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Listen up Mastodonians, because this is important:

Right now we have a unique chance to rise up and hit back against Zuckerberg and Musk. Because italian filmmaker @_elena and her friends have made an OUTSTANDING short film, which explains why people should quit the fascist social networks and come join us in the fediverse.

Hit the fascists where it hurts — make this go viral by watching it and liking it on YouTube, then hit the share button and share it everywhere!

youtube.com/watch?v=YRJHIJy5Nn…

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media

The Fediverse explained in 4 minutes: watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech ...
YouTube
@Elena Rossini ⁂
Tato položka byla upravena (6 months ago)
in reply to Randahl Fink

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Henrik Bøgh

May I also suggest this 6 minutes long video (despite it being hosted on YouTube) by Simply Explained: youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&…

It focuses more on de-centralisation as a concept, the value of ActivityPub and platform-lock-in. Also I like that it provides sources and citations ( simplyexplained.com/videos/mas… ), and that it is a bit slower, and doesn't continuously jump from one scene to another.

Distributed social media - Mastodon & Fediverse Explained

Mastodon is a "federated" social network that works like Twitter. It puts the control of data into the user's hands, not in a single corporation.Mastodon use...
YouTube
in reply to Randahl Fink

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Erik Haugen

one observation, if it helps resolve this cognitive dissonance for y'all, is that isn't algorithms per se that you should be against. Instead, demand algorithms that you control and understand, rather than ones that make Facebook money.

techdirt.com/2019/08/28/protoc… <-- this is the way. not sure where this aversion to algorithms came from in the first place.

worth noting: mastodon.social/explore has an algorithm. just sayin'

Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

For many years now, I’ve talked about why so many of the problems that face the current internet could be understood by looking at how we moved from an internet dominated by open protocols to…
Techdirt
in reply to Randahl Fink

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Herr Günni

Here it is in the fediverse...I guess we need to include YouTube to the fascist networks.

videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu…

@_elena

Elena Rossini on PeerTube

2025-06-09 19:16:08

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Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media


This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say.

Special thanks to:
@[url=https://mamot.fr/users/sknob]sknob[/url] for help with the French translation
Tarcísio Surdi @[url=https://bolha.one/users/tarcisiosurdi]Tarcísio Surdi ⁂[/url] for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
Jan Dytrych @[url=https://social.dytrych.cloud/users/jan]Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦[/url] for the Czech translation
Claudio Brugnoni for help with the Italian translation

@Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Randahl Fink

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JM

what if the.video could also join the fediverse? I'm talking about Peertube. joinpeertube.org

What is PeerTube? | JoinPeerTube

A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft
JoinPeerTube
in reply to Randahl Fink

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william.maggos

love the video and fedi.

but I don't think the algos will boost something against their owners' interests just cause we share it. they are smarter than that. being against algos and the way they force people to see stuff they don't want to, I also don't want to participate in that.

and I want fascists here (with mods to keep them from bothering people). I want everybody here. like the web and unlike places with algos, we can all coexist and not see stuff we don't want to.

in reply to Randahl Fink

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micchiato 🍉

Got news for you. The moderators of your own instance censor anti-fascists who express opposition to Israel’s apartheid and genocide in Palestine. Anyone who is smug about Mastodon’s superiority to other platforms has a false sense of security. The fact that the LLC nonprofit is based in Germany — which does not protect free speech — alone should put all of us here on guard.
in reply to Randahl Fink

mastodon - Link to source

micchiato 🍉

Granted, I did not have 16,000 followers and I am not a big fish like you are, but mastodondotsocial took down 8 of my posts (all after Oct 7 2023) before kicking me off and barring me from downloading my content even though they said I could have it. For every person who has told me they haven’t been censored by moderators for political expression ten have told me they or people they know have been censored. Allow me to suggest that the more one is social influencer here, the less likely one is to be censored or suspended. But for many this is not a safe space, and I am not shocked at all that Palestinian and Palestinian-American accounts proliferate on #Bluesky (even with its censorship problems) but not on #Mastodon. I’ve never so much as had a post taken down at either Bluesky (in thousands of posts) or #Twitter (in a hundred thousand posts). My considered experience tells me that any sense of security here is false.
#mastodon #twitter #Bluesky
in reply to micchiato 🍉

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Randahl Fink

@micchiato I think what you are doing here is not helpful.

I am posting about a completely different topic, and then suddenly you want to involve me in a discussion about a dispute you have had with Mastodon years ago.

I have no insight into your dispute with Mastodon, I am not involved in this dispute, and I have no way of knowing who is right or wrong.

If you do not like Mastodon that is perfectly alright, but it does not change the fact that Mastodon has been extremely useful for me.

@micchiato 🍉
in reply to Randahl Fink

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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply

But watch it on a fediverse platform instead of YouTube. Please.

videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu…

After all, that’s the whole point.

@_elena

Elena Rossini on PeerTube

2025-06-09 19:16:08

peertube - Link to source

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media


This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say.

