FediPact is now, unambiguously, an antifascist struggle.
To be sure, it's not the most most important front; not when we see, for example, the bureaucratic precursors to literal trans genocide. But it's not unimportant either.
There's been a lot of talk around here about the fediverse being a holdout and refuge in an age of fascist capture of capitalist social media. That can and should be true - but is actually not, so long as the Zuckerberg entity continues to be provided the power to manipulate the future of ActivityPub.
Don't assume that the current status quo will hold or that the threat is waning. Don't assume that Meta will not advance its fediverse integration beyond the current, bizarrely stunted joke of a bridge. Don't forget that they always unilaterally force the next step on us as a sudden surprise with no advance warning.
There is now a notable influx into the fedi of folks trying to escape the Meta networks, both occurring organically and due to the Pixelfed boom and efforts like #GlobalSwitchDay (and not at all, btw, because of the Threads bridge). But does this network really offer them that refuge?
Meta's own terms indicate that they are ingesting the profile data of every account behind every toot that crosses the bridge. That means that new users may be showing up here from FB or IG, setting up profiles with details that match those of their old Meta accounts, then replying to Threads posts unaware that they are still being surveilled by Meta, and that their presence and activities here could be compiled into their identity dossiers back there. The fedi is already serving as a surveillance vector.
Meta was always an abhorrent monstrosity; but with the recent turn, it has now directly telegraphed itself as a Trumpist organ. It is an explicitly fascist entity colluding with a fascist regime. And anyone who is collaborating with Meta in the fedi and enabling their ability to exercise power here needs also to be understood accordingly.
also so gemeint: die *.world-Instanzen scheinen außerhalb des Fediverse ziemlich bekannt zu sein und haben daher bei so Wechselwellen wie #GlobalSwitchDay wohl ziemlich großen Zulauf. Ähnlich wie mastodon.social, pixelfed.social u.ä., von denen ja auch immer wieder Meldungen kommen, dass sie überlastet seien und z.B. deswegen bestimmte Funktionen /Addons temporär deaktivieren.
A graphic promoting the concept of the "Fediverse" with the text "JOIN THE FEDIVERSE #GLOBALSWITCHDAY." It features various social media platforms alongside alternative platforms to switch to, including X to Mastodon, WhatsApp to Signal, Reddit to Lenny, WhatsApp and Messenger to Signal, Instagram to Pixelfed, YouTube to PeerTube, TikTok to Loops and Facebook to Friendica.
If you’re reading this, you’ve already taken the right step and joined the Fediverse. But have your friends and family done the same?
On this Global Switch Day, invite people in your circles to leave social media platforms under Big Tech’s control behind and help them get settled in on decentralized, algorithm and ad free services instead.
And why not make their first home Vivaldi Social? We welcome everyone! :tony_wee:
I won't switch today: looking after my mom, dealing with lots of bureaucracy and challenges after my father's passing - no spare time.
Been on Facebook since 2009, living away from my birth place, so FB is how we keep in touch. Besides, as a self-employed artist who mostly depends on sales, there's been a LOT of work put on my FB/Instagram work pages. A real bummer!
On Mastodon since Twitter was brought by Musky. Gradually, I'll do the whole switch #GlobalSwitchDay
#globalswitchday
Poche ore, e mi sembra di aver guadagnato tempo libero.
Poche ore, e non penso più a dover ribattere alle migliaia di fake, schifezze, affermazioni di putrido razzismo, fascismo come se piovesse di #X
Poche ore, e non ho più ansia di leggere le risposte ai miei post.
Come ci hanno ridotto i social di sti quattro miliardari, a cui abbiamo venduto noi stessi, mamma mia! Per fortuna c'è il #fediverso #eXit#HelloQuitteX
I just left the #Whatsapp group I shared with my neighbors, overcoming the #FOMO and - after a previous #announcement 2 weeks ago with a lot of background information - left a final goodbye with a strong #nudge to get informed on the rationale of my 'silly utile' behavior. BUT as us #fedizens know..
