Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Conversations on this subject</strong></p>
A. It sounds like you’ve got a detailed plan — good luck in your work!
Q. As I outline in my posts, our work isn’t going anywhere because the grassroots have been hollowed out. My focus now is to build bridges to the #mainstreaming in an effort to make compost to refill that grassroots soil. What I argue for, in a practical sense, is that we’ve already spent 20 years working in alternative paths, and this approach likely still works.
We have a rare opportunity with the current […]
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hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention">@<span>evan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/author/evanprodromou/" class="u-url mention">@<span>evanprodromou</span></a></span> </p><p>We have an opportunity with the current bridging of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>openweb</span></a> back to mainstreaming with ActivityPub to be the change we need, it would be a disaster to fuck this up in the era of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climatechaos</span></a> and the hard shift to the right.</p><p>Please keep this in mind when organising events for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SWF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SWF</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FreeOur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOur</span></a> Feeds is overseen by these nine: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NabihaSyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NabihaSyed</span></a>, executive director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> Foundation; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RobinBerjon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobinBerjon</span></a>, independent technologist; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarkSurman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkSurman</span></a>, president at Mozilla Foundation; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MalloryKnodel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MalloryKnodel</span></a>, executive director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a>; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EliPariser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EliPariser</span></a>, co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Avaaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Avaaz</span></a>; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PhilBeaudoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilBeaudoin</span></a>, entrepreneur; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarcFaddoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcFaddoul</span></a>, co-founder of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIForensics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIForensics</span></a>; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DeeptiDoshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeeptiDoshi</span></a>, co-director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/New_" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>New_</span></a> Public; and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SherifElsayedAli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SherifElsayedAli</span></a>, executive director at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FutureofTechnologyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureofTechnologyInstitute</span></a>.</p><p>And the group arrives with endorsements from a set of celebrities, academics, entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists, and activists, including Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Harvard Business School Professor Emerita Shoshana Zuboff, Incredible Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo, and activist and author Cory Doctorow.”</p><p>So this is the kind of grab bag technology Mozilla is backing to “secure the Internet” while slurping user data?</p><p><<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/free_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/01/14/fre</span><span class="invisible">e_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/</span></a>></p>
Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:<p><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Dorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dorsey</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> and <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/NoBusinessCase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBusinessCase</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> füllt mit einer Pressemitteilungen mein Digital-Bullshit-Bingo schneller als Heise in einer Woche. </p><p><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/who-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prnewswire.com/news-releases/w</span><span class="invisible">ho-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html</span></a></p><p>Schon allein, dass man 30 Millionen Dollar mininum braucht, um einen zweiten (!) Bluesky-Relay zu betreiben, klingt für jeden der tausenden meist spendenfinanzierten Mastodon-Admins wahnwitzig.</p><p>Wie so ein Kuckuck legt <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> dem <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> sein Ei ins Nest. 🪺</p>
Fedizen ⁂ Fediverse News<p>»<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EvanProdromou" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EvanProdromou</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention">@<span>evan</span></a></span>, the research director at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> and one of the people overseeing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> protocol, catches us up on all things social.« <a href="https://www.theverge.com/the-vergecast/618904/electric-cars-robotaxis-activitypub-fediverse-vergecast?Fedizen.EU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/the-vergecast/618</span><span class="invisible">904/electric-cars-robotaxis-activitypub-fediverse-vergecast?Fedizen.EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fedizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fedizen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Evan Prodromou<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andypiper</span></a></span> I hope it went amazing! <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> has a big presence at <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/RightsCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightsCon</span></a> this year.</p><p><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/02/19/social-web-foundation-at-rightscon-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialwebfoundation.org/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/19/social-web-foundation-at-rightscon-2025/</span></a></p>
