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And now imagine a citizen wants to quickly check news/updates/whatever from a government agency or a city council which doesn't have a fediverse account
You can blame this all you want on evil social media corporations, but the reality is AI companies scraping public conversations to feed LLMs are the current reason for walls being erected around every single garden. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn.. all heading toward full walled garden mode to prevent scrapers from repurposing data and profiting off their systems. Federated systems are a nice idea, b…
Noticed this morning that nitter was down and twitter made tweets completely unavailable until you're logged in. Very annoying. I wonder what happened to embedded tweets?
Here's the example link from that comment: https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=16748657311...
Edit: and here's a random news article (post?) that has a working embedded tweet: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23780357/new-footage-of-t...
And now imagine a citizen wants to quickly check news/updates/whatever from a government agency or a city council which doesn't have a fediverse account
Why the hell are government agencies using Twitter/Facebook for official communication in the first place? At the very least if these sites are being used for official communication that might be critical to peoples safety some sort of privileged status or ToS should be negotiated. Can you imagine Musk banning some random non-USA government agency because he had a fit while high at 3 am? Also: https://xkcd.com/743/
Not only, but also.
Does the Chinese government run an account? Have American politicians been as upset about this as they seem to have been about TikTok? I'd check the former, but, well, the subject under discussion.
Putting the internet in the hands of corporations was the worst thing that ever happened to technology
No. Centralizing control of something that was designed to be distributed is what is stupid. The Internet is supposed to be distributed. We've gotten so used to consolidated services that we have forgotten this lesson.
Centralizing control of something that was designed to be distributed
Putting the internet in the hands of corporations was the worst thing that ever happened to technology
A dynamic, user-driven community still thrives in the vast expanse of the digital world, yet it lies hidden beyond the towering edifices of corporate-controlled structures. Discovering these spaces has become an increasingly formidable task, as the infusion of corporate social content into journalistic and blogging platforms perpetuates the mirage that such networks are all that exist.
Each colossal tech corporation we see today began its journey as a modest, affable endeavor. As these projects expanded with their burgeoning popularity, users neglected to challenge the escalating influence and control these companies wielded.
Nitter was merely an alternative facade to Twitter. Despite offering an ad-free environment, it lacked substantial advantages as the underlying platform remained the same - Twitter.
However, the digital realm is not void of choices. Federated social media is emerging as a profound alternative. Yet, a majority of those voicing concerns about corporate social media seem to dismiss options like Mastodon. This is primarily due to their increased technological demands and people's comfort in having a corporation guide their online journey.
The power to reshape your digital footprint rests in your hands. You can sever ties with your corporate social media accounts. You can choose to eschew media that incessantly embeds corporate social media content. You can advocate for an internet not ruled by corporate influence. All it requires is the willingness to venture beyond the realm of comfort.
I think Write Once, Publish Everywhere (including both centralised and federated) is much better.
"Temporary emergency measure" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36540957
And now imagine a citizen wants to quickly check news/updates/whatever from a government agency or a city council which doesn't have a fediverse account
Why the hell are government agencies using Twitter/Facebook for official communication in the first place? At the very least if these sites are being used for official communication that might be critical to peoples safety some sort of privileged status or ToS should be negotiated. Can you imagine Musk banning some random non-USA government agency because he had a fit while high at 3 am? Also: https://xkcd.com/743/
Exactly this. It's fine if they use twitter to syndicate news that is also announced on official government systems, but not as a primary and certainly not as a solitary distribution method.
> Can you imagine Musk banning some random non-USA government agency because he had a fit while high at 3 am?
That would be hilarious and maybe it would result in some people learning that twitter is in fact a private corporation that can do whatever it wants, but i doubt it - similar incidents proved that large swathes of users believe twitter is or should be treated as public infrastructure rather than prompting significant moves to user controlled platforms