Post AWet7kQEmWgX87iYoC by jeff@federated.fun
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 (DIR) Post #AWet7jdJiPYMgOpUYa by atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org
       2023-06-13T19:33:07.236659Z
       
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       Tech Press don’t understand the #Fediverse, so how can they understand its growth?To hear them talk, most of them believe that #Mastodon and the Fediverse are one and the the same. Some of them go so far as to call the Fediverse the “Mastodon network”.Which means that they don’t have a clue about what the Fediverse entails, nor how it has grown.Case in point: between Jan-May 2023, #Misskey and its forks grew by 300,000 accounts. No one in the Tech Press reported this. Okay, perhaps they didn’t know because the bulk of growth happened in Japan. But still, this is fairly important to know since Misskey is now responsible for generating the bulk of Fediverse content. Even so, Tech Press think the Fediverse is about Mastodon.And now, #Lemmy and #Kbin are experiencing lots of growth, with both collectively gaining 100,000 users in a week. This is quite a noteworthy event since the #RedditMigration is part and parcel of dissension on #Reddit – a pretty major Big Social platform.Does the Tech Media report on this? Nope. But again, that’s because they don’t understand the Fediverse nor what it entails.Then Meta signal that a new project they’re making, #P92 (a.k.a., #Barcelona), will be joining the Fediverse. There’s even screenshots that show this app interacting with remote Fediverse servers.But instead of reporting about how this will affect the existing Fediverse, press such as the #BBC say this is an altogether different social network than Mastodon. That’s right! Tech Press don’t even realize P92 will be joining the Fediverse – a social network that already exists!Is this all ridiculous? Yes.But this is why we have to be forthright about what the Fediverse is, what it entails, and what it all matters.We, on the Fediverse, must be our own Press.@fediversenews
       
 (DIR) Post #AWet7kQEmWgX87iYoC by jeff@federated.fun
       2023-06-13T19:35:12.298967Z
       
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       @atomicpoet @fediversenews do you seriously think that tech journalists know a god damned thing about anything? yes even copy editing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWeu6roLvMKfi98owS by EvilSandmich@poa.st
       2023-06-13T19:47:11.055215Z
       
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       @jeff @atomicpoet @fediversenews The only way they might understand the "fediverse" is if someone sent them a free one in the mail for them to review.  Otherwise, no dice.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWeuCuRd2tyRcGOT5M by jeff@federated.fun
       2023-06-13T19:47:50.775679Z
       
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       @EvilSandmich @atomicpoet @fediversenews they also refuse to learn.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWki0ItLdXNT4PBYrg by LinuxClaude@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-13T19:42:09Z
       
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       @atomicpoet @fediversenews Because they can't make money out of the Fediverse. No one from the Fediverse will buy ads on their websites.