Neben dem Workshop morgen Mittag um 12h beim #LCOY24 zum #Fediverse gibt es morgen Abend ab 17:30h noch einen Workshop von @Tommi 🤯 im xhain - Knitting the Internet.

#Berlin

Tommi 🤯

2024-10-22 08:48:03

Knitting Our Internet in Berlin!

How does the Internet actually work? Why is it such a mess? How can we make it better?

Join my free workshop Knitting Our Internet in #Berlin tomorrow to explore these questions and to for their answers, together!

📍 Location: @xHain_hackspace, Grunberger Straße 16, 10243, Friedrichshain, Berlin
🕠 Date and time: Saturday 26 October 2024, from 17:30 until ~18:30

No participation fee, no reservation required, no knowledge or material required. Just come and bring your friends! 💕

I promise: it’s not a complex technical thing, but an participatory collective experience instead. (I have cool stickers too 🤩)

See you tomorrow!

@berlin

#xHain #hackerspace #Fediverse #Internet #InternetHistory #FreeSoftware #centralization #decentralization #SurveillanceCapitalism #antiCapitalism #antiFascism

Knitting Our Internet 🧶

Knitting Our Internet is a face-to-face workshop about the Internet. It consists of an interactive journey through its history and a collective rethinking of its future.

^{Knitting Our Internet}

:fediverse: Fediverse Sprechstunde!
🗓️ am Donnerstag 24.10.2024, 19:30 Uhr!
ONLINE!

Bist du #neu oder #neuhier in der Welt des Fediverse? Kein Problem! Wir helfen dir bei den ersten Schritten: Profil einrichten, Sicherheitstipps, Posten und Vernetzung. Sei dabei!

Eingeladen sind auch alle, die bereits Erfahrungen mit Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed, Misskey oder anderen Anwendungen haben und ihr Wissen gerne weitergeben möchten.

:fediverse: Wissensaustausch: Deine Kenntnisse im Fediverse könnten anderen Teilnehmern sehr nützlich sein, besonders denjenigen, die noch neu in der Community sind.
:fediverse: Networking: Dies ist eine hervorragende Gelegenheit, sich mit anderen engagierten Mitgliedern der Gemeinschaft zu vernetzen und neue Kontakte zu knüpfen.
:fediverse: Ideen und Inspiration: Deine Perspektive als erfahrener Benutzer oder Betreiber einer Instanz kann dazu beitragen, innovative Ideen zu fördern und die Zukunft des Fediverse mitzugestalten.

Der Raum wird 10 Minuten vor Beginn geöffnet.
Der Link: kommt noch

Das Online-Treffen findet auf unserem BigBlueButton-Server statt. Du benötigst keine zusätzliche Software, sondern nur einen Browser – vorzugsweise Firefox oder Chrome – ein Mikrofon (es handelt sich schließlich um eine Sprechstunde) und, wenn du möchtest, eine Webcam. Wir freuen uns auf einen lebhaften Austausch! 🎙️ 🙋‍♀️

Der Ablauf der Sprechstunde sieht folgendermaßen aus: Zu Beginn geben wir Tipps und Hinweise für Anfänger und Einsteiger. Anschließend geht es um Ratschläge für Instanzbetreiber und Moderatoren. Ein solcher Austausch ist wichtig und notwendig für eine gute Vernetzung untereinander. Es wird nicht nur um Mastodon gehen, denn die Welt des Fediverse ist weitaus größer. Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander.

Je mehr mitmachen, desto besser!

#FediverseSpechstunde
#MastodonBeginner
#Mastodon
#MastodonSprechstunde
#Fediverse
#socialmedia

Das Fediverse heißt natürlich immer noch Fediverse und nicht SocialWeb. Außerdem gibt es keine Dachorganisation für das Fediverse. Das würde bedeuten, dass ich mich darunter organisieren müsste, was einen zentralistischen Ansatz impliziert, der einer dezentralen Struktur widerspricht.

Was es höchstens ist, eine Lobbyorganisation, die das Protokoll ActivityPub voranbringen will. Das ist zunächst in Ordnung, wenn die Weiterentwicklung des Protokolls davon getrennt wird. Hier sehe ich aber schon einige Interessenskonflikte, die auch in den letzten Äußerungen von @Evan Prodromou deutlich geworden sind.

