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for Mastodon... welcome!
Here are some things you should know about security and privacy on Mastodon.
https://grahamcluley.com/mastodon-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-security-and-privacy/
(Please boost/reshare if you think a #TwitterRefugee would benefit from this. Thanks!)
Mastodon: What you need to know for your security and privacy
Mastodon is hot right now. After some years of only being used by geeks (yes, I've had an account for a while now) it's at the tipping point of becoming…Graham Cluley
Government agencies and businesses now need to understand this and understand it well. Musk may cut you off from #Twitter without warning, at any time, on any whim. You are unsafe depending on Twitter for anything going forward. Make your plans now to extricate yourself from the Twitter platform, before you become the next victim of his impulsive and deeply toxic behavior.
To the right, “free speech” isn’t what we conventionally understand it to be. It’s not a general right to speak freely; to them it’s their right to speak without consequences, while cracking down on their critics.
#elonmusk #twitter #socialmedia #freespeech
Please help us spread the word about this #bipoc conference in #Oakland #California.
We're offering 20% off with promo code MASTODON. #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday
We are giving free tickets to people who have been laid off with promo code LAIDOFF.
https://techintersections.org
The event includes an #ally skills workshop for supporters of #woc.
tallship (@tallship@obo.sh)
71 Posts, 12 Following, 14 Followers · Skackware, OpenBSD, and a bit of a Debiantard. FOSS and Privacy Advocate.OBO.SH - no censorship. any. period.
This is the form letter you receive if you submit a Data Erasure Request for your deactivated account.
It has been 33 days since I sent my request and Twitter has failed to comply with it. I have now escalated the issue to the Irish Data Protection Commission with a formal complaint against Twitter.
You can file your own Twitter Data Erasure Request and keep track of it at https://yourdigitalrights.org/d/twitter.com
Heads up, @noybeu
#twitter #gdpr #Article17
Twitter.com - Delete Your Account or Get a Copy of Your Data | YourDigitalRights.org
Request account deletion or a copy of your personal data from Twitter.com quickly and easily using this free service.YourDigitalRights.org
Again, very "you can't fire me, I QUIT!" energy, only it's the opposite way--"you can't quit, I'M FIRING YOU!"
Pathetic.
I Was Wrong About Mastodon – EscapingTech
I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn't scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size.Marcus Hutchins (escapingtech.com)
We discuss why deleting your Twitter account may be a very bad idea, how the police unravelled the #iSpoof fraud gang, and take a trip into interplanetary file-systems.
Find "Smashing Security" in your favourite podcast app, or listen at https://www.smashingsecurity.com/300
Thanks to everyone who has listened, appeared on the show, or supported us! 🙏
#cybersecurity #twitter #ipfs #phishing #privacy
300: Interplanetary file systems, iSpoof, and don't delete Twitter
Why deleting your Twitter account may be a very bad idea, how the police unravelled the iSpoof fraud gang, and a trip into outer space (or at least interplanetary file systems).Smashing Security
Sure seems like Twitter is suspending accounts when you try to deactivate them. Very "you can't fire me, I QUIT!" energy
What are the hardest hitting points I should put in that spiel? (though odds are if someone hasn't left Twitter yet, theyrenot gonna...)
I could also talk about alternatives, why/why not you should use them. Hive, post, bluesky, mastodon... What else is there? What should I say for or against them?
#technology #tech #twitter #elon #musk #twittermigration
Besides, those who praise Twitter might be surprised at how many people can be empowered by nonprofit social media where there are no promoted accounts and no algorithms that make lots of users invisible.
Take your time and rebuild communities on platforms that don't exist to serve ads and can't be bought by far right oligarchs.
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Vintage TechCrunch (2008):
"The Bearhug" - Steve Gillmor
https://techcrunch.com/2008/08/15/the-bearhug/
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Seriously dude, so grateful for everything you've done and continue doing, here and everywhere...
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#Twitter #Mastodon #RSS #TwitterMigration #Fediverse #Technology #Federated #Montreal #OpenSource #CDNTech #Software
Felt dread all the time. Regularly driven to tears or worse. Stress manifesting as physical discomfort. Learned to walk on eggshells and feel shame and terror over spontaneous levity or genuine self expression.
Twitter did not necessarily have widespread and robust conversations about what trauma might look like in terms of social media. It’s difficult to think of it as even applying to yourself, if that’s a new idea.
If twitter people seem mistrustful, overly cautious, argumentative, too emotionally reactive or unreactive, prone to taking things personally, or prone to excessive self recrimination, they might be inherently difficult people, maybe. Or, spitballing, they might be recovering from a terribly toxic environment.
Or they might be giants, idk.
It is clear that Musk's behavior is decimating Twitter as a reliable platform for reaching the public without interference, and since Musk now says he will let all hate speech and disinformation that is "not illegal or spam" be propagated on Twitter, even from previously suspended accounts, Twitter will now rapidly become of zero value as a source of trustworthy information on any topics.
DO NOT DELAY!
☣️ #GitHub is the #Twitter of software development, creators of the most enticing proprietary walled garden ever made for #FOSS developers.
https://GiveUpGitHub.org
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource
Give Up GitHub - Software Freedom Conservancy
The Software Freedom Conservancy provides a non-profit home and services to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.GiveUpGitHub.org
It's easy if you try
No hellish trolling
Or that unfunny Tesla guy
Imagine all the people
Not blocking folk all day
Ah-aaah-aah-aah-aah
Imagine there's no blue tick
It isn't hard to do
No crypto diehards
No @realdonaldtrump, too
Imagine all the people
Boosting toots in peace
You-oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You may say I'm a dreamer
But if Twitter's ever gone
I hope some day you'll join us
In the world of Mastodon
#Mastodon #Twitter #JohnLennon #Imagine #PeaceAndLove 💕🕊
I built an entire website to aggregate our mutual tweets via #RSS, back when Twitter still had real RSS support. (The slow death of Twitter RSS was the beginning of the end.)
But my #blog post about it is still live! https://www.alexandrasamuel.com/relationships/we-tweet-6-ways-twitter-can-strengthen-your-love
And my campaign worked! https://web.archive.org/web/20100207104752/http://shortyawards.com/category/bestcouple
Bestcouple Leaders - The Shorty Awards - The best producers of real-time, short form content on Twitter
The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter across 26 official categories and thousands of community-created ones. Online voting open to all members of Twitter culminates in an awards ceremony to recognize the winners.web.archive.org
The #Twitter #migration creates a sense of urgency. But that rush is at odds with creating safety, a broad leadership team, real accountability structures...all the things that might actually make for a healthy community.
We've seen plenty of fast-start sites. It's hard but powerful to slow down & create conditions for lasting success & inclusion.
[continued] #CoSocialCa
I just have other stuff to do. But before I go, I want to share some thoughts as an ex-Twitter designer and someone who's been on Mastodon since 2018.
#mastodon #twitter #ux #design #critique #hashtags #introduction
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#Friendica needs new contributors!
I'm not used to do this, but with the large influx of new users and node admins recently coming from #Twitter, our small team is now behind the curve for handling support requests, bug reports and bring about much-needed features.
The project is built on a #PHP / #MySQL platform, but we also need people to be able to assist others just using the software to give developers some space.
If you're willing and able to help, please follow @Friendica Support and the project on Github: https://github.com/friendica/friendica
Thank you!
GitHub - friendica/friendica: Friendica Communications Platform
Friendica Communications Platform. Contribute to friendica/friendica development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
#tech #techindustry #media #journalism #twitter #elonmusk