The fediverse promises an egalitarian, noncommercial alternative to Big Tech for social media, but there’s a lot of work needed to make it work.
In the fediverse, you can have your own social media platform but also connect to many others. Aram Sinnreich, CC BY-ND
Aram Sinnreich, American University School of Communication and Robert W. Gehl, York University, Canada
You’ve probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the bi
Raccoon for Friendica, the mobile client for Friendica and Mastodon has landed on F-Droid
Client mobile per Friendica, Mastodon, e social network federati compatibili.
cross-posted from: https://poliverso.org/objects/0477a01e-7967-436d-12c8-1b3699371761
Raccoon for Friendica, the mobile client for Friendica and Mastodon has landed on F-Droid
RaccoonForFriendica is the new app developed by @dieguitux8623 to manage your Friendica account but also allows Mastodon accounts to view ActivityPub groups in an intuitive way like for Friendica users. Now it is finally available on the alternative store most appreciated by the [#OpenSource](https://p
Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges
Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.
EDIT: I didn't notice in the original post, the article is from 2023
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19707239
Researchers have documented an explosion of hate and misinformation on Twitter since the Tesla billionaire took over in October 2022 -- and now experts say communicating about climate science on the social network on which many of them rely is getting harder.
Policies aimed at curbing the deadly effects of climate change are accelerating, prompting a rise in what experts identify as organised resistance by opponents of climate reform.
Peter Gleick, a climate and water specialist with nearly 99,000 followers, announced on May 21 he would no longer post on the platform because it was amplifying racism and sexism.
While he is accustomed to "offensive, personal, ad hominem attacks, up to and including direct physical threats", he told AFP, "in the past few months, since the takeover and changes at Twitter, the amount, vituperativeness, and intensity of a
Archivismi: Cassandra e la miniera
Archivismi: Cassandra e la miniera
Gli articoli di Cassandra Crossing sono sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 | Cassandra Crossing è una rubrica creata da Marco Calamari col "nom de plume" di Cassandra, nata nel 2005.
Il sogno di Cassandra!
Questo articolo è stato scritto il 12 gennaio 2024 da Cassandra
Archiviare per dei secoli richiede tecnologie poco comuni ma tutto sommato semplici. Ma dove, esattamente, può essere realizzato un tale archivio?
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My List of Open Source & Privacy Oriented Android Software
I hope that my list of apps will help out people, particularly those new to this world of privacy. These apps fit into the categories that people typically look for or should have and they are all at least fairly recently updated.