cacu<p>Billionaires Destroyed the Web But Rebuilding Social Media Is Easier Than You Think | Mallory Knodel </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/pUPpmKUjerM?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/pUPpmKUjerM?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/socialwebfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialwebfoundation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/freeourfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeourfeeds</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/BigTechs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechs</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
Sebastian Lasse<p>Hello <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> </p><p>just another urgent warning about <br><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/swf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swf</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/socialwebfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialwebfoundation</span></a> :</p><p>„Meta now appears to be acknowledging that your DMs (on Threads, Instagram and Facebook) can be fed into its AI system and potentially redistributed. “</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@w7voa@journa.host/113996390182079195" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalcourage.social/@w7voa@j</span><span class="invisible">ourna.host/113996390182079195</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <br><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/techfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfascism</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>In this recent communication, SWICG leadership discuss forming a task force to "approach and facilitate [AI] Avatars and Agents" in ActivityPub, and discuss topics such as "using AI for content filtering" and "for algorithmic feed reading": <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2025Feb/0025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/p</span><span class="invisible">ublic-swicg/2025Feb/0025.html</span></a></p><p>These are the people in charge of the ActivityPub specification, and this discourse is occurring in the <br>context of the chartering of a new working group to oversee the development of AP2. This is where the protocol is going next. Meta is right in the middle of it.</p><p>This is why it's critical to lend support and solidarity to protocol projects pointing beyond ActivityPub like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@spritely" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>spritely</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hackers.town/@VeilidNetwork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VeilidNetwork</span></a></span> , as well as the developers of emerging progressive fediverse services which refuse to align with the Social Web Foundation. And it's why we <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FediPact</span></a></span> advocates and agitators should continue to ring this bell - and zero in on those among us who are selling out the fediverse to a fascist intruder.</p><p>🧵 4/4 end</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>It is completely unacceptable, in this moment, for Meta to have the slightest presence in or influence on this network. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@jat23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jat23</span></a></span> , in their paper on the FediPact movement ( <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241308323" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/</span><span class="invisible">10.1177/20563051241308323</span></a> ), refers to the praxis of "Strategic Closure". Fair and good, but this is a necessarily defensive response. We would argue that it is time for a complimentary offensive opposition. It may not be sufficient to merely batten down the hatches while a corporation with near-totalitarian reach and explicitly fascist intent insinuates itself into the development processes of the protocol underlying the fediverse.</p><p>The leadership of the W3C SWICG ActivityPub working group - and by extension, of the Social Web Foundation, their gambit to privatize and de-democratize the evolution of the protocol - have discredited themselves by colluding with the Zuckerberg entity and accepting its bribes. They do not deserve the trust of the communities and developers of the fedi. They have proven themselves incapable of responsibly wielding the power to shape the future of the fediverse they claim for themselves.</p><p>🧵 3/4</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>There is now a notable influx into the fedi of folks trying to escape the Meta networks, both occurring organically and due to the Pixelfed boom and efforts like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSwitchDay</span></a> (and not at all, btw, because of the Threads bridge). But does this network really offer them that refuge?</p><p>Meta's own terms indicate that they are ingesting the profile data of every account behind every toot that crosses the bridge. That means that new users may be showing up here from FB or IG, setting up profiles with details that match those of their old Meta accounts, then replying to Threads posts unaware that they are still being surveilled by Meta, and that their presence and activities here could be compiled into their identity dossiers back there. The fedi is already serving as a surveillance vector.</p><p>Meta was always an abhorrent monstrosity; but with the recent turn, it has now directly telegraphed itself as a Trumpist organ. It is an explicitly fascist entity colluding with a fascist regime. And anyone who is collaborating with Meta in the fedi and enabling their ability to exercise power here needs also to be understood accordingly.</p><p>🧵 2/4</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>FediPact is now, unambiguously, an antifascist struggle.</p><p>To be sure, it's not the most most important front; not when we see, for example, the bureaucratic precursors to literal trans genocide. But it's not unimportant either.</p><p>There's been a lot of talk around here about the fediverse being a holdout and refuge in an age of fascist capture of capitalist social media. That can and should be true - but is actually not, so long as the Zuckerberg entity continues to be provided the power to manipulate the future of ActivityPub.</p><p>Don't assume that the current status quo will hold or that the threat is waning. Don't assume that Meta will not advance its fediverse integration beyond the current, bizarrely stunted joke of a bridge. Don't forget that they always unilaterally force the next step on us as a sudden surprise with no advance warning.</p><p>🧵 1/4</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
Matthias Pfefferle<p><strong>Social Web After Hours at FOSDEM</strong></p><p>Die Folien meines FOSDEM “Social Web After Hours” Vortrag.</p> <a href="https://notiz.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/fosdem-2025.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fosdem-2025</a><a href="https://notiz.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/fosdem-2025.pdf" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download</a>
