@_elena Translation inside #Mastodon is a real game changer + step up.

But people who don't make #time or see the point in replying limits it all.

Using all levels of people / energy here 👍

rather than feel depth is a kind of liability or time-drag, seeing people as kind of #Spam for it.

I prefer the less defensive "show me what you got" usage instead of looking for perfection or short text.

Sincerity (people who critique) and #Spam can also look the same if not given time / care ur side ⚠️

@_elena I am from India. Here most tech platforms are GAFA owned. Hence, me and my FOSS friends drifted to here. Came here to discuss Open Source solutions. Staying here for the warm vibes.🫰🏾

@_elena Il y a quelques années, j’ai lancé le projet social.overheid.nl à partir d’une conviction simple : une communication ouverte de la part du gouvernement rend les Pays-Bas plus forts.

C’est encourageant de voir que ce mouvement se poursuit, notamment au sein de notre administration fiscale. La transparence, le dialogue et les plateformes numériques ne sont pas des “atouts”, mais essentiels pour instaurer la confiance.

@_elena [2/2] et j'adore aussi qu'il n'y ait pas un "ego démesuré qui veut s'en mettre plein les poches et dicter son point de vue" aux commandes de l'algorithme qui dicte ce que tu as ou non le droit de voir. J'utilise le Fediverse depuis peu et j'apprends encore à trouver qui suivre mais je préfère ça plutôt qu'on choisisse pour moi (d'autant que j'ai des intérêts éclectiques et que je suis curieuse, j'aime apprendre des choses que je ne connais pas et ça l’algorithme a du mal à le comprendre)

@_elena [1/2] un sujet passionnant, bravo pour le travail de recueil et courage pour la synthèse !
De mon côté j'aime le fait qu'il n'y ait pas d'algorithme et donc que les contenus ne sont pas écrits pour être provocateurs, ce qui favorise les extrêmes, la violence et les clivages au détriment de la mesure, de l'intelligence, de l'empathie et du respect d'autrui. Et j'adore qu’il n'y ait pas de vidéos "obligatoires" qui ne servent à rien de plus qu'à attirer l'attention pour ne rien dire !

@_elena

For me the Fediverse is special because most of the people you meet here are willing to share their thoughts and/or discuss on equal terms. Even if there is a difference in opinions, there is a common, fact based ground. Unprovable personal beliefs are normally marked as such and not framed as THE TRUTH.
I wished is was that easy in real life. ;)

@_elena According to the Internet Archive's Wayback machine I joined the proto-Fediverse (identi.ca) in 2008. It was fun. It was people who were not normal. We inspired each other to self-host, to make silly podcasts, and to share.

Eventually, I started thinking "Wow. I follow a lot of trans women. Well, I suppose that just shows what a diverse community we are."

There followed a series of personal epiphanies. I cocooned for a few years.

@_elena The Fediverse is such a special place, because people try at least to be nice and educated to each other ❤️

@_elena interpersonal connections & glimpses in the lives of real people without ads, billionaires, influencers or algorithms.

@_elena

I'm quite new here. I think the community here is much better than other social media because there's a real diversity of ideas and opinions.

I feel like some of the more mainstream social media sites/apps are just echo chambers where free thought, debate, and learning are not encouraged.

@_elena It ought to be enough that an organization can have an online presence not owned & controlled by Zuckerberg & Musk, but here goes...

If by "prestigious" you mean they have the resources (staff, money), they should have their own instance. As complete control as anyone can have in social media.

Corollary: Having a social media handle like CEO@Company.social ROCKS! (You might want to translate that to corp-speak.)

1/2

@_elena The fedi is truly neighbors meeting neighbors: by geography, interest, need, cats or moss. It’s what the internet felt like when it started reaching people via modems before everything became a place for large companies to plaster with ads.

@_elena ...because we don't suffer the advertising incentives that built the modern internet into a caricature of humanity.

Thanks to the dampening of that, humans can have real interactions in the fediverse. We are all imperfect, but our imperfections are our own rather than magnified and marketed.

We are allowed to be as whole as we can be without some marketing department telling us we are defective in a way that they magically have a product or service for...

@_elena Le Fédivers construit des ponts — entre les humains. Ici, je ne suis ni un utilisateur, ni un point de données, ni une cible marketing. Je suis simplement moi. Et le Fédivers n’a pas été conçu pour le profit, mais pour nous.

It's hard m there's so much good to say about the fediverse...

@_elena My biggest plus: No Algorithm. That is the main reason why we have really good content here!

@_elena https://diario.kikebenlloch.com/?4879

@_elena tagging @firesidefedi as I'm sure he'll have something nice to say too! Good luck!!

@_elena https://old.mermaid.town/@futzle/116368951953895991

@_elena Malgré leurs défauts, les plateformes fédérées comme Mastodon ont l'avantage de ne pas être dans les mains d'une mégacorporation. Le fediverse est soutenu par des passionnés des technologies, culture, histoire, éducation, écologie, animaux, bref, toutes les qualités humaines.

@_elena privacy and independence, no big tech companies controlling what we say , and no misinformation like Facebook.

@_elena Cher Président Macron, pourquoi êtes-vous encore sur X et toujours pas présent sur le Fediverse ? Quittez X et laissez le aux trolls et aux extrémistes. Rejoignez nous sur le Fedivers, le réseau social européen, souverain et démocratique.

