thenexusofprivacy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/25142642

And if you're not sure why so many people on Fosstodon are considering moving, there are some links in the reply.

And if you're not sure why so many people on Fosstodon are considering moving, there are some links in the reply.

A deep dive into @FediForum's last-minute cancellation and the opportunities for a collective learning experience, catalyst for change, and perhaps an inflection point -- for FediForum and the broader ecosystem.

Contents:

• A last-minute cancellation has a big impact
• Acknowledgment, apology, amends, action
• "The Fediverse was built by many trans and nonbinary people"
• "Underrepresentation of marginalized communities"
• "Anti-Black incidents and lack of follow-up"
• Now what?
• Appendix: FediForum's response
• Terminology notes
• Notes (with additional references, examples, deeper dives into related points that I don't want to clutter the main post up with, and occasional snark)

This was originally going to be a #FediForum session ... oh well. But why let the FediForum organizers' screwups sabotage a worthwhile conversation? We decided to go ahead with the discussion anyhow. Here's the notes.

Feedback welcome! If you'd prefer to respond anonymously, here's a CryptPad form (it takes a few seconds to load, so don't panic; and it's kind of long, but all the questions are optional).

A summary of what I heard in a bunch of meetings with organizers.

Feedback welcome!

There's a lot of detail here. If you'd rather not deal with the complexity up front, and just want to get started as quickly as possible, there's a table of contents up front -- feel free to skip ahead!

And as always feedback is welcome!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/21234278

Excellent article by Afsaneh Rigot, author of the Design from the Margins methodology.

There's been a lot of discussion about whether or not Bluesky and the ATmosphere (the ecosystem using the AT protocol) are decentralized. Blacksky runs three feed generators, a moderation service, and a work-in-progress personal data store (PDS) as well as providing a starter pack. And the vision for Blacksky "extends beyond any single platform".

That sounds pretty decentralized to me!

But as far as I can tell, nobody else in the discussion is talking about Blacksky as an actually-existing example of decentralization. What's with that?

The official Mastodon web user interface and mobile apps aren't great from an accessibility perspective. Fortunately there are some better alternatives – and many of them also work with Mastodon-compatible software like Glitch, Hometown, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and Friendica.

This is a draft, and I'm sure I missed a lot. Feedback welcome!