back there.
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#互联网抗癌记
BBC 消息，英国工党国会议员、在线安全部长迦腻色伽一世·纳拉扬表示，英国政府已决定不将 #VPN 进行限制作为 16 岁以下未成年人社交媒体禁令的一部分。
https://x.com/BBCBreakfast/status/2077290529809678429
#年龄验证 #未成年人 #社交媒体 #社交媒体禁令 #隐私 #欧盟 #新闻 #AgeVerification #Minor #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #Privacy #EU #News
🆕 blog! “10 Years on Mastodon”
As of today, I've been on the Mastodon social network for 10 years. I think that deserves a little reflection and celebration.
Post by @Edent View on Mastodon
Social networks often launch in a blaze of glory but limp out of existence within a year or so. How many services have you signed up to,…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/11/10-years-on-mastodon/
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#ActivityPub #mastodon #NaBloPoMo #SocialMedia #SocialNetworks
"Meta on Wednesday reached a landmark settlement with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to its products over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms.
In a dramatic capitulation, the owner of Facebook and Instagram agreed to the financial penalties for violating federal child privacy and states’ consumer protection laws, the states announced."
It's a start!
#news #TechNews #meta #facebook #SocialMedia #SocialMediaLawsuit #SocialMediaTrial
This excellent ARTE documentary explores how social media fuels political polarization in Brazil and how people from different regions and backgrounds are recruited to perpetuate hatred and disinformation.
Anyone familiar with Brazil knows how passionate Brazilians are about social media. Since Orkut's inception circa 2004, social media platforms have played a significant role in Brazilian society.
Having lived in Brazil before moving to Europe, I witnessed much of this transformation firsthand. My concerns about the growing power of these platforms over our democracies were among the reasons I started the #LeaveX campaign.
Although LeaveX began in Europe, focusing specifically on X and political communication, the problem extends far beyond one platform.
This documentary illustrates how big tech's social media platforms can be exploited to fuel political polarization and radicalization, particularly by Brazil's far-right extremists.
It's worth watching to understand what's happening in Brazil and to reflect on what we're allowing these platforms to do to our societies.
#Brazil #Democracy #BigTech #SocialMedia #FarRight #LeaveX #Disinformation
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埃隆•马斯克于今日在 X 上表示，在完成安全漏洞审查后，X 的全部代码将会开源。此前，X 已经开源了其内容推荐算法。
Interesting to see the fediverse and the Atmosphere starting to take up similar shape, as with FASPs, fediverse servers will be able to connect to shared infrastructure.
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/building-shared-infrastructure-for-the-fediverse/
via https://bonfire.cafe/pub/objects/01M1KV6AVGVKJMXZ1309NW20S0
Folks, please share the link for our Fediverse Multimedia Grants.
We have funding for creators to make podcasts, artist's portfolios, webcomics, music stores, video streams, or brand new kinds of channels here. And we pay developers to help them be successful.
Our deadline is Wed 4 Nov 2026. It only takes a few minutes to apply.
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/10/07/call-for-proposals-fediverse-multimedia-grants/
Tomorrow, at the headquarters of Wikimedia Deutschland (pic: A.Savin, Wikipedia), we will launch the European Social Association: The European Movement For The Open Social Stack.
Do you want to be there? Than join us and (amongst others) @newsmast , @waag , @publicspaces, @mellifluousbox and Sebastian Volgelsang for this moment!
Register here: https://savesocial.eu/eulaunch
#SocialMedia #Europe #EuropeanSocial #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialBuilders
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
Last week, Meta reached a settlement with nearly every US state over claims that it knowingly harmed children with its addictive apps. But what does that mean for Meta users in Europe?
https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/will-metas-american-makeover-come-to-europe
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I first joined Mastodon in April 2022. I joined because I was looking for a place to replace Twitter for me. I needed to get away from the Bird site, a place that I had already spent 14 years of my life where it was my primary social media platform.
Honestly, at the time, I was looking for a new place where I could yell into the wind as I had been doing near the end of my time on Twitter. However, what I found here wasn't that.
I found more community where people were interacting. I found that hashtags mattered again. I found a social media platform, emphasis on the social.
Over time, my interactions haven't been as active as they used to be. I'm more yelling into the wind, sometimes.
I want to fix that. I want to get back to that form of social media where folks are actually social, actually interacting, actually chatting about things.
Anyway, I'm rambling.
Hope you have a great day. And if you follow me, but I don't follow you back - give me a shout here. Let's chat about...something.
Last weekend, roughly 200 media, IT, and policy people met at #FediDay Berlin to discuss the status quo & future of the #Fediverse & decentralized #SocialMedia.
