Piero Bosio Social Web Site Personale

The reboot of Digg is shutting down for awhile.

Interesting read, especially the bot problem.

https://digg.com

@Gargron Your alt text is spot on. 😄

Apologies all, I thought I had registered, but I guess I did not. Embarrassing.

I'll look for some other people attending and provide their accounts to watch.

For some reason, all of these fediverse events keep hitting up against real life stuff. I'm going to make the first two sessions for the #FediForum un-workshop.

This one is more group discussion oriented so my live streaming of the event might be a bit consolidated as I want to participate in the discussions, especially around marketing the fediverse.

Starts at 10 AM CST

https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/agenda/

New to Mastodon, or know someone interested in trying it out?

An onboarding workshop is being held this weekend to walk through the login process and basic functions with a Q&A afterwards.

https://f.termine.di.day/events/0416dee7-cc7f-4e2a-aa94-ff11322daaaa

@evan You did. 🙂

Alright. A little break and then back to it. However, the last session is in French, so again I won't be of much use. :(

The Next Phase of Qlub, presented by @meadmin

"A look back at one year of Qlub, a presentation of upcoming initiatives, and the launch of the #Culture Channel, a news feed dedicated to Quebec culture."

Evan: "Finally, we need policy makers to do the work to require interoperability."

Yep. Canada, you have more of a chance than the U.S.

Jeff Note: Sometimes the policy has to start small - get your local library to crate a fediverse account. Your fire department. Your city hall. Help them get setup if you can.

"We'll know that the fediverse wins...when mainstream media starts showing posts from users in the fediverse rather than X, Facebook, etc."

We've already seen some of this with Bluesky, but he's right, not sure I've seen a Fediverse handle out there yet.

The fediverse does have connections to larger social platforms, showing interest in connecting to the larger audience. Flipboard and Surf are great examples of ways to incorporate fediverse content into mainstream social timelines.

How do we pay for the fediverse? Co-ops, subscriptions, donations, even advertising (gasp). They don't have to all be federated with each other - just to the communities that make sense for their needs.

I'm starting to hear this more often. Newsmast group is thinking similarly as well.

Evan says "We need meaningful choice for our social web. Choosing your own platform, your own client and most importantly, keep your existing connections - the people that matter to you."

Evan's not making a great argument for using social media!

52% of users report feeling worse after using social media.

Algorithms are optimized to keep you on platform and engaged. Stay here for EVERYTHING. The platform will decide what's important for you in the moment.

Jeff Side Note: I want to re-iterate that algorithms aren't evil in and of themselves - it's the platforms that manipulate you with their algorithms that are the problem.

All of the current big platforms rely on advertising and even moreso, targeted advertising based on your online behavior. So keeping you locked in to their platform is essential so they know even MORE about you.

Evan asks "Do social networks matter?" - more then 50% of adults check social media daily. And in 2025, more people get their news from social media than new outlets. So, the answer is yes. They do matter!

We're back with @evan - sans mustache. I wasn't ready for this.

He's going back to the basics - Introducing the Fediverse.

@Varpie I think that might be the archipelago concept.

https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/the-archipelago-an-island-network-in-practice

Sneak peak mention of a click and point configuration of a community platform from Newsmast, including the app itself with a "Build an App" website.

With that, #FediMTL is on a bit of break. The pup is asking for a walk, and she's a dawdler, so I may not make it back right on time.

From a Q&A: An important thing to note - as people try to find alternatives to large socials, it doesn't mean it HAS to be federated. Or perhaps just partially federated.

Newsmast is building according to the needs of their communities, and that doesn't always include federation.

There's a lot to say about local community instances. Not EVERYTHING needs to be federated.