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Is this the end for X?

Has the world had enough of the far-right billionaire Elon Musk?

A growing Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for the fading platform

The former Twitter could fade away, or help shape a dark future hosting voices of a new authoritarian world
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #socialmedia #Fediverse #bluesky #Threads

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/17/bluesky-musk-trump-x-twitter-authoritarian-world

“I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic.”
- Stephen King

"Even the Master of Horror can't stomach what has become of Twitter (X) since right-wing fascist Elon Musk bought the company."
- Aure

#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Musk #Twitter #Mastodon #bluesky #Threads #Fediverse

So the #European #commission actually has received and will review my complaint against #meta, #instagram and #threads over the opt-in nature of threads’s #mastodon federation, their #scare #tactics to prevent users from enabling it, and the #mandatory Instagram account (that is deactivated upon creation and forces you to give your data to them).

Hope the #DMA hits them hard for the violation of their promise of #unrestricted #federation they have #violated.

💡 Bluesky continua a crescere: 700.000 nuovi utenti in una settimana. Fuga da 𝕏 ?

https://gomoot.com/bluesky-contunua-a-crescere-700-000-nuovi-utenti-in-una-settimana

#blog #bluesky #elonmusk #feed #media #meta #news #piattaforma #social #tech #tecnologia #threads #twitter #x

First came the bots, then came the bosses - we’re entering Musk and Zuck’s new era of disinformation | Joan Donovan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/12/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-disinformation #USelections2024 #MarkZuckerberg #Socialmedia #Technology #USpolitics #Instagram #Facebook #ElonMusk #Threads #USnews #Media #Meta #X

I've been somewhat surprised by how slowly organisations already present on #Threads have been at sharing their posts with the #Fediverse. If you're trying to broadcast news about your sports team (for instance), why not make a simple choice that increases your broadcasting range?

So I'm delighted to see that @theagendatvo has joined the Fediverse in the last few days. Welcome, Mr. Paikin and #TheAgenda.

#TVO #CanPol #cdnpoli #onpoli

Teaching in #Threads what #Fediverse is to newcomers to #Threads 😎

Tiny Mastodon Tip About Blocking Threads/Meta ​​

With this week's news
about Meta starting to test Threads integration with ActivityPub (the protocol that makes the Fediverse interconnected): https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/meta-starts-testing-threads-integration-with-activitypub/

Many people, like myself,
might feel uneasy about this. There are many reasons to be:

Whether it is due to Meta's (mal)practices when it comes to moderation, disinformation, politics, or problematic privacy, to say the least, your discomfort with this is very valid ​

On Mastodon,
know that you can pre-block a whole domain at the account level ⛔️

Now, this is not a complete solution and might not prevent all of your data from passing through, but it should prevent Threads accounts on these instances from following you and seeing most of your posts, and you theirs.

HOW TO ❓

1. On desktop, go to "Preferences" > "Import and export"

2. On your computer, create a text file and copy the 2 following lines in it:

threads.instagram.com
threads.net

3. Change the ".txt" extension of this file to ".csv"

4. Go back to Mastodon's Preferences and go to the "Import" section in the left side menu.

5. There, for "Import type" select "Domain blocking list"

5.1. On the right, make sure to select "Merge" and not Overwrite in order to keep your previously blocked Domains, if you had any.

5.2. In "Data" on the left, click on "Browse" and select the ".csv" file you just wrote.

5.3. Click "UPLOAD" at the bottom.

6. You will then see a message to confirm. Click "CONFIRM" ​

7. Done! And good riddance! ​​✨

#TinyMastodonTip #Mastodon #Meta #Threads #Facebook #Privacy

was having a chat with someone about #threads

seems most people are talking about blocking threads, but bigger threat seems to me threads blocking other instances

the desire to federate with threads will encourage compliance with their policies and whims

and they have essentially unlimited financial and development resources