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Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸 @_elena@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

On the two year anniversary of joining #Mastodon I'm super proud to share:

🚀 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

Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸 @_elena@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.11 👩‍🚀

"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

Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

@mouszi @pluralistic you're right, #bigtech just rides it out, lobbies, and we begrudgingly accept a new norm. 😒

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

Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸 @_elena@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.10 👩‍🚀

"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

Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

The 3 phases of enshittification according to Cory Doctorow (aka @pluralistic):
“Phase one: be good to users while locking them in.

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

Michael :donor: @hertg@infosec.exchange · 3 months ago

Quote from "The Internet Con" by @pluralistic. Good book, can recommend.

#bookstodon #bigtech #capitalism

Big companies can often trade lawyers' fees for fines at favorable exchange rates.

The Internet Con
By Cory Doctorow — Big companies can often trade lawyers' fees for fines at favorable exchange rates. The Internet Con By Cory Doctorow

Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸 @_elena@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.8 👩‍🚀

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

Ethan :verified_flashing: @ethanjstark@hachyderm.io · 3 months ago

🤩 Fucking SUPERGROUP of a podcast episode: @pluralistic and @brianmerchant on the latest Better Offline.

💪 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

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time." -Frank Wilhoit, composer

Image of a scale of justice, with a businessman on one side (heavy) and five people on the lighter / higher side — "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time." -Frank Wilhoit, composer Image of a scale of justice, with a businessman on one side (heavy) and five people on the lighter / higher side

Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸 @_elena@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.7 👩‍🚀

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

Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸 @_elena@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.6 👩‍🚀

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