Andy Balaam @andybalaam@mastodon.social

IF YOU USE OPEN SOURCE STUFF in the course of your day-to-day, consider sending the maintainer a thank you note: https://www.thankyouopensource.com/

OSS can be really thankless, and this tiny note can make a world of difference.

"What is ActivityPub and how will it change the Internet?". Nice post by @jdormit!

https://jeremydormitzer.com/blog/what-is-activitypub-and-how-will-it-change-the-internet/

(The only thing I'd challenge is the bit about needing lots more users to compete with Facebook and Twitter - I think most active users here would say that the fediverse is doing well already & it doesn't have to become a wholesale Facebook/Twitter-slayer for it to be good and useful! I think in general we - I'm guilty of it too - spend too much time focusing on & comparing with them!)

Questions for y'all:
1. What's been the best thing about using WordPress? Feature/plugin/anything
2. What's the worst thing about using WordPress?

Thank you!

Just published a short guide for finding stuff on #PeerTube, along with how you actually subscribe to channels.

I have a number of channel recommendations for anyone that's wondering "Where the heck do I watch stuff?"

https://medium.com/we-distribute/getting-started-with-peertube-ec5dbf007058

(eternal apologies to everyone that might gripe, I'm still working on a Medium replacement)

I just realised peer tube is an offshoot of mastodon (or at very least, compatible). I can add peer tube accounts to mastodon and they appear in my time line..that's pretty cool

The #EU Parliament votes on the Copyright Directive, including Articles 11 & 13, are due this Wednesday. If the EU were to vote for 11 & 13 in their original forms, it would have a chilling effect on political discourse, curtail freedom of speech & endanger the #Fediverse .

If you live in the EU (that still includes the UK) get in touch with your MEPs and say to them you oppose 11 & 13. Include your name & address to prove you are a constituent.

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/robocopyright-returns
https://act.openmedia.org/savethelink-call

There's an interesting community project on here called #Trunk:

https://communitywiki.org/trunk

It's a list of people to follow on the #Fediverse, organised by category. You can follow people individually, or follow entire category lists.

You can add yourself to the list by sending a message to one of the site admins. Remember to include which category/categories you want to be listed in.

(via @eloisa )

#Mastodon #NewHere #Federation

Just found out about Trunk, a tool that helps you find Masto users with specific interests: https://communitywiki.org/trunk
You can add yourself there (other people cannot add you).

It's also cool because it seems to be by the creator(s)? of Oddmuse, a wiki engine. I started making a website in it a good year ago. Very slow progress on that one, though...

I had an 11-year old, verified account with over 30,000 followers, I’ve been to the Twitter offices twice, once when they were a 30-people company for a meeting with Ev Williams.

I pulled the plug.

https://medium.com/@thomasfuchs/good-riddance-twitter-a572bdf0fb73

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