The discussion about the effects of social media is happening all around us
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Currently sitting on a train from Montreal to Toronto, and what are the odds that I end up sitting next to a couple of people (Gen Zs, if it matters) discussing the exact thing that I travelled to Montreal for — to talk about the state of social media and its effects on our day-to-day lives?
Their conversation has ranged from the inauthenticity of communication, the masking that one needs to do online when maintaining a social profile, optimizing for engagement (and the active refusal to do so for authenticity reasons), curating what one posts to social media, etc.
Sometimes when discussing these things online or at a conference one feels like they're in an echo chamber of sorts. It's nice to know that the next generation thinks about these things just like I do.
Maybe the odds aren't that low, maybe that discussion is happening all around us, more often than we think.
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Currently sitting on a train from Montreal to Toronto, and what are the odds that I end up sitting next to a couple of people (Gen Zs, if it matters) discussing the exact thing that I travelled to Montreal for — to talk about the state of social media and its effects on our day-to-day lives?
Their conversation has ranged from the inauthenticity of communication, the masking that one needs to do online when maintaining a social profile, optimizing for engagement (and the active refusal to do so for authenticity reasons), curating what one posts to social media, etc.
Sometimes when discussing these things online or at a conference one feels like they're in an echo chamber of sorts. It's nice to know that the next generation thinks about these things just like I do.
Maybe the odds aren't that low, maybe that discussion is happening all around us, more often than we think.
@julian Did you speak to them?
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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@johannab@cosocial.ca asks:
> NodeBB strikes me as the best aligned of the extant platforms for municipal governments. Here's a question for julian: is he prepared for, or interested in, a promotion program to city-scale organizations?
To which I answered, simply: "Yes."
Now that I have the time to expand on my answer:
Yes, absolutely! There is definitely a space for municipal city-scale adoption of the fediverse through properties that they alone control, but federate widely. [...]
I imagine a local-fedi where my mayor posts via marianne@burlington.ontario.gc.ca, and she can talk to her constituents on neighbourhood-level instances like tyandaga.social or aldershot.space, or anybody worldwide via the power of the fediverse.
Right now we're in the unfortunate position where the city is posting notices to X/Twitter, and cross-posting to Facebook and Instagram. I would bet a lot of money most other municipalities are doing the exact same thing. Adding in the fediverse should be straightforward, and I welcome any opportunity to make it happen.
Let's make some connections!
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@julian Did you speak to them?
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Currently sitting on a train from Montreal to Toronto, and what are the odds that I end up sitting next to a couple of people (Gen Zs, if it matters) discussing the exact thing that I travelled to Montreal for — to talk about the state of social media and its effects on our day-to-day lives?
Their conversation has ranged from the inauthenticity of communication, the masking that one needs to do online when maintaining a social profile, optimizing for engagement (and the active refusal to do so for authenticity reasons), curating what one posts to social media, etc.
Sometimes when discussing these things online or at a conference one feels like they're in an echo chamber of sorts. It's nice to know that the next generation thinks about these things just like I do.
Maybe the odds aren't that low, maybe that discussion is happening all around us, more often than we think.
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@apps@toot.fedilab.app appreciate the open API but of course be wary of abuse. I would not be opposed to registering for an API key when needed 🙂
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@HolosDiscover
Sounds good. A lot text about indexing and how it works.
But no Text about what it does and how to use. What UI, Instances?
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@julian
There's a public API where you can search posts, accounts, hashtags, get trending content, public timelines, and instance stats.
Documentation: https://codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-Discover/src/branch/main/doc/api.md
Base URL is https://discover.holos.social. Quick example:
https://discover.holos.social/api/search?q=fediverse&type=posts
No authentication for now, but we may introduce API keys in the future.
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@apps@toot.fedilab.app do you have an API we can use? It'd be interesting to hook into your search results for fediverse search.
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#HolosDiscover is back, from a clean slate.
A #Fediverse search engine that uses standard #ActivityPub federation. It follows you like any account, respects indexable flags, #nobot, #noindex, locked accounts. Deletions, edits, blocks are processed instantly through ActivityPub.
You have full control. Block it, mention it with "unfollow", or disable indexing in your settings.
Source code under AGPL-3.0 on #Codeberg.Details: https://discover.holos.social/how-it-works
Account: @HolosDiscover