♲ DigitalNaiv = Stefan Pfeiffer - 2024-09-27 10:44:03 GMT

Das #Fediverse hat jetzt eine Organisation!
Das Prinzip des Fediverse ist dezentral. Eigentlich können alle tun uns lassen, was sie wollen, solange sie sich an das ActivityPub-Protokoll des W3-Consortiums hält. Die Social Web Foundation will sich jetzt aber darum kümmern, dass das Netzwerk wächst und gedeiht, so @kaffeeringe und fügt hinzu Das Fediverse heißt damit jetzt „Social Web“ und ich denke, dass das eine treffendere Beschreibung ist.
#SocialWeb
kaffeeringe.de/2024/09/25/das-…

Bonjour.
Marre des #fachos sur #Diaspora et des copains de fachos, genre #Souverainistes et autres #Trolls #troll soit-disant à gauche !!
Je cherche un #RéseauSocial avec une réelle #Modération du #racisme ainsi que tout ce qui dédiabolise le racisme. Par exemple, à exclure les gens qui se font passer pour être de de #gauche, mais qui sont en fait de #droite (les fameux trolls à gauche) et potes avec les fachos, vu leur délire #Souverainiste.

#Mastodon ? #Friendica ?

Je ne veux pas juste une #instance qui dit vouloir lutter contre le #racisme, je veux une #instance qui BLOQUE les #Puants.
J'ai des pistes (des #instances), mais je ne veux pas me fixer à la légère, vos avis comptent.

J'avoue, une personne ici, en particulier (que je ne nomme pas), j'attends son avis... 😀
(précision : une instance avec les inscriptions ouvertes, + dans le #Fediverse !)

A pluche. 😀
https://jointhefediverse.net/join

IFTAS is happy to announce the public availability of our DSA Guide for Decentralized Services – a practical guide for small and micro services that are subject to the EU’s Digital Services Act.

If your server has member accounts in the EU, or is publicly viewable in the EU, your service is most likely impacted by this regulation, even if you are not based or hosted in the EU.

Developed in collaboration with the great people at Tremau, our DSA Guide is designed to help independent social media service providers navigate these complex regulations and achieve compliance with these new rules without compromising the unique qualities of federated, open social networks.

As part of our Needs Assessment activities, we’ve heard a repeated need for help understanding the complex regulatory landscape that decentralized services need to consider, and this DSA Guide is the first of many in our plan to provide clear, actionable guidance to a range of regulations for the community.

As of February 2024, all online services and digital platforms that offer services in the European Union are required to be fully compliant with the DSA.

However, various portions of the DSA are not applicable to “small and micro” services, and this guide will show you clearly which parts apply and which do not.

For administrators of platforms like Mastodon, PeerTube, and Pixelfed, the DSA Guide can help demystify the requirements and offer practical advice on achieving compliance for the over 27,000 independent operators of these and other decentralized social media services who otherwise may not be able to obtain the guidance and advice that larger operations can afford to invest in.

Download the DSA Guide for Decentralized Fediverse Services.

To join the discussion, visit our community chat service at https://matrix.to/#/#space:matrix.iftas.org or stay tuned to join our community portal in the coming weeks!

https://about.iftas.org/2024/04/09/dsa-guide-for-the-fediverse/

#ActivityPub #BetterSocialMedia #DSA #Fediverse

IFTAS

2024-04-09 12:02:00

IFTAS is happy to announce the public availability of our DSA Guide for Decentralized Services – a practical guide for small and micro services that are subject to the EU’s Digital Services Act.

If your server has member accounts in the EU, or is publicly viewable in the EU, your service is most likely impacted by this regulation, even if you are not based or hosted in the EU.

Developed in collaboration with the great people at Tremau, our DSA Guide is designed to help independent social media service providers navigate these complex regulations and achieve compliance with these new rules without compromising the unique qualities of federated, open social networks.

As part of our Needs Assessment activities, we’ve heard a repeated need for help understanding the complex regulatory landscape that decentralized services need to consider, and this DSA Guide is the first of many in our plan to provide clear, actionable guidance to a range of regulations for the community.

As of February 2024, all online services and digital platforms that offer services in the European Union are required to be fully compliant with the DSA.

However, various portions of the DSA are not applicable to “small and micro” services, and this guide will show you clearly which parts apply and which do not.