Matthias Pfefferle<p>this was such an awesome event!!! it was such a pleasure to meet you all!!!</p><p>(way too much people to @-reply everyone, but I hope you all feel addressed)</p><p>🫶</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fosdem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fosdem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialwebfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialwebfoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>activitypub</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>f you're new to the fediverse and you're trying to escape Facebook or Instagram, you need to know the ugly truth: Certain power-concentrating figures have carried Meta's coat tails right into the fedi and are collaborating with the Zuckerberg entity to help it take over. But it won't work because everyone despises Meta and the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FediPact</span></a></span> movement is standing in the way!</p><p>Article on how to block Meta by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thenexusofprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thenexusofprivacy</span></a></span> : <a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/how-to-block-threads-on-mastodon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">privacy.thenexus.today/how-to-</span><span class="invisible">block-threads-on-mastodon/</span></a></p><p>Database of fediverse community servers that block Meta: <a href="https://fedipact.veganism.social/?v=2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedipact.veganism.social/?v=2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The FediPact itself, where it all started, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vantablack</span></a></span> : <a href="https://fedipact.online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedipact.online/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The Free Fediverse wiki with tons of info on FediPact and Meta's crimes against humanity: <a href="https://freefediverse.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freefediverse.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSwitchDay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>The problem with a campaign encouraging people to escape from Meta by switching to the fediverse is that they're not escaping Meta by switching to the fediverse. Social Web Foundation and SWICG leadership have damaged the fedi's credibility as an alternative by collaborating with the Zuckerberg entity</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSwitchDay</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>Meta is now flagging Linux-related topics as "cybersecurity threats" and blocking the accounts of users and groups who discuss FOSS.</p><p>If the Social Web Foundation and SWICG leadership can't be bothered to care about genocide instigation, privacy invasion, fascism promotion, disinformation, collusion with dictators, the censoring of marginalized communities, labor and child abuse, or nonconsensual behavior modification experiments, maybe NOW they will understand they're serving as the tools of an enemy?</p><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/software/linu</span><span class="invisible">x/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>The inevitable news that Meta is beginning to deploy ads in Threads has traveled quickly. Less well-known is that the Social Web Foundation, which has self-assumed stewardship of the future of the fediverse, also sees the introduction of ads into the fedi as an aspect of its mission to commercialize the network.</p><p>That won't be evident if you visit the Mission page of SWF's website today. which displays the expected press-release happytalk about sustainability and "social infrastructure": <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/mission/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialwebfoundation.org/missio</span><span class="invisible">n/</span></a></p><p>However, an archive.org backup of the text copy on this page from September 2024, shortly following the organization's launch, reveals a passage that was then quickly removed: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240925094541/https://socialwebfoundation.org/mission/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2024092509</span><span class="invisible">4541/https://socialwebfoundation.org/mission/</span></a></p><p>The passage reads: "The Fediverse cannot thrive without people building clients or running providers. And to do those things, they need money. Whether that’s advertising supported, or funded by charities and non-profits, or based on paid-for services, or affiliate revenue, we are working to find ways that companies can do well in the Fediverse."</p><p>The Research Director of SWF also leads the W3C ActivityPub working group and has provided Meta with several seats at the table around which ongoing development of the protocol is decided. And in a January 12 blog post following Meta's intensified embrace of fascism, SWF reaffirmed its partnership with them and rejected the validity of defederating Threads: <a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/12/content-policy-on-the-social-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialwebfoundation.org/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">1/12/content-policy-on-the-social-web/</span></a></p><p>We can presume that the Social Web Foundation sees the introduction of ads on Threads as just another step in the mission it shares with Meta - the normalization of surveillance capitalism on the fediverse</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>In the last 2 days, Social Web Foundation partner and W3C ActivityPub working group participant Meta has blocked and hid the posts of abortion pill providers. <a href="https://archive.is/TnwMw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/TnwMw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Neither SWF or SWICG has condemned the action. Why do these organizations continue to provide the Zuckerberg entity with influence in determining the future of the fediverse?</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a></p>
ophiocephalic 🐍<p>In the last few weeks Social Web Foundation partner Meta has:</p><p>💀 Donated $1 million to the inauguration fund of the new fascist dictator<br>💀 Fired its fact-checkers<br>💀 Changed its hate-speech rules to allow calling women "household objects", Mexicans "pieces of shit" and trans folk "mentally ill"<br>💀 Killed its DEI programs<br>💀 Made its workplaces more hostile to trans employees<br>💀 Hosted an "AI Hitler"<br>💀 Censored links to fellow Social Web Foundation partner Pixelfed<br>💀 Subjected users to force-follows of the rulers of the fascist regime<br>💀 Suppressed searches of Democrat-associated topics</p><p>Yet the Social Web Foundation continues to accept Meta as a partner in good standing, and more to the point, continues to accept Meta's money. And the SWICG - The WC3's ActivityPub working group - continues to offer Meta a seat at the table for discussions on the future of the fediverse. Why?</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefederateMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefederateMeta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWICG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SWICG</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a></p>
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