Our @lxplm also attended – albeit on behalf of #SWR X Lab (welcome to the #ARD federation). Together with @Silbendrechsler (who runs the @3sat account), he discussed ongoing Fedi projects in the world of German public broadcasting.
The session (& many others) will be available via @peertube soon.
For updates, follow @berlinfediday.
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🌟 Friendica-Plausch am Samstag, 07.11.2026 🌟
Du bist neu bei Friendica, nutzt es schon eine Weile oder möchtest einfach noch mehr über die vielen Möglichkeiten dieser Anwendung erfahren? Dann schau doch beim wöchentlichen Friendica-Plausch vorbei! 😊
Jeden Samstag um 14 Uhr lädt @feb zu einer lockeren Online-Runde rund um Friendica ein.
Friendica ist ein Teil des Fediverse und kann sehr gut mit vielen anderen Anwendungen im Fediverse kommunizieren. 🌐 Dabei bietet Friendica selbst eine ganze Menge nützlicher Funktionen, die man manchmal erst nach und nach entdeckt.
💬 Was kann Friendica eigentlich alles?
🔎 Wo verstecken sich praktische Funktionen?
💡 Welche Möglichkeiten gibt es beim Vernetzen mit anderen Fediverse-Diensten?
❓ Wie funktioniert dieses oder jenes?
🤝 Welche Erfahrungen und Tipps haben andere Nutzerinnen und Nutzer?
Beim Friendica-Plausch gibt es kein festes Programm und keine „dummen Fragen“. Es geht ums gemeinsame Entdecken, Ausprobieren, Fragenstellen und Erfahrungen austauschen.
Gerade wer neu auf einer Friendica-Instanz ist, kann hier schnell viele hilfreiche Informationen bekommen und andere Menschen kennenlernen. Deshalb auch eine besondere Einladung an unsere neuen Nutzer wie James Bont und lexe – und natürlich an alle anderen, die gerade erst Friendica und das Fediverse für sich entdecken. 😊
Und wie es sich für einen echten Plausch gehört: Manchmal schweifen die Gespräche auch ganz entspannt in andere Themen ab. 😉 Genau das macht diese Runde so angenehm und abwechslungsreich.
📅 Samstag, 07.11.2026
🕑 14:00 Uhr
💻 Online
🔗 Direkt zur Veranstaltung:
https://meet.systemli.org/FriendicaPlausc
Friendica hat viele Möglichkeiten – und gemeinsam lassen sie sich oft viel leichter entdecken. Also einfach vorbeischauen, mitfragen, zuhören und mitplaudern. ☕😊
#Friendica #FriendicaPlausch #Fediverse #SocialMedia #DezentraleNetzwerke
RE: loma.ml/objects/373ebf56-146a-…
A new California law lets children of family vloggers make their parents take down all footage of them. “A new California law will protect the children of family vloggers once they turn 18. Senate Bill No. 1247 gives adults whose parents, legal guardians, or family members used them in social media content while they were minors the right to demand removal of said content.”
I published a draft of “How I’m Avoiding the Reddit Wall🧱 (featuring eddrit & Redlib)”
https://www.ii.com/avoid-reddit-wall/
#reddit #eddrit #libreddit #redlib #socialmedia #socialnetworking #loginwall #signinwall #wall
#Activism #Hacktivism #Messaging #Privacy #Security #Zeitgeist
#InfiniteInk #Byℵ #ByNM
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The backside of Table Mountain. Ugly. Took pic on the move as this highway is very, very dangerous. From crime and general violence, rocks get thrown at cars etc. The Cape Flats, Coloured Gangs and listed as one of the most dangerous places in the world. Photo is GIMPed
#photography #travel #roadtrips #Capetown #Tablemountain #socialmedia #art
Names. This was a Jackass
Penguin for more than half my life. The sound they make is like a very LOUD Donkey HEEHAW! Fairly recently they renamed it the African Penguin.
#birds #penquin #Socialmedia #africa #photography
Photo taken for my blog articles, Big Five Wars, which show what the Big Five, Five Star Lodges are killing and with what. One is the damn electric game fences, they kill hundreds of tortoise every year. Proof. I walked Game Fences a LOT doing Rhino Anti Poaching, for 6 years, I saw....
#photography #consevation #animals #tortoise #socialmedia #bigfivewars
https://www.europesays.com/3263606/ Iran’s Lego Clips Are Anything but ‘Stupid’ #homepage_regional_middle_east_africa #Iran #IranUS #MarcoRubio #media #SecretaryOfState #SocialMedia
Amy. My constant companion while on the farm in St Francis Bay.
#pets #dogs #socialmedia #photography #bissetcollection
