tchambers
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Very saddened to see.
tchambers
10mo ago
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A great and thoughtful article.
tchambers
10mo ago
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Very appreciateive of all the work Ernest and everyone has done here.
The moderator rebellion is crushed, there are no longer any third party apps competing with the official Reddit app and Reddit seems to be as popular as ever.“It’s a nice time right now,” he says. “I think we’re executing really well.” In 2024, the company plans to focus on three pillars. 1. Maximizing ad revenue 2. Charging AI companies for training on its data3 . Enabling users to make money from Reddit
tchambers
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Really good interview, well worth your time.
tchambers
1y ago
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Glad to see this new Magazing getting formed.
Attached: 1 image Updated Apollo to give it that Tweetbot treatment 🤝
So for the [#RedditMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditMigration) - the next turn in the road is July 1st. When the Apolo app goes dark. First thing: everyone should support [@christianselig](https://mastodon.social/@christianselig) - buy merch, if you subscribe to the app decline your refund (see below)... But the [#Threadiverse](https://kbin.social/tag/Threadiverse) should also be ready. And any ways to do messaging, onboarding and welcoming folks into the larger Fediverse should be in the planning stages NOW. cc [@fediversereport](https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport) [@fediversenews](https://kbin.social/m/fediversenews@venera.social) [@fediverseobserver](https://fediverse.one/profile/fediverseobserver) [https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/28/reddit-client-apollo-is-shutting-down-on-july-1st----please-decline-your-refund](https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/28/reddit-client-apollo-is-shutting-down-on-july-1st----please-decline-your-refund)
For those looking to buy the "Goodbye Apollo" wallpaper set, but not on iOS, you can now buy it online! Includes phone, tablet, and desktop wallpaper sizes! It's a beautiful way to support Apollo and get 20+ amazingly designed wallpapers. 💙🎉 [https://christianselig.gumroad.com/l/goodbye-wallpapers](https://christianselig.gumroad.com/l/goodbye-wallpapers)
"I just released a really important Apollo update that adds the ability for users with remaining subscription time left to decline an automatic refund. Devs pay refunds out of pocket, and this will be about $250K, so I thank you for your consideration. ❤️ Also, this update includes an amazing "Goodbye Apollo Wallpaper Set” for your phone, tablet, or desktop, created by outrageously talented Apollo icon designers. You can unlock the pack with a donation that helps with refund costs. 🙂"
Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.
One more post about how things are going inside the Fediverse now that [#Project92](https://kbin.social/tag/Project92) has joined the Fediverse. I have two ideas: One is that the Fediverse has ALWAYS had to make hard choices about things like this, but we’ve always found a way. We’ll do it again. The sky isn’t going to fall, and there probably won’t be a “Great Schism.” It’s a mess, but we get through it. I think that a small part of the Fediverse will take a preemptive maximalist stance and try to defederate Meta before they even launch, even though we’ll still have 3 months after they launch to find out what their policies are.
tchambers
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Agree.
Kbin: covering all the current news and rumours out of Russia about Wagner, a possible coup, etc. Reddit: *crickets* Make of it what you will. 🤷♀️
Web visits to top 5 [#Kbin](https://kbin.social/tag/Kbin) and [#Lemmy](https://kbin.social/tag/Lemmy) servers over last 30 days...
With the upcoming [#meta](https://kbin.social/tag/meta) [#Project92](https://kbin.social/tag/Project92) Fediverse service, this is a plan to fight smarter in how to both protect our users, *and* how to be better battle plan to protect the Open Social Web.
