On Social Media

some more background on MeWe - Tim said in a Reuters event 3 days ago he "fears that someone takes over the web" - see https://www.pscp.tv/w/1gqGvnbpQYqGB -> 21:50 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-tim-berners-lee-s-app-mewe-is-used-by-neo-nazis-and-perverts-svflhn32s

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-introduces-social-features-joins-the-fediverse/

Originally shared by Sebastian Lasse https://9to5google.com/2018/11/30/google-hangouts-shutting-down/

Cross-commenting Universal Social Blog client idea The prospect of migrating my posts and comment threads has focused my idea of what I really want in a social media application. And I think this is it: 1) New Blog entries are crossposted to multiple social media sites. 2) Comments from one site are cross-posted to other sites, so everyone participates in the same replicated comment thread. For example, if someone posts a comment to my pluspora post, replica quote comments are commented onto the G+ and Mastodon posts. 3) Local storage of my Blog, including comment threads. 4) Ability to migrate my Blog (including comment threads) to any new social media site/pod. For example, I decide to create a Mastodon account. Then, I make a Mastodon plugin which autoposts all my blog entries and comments on them to replicate the comment threads. What's so great about this? A) It makes it easier to participate in social media sites which may not have legs. For example, I'm wary of MeWe. B...

There are several upcoming IndieWeb events where we can work or talk on better alternatives ! 2019 January European IndieWebWeek in Vlissingen, Netherlands : Free tickets available now. February IndieWebCamp Austin announced March IndieWebCamp New Haven announced See all : https://indieweb.org/events https://indieweb.org/2019/Vlissingen

Two things everybody can do to create a better alternative If you do not code: Software like Mastodon runs on Open, recommended Protocols (see below). The awesome people who made this possible are volunteers from the W3C Social Working Group. They need some money because without bread they can't write. The co-author of ActivityPub can be backed up on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cwebber/overview Awareness and working on the other protocols can be supported via indieweb on OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/indieweb If you code, just do it. But comment here, we organise and sponsor a Hackathon to create communities right before FOSDEM ! The specifications for ActivityPub, MicroPub, WebSub and WebMention all reached the W3C Recommendation level (the highest level). https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/ https://opencollective.com/indieweb

"As a refresher" Mastodon is built on ActivityPub and it is an Open Protocol recommended by the W3C https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/why-activitypub-is-the-future/ https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/why-activitypub-is-the-future/