For administrators of platforms like Mastodon, PeerTube, and Pixelfed, the DSA Guide can help demystify the requirements and offer practical advice on achieving compliance for the over 27,000 independent operators of these and other decentralized social media services who otherwise may not be able to obtain the guidance and advice that larger operations can afford to invest in.

Download the DSA Guide for Decentralized Fediverse Services.

To join the discussion, visit our community chat service at https://matrix.to/#/#space:matrix.iftas.org or stay tuned to join our community portal in the coming weeks!

https://about.iftas.org/2024/04/09/dsa-guide-for-the-fediverse/

#ActivityPub #BetterSocialMedia #DSA #Fediverse

The extraterritorial implications of the Digital Services Act - DSA Observatory

Laureline Lemoine & Mathias Vermeulen (AWO) As the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) is gathering speed, a number of non-EU based civil society and research organizations have wondered to what extent the DSA can have an impact on their wo…

^{admin (DSA Observatory)}

Es gibt noch Tickets für das #FediCamp2024 vom 16. bis 21. Juli 2024 in Gedelitz.

Camping am Arsch der Heide mit den tollen #FediWesen, die ihr sonst nur hier im #Fediverse trefft.

Mehr Infos findet ihr unter https://fedi.camp.

Und meinen kleinen Liebesbrief in Videoform zum ersten #Fedicamp gibt es hier:
https://video.dresden.network/videos/watch/2f8850b2-7c72-42ed-bebb-1dadab126a8c

@fedicamp

Ückück / Stephanie Henkel

2022-08-18 09:55:23

Erfahrungsbericht: Fedicamp 2022

Ich war beim Fedicamp 2022!

Und wie schön es war, Teil des ersten Fedicamps zu sein, erfahrt ihr in diesem kurzen Bericht.

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Begrüßung
00:00:39 Wie alles begann - Die Planung
00:01:46 Lokaler Hintergrund
00:02:21 Die Reise beginnt
00:02:50 Campleben
00:04:53 Workshops und andere Highlights
00:09:29 Kommende Camps und Treffen
00:10:07 Fazit

Weiterführende Links:
Website zum Fedicamp - https://fedi.camp/
Website vom Packpapierverlag - https://www.packpapierverlag.de/
Das Gasthof Wiese - https://region-wendland.de/unterkunft/gasthaus-wiese/

Fedicamp

^fedi.camp

Fediverse | Probleme bei der Federation

Es gibt im Fediverse einige Newsbots deren 'Anrisse' bei mir scheinbar ohne Link zum Orginalbeitrag sind. Nehmen wir zum Beispiel diesen Beitrag. Bei mir (Friendica) sieht er so aus:

Sprich es gibt nur einen kurzen Textanriss und ansonsten gar nichts. Gehe ich dann auf den Orginalbeitrag (ebenfalls Friendica), so sieht es so aus:

Nun stellt sich die Frage wo unterwegs das Bild als auch der Link auf der Strecke geblieben sind. Liegt es daran das ich die Vorschau für Links deaktiviert habe? Wenn ja, dann müsste ja doch trotzdem irgendwo der entsprechende Link im Beitrag sein, oder sehe ich das falsch?

Achso, der Vollständigkeit halber findet man hier auch noch die verlinkte Seite bei DW.

#Frage #Fediverse #Friendica #News #LInks #Sascha #2024-03-24 @Friendica Support

Deutsche Welle (inoffiziell)

2024-03-23 15:17:00

Im zweiten Anlauf hat der Start in Baikonur geklappt: Eine neue Crew ist auf dem Weg zur Internationalen Raumstation. Erstmals an Bord: eine Kosmonautin aus Belarus.

Zwei Raumfahrerinnen und ein Kosmonaut unterwegs zur ISS

^{Deutsche Welle}

Note: This post is also available on my website, where it will be periodically updated.

There is a whole science to manipulating our attention. And because there is a lot of money to be made by doing this well, it means we all encounter attempts to manipulate what we pay attention to each day. What is this, and how is it harmful? This post will be the first on a series on the topic.

Why is attention so important?

When people use Facebook, they use it for free. Facebook generally doesn’t even try to sell them anything, yet has billions in revenues. What, then, is Facebook’s product?

Well, really, it’s you. Or, more specifically, your attention. Facebook sells your attention to advertisers. Everything they do is in service to that. They want you to spend more time on the site so they can show you more ads.

