When I opened up Lemmy this morning I could not believe my eyes. The top story was a headline from Forbes stating:
« ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media ».
The article mostly focused on #Pixelfed and did a fairly good job explaining how #ActivityPub works. But they spelled #Mastodon « Mastadon » over and over again with no links to it. Yikes.
B for the effort, but please editors do better!
forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/…
‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media
As major platforms face mounting scrutiny over content moderation and user privacy, a developer's vision for ethical social media draws supportEsat Dedezade (Forbes)
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to rfg • • •@rfg spot on. While reading the article my top thought was: this journalist has never used any of these tools - and has probably never even visited any of their websites 🫠
But props for how they described decentralization and how ActivityPub works
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If it was deliberate it won't stop people finding Mastodon.
If you put the incorrect spelling into google the top search result is still
mastodon.social
second is the wikipedia article about mastodon.
But, I am using a plugin to block the google AI crap.
Mastodon
Mastodon hosted on mastodon.socialElena Rossini ⁂
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •great and not so great, it illustrates why we are in the political fascist mess we are in here right now with the main stream media…
Either they have no clue, no educated opinion or they simply don’t care and they are acting as if stupidity is a virtue.
#bigtech #mainstreammedia #desinformation #stupidity
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to xs4me2 • • •@xs4me2 tangentially-related but it makes me a little sad that the news media would only acknowledge the existence of the Fediverse when there is money involved.
I'm thrilled for the success of Pixelfed's Kickstarter campaign but Dan has been working on it tirelessly for 7 YEARS. Hello news media, why didn't you mention Pixelfed before?
Aw capitalism (ew)
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Oh no. The Mastodon misspelling curse continues, after nearly 25 years.
(I joined the Power Rangers fandom in 2001 and it was a glaring issue there.)
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in reply to J M Berntson • • •@J M Berntson @Elena Rossini ⁂ hYou're talking about modern writers. They're lucky they know how to use punctuation and some sort of proper grammar, let alone how to spell things correctly! But if it makes you feel any better, here is a quote from 1907 about newspapers. Unlike most of my grammars, it was written by an American, so I cannot say whether the same held true in England. Sadly, though, I can say that today, the quality of writing, and especially speech at the BBC is terrible in most cases, though there are some exceptions.
"Our newspapers are almost universally characterized by provincial and vulgar diction. (There are a few honorable exceptions.) An expression like " Rev. Clifford has proven himself a hustler" is no more justified by the wide currency of similar expressions in the newspapers than " has went " is justified by wide currency in conversation. General newspaper usage has nothing whatever to do with good English usage." EDWIN C. WOOLLEY
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Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to El Duvelle • • •@elduvelle that's amazing, thank you so much for this!
I wanted to do that today but I had to take care of my little one (breakfast, getting dressed, pre-school dropoff). I just got home from her school. I'm so thankful for your email to the author! 🏆
astroPug
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I’ve noticed that this “mastADon” misspelling is a thing. Seen it a few times on Reddit. I wonder if the drunken goblins that run autocorrect on our devices have now learned it that way for some of those users after repeated typos.
My drunken goblin has some favorite “corrections” for sure
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in reply to astroPug • • •@astroPug I know right? the misspelling is SO COMMON, I see it ALL the time.
Italian is my first language and when I write in English I invariably spell-check - especially if I'm writing an article for my blog. Imagine not spell-checking something that gets published on an actual news media site?
Seeing "Mastadon" in the press makes me a little angry every time it happens.
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Sebastian/S.T. Veje
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •It seems they've fixed it, thankfully.
That said, I find the MastAdon misspelling interesting, because to me it's obvious that it's not spelled with an A because I'd pronounce that differently, but apparently a lot of speakers pronounce these two spellings the same. I wonder if it's native English speakers generally, or perhaps to do with dialects.
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Sebastian/S.T. Veje • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Please join me in a round of applause for @elduvelle who, after reading my toot, reached out to the Forbes journalist, pointing out the "Mastadon" typo.
The typo has been fixed and the article is even linking to joinmastodon.org now 🥳
Mastodon - Decentralized social media
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Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •It just occurred to me that the Forbes article uses a stock photo of a hand holding up a smartphone with a bunch of apps from mainstream, for-profit social media... even if the piece is about the #Fediverse.
So on my to do list for today: recreating a similar photo showing Fediverse software instead. Like, how my actual phone looks like.
As a photographer, I feel it's my duty to do this.
I will give the pic a CC BY-ND license. Thoughts?
And fellow photographers will you join in?
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •mkj
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •That sounds like a great idea!
Consider making one with the official apps only, and one with a bunch of third-party alternative apps as well as (or instead of) the official ones. Showcase how Fedi encourages software diversity.
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to mkj • • •@mkj great point! My iPhone has Impressia, Ivory, Mastodon, Mona, Pixelfed, Surf, Voyager (for Lemmy) and Wordpress (for my federated Wordpress blogs).
I was thinking of removing Impressia (for simplicity) and Wordpress (confusing). Not sure what should be on it, just Mastodon and Pixelfed seems too few.
Maybe: Mastodon, Pixelfed, Loops and PeerTube? Is there something else for Lemmy? I could create a shortcut on my phone for lemmy.world
informapirata ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •For Lemmy you can take a look here: join-lemmy.org/apps
For the rest, who knows if there are web apps in ios like for Android. Friendica for example on Android allows you to install the web app. On ios I don't know
@mkj
Lemmy - Apps and Libraries
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Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to mkj • • •@mkj @informapirata I have this so far.
Now taking a photo of my hand holding the phone while home alone is proving tricky. I will see if I can slap this onto a ready-made phone mockup
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Great start!
