@leanderlindahl @SheDrivesMobility
https://gram.social/p/leavex/929403441465681079

I'm not watching the Olympics, but I saw what I wanted to see.

#Olympics #FediDogs

@mellifluousbox @Mastodon if you have in your radar, I trust you are going to make a great job!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@seboslaw/116053607853749962

If public funding is being considered for a for-profit model, a robust and transparent technical assessment should be conducted first, including an evaluation of whether the AT Protocol is truly more scalable than ActivityPub.

I disagree that the two are technically complementary. Currently, BlueSky operates as a largely centralized platform, allowing it to avoid many of the governance and moderation challenges inherent to decentralized networks.

Its growth, with ~40 million users, shows that strong product design, marketing, and familiar timelines attract nontechnical audiences. This is a lesson in usability and investment, not necessarily a protocol advantage.

If they complement each other, it is politically and socially, not architecturally. One has capital and media visibility. The other has a live, interoperable ecosystem in which public institutions are already participating.

Public funding decisions should be made accordingly.

#ATProtocol #ActivityPub #BlueSky #Mastodon #EU #DigitalSovereingty

RE: https://mastodon.social/@leavex/116053354839102261

If Mastodon is chronically underfunded, shouldn't we discuss serious public investment in its development, including its usability and design?

Twitter was purchased for $43 billion and is now widely used to amplify disinformation and polarization through hate speech and an extremist agenda.

How much are we willing to invest in a bold, interoperable, European alternative that strengthens democratic discourse?

If projects like “EuroSky” move forward, will public funding be diverted there, instead of supporting and scaling the Fediverse?

Mastodon already exists and has millions of users, official EU servers, and institutional accounts. Why start from scratch when what works can be strengthened?

Cc @EUCommission @HennaVirkkunen @mellifluousbox @alexandrageese @Gargron

#EU #OpenSource #DigitalSovereingty #Mastodon #BlueSky

@metalbrawler @meganmariehart

@meganmariehart @djstreethawk me too.

@mellifluousbox @FediTips here's a proposal

https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/116028993057524907

@liaizon @ikuturso I hope so. I'm glad to be wrong sometimes.

@liaizon @ikuturso What I mean is that we should have a good follow-up with the main points discussed.

At the two events I attended recently with Mastodon staff members, I didn't see that. This is the third event, and I don't know how it went except from the communication by the EuroSky folks.

@ikuturso I've seen it. I had shared it in the @leavex account when he told her was attending it.

I reshared it with a quote.

@mellifluousbox I’m reminded of my early days at the Open Knowledge Foundation @okfn , first as a volunteer and later as an ambassador in Brazil.

After some time, I suggested forming a local group. Due to my involvement, I later worked as a consultant. A member of the core organization coordinated local leadership, supported ambassadors, and held open meetings periodically. That structure was important.

Out of that structure, I founded Open Knowledge Brasil @okbr , which I ran for years before moving to Europe. Being close to people with strong communication and advocacy skills was invaluable, that's where I learned the most.

Today, I see similar energy in the Fediverse, with accounts such as @FediTips and @mastodonmigration. There are also communication professionals, for example, @hpod16 runs a highly strategic account for the @EUCommission. Or people like @bjoernsta , leading the awesome campaign #SaveSocial .

Resources may be limited, but there is clearly a passionate and capable community.
It might be worthwhile to find ways to involve and coordinate this existing expertise more intentionally.

#Decentralization #Mastodon #Wikimedia #OpenKnowledge

@zollak I agree with you. And I don't think a bridge is enough.

@liaizon it's not the CEO, but a technical leader. That's just a photo shared by a person from EuroSky with a better marketing strategy.

I saw another debate with the chief of staff of Mastodon and this same person from EuroSky: the later sells it well.

@julian
I think it’s both, but not in the way that people usually frame it.

Mastodon now has a new CEO and resources. They're not VC-scale or profit-driven, but they still have real capacity.

Meanwhile, someone from EuroSky is in Brussels every week. The difference in behavior is clear: they are actively selling their project.

This looked like an important event, yet Mastodon didn't post anything. No note, no visibility. Honestly, that feels like a serious strategic oversight.

What makes this more frustrating is that there are plenty of passionate people in the Fediverse who would help - some already do as volunteers. However, it increasingly feels like Mastodon’s leadership lacks a business- and strategy-oriented perspective beyond building good software.

At this stage, software quality alone isn’t enough.

#Mastodon #Marketing

Will Mastodon, the platform that keeps the #Fediverse alive, miss a strategic opportunity to bring official institutions on board at scale?

By watching how #EuroSky is being marketed compared to #Mastodon, it certainly seems that way.

I wish the folks at Mastodon would invest in more professional marketing, similar to what we're seeing from its rival, Bluesky.

There was a major meeting in the EU Parliament focused on this topic, yet there was no announcement or microblog post from Mastodon. Zero engagement.

Compare these two approaches:

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ituoear7k6qx3smjfoxhufm4/post/3me7pxwrgerri

#ActivityPub #ATProtocol #EU #lobby

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/115988813926293923

After someone questioned what context should the @EUCommission mention #FOSDEM, I was mainly thinking of contexts in which the Commission discusses open source, digital sovereignty, and Europe’s software ecosystem. For instance, I'm trying to attend the FOSDEM track on building Europe's public digital infrastructure, which is consistently packed. Clearly, there's strong interest and relevance there.

In that sense, FOSDEM feels like a major convening point for the European open-source community, especially for discussing topics that are highly relevant in the current geopolitical context. It's not about "promotion," but rather recognition of where a lot of this discussion and coordination is actually happening.

#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #EU

@gunchleoc @nopatience @leavex done: https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/115943906660193060

@gunchleoc @nopatience @leavex I am right now writing to the Germans MEPs of the Green party and I will suggest this last server.

I would like to encourage the five MEPs who have left or are not on X to convince their party peers to do the same. I will mention my award:

https://leavex.eu/posts/leave-x-peer-persuasion-award/.

To the ten MEPs who are still on X, I suggest they follow their colleagues' example.

#LeaveX

@nopatience ️