He says X is for freedom of speech, and it is an everything app
but, freedom can’t exist without privacy.
Everything app = monopoly = all in one
Your posting this on KBin which implements the twitter style fediverse API and federates with Mastodon.
Click the microblog button … Behold twitter replacement
One does not have to switch from something that was never used.
Twitter has been a short form outrage machine since the beginning.
The interesting thing about Twitter is how it shows how a significant part of our society works. It is kind of about amplifying fame and suggesting that we should all cares about meaningless 240 character posts or what these guys think.
That news media types love Twitter is kind of an indictment of how news works.
This is a wildly over generalized take.
Twitter was also an important tool for journalists and researchers worldwide. Military targets have come from Twitter posts. It is a reflection of a huge chunk of society. You may as well call all of internet technology “just a porn box” for how wildly over generalized that statement is. The reality is your generalization comes from arrogance. “I never engaged in such frivolous behavior”. You’re here now. Yes you have and yes you do.
Even your comment is the first cousin of outrage, it’s pure disdain. Nothing more or less, and exactly as valuable as outrage.
I’ve been on Mastodon since October last year.
Don’t get the official app, get Tusky. Then look under “federated” and follow the people you like. You can also search for a particular topic and follow that topic instead.
I second following hashtags when you first start out on Mastodon. It’s probably the best method of discovery right now, since there is no algorithm feeding you constantly.
If you like Mastodon but miss that Twitter layout, I’d suggest looking up Elk. It’s a web client version which can be installed, I’m very impressed so far.
Switched to Mastodon end of last year.
Mastodon, easily Mastodon. I love it!
You’re still on twitter? Why?
Currently looking for alternative I guess
Mastodon. Seems like the logical choice, considering you’re already on the fediverse, and a lot of people already moved to Mastodon when Musk bought Twitter.
I found it hard to get interaction
Download Tusky and find people in the federated tab. Also search for topics and follow those.
Start following tags and people, even if you don’t know them very well.
Can you do this in kbin?
Yes click on microblogs and you will see a ton of mastodon content. If you see someone ypu want to follow, you can.
Also if you’re in a mag that has selected tags the microblog section of that mag is just whatever is posted on mastodons under those tags.
If we get enough people, you can get your interaction
An alternative to do what exactly? To just follow people? What about you follow no one?
DM, blog posting, no censorship plz
no censorship plz
Sorry but that is a farcical expectation. All sites will have rules about what can and cannot be posted and will have to follow the laws of the country the server is based in.
I recommend Mastodon!
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Well I just found an Decentralized social platform called WireMin.
They claim they are for 100% censorship resistance &100%Privacy due to its decentralized structure.
Somehow decentralized can acheive that right? I mean no censorship.
I haven’t heard of WireMin until now. Looking at their FAQs, they have a lot of promises and not much to back them up. There’s a lot of red flags here
- Closed source. It appears to be totally proprietary, so you can’t look at the source code to ensure that they aren’t lying about their product
- They will be introducing microtransactions into their chat app; likely using cryptocurrency.
- It’s full of web3 crypto nonsense. It seems to me the only real plan to fund development is to be bought out by a large investor in the future.
Good point, I saw this on their FAQ page too, not sure if it could explain some.
Hadn’t hear of this. Looked into it a bit.
The fact it requires a specific piece of software, even on desktop, puts it one step from (old) Twitter to me.
Even things like Discord - while very much not the same in other ways - has a web version that runs in a browser. Ditto the early 00’s instant messaging apps.
Also, the decentralisation seems to all be under the control of the one company(?). They say “no single entity controlling it” but there’s not much further detail. I might be mistaken, but it doesn’t seem like the Fediverse’s version of decentralisation, at least at first glance.
Moving further(?) into tinfoil hat territory: The founder’s name is very similar to that of a late Reddit founder, which is worth a double-take. Funny coincidence? Fake name? Either way might be playing on the coincidence? etc. etc. Hard to tell. Dude’s probably legit, right?
b) A few of the web links for it were in Chinese, but that’s probably a red herring. Translation suggests people in China are using it to get around certain internet issues.
Maybe I’m just suspicious of new things.
I even ask their customer service about this “no single entity controlling it”
@woshang I got kicked off Twit years ago. Once Elon took over and let loose the Putinistas and authoritarians, there was no reason to go back to that cesspool of hate and misinformation
Mastodon obviously but also giving bluesky a shot
I want to move to bluesky so bad but I just can’t get a damn invite. I applied via email months ago. This is their moment & I kinda feel like the invite system is holding them back. (But I do understand why it was implemented.)
Edit: omg you guys are so sweet. I only just started using this place but I’m sold. You’re awesome!
I’ve had a Mastodon account since 2018, but I officially moved from twitter last year. I also have a firefish/calckey account and and akkoma one.
I prefer Firefish. Its features allow me to use it as a mix of twitter and tumblr. For something extrictly twitter-like, I’ll go for Akkoma as I find Mastodon to be lacking some important characteristics and its minimalistic design to be uninviting.
Mastodon and Firefish have been good alternatives for me, not to mention, they’re part of the same fediverse as KBin
#kbin which is like reddit + twitter. Somethings I post as threads (like reddit) some things I post as posts (like twitter). Then I hop between the two when reading. Posts fall under microblogs and federates with Mastodon. So it is like having thing I need in one account.
