tommi 2 years ago • 100%
Questo articolo è favoloso, esattamente ciò che io provo a dire da anni, e in estrema sintesi l’argomento su cui vorrei basare la mia tesi.
Hello to everybody. I am quite conflicted concerning the way I should manage my presence on the #Fediverse, which instances to join, and how many accounts to use. In particular, I would like to understand whether the way to go is to have **one unique account for everything** on a general instance, or rather to **create multiple accounts in topic-specific instances** and use each one to post about that topic only. For example, should I use @tommi@mastodon.uno only for posts in Italian, @tommi@scholar.social for academic stuff only, @tommi@bookwyrm.social for book-related content? I fear that having too many account could fragment my follower-base and I would lose my (already quite-little) presence. On the other hand, having separate multiple account makes sense for order and organizational purposes. What is your take on this? Thanks a lot! Tommi
This is an essay I wrote. It explains and demonstrates on a socio-philosophical level how and why decentralization is the solution to the most pressing issues of today’s Information Technology, social media in particular.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
YES!
THANK YOU!
I have been so limited in participating to conversations about great software only because they happened on Discord and I do not use it by choice.
Let us all use Matrix, instead!
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
I don’t know… maybe having little, super effective and specific platforms is better than one where you try to include most of the features possible. That’s the awesomeness of the Fediverse! As long as there is seamless interoperability, anything goes smoothly.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
To be honest, I do not care. It is important to have the right license, but the value of a software should not be conditioned by license bias. It is a matter that is not strictly and directly related.
Software comes first, license comes close, but still second to it.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
To be honest, I do not care. It is important to have the right license, but the value of a software should not be conditioned by license bias. It is a matter that is not strictly and directly related.
Software comes first, license comes close, but still second to it.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
I did not know it. I’ll look into it! Thanks for sharing
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
It might be, but IMDb, as all Big Tech companies (it is owned by Amazon) is successfully settling on territories where before there were other smaller services, among them Trakt.
I love the Fediverse and I love cinema 🍿, I don’t think I am the only one… I am surprised nobody has realized a Fediverse software for movies, yet! [I am tired of IMDb](https://tommi.space/quit-imdb 'Quit IMDb — tommi.space'), and [any other alternative](https://alternativeto.net/software/imdb/ 'IMDb alternatives on AlternativeTo') is centralized, proprietary software. What I think could be done is to develop a fork of @bookwyrm@tech.lgbt with the same features, but some key differences that make it the go-to solution for tracking movies you want to watch and that you watched, as well as sharing your thoughts with your friends. I already emailed @tripofmice@friend.camp, Bookwyrm’s creator and main maintainer, about this possibility. I am keeping notes concerning this idea in the link for the post. --- Unfortunately, even though I am a Fediverse enthusiast and I cannot stop talking about it with everybody, I am no developer and I cannot *practically* start working on this, also because my time is too limited to work on such a software. Nevertheless, I hope writing this post could inspire somebody to code something and start a Fediverse platform for movies! 😍 Of course I am available for anything else concerning the project: website creation, marketing, bug testing and community moderation, etc. Thanks a lot for your time! Happy holidays, Tommi 🤯
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Are you using it? Spears to be awesome, but it seems too good to be true.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Are you using it? Spears to be awesome, but it seems too good to be true.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
??
Extract from page 4 of Massimo Salvadori’s *Modern Socialism*: > a movement centered on uncompromising opposition to capitalism, giving pre-eminence to the economic aspect of life, convinced that the end of capitalism will usher in an era of permanent prosperity, peace, and progress; aimed at achieving an egalitarian and brotherly society through the abolition of most or all individual ownership of property; strengthened by the certainty of possessing the truth and the key to happiness for all. <br> Later on, a funny contradictory statement: > Socialists were clearer about what they were against, than about what they were for. Their energies were focused on discussion of capitalism and agitation against it. On the formulation of Socialism there is, in contrast, vagueness. > Socialists differed in what they intended by capitalism. For most, it was a vague general term including practically everything non-socialist. So, Socialism is vague but it is not vague that it is against capitalism, the definition of which is vague too, since it depends on defining what is non-socialist. What is not vague, then?
I am puzzled after reading this article on #Wired. After all, what is written is not wrong, but is highly critic and makes me question the effective importance of fighting for free software or at least open source
I am puzzled after reading this article on #Wired. After all, what is written is not wrong, but is highly critic and makes me question the effective importance of fighting for free software or at least open source
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
It does not seem to be…
I am not very convinced
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
check out https://mojeek.com
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
NetNewsWire is the best
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Can I add the link to this thread on https://quitsocialmedia.club/why ?