Special thanks to:
@[url=https://mamot.fr/users/sknob]sknob[/url] for help with the French translation
Tarcísio Surdi @[url=https://bolha.one/users/tarcisiosurdi]Tarcísio Surdi ⁂[/url] for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
Jan Dytrych @[url=https://social.dytrych.cloud/users/jan]Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦[/url] for the Czech translation
Claudio Brugnoni for help with the Italian translation

@Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Randahl Fink

mastodon - Link to source

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply

Ah, yes. Valid argument.

But I’d counter by saying folks here on the fediverse would do best to watch it on PeerTube, because it amplifies a better platform. And Mastodonians are already fediverse enabled. But for sharing with friends/family who aren’t yet convinced, who remain on big social, the YT link is probably best.

@_elena

@Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Thomas Cloer

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Randahl Fink

@teezeh answered here:

mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

Randahl Fink

2025-06-16 16:58:02

mastodon - Link to source

After I shared this great new Mastodon promotion video by @_elena, I am seeing quite many replies stating that her sharing it on YouTube is bad, because YouTube is evil.

YouTube has 2.7 billion monthly users (yes billions), so if we are to get more people to join Mastodon, that is the perfect place inform people.

You do not catch more fish by fishing inside your own boat.
mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

@Thomas Cloer
in reply to Randahl Fink

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Noxy 🐾🏳️‍🌈

Only what's public, yes, but if someone doing surveillance is able to get an instance they're interested in to federate with them, kinda does the work for them without having to resort to screen scraping, no?

I could be wrong, my understanding of federation isn't very deep, but I feel like surveilling someone's public toots should be as simple as following them from a remote instance, where data collection could occur

in reply to Jeff McBride

mastodon - Link to source

Randahl Fink

@mcbridejc already answered here:

mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

Randahl Fink

2025-06-16 16:58:02

mastodon - Link to source

After I shared this great new Mastodon promotion video by @_elena, I am seeing quite many replies stating that her sharing it on YouTube is bad, because YouTube is evil.

YouTube has 2.7 billion monthly users (yes billions), so if we are to get more people to join Mastodon, that is the perfect place inform people.

You do not catch more fish by fishing inside your own boat.
mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

@Jeff McBride
in reply to Randahl Fink

mastodon - Link to source

Jesper 🇩🇰

since her video also exists in #fediverse on #peertube, you should really link to that instead of linking to another Big Tech silo 😊

videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu…

Elena Rossini on PeerTube

2025-06-09 19:16:08

peertube - Link to source

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media


This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say.

Special thanks to:
@[url=https://mamot.fr/users/sknob]sknob[/url] for help with the French translation
Tarcísio Surdi @[url=https://bolha.one/users/tarcisiosurdi]Tarcísio Surdi ⁂[/url] for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
Jan Dytrych @[url=https://social.dytrych.cloud/users/jan]Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦[/url] for the Czech translation
Claudio Brugnoni for help with the Italian translation

#fediverse #peertube
in reply to Jesper 🇩🇰

mastodon - Link to source

Randahl Fink

@jrossstocholm
Already answered here:

mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

@_elena

Randahl Fink

2025-06-16 16:58:02

mastodon - Link to source

After I shared this great new Mastodon promotion video by @_elena, I am seeing quite many replies stating that her sharing it on YouTube is bad, because YouTube is evil.

YouTube has 2.7 billion monthly users (yes billions), so if we are to get more people to join Mastodon, that is the perfect place inform people.

You do not catch more fish by fishing inside your own boat.
mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

@Elena Rossini ⁂ @Jesper 🇩🇰
in reply to Randahl Fink

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meek cynics

Hit the fascist where it hurts—make this go viral by watching it and liking it on [Google]Tube, then hit the share button and share [the URL with tracking query] [on even more fascist social networks]!


Yo @randahl, what, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck? The video by @_elena is available (and was originally published) on fedi, please direct people to it instead: videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu…

Elena Rossini on PeerTube

2025-06-09 19:16:08

peertube - Link to source

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media


This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say.

Special thanks to:
@[url=https://mamot.fr/users/sknob]sknob[/url] for help with the French translation
Tarcísio Surdi @[url=https://bolha.one/users/tarcisiosurdi]Tarcísio Surdi ⁂[/url] for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
Jan Dytrych @[url=https://social.dytrych.cloud/users/jan]Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦[/url] for the Czech translation
Claudio Brugnoni for help with the Italian translation

@Randahl Fink @Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to meek cynics

mastodon - Link to source

Randahl Fink

@cnx already answered here:

mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

@_elena

Randahl Fink

2025-06-16 16:58:02

mastodon - Link to source

After I shared this great new Mastodon promotion video by @_elena, I am seeing quite many replies stating that her sharing it on YouTube is bad, because YouTube is evil.

YouTube has 2.7 billion monthly users (yes billions), so if we are to get more people to join Mastodon, that is the perfect place inform people.

You do not catch more fish by fishing inside your own boat.
mastodon.social/@randahl/11469…

@Elena Rossini ⁂ @meek cynics
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