First real study of #Threads-#Fediverse interop at scale. Key bits: Fediβ†’Threads replies dominate (likely due to current UX on Threads for fedi), surges tied to rollout events, steady growth, & interop didn’t worsen convo tone. Early but encouraging data:
Fediverse Sharing: Cross-Platform Interaction Dynamics between Threads and Mastodon Users
It's never ending. But so should our community push to keep us all safe from crap like this: Boost and share this around to all servers.
Indieweb.Social
Admin (@indiewebadmin@indieweb.social)
🚨 Mastodon Support Scam 🚨 It looks like there's another wave of fake Mastodon support accounts asking you to verify your account. Do NOT c...
All the more need for the open social web, & discovery services like @Flipboard & @Surf -- "The number of sessions resulting from Google Search traffic has declined to 28% from 52%...The decline has prompted People Inc. to internally use the term 'Google Zero.' ...'OK, we need to aggregate audience from as many sources as possible, ...What happens if Google goes to zero? What happens if Google no longer sends us traffic?'" https://seekingalpha.com/news/4483889-companies-find-new-avenues-to-drive-up-sessions-as-googles-ai-search-tools-reduce-web-traffic
#Wikipedia is one of the most important and underrated digital platforms around - every other one should take notes on this.
The Verge
How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content
Wikipedians are wading through the muck.
Amen. β€œMy strongest belief about the social web is that if we want it to succeed, we have to keep lowering the barrier to entry.” #Ghost
John O'Nolan
Reflections on the social web
My biggest point of uncertainty about Ghost 6.0 was whether people were going to "get" the social web integration. The technology is wonderful, bu...
Updated #podcast numbers and #YouTube is dominating - worrisome as they do not use open podcast formats….
Sherwood News
In the world of podcasts, YouTube is now the elephant in the room β€” just like in TV
Podcasts are increasingly YouTube ft. everyone else β€” even tech giants like Amazon are restructuring to favor video-first podcasts led by hosts...
This is a big, big deal for the #OpenSocialWeb today - congrats to the #Ghost team!
Ghost
Ghost 6.0
Welcome to the social web. Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers.
The fediverse and the larger open social web is such a better place because of the choices that @Flipboard has made. We are lucky to have them.
Flipboard
15 Years of Flipboard: Celebrating a Platform Built for Journalism, Curiosity and Community | Flipboard
flipboard.com - When Flipboard launched in 2010, we set out to reimagine how people discover and engage with content online. Instead of cluttered s...
@npub1dadl...y568 has proven to be an incredible and responsible steward of the #IndiewebSocial community here.
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Attached: 1 image 🚨 We've updated the indieweb.social Community Guidelines 🚨 Following consultation with the indeweb.social community we h...
This tracks. #grok
TechCrunch
Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's newly launched AI chatbot, Grok 4, seemed to reference Musk's posts on social media before answering controversial questions.