npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

Threads is allegedly part of the fediverse, yet I'm nowhere near the point of being able to ask Threads users to follow my Mastodon profile. Attached is how my Mastodon profile looks over there. Some of the issues: 1. Threads users can follow Mastodon Me *only if* they themselves have turned on fediverse sharing (an arbitrary hurdle). 2. They have to exactly type my Mastodon handle. 3. You can like but not reply. 4. "Some posts may not be visible" (why?!) 5. There's no bio! Any other hurdles?

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

The web is not thriving for indie publishers. We can only hope Google doesn’t lose sight of small indie websites, and how *they* can earn a living in the AI era. That was the beauty of the Web 2.0 era — there were opportunities for *everyone* to thrive. I see Google, AI companies and big publishers like Reddit thriving in this era…but surely Google knows that isn’t enough for the broader web ecosystem to thrive. Ref: Google’s “from our point of view the web is thriving."

C.IM

Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick@c.im)

Attached: 1 image Google's Nick Fox questions the CTR studies done on AI Overviews and says the web is thriving, @JohnMu echoed that the web is th...

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

Looks like Threads has been hacked…

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

We are aliens from another planet. “This is certainly the most visible fediverse content has ever been inside of Threads, but the world of ActivityPub is still not a first-class citizen inside of Threads. You still have to opt-in to sharing your posts, you still have to have a separate account to connect to, and you’ll still have to go to the dedicated feed to see what’s new. (If you post something and get fediverse replies, those are still separate too.)”

Mastodon

The Verge (@verge@mastodon.social)

Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds https://www.theverge.com/news/688267/threads-fediverse-feed-search

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

What do you call your personal website these days? (if none of these options, please comment)

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

Updated my Tumblr (velvetsfan.com) for the first time in months…was listening to some music and wanted to post about it somewhere. I miss soup.io, which was a smaller, quirkier version of Tumblr, and where I used to post artsy-fartsy stuff that didn’t fit into my tech blogging world. Tumblr was the one that survived, but now it’s owned by one of the self-important crazy Tech Lords and so I am not so keen on using it. Is there a fedi version of Tumblr with some traction? #AskingForAFriend

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

I watched Mountainhead over the past 2 nights (couldn’t get through it in one night, it made me too anxious!). It was ok entertainment in the end, but a bit too over-the-top for my liking. Of course you recognize the All-In Podcast crew, Musk, Altman and the rest of that lot in the 4 main characters. Maybe too close to the bone for many of us who work in tech? I enjoyed Succession a lot more, because it didn’t try so hard to be a parody. It kind of felt like sitting thru an All-In episode.

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

In 1997, the first browser war began amid new internet trends like 'push' and DHTML. Meanwhile, instant messaging apps like ICQ and AIM became popular and GeoCities achieved 1 million users.

Cybercultural

What the Internet Was Like in 1997

In 1997, the first browser war begins amid new internet trends like 'push' and DHTML. Meanwhile, instant messaging apps like ICQ and AIM become pop...

#InternetHistory

npub13870...vefs 6 months ago

Here's my writeup of #FediForum, in which I ask the question: is the fediverse making meaningful progress vs. centralized platforms? The post includes [@_elena](