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
It is great indeed. But last time I used it was tremendously laggy and slow.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
It is happening to me with the hateful Facebook
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
I am hoping a fork of this could become a valuable IMDb alternative, too!
(actually, I would love it and use it even more)
We all know the famous [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net), which I am planning to setup soon, but I recently stumbled upon [eBlocker](https://eblocker.org)… what is the difference between the two? Which one is better?
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
which ones among OMDb sponsors do you suggest?
[UPDATE]: I am not convinced… none of the sponsors in the list you indicated seems to be free software which can be used as an IMDb alternative!
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
I am waiting for a fork of Bookwyrm but for movies. Bookwyrm is great: it is federated, it accesses books data from different sources (mainly The Open Library), and it is FOSS.
Imagine how cool it would be to have something like a Moviewyrm!
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Nope. I think it could be, but instead Cubbit provides the complete hardware in an hexagonal cell
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Nope. I think it could be, but instead Cubbit provides the complete hardware in an hexagonal cell
tommi 3 years ago • 66%
I highly suggest you to go for ProtonMail. I have been using their services for more than two years and I cannot be happier
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
You are right. I tried to find a catchy title and adding the word “centralized” would make it even messier and longer. Unfortunately, for most people “social media” are the centralized monopolies that I invite to quit, and they have no idea of what the Fediverse is.
Nevertheless, in the what page I better explain that the website is not about quitting ALL social media platforms in general, but only some specific ones.
That said, I confirm again that I know the current title is not the best one. If anyone has a better domain or title suggestion, please do not hesitate to get in touch
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
You are right. I tried to find a catchy title and adding the word “centralized” would make it even messier and longer. Unfortunately, for most people “social media” are the centralized monopolies that I invite to quit, and they have no idea of what the Fediverse is.
Nevertheless, in the what page I better explain that the website is not about quitting ALL social media platforms in general, but only some specific ones.
That said, I confirm again that I know the current title is not the best one. If anyone has a better domain or title suggestion, please do not hesitate to get in touch
Cross-posted from [here](https://lemmy.ml/post/70894 'All about QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA').
Cross-posted from [here](https://lemmy.ml/post/70894 'All about QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA'). [quitsocialmedia.club](https://quitsocialmedia.club 'Quit Social Media') is also a **minimalist website**: It is part of the [1MB club](1mb.club 'Websites lighter than 1MB').
I spent several months building and writing this website, which contains all of the reasons why it is important to abandon corporate social media platforms, for good. In the [“Why” page](https://quitsocialmedia.club/why 'Why to quit social media') I listed **>20 different reasons why corporate social media are bad and harmful**, also by collecting a lot of related researches, articles, videos and documentaries. Among the [solutions](https://quitsocialmedia.club/solutions 'Solutions - Quit Social Media'), I suggest to [join the Fediverse](https://quitsocialmedia.club/solutions#alternatives 'Alternative social media platforms') and **prefer federated social media**. Please, I would be tremendously happy if you would be willing to support my work by **sharing** the website and **contributing** to its content. Thank you very much! Best, Tommi
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
I wish I could. I am no Java programmer and as a student I have no income to make donations.
The best I can do, as of right now, is to provide feedback.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
To me, the most useful and important action to take is to spread the word.
If you would like to, I would be very happy if you checked out quitsocialmedia.club, a website I created to collect all of the information concerning how and why corporate social media should be abandoned and possible wonderful solutions.
Any feedback or PR is welcome!
Best, Tommi
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Wow! It is great!
While is has a lot of potential, it still appears to be buggy and definitely greatly improbable, though.
For example, I can’t find any other user in any location… no idea why.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Wow! It is great!
While is has a lot of potential, it still appears to be buggy and definitely greatly improbable, though.
For example, I can’t find any other user in any location… no idea why.
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Does anyone have any idea of when the iOS app is coming?
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Does anyone have any idea of when the iOS app is coming?
tommi 3 years ago • 100%
Thanks a lot! Tommi is an abbreviation of my actual Italian name, which is serious and long.
Good morning everybody, this is my first post on Lemmy. **Proud** to be here! [My personal website][tommi.space], linked above, contains a lot of crazy stuff I do around Italy and online. I would love it if you could check it out; any feedback is very welcome! Best, T [tommi.space]: https://tommi.space "Tommi’s virtual brain"