pet1t

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[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get that! And it's not really about creating enemies. More of a digital utopia where we see what's the better option

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

yeah they rather "Skeet" it

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Jack Dorsey being one of the founders certainly has something to do with that, from a UX and UI point of view. Other than that, I don't think is accidental. Also could be some marketing in place and certain "influencers" - of all sorts - pushing the platform online

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I use Alexandrite on my laptop and really like it

 

Especially when they promote and use it out of "moral motivation" to "fight against twitter/big tech". You're still using a platform owned by one company. They're not really decentralized. There's nothing stopping them to go down the same path twitter did. They're funded by some questionable investors... Or, to quote something I recently read: "BlueSky is decentralized in the same way Total Energies is a green company."

Fight big tech, yes, but know which platforms to use. And to counter all "but Mastodon etc. are boring": the more people making the shift to the fediverse, the less boring it gets.

Edit to add: "shame" might be a heavy choice of words, but I don't know another term haha (English not a first language and all that)

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Politics and social media both have a major impact on your life. Imo it's impossible to disconnect (pun intended) them from each other. Social media is basically the 21st century version of the town square. People talk about politics, that's just how it is

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So, he really is a dictator now, huh? He wasn't joking? 'Murica! Land of the free... I guess?

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Online communications for an organisation that focuses on local youths. Everything they organise, do, etc... we offer them a platform and also acts as a link between them and the local politicians. Since we're an online platform, it's a very important job (or so it feels) but it's not always easy to explain. So most of the times I just describe it as: "I post a lot of things on social media and our website as well as writing a newsletter, plus I go to a lot of events"

Trying to ditch all meta/big tech apps, tho, but almost impossible with this job. We rely on Instagram and TikTok a lot (our target audience is 16-30)... That's definitely a downside. Looking to expand to fediverse as well, but it's a slow process

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

right! i was half asleep and not thinking that well anymore...

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Biggus Dickus, I remember my dad cracking up over it the first time I saw Life of Brian (not his first time, obviously). And now, more than 15 years later we're still in tears when just mentioning the name or watching the scene for the x'th time

edit: Life of Brian, not Holy Grail... sleep induced brain didn't work that well anymore