(I should say here that I’m using Facebook as an example, but this applies to other social media companies too.)

Seeking to maximize attention

So if your attention is so important to their profit, it follows naturally that they would seek ways to get people to spend more time on their site. And they do. They track all sorts of metrics, including “engagement” (if you click “like”, comment, share, or otherwise interact with content). They know which sorts of things are likely to capture your (and I mean you in specific!) attention and show you that. Your neighbor may have different interests and Facebook judges different things are likely to capture their attention.

Manipulating your attention

Attention turning into money isn’t unique for social media. In fact, in the article If It Bleeds, It Leads: Understanding Fear-Based Media, Psychology Today writes:

In previous decades, the journalistic mission was to report the news as it actually happened, with fairness, balance, and integrity. However, capitalistic motives associated with journalism have forced much of today’s television news to look to the spectacular, the stirring, and the controversial as news stories. It’s no longer a race to break the story first or get the facts right. Instead, it’s to acquire good ratings in order to get advertisers, so that profits soar.

News programming uses a hierarchy of if it bleeds, it leads. Fear-based news programming has two aims. The first is to grab the viewer’s attention. In the news media, this is called the teaser. The second aim is to persuade the viewer that the solution for reducing the identified fear will be in the news story. If a teaser asks, “What’s in your tap water that YOU need to know about?” a viewer will likely tune in to get the up-to-date information to ensure safety.

You’ve probably seen fear-based messages a lot on Facebook. They will highlight messages to liberals about being afraid of what Trump is doing, and to conservatives about being afraid of what Biden is doing. They may or may not even intentionally be doing this; it is their algorithm predicts that those would maximize time and engagement for certain people, so that’s what they see.

Fear leads to controversy

It’s not just fear, though. Social media also loves controversy. There’s nothing that makes people really want to stay on Facebook like anger. See something controversial and you’ll see hundreds or thousands of people are there arguing about it — and in the process, giving Facebook their attention. A quick Internet search will show you numerous articles on how marketing companes can leverage controvery to get attention and engagement with their campaigns.

Consequences of maximizing fear and controversy

What does it mean to society at large — and to you personally — that large companies make a lot of money by maximizing fear and controversy?

The most obvious way is it leads to less common ground. If the posts and reactions that show common ground are never seen because they don’t drive engagement, it poisons the well; left and right hate each other with ever more vigor — a profitable outcome to Facebook, but a poisonous one to all of us.

I have had several friendships lost because I — a liberal in agreement with these friends on political matters — still talk to Trump voters. On the other side, we’ve seen people storm the Michigan statehouse with weapons. How did that level of disagreement — and even fear behind it — get so firmly embedded in our society? Surely the fact that social media shows us things designed to stimulate fear and anger must play a role.

What does it do to our ability to have empathy for, and understand, others? The Facebook groups I’ve been in for like-minded people have largely been flooded with memes calling the President “rump” and other things clearly designed to make people angry or fearful. It’s a worthless experience, and not just that, but it’s a harmful experience.

When our major media — TV and social networks — all are optimizing for fear, anger, and controvesry, we have a society beholden to fear, anger, and controvesy.

In my next installment, I’m going to talk about what to do about this, including the decentralized social networks of the Fediverse that are specifically designed to put you back in charge of your attention.

Update 2020-12-16: There are two followup articles for this: how to join the Fediverse and non-creepy technology purchasing and gifting guides. The latter references the FSF’s page on software manipulation towards addiction, which is particularly relevant to this topic.

https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10119-how-the-attention-economy-hurts-you-via-social-media-sites-like-facebook

#anger #facebook #fear #fediverse #socialmedia

John Goerzen

2020-12-16 05:38:45

Note: this page is also available on my webiste, where it will be periodically updated.

In a recent post, I wrote about how the attention economy in use at big social networks hurts you.

In this post, I’m going to suggest what to do about it.

Mastodon and the Fediverse

When you use email, you can send a message from an account at Google to one at Yahoo, Microsoft, or any of millions of businesses and organizations running their own mail server. Unlike, say, Facebook, email isn’t a single service, but rather a whole bunch of independent systems that can communicate (or federate) with each other.

The Fediverse is similar, and the most advanced Fediverse client is Mastodon.

