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Move to the fediverse or die. Twitter has been irrelevant for nearly a decade now.

by VCFundedGenYer 2mo ago

tofuahdude 2mo ago
Objectively untrue, unfortunately.
xigoi 1mo ago
You can’t move to “the fediverse”, only a specific instance.
- notthemessiah 1mo ago
  Looks like data/account portability is in the works: https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola But at ATProto/Bluesky, account portability was a consideration from the start.
- dlcarrier 1mo ago
  Email has federated pretty reliably. Granted, it's nearly impossible to host your own server, because the rest will automatically assume you are only sending spam, but the well-known servers all federate quite nicely. Worst case scenario is that some organizations put a footer on outside messages warning that it's not internal.
  - xigoi 1mo ago
    Federation is much easier when you only need to see messages explicitly sent to you, rather than aggregate content from all over the world.
    - dlcarrier 1mo ago
      Usenet handles it fine, and it predates federated email.
- alightsoul 1mo ago
  They mean start posting, viewing and interacting in it.
rvz 1mo ago
> Twitter has been irrelevant for nearly a decade now. False. X was supposed to die by now, its never been more alive. In fact "Which instance?" is the reason why the fediverse died.
- krapp 1mo ago
  Rumors of the death of the fediverse have been greatly exaggerated. I'm following a vibrant community of nerds, creators, writers, game developers and interesting people on Mastodon right now, and there are numerous other platforms on the fediverse as well, with their own communities. Lots of people have been able to decide on one or more instances for themselves. I don't know why it's such an intractable problem for HN.
  - dawnerd 1mo ago
    The people that act like the fediverse died never really used to begin with. Or they’re the kind of people that expect to be able to blast out marketing posts and get instant feedback. My mastodon feed is really busy with way higher quality posts than I had back in the twitter days. Less spam too.
slashdave 1mo ago
You forgot the /sarcasm
Gareth321 1mo ago
The fediverse is 90% left wing authoritarians who won't hesitate to send death threats if you disagree with Russia's actions in Ukraine, or China's actions re ethnic cleansing and Uyghurs. I love the idea of the fediverse and tried really hard to make it work, but the community is comprised almost entirely of people who were so extreme that they've been banned from other social media platforms.

Move to the fediverse or die. Twitter has been irrelevant for nearly a decade now.

tofuahdude 2mo ago

Objectively untrue, unfortunately.

xigoi 1mo ago

You can’t move to “the fediverse”, only a specific instance.

notthemessiah 1mo ago
Looks like data/account portability is in the works: https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola But at ATProto/Bluesky, account portability was a consideration from the start.
dlcarrier 1mo ago
Email has federated pretty reliably. Granted, it's nearly impossible to host your own server, because the rest will automatically assume you are only sending spam, but the well-known servers all federate quite nicely. Worst case scenario is that some organizations put a footer on outside messages warning that it's not internal.
- xigoi 1mo ago
  Federation is much easier when you only need to see messages explicitly sent to you, rather than aggregate content from all over the world.
  - dlcarrier 1mo ago
    Usenet handles it fine, and it predates federated email.
alightsoul 1mo ago
They mean start posting, viewing and interacting in it.

rvz 1mo ago

> Twitter has been irrelevant for nearly a decade now. False. X was supposed to die by now, its never been more alive. In fact "Which instance?" is the reason why the fediverse died.

krapp 1mo ago
Rumors of the death of the fediverse have been greatly exaggerated. I'm following a vibrant community of nerds, creators, writers, game developers and interesting people on Mastodon right now, and there are numerous other platforms on the fediverse as well, with their own communities. Lots of people have been able to decide on one or more instances for themselves. I don't know why it's such an intractable problem for HN.
- dawnerd 1mo ago
  The people that act like the fediverse died never really used to begin with. Or they’re the kind of people that expect to be able to blast out marketing posts and get instant feedback. My mastodon feed is really busy with way higher quality posts than I had back in the twitter days. Less spam too.

slashdave 1mo ago

You forgot the /sarcasm

Gareth321 1mo ago

The fediverse is 90% left wing authoritarians who won't hesitate to send death threats if you disagree with Russia's actions in Ukraine, or China's actions re ethnic cleansing and Uyghurs. I love the idea of the fediverse and tried really hard to make it work, but the community is comprised almost entirely of people who were so extreme that they've been banned from other social media platforms.