wjs018 PieFedI recommended The Fediverse over on Upscrolled
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43738745
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43738698
I made a post over on Upscrolled recommending people check out the Fediverse:
https://share.upscrolled.com/en/post/6890f5f0-159f-11f1-8080-80006ddcdcfc/
It was kind of a random thought, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
Upscrolled is a newer, strongly pro-Palestine/Leftist platform, and a lot of the users there already care about decentralization, censorship resistance, and not relying on big corporate platforms.
That feels very aligned with what the Fediverse is about.
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Since it’s still growing, I’d imagine a lot of users there might be open to trying alternatives like Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, Loops, etc.
Especially if it’s framed less as “leave your platform” and more as “here’s a broader network you can also be part of.”
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I was also curious if anyone else here was interested in recommending the Fediverse over there, as well.
Not in a spammy way, obviously — just sharing info and letting people know there are decentralized options that line up with their values.
Curious what others think.
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Remy RoseHow’d it go over?
So far, only 4 upvotes, and two comments:
One telling me to add Misskey and Sharkey to the post, and the other one of the constant spam Gaza comments / posts.
I’d think that it would probably work better if more people posted posts about the Fediverse, than just me
Nice.. I grabbed the picture of that post and am going to share it with my friends that are getting tired of the big social media sites.
Thanks!
Kierunkowy74Anyone who is on Reddit and UpScrolled will definitely enjoy Lemmy.
Idk, this was a comment left by u/chrismessina on the r/Fediverse version of this post:
I find their explanation for why they didn’t build on open social web protocols baffling:
Why isn’t UpScrolled a decentralized platform?
Because it doesn’t work for what we’re trying to build. UpScrolled isn’t decentralized (yet) because today’s open protocols (e.g., ActivityPub, AT Protocol) don’t reliably deliver what we need for a mainstream, video-forward app: fast global discovery, stable search/ranking, and smooth media. In practice, these stacks still lean on centralized indexing to work well, so we’re shipping the experience that works now-not a theory.
We keep things open and simple with lightweight, common-sense protections-spam/bot filtering, straightforward reporting, and consistent deletes when people remove their own content. We’re building interoperable by design (clean exports, stable APIs) and will add optional bridges to open protocols as they mature, so you can reach more people without sacrificing speed or simplicity.
(They’ve since scrubbed this from their FAQ).
Schwim DandyWe keep things open and simple with lightweight, common-sense protections-spam/bot filtering,
That is incredibly not-true. That platform is an absolute dumpster fire of spam and illegitimate content.
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It’s actually easier to mine data over on the fediverse.
AFAIK this kind of mining is not possible and is not even wanted by those who code fediverse platforms
Forgot to mention something:
Perhaps indeed not wanted by coders, but anyone can leverage the already existing code.
But in such case we’re discussing a rouge instance, not whole system
And instances that do that sort of scraping tend to get defederated pretty quickly. Hell, even just building a search index of people’s posts gets you rightfully torched-and-pitchforked out the door (at least over on Mastodon; it’s probably a bit more culturally accepted over here in fedireddit land).
Comments, boosts and timestamps of those can build a profile of the user. And the profile can draw the identity of the user.
Very vaguely, especially in comparison to the profiling that the marketing platforms are doing currently
Copypasta of my comment to someone else:
They’d just need to find what links the multiple “you” though, like how iirc Facebook would use phone contacts to make a map of who’s who.
Yes, but its far harder to associate the identity with others, meaning it doesnt really accomplish much for them. They can’t target ads at a user based on their mastodon account unless they associate it with the users advertising IDs on other sites.
They’d just need to find what links the multiple “you” though, like how iirc Facebook would use phone contacts to make a map of who’s who.
Yes, but they dont have access to anything that could do that unless you give it to them. When you use Facebook directly in can do loads of fingerprinting. This cannot be done on the Fediverse unless the actual instance youre using is doing it.
IMO that is still magnitudes less info than what they’re pulling in right now