Dear Fediverse, thank you for being a safe haven from AI slop. This morning, I checked out Pinterest for the first time in forever and saw an image purporting to be a LEGO set that was obviously AI generated - yuck! Then on Reddit's popular page there was a video compilation of people saving children from terrible falls = AI slop. YouTube's homepage: a short video showing a child and her dog covered in mud = AI slop. What was I thinking? I should visit #Lemmy and #PeerTube instead... #NoAI

My article for the Lama Déchaîné (in French) 🇫🇷 « The Fediverse gives power back to creators » 🚀

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Marie_Odile_Morandi (@Marie_Odile_Morandi@framapiaf.org)

Dans https://www.april.org/campagne-2025/numero/7/ @_elena@mastodon.social : Le fédivers redonne le pouvoir aux utilisateurs et créateurs > vous ...

And it’s a wrap for the Social Media Strategies track at #TechWeekBologna 🇮🇹 I’m INCREDIBLY grateful to @npub17cp5...jvf6 for giving us an opportunity to talk about the #fediverse on the main stage. And it was so cool to finally meet @npub1qhpk...tkpv IRL. He’s so inspiring! I hope we piqued the curiosity of people in the audience. About 1 out of 100 people had previously heard about the fediverse! 🌈 viva il #fediverso ✨

Watching a presentation about social media and engagement strategies at Tech Week Bologna. The speaker - a really charismatic man - just said: « Think about content you’ll publish, without boosting it with an ad. Even if I know organic engagement is super difficult… » Me (thinking): « Hold my beer. Or rather, hold my espresso and let me tell you about the Fediverse » I’ll be up on the main stage speaking precisely about this in an hour … I can’t wait !