I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!!
Who are the most knowledgeable people in this realm who I should definitely talk to?
What do you think is important to include in my series? I want to hear thoughts!!
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Depends on whether you want to tell people the Fediverse has two halves.
Almost nobody does, because almost everybody is politically aligned with one half or the other. But that's why nobody really understands the Fediverse, because the way the Fediverse actually functions would not be possible without both halves.
Almost nobody does, because almost everybody is politically aligned with one half or the other. But that's why nobody really understands the Fediverse, because the way the Fediverse actually functions would not be possible without both halves.
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@cjd @taylorlorenz What do you mean GPL software/tools are neutral ? Obviously it can only benefit my political views :^)
All free software is neutral, and if it was as simple as that, that would be one thing - but the Fedi has two very distinctive "halves" which ... the left half largely thinks the right half doesn't exist, and the right half finds the left half devoid of meaningful thought. But each one needs the other for the fedi to work the way it does...
@cjd @taylorlorenz Maybe there is not left or right.
Maybe there are just people thinking what the others are thinking.
Shame this happened tho as I've witnessed the exploitation of this logical fallacy by malicious people for divide and conquer reasons.
It would have happened anyway imo, but the consequences/extent would have been much lesser.
The only things who benefit from this are the Fangmans as usual.
Maybe there are just people thinking what the others are thinking.
Shame this happened tho as I've witnessed the exploitation of this logical fallacy by malicious people for divide and conquer reasons.
It would have happened anyway imo, but the consequences/extent would have been much lesser.
The only things who benefit from this are the Fangmans as usual.
Don't assume those are explicitly political labels, I'm kind of thinking of them a little more like left and right brain... There is a political angle, and it's kind of left goes here, right goes there, but I don't think it quite captures the essence to refer to them as lefty-fedi and right-wing-fedi...
@cjd @mangeurdenuage @taylorlorenz
This is true. There really isn't a ton of "right wing" in the part of the fediverse not controlled by blocklists.
Its more the "fuck you" fedi than the "right wing" fedi
This is true. There really isn't a ton of "right wing" in the part of the fediverse not controlled by blocklists.
Its more the "fuck you" fedi than the "right wing" fedi
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I would say it's less about "fuck you" and more about ensuring that people are sharing unfiltered thoughts.
Because if you are afraid to say anything that a potential future employer might not like, you're unable to bring unique value to the conversation, you're doomed to repeat worthless linkedin-slop.
I think that's why there's a shibboleth, you have to prove that you're not afraid to say words that are not allowed on linkedin.
Because if you are afraid to say anything that a potential future employer might not like, you're unable to bring unique value to the conversation, you're doomed to repeat worthless linkedin-slop.
I think that's why there's a shibboleth, you have to prove that you're not afraid to say words that are not allowed on linkedin.
Academic fucking excellence is what I would call that.