Fedi: We want governments to have their own instances so they can be on open social platforms
*government official we don't like joins open social media platform*
Fedi:
"The moment a user asks, 'Wait, why can't I go there? You said these were open,' we've failed on our promises. That's where we are right now."
I wrote about adversarial interoperability and the importance of making the most powerful parts of the open social web more accessible to users.
@npub1urx3...v0z4's keynote at #FediForum was incredible, but this is a line I definitely plan on screaming from the rooftops.
π’ WE. CANNOT. SUCCEED. WITHOUT. JOY.
Our goal for Bridgy Fed is to be funded by users and avoid as much pressure from external organizations as possible.
We're a nonprofit using software as user advocacy for the open social web so we can hold platforms accountable to their promises.
This is what we mean by People, Not Platforms.
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Today, we're launching two things at @npub13rs5...s8u8: a Bridgy Fed settings page and a Patreon!
Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky.
