When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
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@aral This also seems to be a thing on Bsky, although there it’s opt-in. Which means that people actively decide to exclude people not on the same platform. Seems to be considered a feature, not a bug.
@felwert @aral On Mastodon, you can make a post "only for followers," and we're fine with it. I can imagine that a user can decide on his personal level not to share their post with the open web. That's their choice.
(Though, the funny part is that it's more like a flag, and respecting it depends completely on the app, so if there is more traction for Bluesky, apps going around that might start popping up. Same for blocks.)
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@elettrona @aral @_elena @vicfroh Simple concept of enshittification. You want information? Well, then you have to give us information about you or your service in exchange.
I can live without using corporate platforms.
What I find much more disturbing is the paywall of public newspapers. You get a short (sometimes misleading) abstract of a system relevant article, but you have to pay (or at least disable your ad blocker) to get the full information you require to build a reliable opinion.
@Amorpheus @aral @_elena @vicfroh About paywalls I'm giving subscriptions systems more possibilities. We must think of it. Writing or creating videos genuinely, cost. So paywalls are a way to work. Then, yes, if you have a clickbait or misunderstandable/false abstract to force you to pay, that's called scam
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@felwert @aral On Mastodon, you can make a post "only for followers," and we're fine with it. I can imagine that a user can decide on his personal level not to share their post with the open web. That's their choice.
(Though, the funny part is that it's more like a flag, and respecting it depends completely on the app, so if there is more traction for Bluesky, apps going around that might start popping up. Same for blocks.)
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral and this is what it looks like to people who prevent their browser from even connecting to these platforms:
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@aral I'm actually writing a blog post arguing that public institutions should start seeing the Fediverse as the ideal publishing platform for sharing communications with their constituents.
May I quote your post, this is super relevant?
@_elena Of course
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral That’s why I post to micro.blog and then share a link to my post instead
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral This is what I've been trying to emphasise to friends who remain in walled-off corporate sites. It's also got to the point where Google's purchase of YouTube (which some of us have memory of) developed a monopoly on video, and now when I visit websites still using that to embed videos, I can't play any of them because I have to be signed in. (And I can't always be bothered to use front-ends etc and hey why should I)
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@aral I'm actually writing a blog post arguing that public institutions should start seeing the Fediverse as the ideal publishing platform for sharing communications with their constituents.
May I quote your post, this is super relevant?
@_elena
Will you be present at https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference ?
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral
Pro tip:
Swap x.com for xcancel.com (including the rest of the URL) and it’ll load the tweet and replies without being logged in.The same thing works (with less reliability) by swapping instagram.com with imginn.com (again, keeping the rest of the URL).
I use Apple Shortcuts to do these actions automatically:
Twitter: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/06a82b30a77b4ba8834c85a28093c241
Instagram: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/37da2bbbc7e341d2acb23c8dd73d0f14 -
@_elena
Will you be present at https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference ?
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@_elena Of course
@aral @_elena transparency is a duty of public institutions and a right for citizens.
in Banrepcultural we decided to post what goes to rrss also in our website: https://www.banrepcultural.org/multimedia/dia-internacional-de-la-gaita
Hopefully we will be also in mastodon.
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral trash
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@aral I'm actually writing a blog post arguing that public institutions should start seeing the Fediverse as the ideal publishing platform for sharing communications with their constituents.
May I quote your post, this is super relevant?
@_elena Personally, I would honestly rather see public institutions offering a variety of ways to access what they publish.
Including easily located full-text RSS feeds through platforms they control. (Minimal third parties in between them and the people who want to access the information.)
And yes, Fediverse and their own web sites.
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@aral
Pro tip:
Swap x.com for xcancel.com (including the rest of the URL) and it’ll load the tweet and replies without being logged in.The same thing works (with less reliability) by swapping instagram.com with imginn.com (again, keeping the rest of the URL).
I use Apple Shortcuts to do these actions automatically:
Twitter: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/06a82b30a77b4ba8834c85a28093c241
Instagram: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/37da2bbbc7e341d2acb23c8dd73d0f14 -
When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
Great stuff. If they post on there then I have to assume they don't want me to know what they have to say.
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral Thank you for saying this Aral. I often wonder how to point out to folks who post links to exclusive platforms, that this excludes me. And anyone else who takes a stance and refuses to use those platforms...
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral it’s Schrödinger's content. If you login to view it, the quantum superposition collapses and you discover it either doesn’t exist, or that it wasn’t worth the effort because of the rest of the garbage on those platforms.
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@felwert @aral Seen alone, perhaps. The scenario I can see is this: they block people on Bluesky and by making their posts BS-only, they make sure that blockers cannot simply open a private tab and read them. A lot of visibility aspects on Mastodon were driven by these situations, too. That Bluesky allows only such a solution is not their fault.
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When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
@aral yeah
at least for X, there is nitter. Just replace x.com with nitter.net
Don't know about Instagram and Facebook, but im sure there is some way to view anonymously -
@aral yeah at least for X, there is nitter. Just replace x.com with nitter.net
Don't know about Instagram and Facebook, but im sure there is some way to view anonymously@aral oh also for reddit since it likes to block vpns, there is redlib. various different instances, the one I like to use is redlib.privacyredirect.com
