"Is the future of the open social web one dominant protocol or bridges and duct tape?" @Chris Trottier at #Fedicon The future of the open social web is people connecting with people no matter what technology they happen to choose. And if bridges and duct tape is what's necessary, then we'll continue building bridges, because it's connections and community over everything.

@Chris Trottier hosting a panel with today's speakers to close out #Fedicon: @dansup, @npub17gq5...8hhz, @npub1uq5l...z8a5, @npub12r3j...fdd5, and @npub1wsct...59v5

@npub12r3j...fdd5 at #Fedicon on our online communities as third spaces (yes!!!)

@npub17gq5...8hhz LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 🗣️🗣️🗣️ #Fedicon

Sean Tilley (@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org)

“There are 8 billion humans, and we should aim to serve every single one….We can’t exactly hold up the Fediverse as a viable alternative when...

@npub1uq5l...z8a5 diving into the hard problems of building for the Fediverse at #Fedicon, starting with hilariously talking about how those hard problems look like to average users 😅

Shout-out to @npub1zq8s...k7nh for repping @npub13rs5...s8u8's People, Not Platforms merch at #Fedicon!

Fantastic deep dive into the ATmosphere with @npub1xjll...5mj0 at #Fedicon

@npub1dvxe...gems talking about how we grow the open social web further, and turning the web social by default at #Fedicon

Bluesky, being the largest ATProto AppView, means that their moderation decisions have the broadest impact on the ATmosphere experience. Mastodon, being the largest ActivityPub platform, means that their decisions on how quote posts work have the broadest impact on the Fediverse experience. The quicker everyone realizes these ecosystems are similar, the quicker we can focus on targeting social siloes that still dominate the social media landscape.

If you want the Fediverse to succeed, you need to step out and understand why other folks aren't joining. Sure, you can post negatively about the alternatives using an ActivityPub account where no one else can see it, or you can go to the other platforms and tell them why you look down upon them. But neither of those is working, right? Identify what we're missing. Build it. Work with makers. Fund projects. Stop yelling in your bubble. And, for god's sake, stop spreading misinformation.