Tootfinder

An interview with Evan Prodromou, "inventor of the Fediverse", on ActivityPub's origins, Mastodon's privacy focus, expanding beyond microblogging, and more (Matthias Pfefferle/Open Channels FM)
https://openchannels.fm/how-decentrali

How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon
Join Matthias Pfefferle and Evan Prodromou as they explore the evolution of decentralized social networks and the future of the Fediverse.

the thing about masto being half microblogging half chaotic group chat is the capacity for riffing is un fucking paralleled

They say that microblogging on Mastodon is ephemeral but somebody just liked a reply I made 6 months ago to somebody else's post.
This is both creepy and super cool. I need to remember to like replies more often when I click through to somebody's posts.

#Survey: On which #MicroBlogging #SocialMedia do people find the most discussion and information about today's 🇪🇺 #EuSummit25? 🤔
Please cite sources where possible! 🙏
#FollowerPower #EuSummit #Digitalgipfel #DigitaleSouveränität #digitalsovereignty #Demokratie #Umfrage #SaveSocial #Fediverse #Bluesky #Threads #X #Musk #Meta #Mastodon #democracy
Bluesky
Fediverse / Mastodon
Threads
X (yes, Cloudflare …)

i keep forgetting that the point of a microblogging account is to share poetry. apologies