Mastodon:

• Lets you easily migrate your account from one Mastodon instance to another, similar to how you can migrate a phone number from one carrier to another
• Lets you communicate with users across the Fediverse (other Mastodon instances, and those running other software too)
• Supports very high-quality conversations through sensible moderation controls

It’s easy to get started! Head over to joinmastodon.org and click “Get Started”. Pick a community — don’t worry, this isn’t a hugely consequential decision, as you can always move or change later. You can browse activity from across the Fediverse, or just on your local community, so if you find a community with similar interests, it can be a neat way to find others to follow.

If you’re looking for more details, mastodon.help has a nice guide.

Defeating the Attention Economy

So, why does Mastodon make a difference?

First of all, you get to pick your host (and even software). With Twitter, you pretty much are using Twitter (yes, I know of things like Hootsuite, but for the vast majority of people, it’s twitter.com only). With Mastodon, you have choice. Pick the host that runs the software and has the kind of moderation you like.

Secondly, Mastodon is not for profit. There is no money to be made in keeping you on the site. Almost all Mastodon instances are ad-free. And Mastodon’s completely open protocols make it easy to go elsewhere if you like.

It’s Not Just Mastodon!

There are plenty of other programs in the Fediverse. And, this is really key, they all interact with each other. You can share photos in Pixelfed (sort of like a federated Instagram) and see them and comment in Mastodon! Some things to point out:

• Pixelfed is federated image sharing
• Peertube is federated video sharing

And there are many others.

This blog, for instance, runs WordPress and uses an ActivityPub connector; comments from the Fediverse integrate here.

Find me in the Fediverse

You can look me up: just type in @jgoerzen in the search box of any Mastodon instance and click Follow. You can also follow this blog at @jgoerzen.

https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10124-how-to-join-the-fediverse-and-cast-off-the-attention-economy

#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia

Mastodon - Decentralized social media

Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

^{joinmastodon.org}

Note: this page is also available on my webiste, where it will be periodically updated.

In a recent post, I wrote about how the attention economy in use at big social networks hurts you.

In this post, I’m going to suggest what to do about it.

Mastodon and the Fediverse

When you use email, you can send a message from an account at Google to one at Yahoo, Microsoft, or any of millions of businesses and organizations running their own mail server. Unlike, say, Facebook, email isn’t a single service, but rather a whole bunch of independent systems that can communicate (or federate) with each other.

The Fediverse is similar, and the most advanced Fediverse client is Mastodon.

Mastodon:

• Lets you easily migrate your account from one Mastodon instance to another, similar to how you can migrate a phone number from one carrier to another
• Lets you communicate with users across the Fediverse (other Mastodon instances, and those running other software too)
• Supports very high-quality conversations through sensible moderation controls

It’s easy to get started! Head over to joinmastodon.org and click “Get Started”. Pick a community — don’t worry, this isn’t a hugely consequential decision, as you can always move or change later. You can browse activity from across the Fediverse, or just on your local community, so if you find a community with similar interests, it can be a neat way to find others to follow.

If you’re looking for more details, mastodon.help has a nice guide.

Defeating the Attention Economy

So, why does Mastodon make a difference?

First of all, you get to pick your host (and even software). With Twitter, you pretty much are using Twitter (yes, I know of things like Hootsuite, but for the vast majority of people, it’s twitter.com only). With Mastodon, you have choice. Pick the host that runs the software and has the kind of moderation you like.

Secondly, Mastodon is not for profit. There is no money to be made in keeping you on the site. Almost all Mastodon instances are ad-free. And Mastodon’s completely open protocols make it easy to go elsewhere if you like.

It’s Not Just Mastodon!

There are plenty of other programs in the Fediverse. And, this is really key, they all interact with each other. You can share photos in Pixelfed (sort of like a federated Instagram) and see them and comment in Mastodon! Some things to point out:

• Pixelfed is federated image sharing
• Peertube is federated video sharing

And there are many others.

This blog, for instance, runs WordPress and uses an ActivityPub connector; comments from the Fediverse integrate here.

Find me in the Fediverse

You can look me up: just type in @jgoerzen in the search box of any Mastodon instance and click Follow. You can also follow this blog at @jgoerzen.

https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10124-how-to-join-the-fediverse-and-cast-off-the-attention-economy

#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia

John Goerzen

2020-12-10 18:40:45

Note: This post is also available on my website, where it will be periodically updated.

