tablets (especially ones that could be flashed with Linux, i.e. not iPads) are way less common than smartphones, so you get fewer devices to choose from for testing, fewer users who can run it, report bugs, and support the project, and less interest in general.

BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization https://rys.io/en/167.html

so short

not anymore https://pixelfed.social/p/loops/749181422627243289

Dan has mentioned some time ago that he was thinking about making the videos delete themselves after some time, but I’m not sure if he ever followed up with that.

Beehaw’s financial update https://beehaw.org/post/15866385

Bluesky is FOSS

pretty sure it isn’t.

1. marketing
2. not having to pick the instance when registering
3. people who have experienced Mastodon’s hermetic culture discouraging others from joining
4. algorithms helping discover people and content to follow
5. marketing

and I’m saying that as a firm Mastodon user and believer.

https://moist.catsweat.com/faq

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yes I have. it’s just not my thing, thank you very much.

Podcasts are a last bastion of mainstream web freedom.

yes, I’m well aware of that, but it still doesn’t change the fact that I just don’t listen to them - especially when an episode is an hour long.

oh neat, we mainstream now

not related because I don’t listen to hour long podcast episodes, but I’ve been thinking for ages how someone like MKBHD hosting their own Mastodon instance could really solidify the Fediverse’s presence. I bet a big chunk of his audience would be willing to spend a dollar in order to get an @mkbhd.com or @matteblack.com or @24fps.com or whatever handle, too.

could’ve just read the first two paragraphs.

looks like the code is still being worked on on Forgejo, but apart from that there doesn’t seem to be any presence established. looks like Iceshrimp is a fork of it: https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/iceshrimp.net

without them changing their habits? you don’t.

they are collating and amalgamating data coming from a single IP

lol no shit. of course they’re aggregating location data, this is how, among other examples, some therapists ended up having their patients recommended as Facebook friends in the past.

if they see someone being frequently in the same location you are and at the same time you are, they will leverage your relationship to serve you ads based on their (and, presumed by the algorithm, shared to some extent) interests.

The only explanation I have is that it’s somehow still listening.

or the other person participating in the conversation had looked them up.