@Gargron@mastodon.social Exactly why I selected a Netherlands-based instance when I joined #Mastodon back in late 2022.

@Gargron@mastodon.social 💯💯💯

@Gargron@mastodon.social cool.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Happy my instance isn’t federated w meta or bsky.

@Gargron@mastodon.social One of the BIG things I like about Mastodon is that the host is subject to German laws. As a Jew this has given me some feeling of safety to post here. Thank you.

Which reminds me I probably ought to renew my donation.

@Gargron@mastodon.social please, please, please work with your peers in the Fediverse software space to prioritize nomadic identity migration and instance/domain migration

Being able to move to a new instance while retaining the post history is going to be crucial in the coming times.

@Gargron@mastodon.social that’s not even possible right?

@Gargron@mastodon.social that’s not even possible to happen right?

@Gargron@mastodon.social Yes, would be great to have a Mastodon server App readily available in e.g. a kitchen self hosted #freedombox or #uberspace lab guide https://lab.uberspace.de/

I'm still looking for the quickest and cheapest way for hosting a family instance.

Matrix, Mumble and XMPP are already running well. Next is Fediverse Goto Social or Mastodon or similar.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Thanks to all of us for doing this important work, not always agreeing on everything but still pushing this forward

@Gargron@mastodon.social In US the answer is only US $. ✍️

@Gargron@mastodon.social What difference does it makes if the private messages here aren't still encrypted and can be accessed by the 3-letter US organizations as they wish even without your knowledge?
They can harvest anything, any data about anyone they want from here and we all know exactly that something like this is possible. The weakest link is always the human. And if your moderators can read them, so can anyone else. Accidentally and on purpose. Even forcefully. That's pretty obvious. So.. you know.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Yeah, I'm moving TechHub back to Canada. It's going to be PITA, but it needs to be done.

@Gargron@mastodon.social For damn sure. The US is not to be trusted. #AMAGAta

@Gargron@mastodon.social they’re gonna ban any apps not located in the US. The walled garden is getting taller walls.

@Gargron@mastodon.social the syntax does not make sense.

@Gargron@mastodon.social so, force more people out of your instances, there's too much of people on mastodon.social and mastodon.online

@Gargron@mastodon.social invest in a VPN. You might need it.

@Gargron@mastodon.social

I think it's going to be more important than ever that HUMANS are not centrally operated out of the US unlike almost every other social media platform out there.

@Gargron@mastodon.social indeed!

@Gargron@mastodon.social

absolutely
Mastodont and the Fediverse must be centrally operated out from US
this free media platform will not last long in US now

@Gargron@mastodon.social 💯 ActivityPub/Fediverse/Mastodon triumphant.

In 2016 we didn't have this,... and NOW we do.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Agreed! Glad I fully made the move to be federated.

@Gargron@mastodon.social I really hope that the EU will fund Mastodon

@Gargron@mastodon.social my thoughts exactly. More of this please. Let’s try and scoop out at least some of the firmament that allowed this to happen

@Gargron@mastodon.social
Yeah, this is what I was saying a few days ago. TechHub will likely be moving our server to Canada, but I worry about the smaller servers run by a single person in the US, where that might not be an option.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Glad to hear you're gonna stop accepting new registrations on your centrally administered mega-instances.

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@Gargron@mastodon.social never been prouder to have been off that place than today

@Gargron@mastodon.social this is important. Very important. However, as this election has shown, the 'negative choice' is not enough. #Mastodon needs to be the positive choice. With features, innovations and services that go beyond what others are offering, and entice people to come and to stay.

Of course that's not just up to you or the GmbH, but the things people create around this. But you can help in setting the culture, and creating joy in the core apps and services.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Thank heaven! Crucially important, I would have thought .......

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@Gargron@mastodon.social Couldn't agree more. US is not the only country on earth.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Just never forget: the headquarter of #ICANN is situated in Los Angeles, California

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@Gargron@mastodon.social
yes

@Gargron I agree. Still, what's the matter with Social Web Foundation? Honest question.

I see all these dubious companies over there. What's the game plan to have them (and their agendas) on the party?

@Gargron@mastodon.social I'm new here, but yeah the landscape seems totally different. Definitely important

@Gargron@mastodon.social It will only become an important alternative when discussions can be more open, and the massiv elephants in the room are properly addressed.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Get yourself a thumb drive and download tails for a start. https://tails.net/

@Gargron@mastodon.social Or the EU for that matter. Or any single jurisdiction really.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Thanks Eugen for sharing this vision. However, I think there is a mighty lot of work to do making Mastodon more accessible to average users

@Gargron@mastodon.social This image sums it up too well

@Gargron@mastodon.social what about Switzerland?

@Gargron@mastodon.social Right you are.

@Gargron@mastodon.social Especially now that Chump is going to get to play President again and hand everything over to his rich friends, I think it's imperative that Mastodon plays a more active outreach role / PR to actively pull users away from BookFace, Shitter and the likes. Maybe some high profile partnerships with other like-minded orgs to actively promote their fediposts? All the FOSS / GNU / open society types of orgs should commit to making it their primary source, while only posting links on other platforms and their websites to their fedi-posts. Elon Musk needs to dread his decision to buy Shitter, and Troth Sential stock values need to tank to penny stocks. I haven't used Insta, Snap or TikTok to really know whether or not I'd hate them, but their ownership and control are problematic enough to relegate them "to the dustbins of history".

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@Gargron@mastodon.social

Of course.

It’s also even more necessary to keep out the surveillance networks like Thread and Reddit.

Looking ahead more publicly funded instances might be helpful to grow the reach and volume of relevant content.