FediMTL Livestream
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@saskia@backend.newsmast.org about to lay on some hard truths about what normies think of the fediverse


"What is the fediverse"?

Oh boy. The language we use matters.
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Having some FOMO for FediMTL since it’s in my hometown.
But appreciate @julian live-tooting the event!
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"What is the fediverse"?

Oh boy. The language we use matters.
@saskia@backend.newsmast.org going through many of the apps they've built for projects, institutions, papers, etc.

They all share a common thread, none of them talk about the fediverse, ActivityPub, Mastodon, Bonfire, etc.
They all also have split DMs away from the public feed. Heh 😏
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@julian Some great thoughts to chew on there.
Particularly with my current paper-in-progress being all about crafting your message for the audience.
Now churning away on how to choose the words in the vocabulary of municipal governance. Neither "fediverse" nor "open web" is a hook for them ... but they are coming to understand what "Open Data" means. They also have a view of what "social media" is, but WE don't want to use that, as we're trying to differentiate. What, then?
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After travel delays, @evan@cosocial.ca has made it to FediMTL!


Wait, this presentation isn't about the fête d'hiver?
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@julian 👏 to “variances in iron”. 😃
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How corporate social media uses algorithmic feeds to make you stay on-platform


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Huh. Food for thought.
(The China flag later flips to an American flag)
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@evan@cosocial.ca asks for a show of hands of people who have quit a social network and later gone back.
More than a few hands go up.
"And this is in a room of people who are really good at quitting social networks... and making their own"
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@julian thanks for the coverage!!!
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@evan@cosocial.ca asks for a show of hands of people who have quit a social network and later gone back.
More than a few hands go up.
"And this is in a room of people who are really good at quitting social networks... and making their own"
Oh hey look!

Evan reporting 43k+ independent servers operating as of today.
These open source projects get those larger organizations on to the fediverse.

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@evan@cosocial.ca being asked what types of fediverse apps he's excited about, considering that there is a lot of "this is xyz but federated"
Shoutouts to @bonfire@bonfire.cafe @fedify@hollo.social @benpate@mastodon.social (Emissary!)
Forums and threadiverse apps got shoutouts ad well.