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I feel conflicted, can you give me your opinions? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 6 points 9 hours ago

I don't really despise people who do that, but it is a bit odd to post against big tech and then only post on big tech 🙈
It will never be my only posting platform again. Right now I'm loving the fediverse, so I'm sticking to that (and the website I'm making of course)

I feel conflicted, can you give me your opinions? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 2 points 11 hours ago

Thanks so much to everyone who has taken the time to reply!

I feel conflicted, can you give me your opinions? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 5 points 11 hours ago

I never looked at it that way, but yes that is definitely a strategy!

I feel conflicted, can you give me your opinions? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 9 points 12 hours ago

Thanks! That's a good idea, that way I wouldn't have to use it a lot and still can inform people.

I feel conflicted, can you give me your opinions? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 7 points 12 hours ago

Thanks! I'm definitely talking to people around me. I'm even having stickers made to put on my car and bins etc. so hopefully that will trigger some conversations as well.

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I feel conflicted, can you give me your opinions? (feddit.uk)

submitted 13 hours ago by EuropeanMade@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Every since I decided to join the Buy European movement, I've been avoiding US tech as much as possible. I still have my personal accounts but I try to use fediverse and European alternatives. However I've also built my website to promote buying European products. (Non profit, I don't earn from it).

Now that got me thinking... Most people that use Fediverse are fairly in the loop on things like "buy European" and shop local etc. But who really need to hear the info is people who are not. To reach them I'd probably need to insert links to my website on "big tech" social media websites. It makes me feel like an imposterer though to do that (advice to buy European and then putting content on an American network).

Can you guys/girls/others please tell me how you would handle this situation and what you think is best?

RFC: A logo for the co-op in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yes it's probably too playful for the corporate type people. Sorry about that! I misinterpted the public a bit

It ain't easy but keep going! in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Very well done and remember every step is worth it! It doesn't need to be perfect, but together we can do it!

European alternatives to Google's Gmail in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I have an e-mail adres with my domain name, but my personal mail is still Gmail. However I'm looking into changing that. I'm thinking about proton mail but I'm not sure yet. I'm trying to do research into what's best long term.

Irish products for St. Patrick's Day in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks! I love it! Even though I wrote the blog post I'm unfortunately allergic to wool 🙈 but I wish I could wear it! But the o'neills shirts would definitely be good for me, less wool more cotton LOL

Veklar, a French social media, apparently aims to protect their users from the Fediverse (?!) in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're right, but I feel "regular social media companies" can do this on their own networks too, but pretend they don't.

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Irish products for St. Patrick's Day (europeanmade.eu)

submitted 1 day ago by EuropeanMade@feddit.uk to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day! And lo and behold it is my lucky day, as I found some charming Irish companies which all make their products in Europe, two of them exclusively in Ireland! Of course I wrote a blog post on them.

Do you know any other Irish products that are great?

Veklar, a French social media, apparently aims to protect their users from the Fediverse (?!) in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I don't really feel I need protecting from the Fediverse, more from the "regular" social networks

Would you support a European Citizens Initiative to force our politicians to drop Twitter and create their own Mastodon instances? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] EuropeanMade@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago

I would love for the "official/non personal" accouts to be on Mastodon. I feel strongly they should do whatever they like in their time off, but for the love of the fediverse please use Mastodon for official communication. A lot of my country's politicians (the Netherlands) are using Twitter/X to communicate and I hate it. (They even argue on there.. I'm not missing that)