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Cake day: June 8th, 2023
  • ram@lemmy.catoFediverse@lemmy.world•What does Bluesky have that Mastodon doesn't?English
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    9 months ago

    Forgive my ramblings, but here’s the main differences I see, from a community perspective:

    Bluesky’s for people who loved twitter circa 2015
    Mastodon’s for people who loved the format but hated the way the platform made use of it. The community is FOSS-focused and anti-corporate.
    Bluesky folks are anti-corporate, but they still want their social media to be on a single platform and tend to dislike federation
    Mastodon folks tend to be in smaller circles and more tech enthused

    Features-wise, Mastodon kills the algorithm in favour of chronological timelines and lists, while Bluesky embraces algorithms, allowing people to even make their own algorithms for the platform. Bluesky’s AT Proto uses “DIDs” to identify users, which are associated directly with a domain[1]. This means that when federation does eventually happen, usernames will just be @my.domain.com instead of ActivityPub’s @actor@my.domain.com.

    Federation’s still not enabled so I have no clue how things will look and feel on that front, nor am I familiar enough with the protocol to make any claim about how versatile it is. ActivityPub is flexible enough to be a Twitter clone, a reddit clone, a blogging platform, a youtube clone, a twitch clone, a goodreads clone, or several other formats. AT Proto’s currently only proven to work for a Twitter clone.

    1. or subdomain ↩︎

  • ram@lemmy.catoFediverse@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
    863·
    10 months ago

    Stop with the doomerism.
    “Lemmy is losing users” -> Lemmy has a stabilizing base of communities developing their own culture after a great exodus from several centralized platforms. Original, high quality content is finding its home here as users engage with one another on thousands of federated, interoperable, transparent websites.

  • ram@lemmy.catoPolitics@beehaw.org•Opinion | Elon Musk’s Antisemitism Problem Isn’t About Free SpeechEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Ya, this is stuff we already know, isn’t it? Like, it’s just common knowledge

    Summary and Key Moments

    Courtesy of Kagi Universal Summarizer:

    Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter has coincided with a surge in antisemitic speech on the platform. After the ADL met with Twitter executives, hashtags calling to ban the ADL emerged and Musk engaged in an online campaign against them. He blamed the ADL for Twitter’s loss in revenue and called them the biggest generator of antisemitism. His criticism echoed antisemitic tropes but he claimed to be for free speech. However, Musk uses Twitter more as a platform for his own speech where he can boost accounts he likes and throttle competitors. Premium users who pay more also see their tweets prioritized, skewing discussions right-wing. While a truly free speech platform would tolerate abhorrent ideas, Musk’s actions in threatening critics and amplifying certain voices shows he is using his power more to privilege voices close to his own views rather than promote liberty of discussion.

    • Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter has led to a surge in antisemitic speech on the platform, sparked in part by Musk’s criticism of the Anti-Defamation League.

    • Musk endorsed posts criticizing the ADL and started his own campaign against the organization, accusing it of being the biggest generator of antisemitism on Twitter.

    • Musk’s criticism of the ADL tapped into classic antisemitic tropes while claiming to be against antisemitism.

    • Musk portrays himself as a free speech absolutist but has used his authority on Twitter to suspend accounts and throttle competitors.

    • Twitter under Musk has become a “pay-to-play” system where privileged accounts can boost their reach by paying a monthly fee.

    • Far-right voices that engage in cruelty, bigotry and misinformation seem to dominate the platform.

    • Musk’s own endorsements and responses on Twitter can instantly direct massive attention to certain accounts.

    • Twitter resembles Musk’s “playpen” more than a free speech paradise, with Musk’s values shaping the platform.

    • Merely tolerating abhorrent speech is different than agreeing with or amplifying it, which Musk has done.

    • Musk’s invocation of free speech is disingenuous, as he uses his power to privilege certain voices over others.

  • ram@lemmy.catoGaming@beehaw.org•Looking for games with unique core mechanicsEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    • Majora’s Mask: a 3-day timeloop where everything resets when you go back

    • Katamari: A giant ball gets rolled around and collects stuff forever

    • Baba Is You: Movable text is rules to the game

    • Untitled Goose Game: You have to piss people off the right way

    • Billie Bust Up[unreleased]: Musicals tell you upcoming platforming challenges

    • Celeste: every time you die you quickly reset on the same “page”/small tile of map

    • Splatoon: you shoot at the ground to go faster, hide, and/or win

    • Odama: real-time tactical wargame pinball

    • Golf Story: Golf-based fetch quests

    • Astral Chain: asynchronously control a companion in combat

    • Okami: paint skills on-screen in combat

    • Astro Bears: Snake but in 3D

    • Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime: Up to 4 players pilot parts of a ship together

    • Pokemon Ranger: draw circles around monsters to catch them

    • Viva Pinata: breed pinatas to create new species

    • Spore: create and evolve a creature