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#Bluesky's stormy day:
How its explosive growth led to inevitable #outages

The swift expansion of the #X rival reveals the urgent need for #decentralized #infrastructure to ensure a scalable, user-owned #socialplatform.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/blueskys-stormy-day-how-its-explosive-growth-led-to-inevitable-outages/

The #AndreessenHorowitz-backed platform launched in a closed beta in November 2022, but now it’s set to shutter “within the next few weeks.” It serves as a #SocialPlatform that also offers users ad-free access to #Paywalled content from publishers such as Fortune, Business Insider, Wired, The Boston Globe, and others. #SocialMedia

#Twitter alternative #PostNews is shutting down
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown

A little while ago, a user with many followers (whom I have been interacting with for over a year, when the topics are interesting) joyfully shared about the recent increase in Fediverse users. I responded that I'm afraid we will unfortunately lose many of them (as has happened before) because the lack of an algorithm can destabilize those who are accustomed to it. My comment, as I usually do, was meant constructively. The person called me a troll (thus not recognizing me, even though they usually remembered who I was in our interactions) and blocked me. Now I read that many new users are being "pressed" by long-time users who claim to teach them (Mastosplaining?). Is this wonderful wave of new users getting to the heads of many long-time users? The Fediverse is about plurality. If you want strict rules and to be kicked out for disagreeing, there are other social platforms.

This #TruthSocial software #theft story is huge!

Its international scale.

A ex-president attempts to start a #socialPlatform supposedly to support truth by #lying about the origins of the software. Labelling the #Mastodon icon a mere bug, and labelling the platform proprietary, and not upholding the #AGPL license.

Is everyone looking forward to seeing this story in the international news, where it should be?

It deserves a proper hashtag – #mastoGate?

@seankearney
We think #Fediverse, the way it generally works today, is as #ethical a #socialPlatform as anyone can get.

It's not without inherant pitfalls of course. You can still fall into traps like instances that are laden with problems. But on the whole, #Fedi is where its at.

Its why we produced the (#)Fediflyer.

Our opinion is that Fedi, #garlicRouting and #Bitcoin are the three most important uses of #theInternet.
@abeorch