took a deep dive into how CEO Steve Huffman went from being Reddit's co-founder to its much-needed savior at a difficult moment—and how he then became the villain at the center of Reddit's still-raging protests: [https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/reddit-protests-steve-huffman-api-chaos.html](https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/reddit-protests-steve-huffman-api-chaos.html)
New research from my team on the [#TwitterMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/TwitterMigration): This is our 3rd quarterly update on which platforms are growing, new entries such as [#BlueSky](https://kbin.social/tag/BlueSky), [#Substack](https://kbin.social/tag/Substack) Notes, [#Nostr](https://kbin.social/tag/Nostr) & all public data on Meta's [#project92](https://kbin.social/tag/project92) Includes latest on the [#RedditMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditMigration), New polling, new posting data & more. Welcome any notes or feedback & boosts! Get it here: [https://is.gd/5PJQH7](https://is.gd/5PJQH7) cc: [@spreadmastodon](https://mastodon.social/@spreadmastodon) [@fediversereport](https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport) [@fediversenews](https://kbin.social/m/fediversenews@venera.social)
Visits to the top 5 [#Threadivese](https://kbin.social/tag/Threadivese) servers as of today. [#RedditMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditMigration)
tchambers
1y ago
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Great idea. On it.
"He added that he plans to make changes to moderator policies so users can vote them out. Currently, a higher-ranking moderator — or the company — can boot out moderators. Incidentally, a r/Apple moderator posted on Twitter (via 9to5Mac) that Reddit was threatening to remove moderators who are staging an indefinite blackout."
tchambers
1y ago
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I voted for "Artemis" but YMMV...
Poll: What should be the final name for the [#Kmoon](https://kbin.social/tag/Kmoon) app for [#kbin](https://kbin.social/tag/kbin) and [#lemmy](https://kbin.social/tag/lemmy)? Below some suggestions from the community.
tchambers
1y ago
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Our goal: to be a better place for new users to onboard, and to be an organizing hub or those looking to spread Mastodon and the Fediverse. Opening up all the source code so any Fediverse portal can reuse. For example a SpreadKbin site could modify and use.
tchambers
1y ago
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Andreas, Did you see this? This is where we are building for, would appreciate any notes to this idea and if it would alleviate your concerns about centralization: our goal would be to swap out one sever and swap in new ones over time to spread out far beyond four overall. And Mastodon.social staff are not involved and would not have any say over the four.
tchambers
1y ago
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would be a good idea to make a tag or an alert featured on the magazine if it appears no mod has logged in in over X days, with a link to apply to become one. Not sure who would approve that takeover tho... but a tag alone would be a warning to users that it was functionally unmoderated.
tchambers
1y ago
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Fully agree with every word.
tchambers
1y ago
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the source code here is all open and we encourage others like Kbin to use to make their own "SpreadKbin" onboarding portal.
tchambers
1y ago
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More about this launch here: https://mastodon.social/@spreadmastodon/110554132079617918
A portal for new users to join Mastodon, exiting users to enrich accounts with more follows, and for organizing to help [#TakeBackSocial](https://kbin.social/tag/TakeBackSocial) and spread the open social web and the Fediverse.
tchambers
1y ago
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You can see them all here: https://fedidb.org/ mid way down on the left.
tchambers
1y ago
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Can you describe to me how after the plugin is active, it should work for a Firefox user with a Kbin account browsing a Lemmy site? Is there any visual difference after the plugin is working? Or just links now go to your local Kbin server?
From Feb: "Make no mistake, there will be future Fediverse surges. The internet’s corporate social spaces are in terminal decline, having arrived at the final stage of enshittification, where impatient investors insist that managers reel in the hooks they set in both users and suppliers, using their lock-in to extract every iota of value we wring from the platforms. The managers and shareholders driving these enshittifying grabs will continue to overestimate how valuable their services are to us, and thus how much value we will forfeit if we go over the battlements of their walled gardens. Meanwhile, the experience of the Fediverse will only get better and more obviously valuable to users. Fediverse developers will continuously improve the service, even as the technical concepts one has to master to establish oneself become more widely understood and less esoteric." [https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891](https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891)
Another great kbin magazine focused on the [#RedditBlackout](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditBlackout) & protest....
tchambers
1y ago
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I could be very wrong, but FediDB is the source of this bot, and the developer there thinks that the Stats number at the footer of Kbin includes remote followers from the Fediverse, but the number he gets from the API counts local users. Would love someone who knows the tech of how Kbin defines stats on the lower footer to confirm.
tchambers
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BTW, love the term "Threadiverse."