And surely you must have a tripod (or even just a monopod) somewhere in the attic? 😉
@informapirata
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to mkj • • •@mkj thanks! yes of course I have tripods (3 even!) but I need to switch cameras and use one with a remote.
Also: light/glare is a bit of an issue, an already made mockup would work so much better. Like this: elements.envato.com/a-hand-hol…
informapirata ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Poi magari l'iPhone ha uno schermo così figo che puoi anche evitare di fare questo lavoro, ma credo che la cosa migliore sia lo screenshot
nicolas ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •If at some point you want to do an update, I quickly edited it so that it has the original Lemmy logo and the new/future Loops logo.
No hurry, maybe it can wait the new version of Loops being released, and maybe it’s easier just to retake an updated screenshot at some point of the future with whatever apps are relevant at that time. Simply got an itch to “fix” those 😀
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in reply to Ｎｅｘｙ • • •@Nexy it's a PWA app.
If you start using phanpy from an android browser like chrome, it will propose you to install it like an 'app'.
if you're just reading up, the ui experience is as good as in the computer browser, for example it feels very natural to browse the boost carousel with the fingers 🙂
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •You are completely on the right track, Elena. Also a good time to point out how much I admire your enthusiasm! ❤️
From a recent trip to Germany, I brought home a Fairphone 5. Let me know if I can help out with a photo of Fedi apps on such screen.
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •1. Others to build on your good work, such as by swapping out, or adding, an app icon on the smartphone screen with another Fediverse app.
2. Still require attribution to you *without* implying endorsement.
3. Allow improvements to accessibility such as translations.
4. Allow easier incorporation into other things such as embedding the image in slides for a presentation about the Fediverse, etc.
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •My best shot at a stock photo for the #Fediverse, showing its most popular projects.
Please show some mercy, I am not a hand model (obvi) and my masking skills are a little rusty.
If some photographers would like to improve it, I could share my original photo and screenshot.
Hilariously, when I opened the tripod my bracelet got stuck in it and I semi-panicked for a few moments because I was home alone... with a tripod stuck to my wrist. Thankfully I managed to free myself 😂
#FediLove
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to D1re_W0lf • • •@d1re_w0lf indeed, I would have added it but opted for simplicity and just having the flagship projects shown.
My real Fediverse folder has Ivory, Mona, Surf and Voyager
D1re_W0lf
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I've been using Mlem ( mlem.group ) and it "does it job" but there's always room for a better app. 😁
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in reply to Oblomov • • •@oblomov since mainstream media is 100% clueless about the Fediverse, I thought the best approach was the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid).
In reality I don't even use the Mastodon app. I have Ivory for mastodon.social and Mona for my self-hosted instance...
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Dear Fedi friends, thank you for all your boosts and messages today – it's been a RIP my mentions sort of day not just on Mastodon, but on Pixelfed too. Wow.
I'm delighted to hear you liked my smartphone "stock" photo of Fedi apps. Tomorrow I'll add it to my website with clear instructions (re: CC license) so that hopefully anyone can download it and use it.
I'm off to pick up my child from pre-school, so I'll be offline for the next few hours. Thanks for all your feedback & support! ❤️
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Funny how the Pixelfed logo is so similar to the Polyend logo: polyend.com
Which one can first?
Polyend • Polyend
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Tormod
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Looks great Elena!
Happy that you're still with us. Death by tripod is such a silly way to go 🙃
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Tormod • • •wendinoakland
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to wendinoakland • • •@wendinoakland yes I thought about it but I preferred to keep it simple and only show official apps or shortcuts to websites (like Lemmy) because mainstream media is totally clueless about the Fediverse and I didn't want to add extra complexity. The whole KISS / Keep it simple, Stupid principle that is.
I may do a v2 with Friendica, too, following many requests
@ivory @MonaApp @IceCubesApp
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Blint
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Thanks for your enthusiasm!
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Blint • • •Benny Powers 🇮🇱🦁
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Benny Powers 🇮🇱🦁 • • •@bp the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_pri… because mainstream media does a terrible job covering the Fediverse and I didn't want to add extra complexity for people not familiar with it.
I LOVE Sharkey though! MissKey too!
acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid"; design principle
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This is it here. Its Wikimedia commons. A Wikipedia account is needed.
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •They corrected their mistake. I'd say they deserves an A now 🙂
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •The stock photo shows the major social media apps.
Let's think about all the free publicity that these guys get. They have share buttons with their logo on on every news paper website, every news broascaster website and numerous other websites.
The media that are dependent on these networks have fed the beast that is killing them.
Benjamin
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Whenever I see it written like 'Mastadon' I think of Sacha Dhawan's delivery of "Spy.... Master" in Doctor Who.
Which doesn't mean anything except that I definitely belong on Mastodon.
KB Sez
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Can we talk #Lemmy ?
I’d like to get away from #Reddit but I’ve heard sketchy things about the people behind Lemmy and I haven’t seen any other platform coming up better.
What’s your take?
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Slyphic
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •The article has corrected both those points, the misspelling and the lack of links. The new editorial process is publish first, have an editor look at it when they have time.
I caught a story on car radio this weekend, NPR, about the fediverse and they spent an inordinately long time mocking the name in the most derisive and childish manner, but did praise ActivityPub, Masto, Pixelfed, et al for being the only viable path forward for a free and open internet. Better than nothing?
Michael Downey 🚩
in reply to Slyphic • • •@Slyphic It's not a news article from the news/editorial team, it's one of their "contributor" blogs.
joshsteimle.com/writing/how-be…
How Being A Forbes Contributor Works - Josh Steimle
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Ben Fulton
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •"Hey! Remember Mastodon has two O's in it!"
"Oh, sorry. Join Mastadoon today!"
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