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I wish the Mastodon ad campaigns on Twitter would focus more on the digital sovereignty benefits. It seems like all anyone takes away from federated protocols
by TheJoYo 6y ago
I wish the Mastodon ad campaigns on Twitter would focus more on the digital sovereignty benefits.
It seems like all anyone takes away from federated protocols is "it's more secure" in some ambiguous way.
On the Signal topic, I've been put off talking about the security concerns of centralized vs decentralized lately as everyone seems to interpret this as "US X NOT Y".
- riffic 6y agoReach out to Eugen about that -- afaik he runs the @joinmastodon Twitter account directly or has someone helping him with it, but he's approachable about feedback.
- TheJoYo 6y agoThanks, I did reply back when I noticed it. They seem to be collecting other people's posts on the topic at the moment. My main concern is the misconception that federated protocol provide ambiguous "security" that is: > Safer social media experience https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ There's noting safe or secure inherent to federated social media.
- gargron 6y ago"Safer social media experience" refers to user safety, i.e. moderation and safety tools like content warnings, phrase filters, mutes, blocks, and the various quality of life improvements to those features.
- TheJoYo 6y agoI know what you mean and I agree. That's not what I think is being conveyed to the people I link that page. They take those descriptions as it applies to their own posts, "your messages are safe". When I am put in the position to need to explain that Mastodon isn't an end-to-end encryption platform I've lost them completely.