There is a whole science to manipulating our attention. And because there is a lot of money to be made by doing this well, it means we all encounter attempts to manipulate what we pay attention to each day. What is this, and how is it harmful? This post will be the first on a series on the topic.

Why is attention so important?

When people use Facebook, they use it for free. Facebook generally doesn’t even try to sell them anything, yet has billions in revenues. What, then, is Facebook’s product?

Well, really, it’s you. Or, more specifically, your attention. Facebook sells your attention to advertisers. Everything they do is in service to that. They want you to spend more time on the site so they can show you more ads.

(I should say here that I’m using Facebook as an example, but this applies to other social media companies too.)

Seeking to maximize attention

So if your attention is so important to their profit, it follows naturally that they would seek ways to get people to spend more time on their site. And they do. They track all sorts of metrics, including “engagement” (if you click “like”, comment, share, or otherwise interact with content). They know which sorts of things are likely to capture your (and I mean you in specific!) attention and show you that. Your neighbor may have different interests and Facebook judges different things are likely to capture their attention.

Manipulating your attention

Attention turning into money isn’t unique for social media. In fact, in the article If It Bleeds, It Leads: Understanding Fear-Based Media, Psychology Today writes:

In previous decades, the journalistic mission was to report the news as it actually happened, with fairness, balance, and integrity. However, capitalistic motives associated with journalism have forced much of today’s television news to look to the spectacular, the stirring, and the controversial as news stories. It’s no longer a race to break the story first or get the facts right. Instead, it’s to acquire good ratings in order to get advertisers, so that profits soar.

News programming uses a hierarchy of if it bleeds, it leads. Fear-based news programming has two aims. The first is to grab the viewer’s attention. In the news media, this is called the teaser. The second aim is to persuade the viewer that the solution for reducing the identified fear will be in the news story. If a teaser asks, “What’s in your tap water that YOU need to know about?” a viewer will likely tune in to get the up-to-date information to ensure safety.

You’ve probably seen fear-based messages a lot on Facebook. They will highlight messages to liberals about being afraid of what Trump is doing, and to conservatives about being afraid of what Biden is doing. They may or may not even intentionally be doing this; it is their algorithm predicts that those would maximize time and engagement for certain people, so that’s what they see.

Fear leads to controversy

It’s not just fear, though. Social media also loves controversy. There’s nothing that makes people really want to stay on Facebook like anger. See something controversial and you’ll see hundreds or thousands of people are there arguing about it — and in the process, giving Facebook their attention. A quick Internet search will show you numerous articles on how marketing companes can leverage controvery to get attention and engagement with their campaigns.

Consequences of maximizing fear and controversy

What does it mean to society at large — and to you personally — that large companies make a lot of money by maximizing fear and controversy?

The most obvious way is it leads to less common ground. If the posts and reactions that show common ground are never seen because they don’t drive engagement, it poisons the well; left and right hate each other with ever more vigor — a profitable outcome to Facebook, but a poisonous one to all of us.

I have had several friendships lost because I — a liberal in agreement with these friends on political matters — still talk to Trump voters. On the other side, we’ve seen people storm the Michigan statehouse with weapons. How did that level of disagreement — and even fear behind it — get so firmly embedded in our society? Surely the fact that social media shows us things designed to stimulate fear and anger must play a role.

What does it do to our ability to have empathy for, and understand, others? The Facebook groups I’ve been in for like-minded people have largely been flooded with memes calling the President “rump” and other things clearly designed to make people angry or fearful. It’s a worthless experience, and not just that, but it’s a harmful experience.

When our major media — TV and social networks — all are optimizing for fear, anger, and controvesry, we have a society beholden to fear, anger, and controvesy.

In my next installment, I’m going to talk about what to do about this, including the decentralized social networks of the Fediverse that are specifically designed to put you back in charge of your attention.

Update 2020-12-16: There are two followup articles for this: how to join the Fediverse and non-creepy technology purchasing and gifting guides. The latter references the FSF’s page on software manipulation towards addiction, which is particularly relevant to this topic.

https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10119-how-the-attention-economy-hurts-you-via-social-media-sites-like-facebook

#anger #facebook #fear #fediverse #socialmedia

Managing depression requires you to mind your media intake.

News programming uses a hierarchy of. "if it bleeds, it leads." If you live with depression, read on for why fear-based media may not be good for your mental health.

^{Deborah Serani Psy.D. (Psychology Today)}