💰 one dime + 💰 one dime = 💎 2 cent!
The text is in the alternative text, should it be inspirational for your own rallying cry today.
Screenshot of a Signal message starting with an image showing the Signal log and the slogan "Text me on Signal". Followed is the text:
Dear neighbors, as announced I will leave this useful chat group despite the FOMO, the 'fear of missing out'. Today is #GlobalSwitchDay, the first of hopefully many more awareness campaigns to come. I leave you saddened, but also relieved to be able to live more according the principles I advocate in my line of work on humane harmonious technologies - the opposite of 'digital transformation hype' - that focuses on serving people's daily needs to the benefit of the whole of society. Leaving Big Tech molochs and their crazed billionaire owners is crucial in order to escape dystopic futures. Hope to see more of you on Signal.
I will leave you with this great talk of Aral Balkan, a long-time co-fighter for digital human rights, given in Creative Ville 2019
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Go4uPdysU
In the spirit of #GlobalSwitchDay, I'm also trying to switch more of my coding activity (incl. research side-projects) to
@Codeberg from GitHub.
This includes:
– Migrate repos to CB.
– Make repos Free that were formerly private for no good reason.
– Empty + archive former repos on GH.
– Learn to use
@WoodpeckerCI to replace GH Actions.
– Get used to the affordances of Codeberg, and think about how I could help others to also migrate.
Please join me, or share if you are doing the same!
Hey! Following the #GlobalSwitchDay initiative, can you share any scandal, security problems or situations in which the proprietary apps have failed to care for their users? I would like to gather information for each app so people I know can be more informed about what they're using. Mention things that you might even take for ...
Join the Fediverse! #GlobalSwitchDay
from:
WhatsApp to Signal, Reddit to Lemmy, X/Twitter to Mastodon, Instagram to Pixelfed, Faceboon Messenger to Signal, Facebook to Friendica, YouTube to PeerTube, TikTok to Loops.video
On my client, it’s all expanded and I see all the formatting characters.
Ah dang, that's good to know (though I'm not sure what to do as an alternative) — I was unaware that the collapsible spoilers weren't supported on Boost. I guess that means that Lemmy's markdown formatting hasn't entirely been standardized across the service. I personally have encountered some inconsistency on the Tesseract UI with CommonMark Autolink ^[2]^ formatting where the autolinks don't even render ^[1]^.
I recommend reporting this to the Boost devs to improve Markdown feature compatibility between them and the Lemmy UI.
Signal isn't federated ^[1][2][3.1]^; it's decentralized ^[1][2][3.2]^. Though, for all practical purposes, I would generally argue that it's centralized.
::: spoiler References
1. Signal-Server. signalapp. Github. Published: 2025-01-31T15:34:14.000Z. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:24Z. <https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server>.
- This is the source code for the server that Signal uses.
2. "Signal (software)". Wikipedia. Published: 2025-01-06T09:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-1T09:30Z. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)>.
- ¶"Architecture". ¶"Servers".
> Signal relies on centralized servers that are maintained by Signal Messenger. In addition to routing Signal's messages, the servers also facilitate the discovery of contacts who are also registered Signal users and the automatic exchange of users' public keys. […]
3. "Reflections: The ecosystem is moving". moxie0. Signal Blog. Published: 2016-05-10. Accessed: 2025-02-01T09:40Z. <https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/>.
1. ¶5. to ¶"Stuck in time". ¶3-6
> One of the controversial things we did with Signal early on was to build it as an unfederated service. Nothing about any of the protocols we’ve developed requires centralization; it’s entirely possible to build a federated Signal Protocol-based messenger, but I no longer believe that it is possible to build a competitive federated messenger at all. […] [interoperable protocols] [have] taken us pretty far, but it’s undeniable that once you federate your protocol, it becomes very difficult to make changes. And right now, at the application level, things that stand still don’t fare very well in a world where the ecosystem is moving. […] Early on, I thought we’d federate Signal once its velocity had subsided. Now I realize that things will probably never slow down, and if anything the velocity of the entire landscape seems to be steadily increasing.
