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It's brief, around 25:15

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo


If you've been sitting on making a post about your favorite instance, this could be a good opportunity to do so.

Going by our registration applications, a lot of people are learning about the fediverse for the first time and they're excited about the idea. I've really enjoyed reading through them :)

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[–] [email protected] 296 points 1 month ago (19 children)

I wish he had mentioned Lemmy, but it's understandable that he didn't. Also Bluesky isn't an alternative to big tech, it IS big tech. I wish it wasn't stealing so much of our publicity lately.

But beggars can't be choosers, and we have seen some nice growth over the past couple months. John Oliver fans are the perfect candidates to join the fediverse, hopefully some of them find their way to Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm really not happy about bluesky their fragmentation of the fediverse protocols is only going to harm us in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (8 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I’m really not happy about bluesky their fragmentation of the fediverse protocols

shrug, I wish they were with us, but they are also a big ole corporate entity, so I'm kind ok with us staying our our side of the fence. As they need to implement payment and corporate protections to their network, we're free to be free over here.

is only going to harm us in the long run.

We don't have to play ball. not with them anyway,

I think, If we have any credible threat, it's going to be from the Governmental gross anti-tampering laws, forced moderation, or backup regulations. They could make it legally difficulty for us to exist.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Agreed, but at least Bluesky is a public benefit corporation, so it supposed to take in the needs of society as well as profit in its decision-making. That may not be much, but it's a start.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I'm not familiar with the details of that, but it seems like more of a red herring to me. A form of controlled opposition to divert people away from truly revolutionary platforms.

Of course it has to seem like a plausible alternative, but is it actually decentralized or altruistic enough to make a meaningful difference? I think not.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Public benefit corporation" is such an oxymoron, I know it's cliché to say this but it reads like something out of 1984.

If your goal is truly to benefit the public, why wouldn't you start a non-profit? It's because they want profits, which will always be at odds with the interests of the public.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Also Bluesky isn't an alternative to big tech, it IS big tech. I wish it wasn't stealing so much of our publicity lately.

This; I'm so sick of hearing it pop up when people mention alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure anyone mentions bluesky as an alternative to big tech.

Pretty sure they only mention it as an alternative to musk/X.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

This right here, the everyday person doesn't know what federation is let alone believes that it's an alternative to federated platforms. They see it as a better Twitter that's not run by Musk and honestly that's all they need to know.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (6 children)

John Oliver fans are the perfect candidates to join the fediverse, hopefully some of them find their way to Lemmy.

Too late - we are already here!:-P

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Indirectly, looking up "John Oliver Mastodon" brings up this post in the top few. "John Oliver Pixelfed" has this post as the first option

So we're not completely left out :)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Exactly, don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Someone using BlueSky over Twitter is a good thing.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

Yeah I think it's best we don't advertise this place. It's a little strange.

[–] [email protected] 146 points 1 month ago (28 children)

Come to Lemmy, we got: blood thirsty Linux users, furries, femboys, communists, and tankies. Also, porn.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The porn is sadly lacking, actuallly.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Be the change you want to see

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ain't nobody wanna see that.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't forget the Trekkies.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Does that ~~Late Show~~ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver have a presence in the Fediverse?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Someone on mastodon told me, if you haven't found someone on fedi, you are probably not looking hard enough. But no, I don't think they are on fedi

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Someone is wrong lol. NFL, for example, cannot do anything outside of Twitter at this time. They are apparently working on it, but it's gotta be implemented league-wide, so it's taking some time. Idk if they're even trying to get onto Mastodon, last I heard it was just Bluesky.

This is a large org with hundreds of millions of fans, with no presence on Fediverse really. I'm sure there are mirror accounts, but none are official.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago (8 children)

It's crazy how the wind changed. Does anyone remeber the almost exact same thing 4 years ago, when people on the right side of political spectrum shared alternatives to big tech from their point ov view? GAB.COM, PARLER, BRAVE, DUCKDUCKGO etc

XD

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Duckduckgo? That's just a search engine, no?

I agree on the rest of the parts tho

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yeah, odd inclusion. Duckduckgo is indeed a search enginge, but it's essentially just a front end for Bing.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

DDG and Brave were pushed as "censorship free" alternatives, back when I was looking into covid disinformation, because the very obviously fake websites would sometimes rank higher on them

There may be more to it though

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago

This is fantastic to see.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (19 children)

Bluesky will be the next Twitter. Just give it some time

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I say give it three years and blue sky will just be a neolib twitter

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

Not friendica, which seems an obvious facebook alternative.

Also, I think they're onto something with their fuck it approach that every social media platform would benefit from. The internet was mostly that before. Content moderation primarily serves advertisers, it was never really for the people. Old internet anarchy was chaotic fun.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

One of the few decent TV hosts. His reporting on Palestine breaks with the anti-Palestinian censorship that dominates US media.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I’m sure he’s going to be facing lawsuits from Краснов and Wormtongue any day now.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago
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