He says X is for freedom of speech, and it is an everything app
but, freedom can’t exist without privacy.
Everything app = monopoly = all in one
Your posting this on KBin which implements the twitter style fediverse API and federates with Mastodon.
Click the microblog button … Behold twitter replacement
One does not have to switch from something that was never used.
Twitter has been a short form outrage machine since the beginning.
The interesting thing about Twitter is how it shows how a significant part of our society works. It is kind of about amplifying fame and suggesting that we should all cares about meaningless 240 character posts or what these guys think.
That news media types love Twitter is kind of an indictment of how news works.
This is a wildly over generalized take.
Twitter was also an important tool for journalists and researchers worldwide. Military targets have come from Twitter posts. It is a reflection of a huge chunk of society. You may as well call all of internet technology “just a porn box” for how wildly over generalized that statement is. The reality is your generalization comes from arrogance. “I never engaged in such frivolous behavior”. You’re here now. Yes you have and yes you do.
Even your comment is the first cousin of outrage, it’s pure disdain. Nothing more or less, and exactly as valuable as outrage.
I began to use Mastodon.
I hated its UI requiring Javascript first so that registered my account on kbin.social. But I became to have liked Mastodon after noticing that it has API which we can use without Javascript.
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/In particular, its trends API is f*cking nice! I could get trend tags and links with curl or the like, required parsing json somehow though. It would be perfect if it could filter by my non-english language…
$ curl https://mastodon.social/api/v1/trends/links?limit=20 <...parsing somehow...> Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/ Archive of Our Own Survived a Cyberattack, But Will It Survive Congress? https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kids-online-safety-act-lgbtq-youth Vivaldi, Mozilla raise alarms over Google's proposed 'DRM for the Web' https://www.pcworld.com/article/2009730/vivaldi-mozilla-warn-of-googles-proposed-drm-for-the-web.html Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/ Twitter Deletes Fact-Check Of Musk Connecting Bronny James’ Cardiac Arrest To Covid Vaccine https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/07/25/twitter-deletes-fact-check-of-musk-connecting-bronny-james-cardiac-arrest-to-covid-vaccine/ Fatigue Is So Much More Than Being Tired https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/ Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/twitter-took-x-handle-from-longtime-user-and-only-offered-him-some-merch/ Elon Musk takes @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-take-x-handle-from-original-user Angela Davis on Racial Reckoning: 'Diversity and Inclusion Without Radical Change Accomplishes Nothing' https://jezebel.com/angela-davis-on-racial-reckoning-diversity-and-inclusi-1844853369 The ChatGPT revolution is another tech fantasy https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-chatgpt-revolution-is-another Twitter becomes X https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-becomes-x ‘Stop calling it Twitter’ says guy who deadnames his own child https://chaser.com.au/general-news/stop-calling-it-twitter-says-guy-who-deadnames-his-own-child/ 2 Teachers Exposed Far-Right Activities At Their German School. They Had To Leave Town. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/germany-far-right-teachers-school_n_64c0fb92e4b0df86321252f5 Opinion | What’s Happening in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy Is Scary https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/opinion/meloni-italy-washington-visit.html How the Ultrawealthy Use Private Foundations to Bank Millions in Tax Deductions While Giving the Public Little in Return https://www.propublica.org/article/how-private-nonprofits-ultrawealthy-tax-deductions-museums-foundation-art “We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract https://teamster.org/2023/07/weve-changed-the-game-teamsters-win-historic-ups-contract/ Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible https://stackdiary.com/web-environment-integrity/ Congress is About to Pass a Very Bad Internet Bill. Here's How You Can Stop It. https://www.readtpa.com/p/congress-is-about-to-pass-a-very Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/home-taping-is-killing-music-when-the-music-industry-waged-war-on-the-cassette-tape.html Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/$ curl https://mastodon.social/api/v1/trends/tags?limit=20 <...parsing somehow...> sineadoconnor ThrowBackThursday ____needs____because thursdayfivelist thursday TheEyes Sinead 60smusictaughtme AUSNGA TBT thirstythursday Slack waffle552 porvie uswnt 梅雨明けのフォロー祭り wordle768 目元より下で切り出すとエロいらしい calckey meermittwoch#kbin which is like reddit + twitter. Somethings I post as threads (like reddit) some things I post as posts (like twitter). Then I hop between the two when reading. Posts fall under microblogs and federates with Mastodon. So it is like having thing I need in one account.
Mastodon obviously but also giving bluesky a shot
I want to move to bluesky so bad but I just can’t get a damn invite. I applied via email months ago. This is their moment & I kinda feel like the invite system is holding them back. (But I do understand why it was implemented.)
Edit: omg you guys are so sweet. I only just started using this place but I’m sold. You’re awesome!
I’ve been using Mastodon a bit more, and I do also have a Threads account.
I’m curious: why are you using Mastodon when you’re a kbin user already? Why not just use the microblogging aspect of kbin? It’s even federated with Mastodon!
I was using Mastodon before Kbin.
That’s a good reason!
