I joined social.coop in particular because i want to actively be part of a cooperatively run social media, not just benefit from a service someone else runs.

I joined social.coop in particular because i want to actively be part of a cooperatively run social media, not just benefit from a service someone else runs.

#fediverse #bettersocialmedia #telleveryone

Self-hosting is the reason I'll never leave, at this point. I found the Fediverse during the beginning of my journey down the online privacy rabbithole. My threat model has changed since those days, and continues to change, and will. The one thing the Fediverse makes possible, that no corporate social media platform can or will, is the reality of being able to host it yourself. Doing so puts your data in your own hands and no one else's.

#TellEveryone #Fediverse #BetterSocialMedia

I personally like to read from the University professors also. 📚

Excellent way to practice and improve multi language skills.

✅ Ok to use the answer (If judged worthy 😉 ). #TellEveryone

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There are lost of things that I love about Mastodon, but the thing that saves me every day is the ability to edit posts.... there is a cottage industry among my followers spotting my typos (and also occasional analytical miss-steps) & being able to edit the post is just brilliant.

#TellEveryone

Good morning lovely 🌹
I never used Social Media until I joined the #fediverse it's a welcoming friendly place.
Full of chatty silliness as well as serious discussion which is done in a sensible adult way.

I have made some strong connections with people across the world 🌎 that I would never have met IRL.

THANKS to all of you, you know who you are ❤️❤️❤️

#TellEveryone 📢

I know I can't be banned or moderated badly by the whole fediverse at once. I know where my data lives, I know where it's backed up, I know I haven't signed away wordwide reproduction rights to anyone. I know nobody will be inserting adverts or biased selection algorithms because I control what runs on my server.

#telleveryone

Every single person in here has made the deliberate choice of stepping out of the beaten track. So pretty much everyone here is self-selected for having the ambition of finding their own path through life.
I 💖 it!

[The flip side is obvious - self-selection has costs in terms of overall numbers, entry barriers, accessibility, etc. Unfortunate, but everything comes with both pros and cons.]

#TellEveryone 📢

#TellEveryone

The Fediverse is made up of individual humans. It's chaotic, some parts of it are rude, and there's a learning curve. But the path forward for Fedi is towards democracy, rather than authoritarianism.

#TellEveryone