Post AzFVThS9VubIv50rzs by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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(DIR) Post #AzFD4fG2jy4FhFGHOS by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T20:26:20Z
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Yes, Cory Doctorow (who coined the term 'enshittification') dropping some serious truth bombs about how the US Trump administration and US BigTech are rorting/scamming the global digital environment with international 'trade agreements'... and why their bad faith means we need to *jettison* the ones we're beholden to, especially the #CPTPPA. We must dishonour them, because they were never honourable to begin with.
(DIR) Post #AzFHdTvRGVZmVBTvFI by phil_stevens@mastodon.nz
2025-10-15T21:19:05Z
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@lightweight They were never about trade to begin with. They were always about control, surveillance, and entrenching corporate privilege.
(DIR) Post #AzFPqdeFE8yY3QDwBM by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T22:51:10Z
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Here's Doctorow describing this in his own (excellent) words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uLpICsNTV4 #DemocracyNow
(DIR) Post #AzFQjyFkJv1Ft09Jq4 by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T23:01:09Z
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Part two of the interview (yet to be published) promises to explain how people can retain their relationships people they love - with their affinity groups, expat communities, and other global communities-of-interest they found on US social media... - without being enshittified by the US tech corporations they hate. It promises to discuss BlueSky and Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #AzFQukb7Ql1sijHotU by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T23:03:07Z
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In my opinion, unfortunately, BlueSky is just Twitter Mk 2 and is already showing its fundamental flaws. Mastodon, however, is quite different in fundamental ways which make it far better... something progressive social movements should be leaping into while it's still very amenable and malleable to them setting the tone and influencing the culture there!
(DIR) Post #AzFT4j2cGwIwhI23uq by tasket@infosec.exchange
2025-10-15T23:26:13Z
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@lightweight Fedi, however, has a couple of large UX issues that act like a techie filter. The techies hop over them as little more than an annoyance but others end up getting lost and give up. Mastodon is the flagship project but refuses to address the issues.Active user count has flatlined over the past year; the isolated Mastodon site run by Trump has twice as many active users as all fedi instances combined.The AP architects were just good enough to keep out perverse effects, but they lack competency in other areas as well as the ability to recognize their own shortcomings.
(DIR) Post #AzFTC22G3CBNdMLfkW by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T23:28:37Z
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@tasket here's why we can't have 'non-tech-friendly' software: https://davelane.nz/why-mainstream-social-media-so-damn-user-friendly Sure, the more the libre communities powering the Fediverse should do everything they can... but sadly, if people want things better, they have to confront their expectations and limitations.
(DIR) Post #AzFTQi0cn3a9roaDXk by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T23:31:18Z
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@tasket as for slagging AP architects, I'm not sure that's warranted. They're doing the right things for the right reasons, with almost no resources. To me that gives them a level of cred that 'BigTech' could never match.
(DIR) Post #AzFUtgjehknAGj1olE by tasket@infosec.exchange
2025-10-15T23:47:42Z
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@lightweight I am all for criticizing the inclinations of the uber-consumer. This fedi issue is different; the devs are not competent enough to meet potential users half way.If normal interaction is impossible via websites that use a "Share this page on fedi" link, instead dumping people who thought they signed up onto an alien domain that weirdly has the same logos and "Mastodon" on the top page. They are supposed to look for small clues like "this site run by xyz" in the corner and then hop out of the web browser back into their fedi app... or edit the URL in the address bar to put them back into their home instance web UI.That is all very screwed-up to most people.Fedi fans tout a protocol that "works like email" but don't want to actually learn the specifics of email or what makes it function in the users' hands. The specifics of the Internet are apparently 1990s old-hat TL;dr. They don't understand the difference between a protocol that's used under-the-hood and one (like email) that is user-facing.FediDB has recorded surge after surge of new, interested users in recent years but we never sustain more than 1.1 million worldwide. Its half-baked and even Christine Lemmer-Webber has been gently trying to tell us that AP should be replaced by something else.
(DIR) Post #AzFVThS9VubIv50rzs by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-10-15T23:54:14Z
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@tasket seems to me that history's shown us software interface weakness are overcome by mainstream users (e.g. Craig's List) who're motivated to use the software. I'm not sure I agree with your figure of 1.1 million Fedi users - which counter did you use for that? Seems that someone with your insight can potentially have quite a lot of influence on the AP specification if it's well considered and well presented. Especially if you're in contact with @cwebber