There’s a lot of activity on BlueSky lately, one of the Twitter/X alternatives. Like Mastodon (another Twitter/X alternative, we’ve been following for awhile), your identifier is based on a hostname – which opens the door to integrating with it a custom domain via the DNS. A nice feature they have over there on BlueSky […]
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Move over Mastodon, here comes Nostr
The latest Twitter challenger takes decentralization a step further Notes and Other Stuff, a.k.a Nostr is the latest decentralized microblogging protocol to take aim at centralized social media platforms. It’s like a decentralized Twitter. Contrast with Mastodon, where the decentralization is achieved via a federation of nodes (but each node is effectively centrally controlled), Nostr […]
Take Control Over Your Social Media Presence with Mastodon
Mastodon is in the news lately and there is a lot of fresh interest. This article will take you through the background of what it is, why it’s experiencing a surge in popularity and how you can participate in “The Fediverse” from an individual, group or node operator level. What is Mastodon? Mastodon is an […]
A Heretic’s Guide to Deplatforming
[Update: Ironically, after ascending rapidly and fostering vigorous commentary over on Hackernews, this article has been “flagged” there . Update #2: A few hours later it was unflagged and is currently on the first page of HN ] The phenomenon of deplatforming in the internet age, which includes the component of publicly expressed outrage that impels companies to […]