#LeaveX

@_elena
I left Twitter, expecting to find a similar experience on Mastodon. But what i found instead was community.

I'm brought back to the ways of the old internet, where humans matter and interactions are not fueled by algorithms, but curiosity.

@_elena The ability to:

Filter my feed using keywords. Every platform needs this.

Cater my own feed to something meaningful and manageable instead of being at the whims of the slop algorithm.

The lack of ads and there being no incentives for them or any enshitification to be added in.

I can decide exactly what notifications I want or don't want, instead of having to choose between none or too many.

The privacy options are much stronger here than every other social media or content platform.

@_elena 1/ on a plus de contrôle sur ce que l'on voit (filtrage de personnes, de mots, suivi de tags particuliers) 2/ on a plus de contrôle sur ce qu'on écrit (édition de post, les lecteurs sont avertis dès modifications, on contrôle la portée des posts en choisissant le degré entre privé et complètement public)

@_elena My Fedi story changed my life. I've always had bad teeth. Over time I've had many pulled; been w/o molars on the bottom & 1 side of the top forever. Had to be careful eating focusing on soft foods to avoid choking. Gone to US dentists for implants & got 2 estimates at $60,000 US WITH insurance which I can't afford. 2 years ago, a Fedifriend posted: if you need high quality lowcost dentalcare let me know." She sent details & I've been going to Spain for my whole mouth for 1/4 the US cost.

@_elena you are unofficial fedi advocate now. i am looking forward to seeing your presentation or some media clip. good luck!

@_elena Salut Elena!
J’adore le fediverse parce-que ça ressemble un peu le village mondial parfait. On parle avec tout le 🌍 , de tous les sujets- mais toujours d’une manière amicale et respectueuse.

Je me suis intégré l’année passée, je suis ici presque tous les jours- et je n’ai vu aucun post insultant. Sauf deux occasions, quand les modérateurs les ont publié pour expliquer l’exclusion de l’auteur de Mastodon.

Et presque tout le 🌍 contribue des choses productives - c’est bienfaisant. Thx😉

@_elena wish you luck

@_elena Fediverse allows me to select/follow/ignore what I want, 24/7. This syncs up with how I navigate the rest of the universe, which is the only algorithm I care about.

@_elena Le protocole « Activity Pub » permet de dépasser les limites des différents services et plateformes. C'est ce qu'il y a de plus génial dans le Fediverse.

@_elena

the biggest qualification for the fediverse is that amongst major social media platforms/ protocols, there is no plutocrat ownership and control

so while there is still conflict- there's always conflict, it's genuine. rather than manipulated and stilted by agendas that serve bigotry for political ends

because the largest problem in the world today is how the media, social media and traditional media, now serves a plutocrat-bigot political axis

@_elena I love that every instance can have their own acceptable use policy, local as well as for federation.

@_elena Good Luck

@_elena On the big platforms everything is constantly about merica and trump. Like constant usfedaultism. Here it's more european/asian centered. And also people are much kinder here.
And it's genuinely more down to earth.

@_elena Personally speaking I adore the absence of adverts, I never find myself quick-scrolling (not to be confused with Rick-scrolling!) through endless pages of rubbish content, it's like every post in my feed sparks my interest or curiosity, even during these trying times. And the content of posts here is succinct, informative and not manipulative. I have also had nothing but positive interactions with posters, which is quite restorative. Good luck!

@_elena Le Fédiverse, c'est le premier et le seul medium où l'on est maître de son contenu et de ses préférences. Il n'est point 'téléguidé' par des algorithmes qui pourraient falsifier l'importance des contributions avec quoi que ce soit comme objectif--l'intérêt que l'on voit, est toujours réel. C'est ce qui rapproche le plus l'interaction humaine dans la vie de tous les jours, car dans le Fédiverse, ce que l'on y met, ne subit aucune altération. Ce qui évite pas mal de choses fâcheuses.

@_elena after decades of being disappointed by Facebook, Twitter, and Google+'s approach to developers, I'm excited about finally being in control of what I create and share.

@_elena

mastodon has a massive problem with unqualified admins/mods censoring content on which they have next to zero expertise

such as genocide and Israel's 8 decades of war crimes

because of its federated nature, a collection of smaller units, each admin has fewer eyes on their decisions, and collectively the fediverse ends up being a racist zionist bubble

and the privileged European conference-goers are wilfully deaf and blind to this issue

have you not noticed the poor diversity here?

@_elena oh very very good luck to you! you will ace this. I've seen you present and you're so clear and confident. they are lucky to have you.

(in my terrible French my testimony is that aux autres résaux sociaux je lis, je vois des choses, de temps en temps j'écrit. c'est bon mais ce ne change rien dans ma vie. chez mastodon j'APPRENDS. quand je le ferme j'ai appris des novelles choses et vu des liens nouveaux entre les choses que j'ai su.)

... and now I need to go pick up my child from daycare. I'll be mostly offline for the rest of the day but I look forward to reading your testimonies tonight, when she's asleep 😊

@_elena I have been in the fediverse for only a few months, and I can tell you, my experience has been way better than in any other social network, there is a feeling of getting connected with real people, people who share real and honest opinions, in contrast with the algorithm drive comments/posts from big tech networks, is actually refreshing.

@_elena it just feels...organic and non-toxic. As if it was mostly people interacting non-algorythmically with other people. Humane, is the word, i think. Also, im free to up and leave whenever. Its important to have some doors open, even if one doesnt plan to go through them