In the @newyorktimes:
"#ActivityPub has also led to a wave of start-up efforts such as #Mastodon, a microblogging service that now has more than 14 million accounts connected by a network of over 14,000 host computers, as well as start-ups like #Pixelfed and #PeerTube, distributed services that offer features similar to #Instagram and #YouTube."
A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of #SocialMedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html
@mho @newyorktimes @eibart if all you’ve got is a hammer everything looks like a “start-up”
@zeank @mho @newyorktimes @eibart "how can I buy this mastodon"
@openrisk @mho @newyorktimes @eibart probably the same way you buy Canada or Greenland
@zeank @openrisk @mho @newyorktimes @eibart
TIL from the NYT that:
* a "significant potential[s] of the open social web" is " 'contextual' advertising to particular interests rather than individuals"
* Pixelfed and PeerTube are "start-ups"
We should keep an eye on the share prices and trading volumes of Mastodon, Pixelfed and PeerTube on the NY Stock Exchange.
@mho @newyorktimes Völlig offtopic: Wofür ist eigentlich dieser Baseballschläger, der da am Schreibtisch lehnt ?