Dear Fedi friends,

[sasu@ieji.de]

@_elena
I love how much agency I have in the Fediverse. My feed contains only what I have chosen and not what an algorithm spits out.

Also I feel like the sense of community is stronger here. People are here because they want to be; there seems to be a general appreciation for real personal interaction and not just what will occupy the most minutes of human attention.

[rapsneezy@mastodon.social]

@_elena

mastodon has a massive problem with unqualified admins/mods censoring content on which they have next to zero expertise

such as genocide and Israel's 8 decades of war crimes

because of its federated nature, a collection of smaller units, each admin has fewer eyes on their decisions, and collectively the fediverse ends up being a racist zionist bubble

and the privileged European conference-goers are wilfully deaf and blind to this issue

have you not noticed the poor diversity here?

[jberg@toot.community]

@_elena le Fediverse est généralement juste plus sein que son alternative. Tu n’as pas d’algorithmes qui cherchent à te manipuler pour t’exploiter.

[thehole@dasforum.org]

@wurzelmann @_elena what Wurzelmann said

[reverend@social.undeadnetwork.de]

@rapsneezy @_elena

The aim of the federation is to create as many small servers as possible in order to reduce censorship and European arrogance as much as possible. What is known today as the ‘Fediverse’ is merely a starting point, a long way from what it ought to be. Projects such as Nostr or Delta Chat no longer allow for centralisation – this will not eradicate stupidity and arrogance, but it will take away their power.

[urbanfoxe@mastodon.ie]

@_elena it simply feels safer. I'm in the US which is now a surveillance state, my data is in Europe. I feel like if immigration were ever to ask to see my socials, Mastodon is not something they'd think to check.

[jrossstocholm@friendica.dk]

@_elena To me, it is the absence of algorithms. The resulting calmness is what truly differentiates fediverse from the big platforms.

Algorithms favor "conflict" over "dialogue" and since everything is displayed in chronological order, there is no incentive - as a content creator - to "feed the algorithm" to have your content prioritised.

I have yet to see a "Follow link in comments" post in fediverse - because there is just no need for it.

[jmrubillon@mastodon.ie]

@_elena le Fediverse est une communauté diverse, sans algorithme de "découverte", sans commercialisation de nos conversations. C'est un peu comme Usenet était au début.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@_elena after decades of being disappointed by Facebook, Twitter, and Google+'s approach to developers, I'm excited about finally being in control of what I create and share.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@_elena here you go:

Best social network money can't buy.

And:

Fediverse proves that if nobody is tipping the scale to artificially boost "engagement", toxic people end up being blocked. Mainstream media toxicity is not inevitable, it's a business decision, a choice. And Fediverse chooses not to have any of it.

[folfdk@helvede.net]

@_elena
This is mostly Mastodon experience but:

I feel like I'm in control.
The system is made for me and I can sort and select what I see through filters and lists.