@EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
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@EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
This is an important discussion.What do you think could be done to make the #GlobalSouth more visible on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse?
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@EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
This is an important discussion.What do you think could be done to make the #GlobalSouth more visible on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse?
@squads @EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
This is what Groups are for, if you post to a group it goes to everyone who follows the group no matter what server they are on:
https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse
Groups are like "super hashtags".
About the general topic of the global south, there need to be a lot more servers owned by people from the global south. For example https://paktodon.asia is doing a great job but we need more of them.
Owning a server is what ultimately distributes power.
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@squads @EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
This is what Groups are for, if you post to a group it goes to everyone who follows the group no matter what server they are on:
https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse
Groups are like "super hashtags".
About the general topic of the global south, there need to be a lot more servers owned by people from the global south. For example https://paktodon.asia is doing a great job but we need more of them.
Owning a server is what ultimately distributes power.
@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
The paucity of global south servers ultimately boils down
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114037640671009789
and
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114037643779263418
and
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114030807764667593
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
The paucity of global south servers ultimately boils down
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114037640671009789
and
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114037643779263418
and
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114030807764667593
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
Also: (global south or other low visibility) users/topics on even global north servers get invisiblized.
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114042102592947484
That’s something that needs to be addressed, I feel.
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
Also: (global south or other low visibility) users/topics on even global north servers get invisiblized.
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114042102592947484
That’s something that needs to be addressed, I feel.
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
As for groups, I agree they are great for people who will pro-actively work towards curating their feed; but an overwhelming majority of the global south, and maybe even of the global north, simply do not have the bandwidth for that.
Life is really miserable for a hell of a lot of people. For them, getting federated social media working is way way down the priority list. It may not even be there.
ps: I value and appreciate your work.
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
As for groups, I agree they are great for people who will pro-actively work towards curating their feed; but an overwhelming majority of the global south, and maybe even of the global north, simply do not have the bandwidth for that.
Life is really miserable for a hell of a lot of people. For them, getting federated social media working is way way down the priority list. It may not even be there.
ps: I value and appreciate your work.
@feralthoughts @squads @EdwinG @jerome
It's as easy to use a group as it is to use a hashtag.
"For them, getting federated social media working is way way down the priority list."
I am not in the global south, but the effect of centralised social media on the global south is horrific:
These are caused by corrupt centralised social media. Either it needs to be extremely heavily regulated or it needs to be replaced.
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@feralthoughts @squads @EdwinG @jerome
It's as easy to use a group as it is to use a hashtag.
"For them, getting federated social media working is way way down the priority list."
I am not in the global south, but the effect of centralised social media on the global south is horrific:
These are caused by corrupt centralised social media. Either it needs to be extremely heavily regulated or it needs to be replaced.
@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
That corporations are unscrupulous and will do everything and anything to maximize profits, I have no argument with.
But do not mislead yourself about "cause" vs "convenient tool". If non-corporate, federated social media was as widespread as FB in those places, then it would have been used to facilitate the same atrocities.
Social media overwhelmingly reflects existing social pathologies, it does not play as big a role in creating them as critics believe.
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
That corporations are unscrupulous and will do everything and anything to maximize profits, I have no argument with.
But do not mislead yourself about "cause" vs "convenient tool". If non-corporate, federated social media was as widespread as FB in those places, then it would have been used to facilitate the same atrocities.
Social media overwhelmingly reflects existing social pathologies, it does not play as big a role in creating them as critics believe.
", then it would have been used to facilitate the same atrocities."
I don't agree with this at all.
The ratio of moderators to users on the Fediverse is something like 100 times better than on Facebook etc. There is typically a human for every 1000 users.
Commercial social networks have barely any moderators. To match the Fediverse's ratio Facebook would need literally millions of moderators, but that would make them financially unviable.
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@FediTips @squads @EdwinG @jerome
That corporations are unscrupulous and will do everything and anything to maximize profits, I have no argument with.
But do not mislead yourself about "cause" vs "convenient tool". If non-corporate, federated social media was as widespread as FB in those places, then it would have been used to facilitate the same atrocities.
Social media overwhelmingly reflects existing social pathologies, it does not play as big a role in creating them as critics believe.
"Social media overwhelmingly reflects existing social pathologies, it does not play as big a role in creating them as critics believe."
This isn't true. Media can play a key role in causing genocide. For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines
Facebook etc are allowing lots of RTLMs to exist because they don't moderate properly, and especially don't give a shit about people in the global south.
