The links page of my website:

"I don’t use TikTok or platforms owned by Meta & co. for reasons I outlined in this blog post (TL;DR: behavior modification and illusion of connection for purposes of surveillance capitalism).

In case you couldn’t find me anymore, I recently deactivated my Instagram, Threads and LinkedIn profiles and I deleted my 3 Twitter accounts (since their change of ownership).

https://elenarossini.com/links/

"If Big Tech social platforms are junk food and the Fediverse is a healthy home-cooked meal, then what is Bluesky?"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/if-big-tech-social-platforms-are-junk-food-and-the-fediverse-is-a-healthy-home-cooked-meal-then-what-is-bluesky/

mentioning @cwebber @jonny @doctorow @phanpy @cheeaun @raptor85@dansup @sennoma

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech#Fediverse #activism#BigTech#SocialMedia#FOSS #blog #bluesky#BigFood

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.13 👩‍🚀

"The #Fediverse has empowered me to take back control from Big Tech. Now I want to help others do the same."

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-fediverse-has-empowered-me-to-take-back-control-from-big-tech-now-i-want-to-help-others-do-the-same/

with mentions of @forgeandcraft (who made this awesome Fediverse t-shirt) @phanpy @ivory @Tusky @nimi @Roneyb @davidoclubb

#FOSS#FLOSS#Matrix#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #activism#BigTech #socialmedia #education

"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/

with shout-outs to: @bengrosser @rysiek @phanpy @pixelfed and all the lovely people I've been interacting with on here ❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech#Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia#FOSS #blog #privacy #consent#Matrix

They are boiling the frog 🐸. What will it take to make us jump out of the pot?
Another Cambridge Analytica?

"My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/

with shout-outs to: @poliverso @phanpy @ivory @MonaApp @pixelfed @Tusky @MoogleMaestro

#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #bigtech #socialmedia#FOSS#Fediverse#Mastodon#Wordpress#Friendica#Pixelfed#Lemmy#Kbin#Mbin#Firefish#Ivory#Phanpy

Phase two: screw the users a little so you can be good to business customers while locking them in.

Phase three: screw everybody and take all the value for yourself. Leave behind the absolute bare minimum of utility so that everyone stays locked into your pile of shit.”

All put in broader context here:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/#how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess
#BigTech

#bookstodon #bigtech #capitalism

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: #Friendica)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/

with shout-outs to @anubis2814 @dansup @fedidb @heidilifeldman @tchambers @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @ryanbroderick @caseynewton @ferrante @informapirata @russandro @hankg @tio

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech#Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia#FOSS #blog #activitypub #diaspora #bluesky #tumblr

💪 Feeling powerless to enact change against oligarchs + huge corps? I learned the empowering tale of how Ida Tarbell's writing contributed to bringing down Standard Oil, and how that applies to today.

🔩 Frankenstein was a novel celebrating the Luddite cause!

And so much more . . .

https://linktr.ee/betteroffline

#Enshittification#Luddites#BigTech#Google #Apple#Meta#Facebook

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 2: #Wordpress ↔️ #Fediverse)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-part-2-wordpress-fediverse/

with shout-outs to @pfefferle @oblomov @evan @cwebber

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech#Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia#FOSS #blog

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 1: #Mastodon ↔️ #Pixelfed )

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-1-mastodon-pixelfed-2/

with shout-outs to @phanpy @tapbots @ivory @Tusky @dansup

✨ and special thanks to @evan @cwebber for your work on #ActivityPub, the magic protocol that is making all this possible ✨

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech#Fediverse #bigtech #socialmedia#FOSS #blog#RebelAlliance