Post B2DAyF6Lk2AvQ60CEC by reiver@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2CNp8i7EnpfErhFmi by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-12T05:20:25Z
       
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       Decentralized text, audio and video needs some way to get attention. That's what the early web gave us but we still relied on TV etc to know what sites existed etc. Even what to search for. Social media fixed that but became the new gatekeepers. Decentralized social media displaces them.The social news feed (microblogging but that's a bad term) goes together with blogs, podcasts, #peertube etc like chocolate and peanut butter. They are not the same but need each other to be really awesome.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D7lgP8cPDuTJ6rom by reiver@mastodon.social
       2026-01-12T13:55:14Z
       
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       @wjmaggos Back in the 1990s and 2000s, Mailing-Lists and Usenet were also popular ways of getting the word out about an interesting web-site.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2D8K4YPKzR3DRqNGK by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-12T14:01:24Z
       
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       @reiver did they have anything like a RT? afaict that's what makes it "social media". basically RSS with boosts.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DAyF6Lk2AvQ60CEC by reiver@mastodon.social
       2026-01-12T14:31:04Z
       
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       @wjmaggos I suppose "forwarding" a message can be thought of as being similar to retweeting / boosting.(There was often a button in the applications of the day to "forward".)
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DFfDTq2o14f1jgQ4 by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-12T15:23:44Z
       
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       @reiver that was more like federating, not propagation via trust. it was more about making sure another server knew something existed, not endorsement.there's so much that we might be interested in but wouldn't want to share with others. stuff that appeals to our more base instincts. porn but also the magazine covers at the checkout line at the supermarket. daytime talk shows. looking at accidents on the highway. we have a shittier culture cause algos spread that, but we'd never boost it.