There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
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@_elena Especially with mesh wifi networks... Or even phone lines...
I was stoked to see that BABEL (e.g. RFC 8966, 9229, etc. also see: https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/babel/) implementations have made their way into BIRD (https://bird.network.cz/)! Though, I have yet to test that; perhaps they are now less full of Linuxisms and "academic caliber" code and can potentially operate on some BSDs at long last?!
CC: @_elena@mastodon.social
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I was stoked to see that BABEL (e.g. RFC 8966, 9229, etc. also see: https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/babel/) implementations have made their way into BIRD (https://bird.network.cz/)! Though, I have yet to test that; perhaps they are now less full of Linuxisms and "academic caliber" code and can potentially operate on some BSDs at long last?!
CC: @_elena@mastodon.social@teajaygrey @Dianora @_elena Especially with the rush of Linuxers to BSD now!
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There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/117513247794023369
If you have friend group that isn't yet planning for internet restrictions, now is a great time to start.
I'm no pro, but I think Signal is a bare-minimum start. And I try to follow folks on Mastodon like @_elena.
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There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
@_elena I recently created a mastodon account and I really hope decentralized social networks catch on in Brazil, but they are pretty much unknown. Meta shouldn't be interfering in our elections or any election for that matter
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There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
@_elena ah. Mesh networks become even more interesting
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There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
@_elena "The French government explored ways of blocking social networks during last Saturday's protests"
this is fucking wild to read. that's what authoritarian governments (eg. in Syria) have been doing at various points in the past decade, to much derision from western media as "dystopian". and yet it's now being reported on as if it's a normal thing to be doing.
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@_elena "The French government explored ways of blocking social networks during last Saturday's protests"
this is fucking wild to read. that's what authoritarian governments (eg. in Syria) have been doing at various points in the past decade, to much derision from western media as "dystopian". and yet it's now being reported on as if it's a normal thing to be doing.
the political frame truly has shifted, huh? -
There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
There is a cultural problem.
They have no idea about the internet, no imagination.
I imagine the advent of many social networks like #holossocial , where every smartphone is the server. -
There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
@_elena @joachim that will need to be done IRL... Because the mass media won't mention it even in Europe and the alternative would be to create TikTok content everyday in hope the algorithm does not shadow bans us for promoting alternatives before we reach an audience.
Gotta print zines and hand them at highschoolers in the street
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There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
@_elena no one better than the French to organise in protests. They started using bitchat that messages via Bluetooth. Anyone going around to a protest without airplane mode is signaling their location. Public cameras and highway cameras were covered. They know what to do
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