2. ¶"Stuck in time". "Federation and control". ¶6.
> An open source infrastructure for a centralized network now provides almost the same level of control as federated protocols, without giving up the ability to adapt. If a centralized provider with an open source infrastructure ever makes horrible changes, those that disagree have the software they need to run their own alternative instead. It may not be as beautiful as federation, but at this point it seems that it will have to do.
:::
📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!
For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.
A colorful image showing 8 global switch suggestions presented in three columns. Upper left is the fediverse logo with text Join the fediverse #globalswitchday. In total we see 16 platform logo's in their respected brand color and underneath each logo the name of the platform. All switch combinations have an arrow in the middle pointing to the right (from to). In the left column: X to Mastodon, Facebook to friendica. In the middle column WhatsApp to Signal, Instagram to Pixelfed and YouTube to PeerTube. In the right column: Reddit to Lemmy, Facebook Messenger to Signal and TikTok to loops.video.
One of these is not like the other https://lemmy.ml/post/25444867
From the Fediverse community feed on Lemmy.ml: submitted by n7gifmdn to fediverse5 points | 1 commentsI’m not sure who is pushing #GlobalSwitchDay probably won’t amount to anything, some of these platforms are certainly not ready a massive migration. The #RedditMigration was rough enough on Lemmy, it actually murdered #Kbin; #loops#PeerTube and #Friendica don’t have nearly enough well-maintained instances to support any sort
I'm not sure who is pushing #GlobalSwitchDay probably won't amount to anything, some of these platforms are certainly not ready a massive migration. The #RedditMigration was rough enough on Lemmy, it actually murdered #Kbin; #loops #PeerTube and #Friendica don't have nearly enough well-maintained instances to support any sort of ...
@dansup
For people to really make the switch, it would be helpful to give them an article explaining what to do exactly.
In German there is one by @blog - do you know of other languages? #GlobalSwitchDay https://koelle4future.de/?p=35767
When you request a copy of your data on #Instagram, you can choose for #JSON - a format that "allows you to easily import your data into another site".
Almost sounds like you're not locked-in when leaving for #GlobalSwitchDay. But presumably it's not that easy?
Screenshot from Instagram settings:
HTML
This format allows you to easily view your data offline on your computer.
JSON
This format allows you to easily import your data into another site.
@Lucseleventje I've heard the last two years, Insta changed the format of the posts we store there and this makes it (at least for me) impossible to import them into #Fixelfed. I'm all ears if someone has overcome this issue! #globalswitchday
There are hate comms against the lemmy devs I don't believe that ( lemmy.world )
user then inserts long rant with all the mwog taking points
lemmy.world oder mein Server lahm?
Geht das nur mir so oder kommen lemmy.world Kommentare auch bei anderen viel zu spät an? ...
Help me find information about scandals, security problems, and failure to respect users involving these proprietary social media apps
Hey! Following the #GlobalSwitchDay initiative, can you share any scandal, security problems or situations in which the proprietary apps have failed to care for their users? I would like to gather information for each app so people I know can be more informed about what they're using. Mention things that you might even take for ...
from:
WhatsApp to Signal, Reddit to Lemmy, X/Twitter to Mastodon, Instagram to Pixelfed, Faceboon Messenger to Signal, Facebook to Friendica, YouTube to PeerTube, TikTok to Loops.video
Happy #GlobalSwitchDay
Global Switch Day is upon us!
Check out #GlobalSwitchDay on Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay ...
One of these is not like the other
I'm not sure who is pushing #GlobalSwitchDay probably won't amount to anything, some of these platforms are certainly not ready a massive migration. The #RedditMigration was rough enough on Lemmy, it actually murdered #Kbin; #loops #PeerTube and #Friendica don't have nearly enough well-maintained instances to support any sort of ...