gofoss @don_atoms@hostux.social

A reminder that Mastodon and the Fediverse do NOT use cryptocurrency, blockchains, NFTs, tokens, coins, mining, web3 or anything like that.

Masto and the Fedi run on traditional servers and use a sustainable network federation model somewhat similar to e-mail (that's why Fediverse addresses look similar to e-mail addresses).

Also a reminder there are no venture capital firms or other investors either. No one owns the network, each server is independent. Masto and Fedi server running costs are paid by their owners, sometimes with donations from users.

No one is getting rich from the Fediverse, it is all volunteers with some getting donations and a few getting modest grants from foundations. Please remember this when you interact with admins or developers.

(There might be some individual users who post about cryptocurrency/blockchain, but the infrastructure this place runs on doesn't use it at all.)

Tl:dr - Decentralisation does NOT mean cryptocurrency/blockchain

#Fediverse

roses are red
violets are blue
in surveillance capitalism
poem reads you

and shows you ads
for flower shops
and tracks your clicks
and never stops

it cares not about
if privacy's harmed
the money is green
when people are farmed

twitter is cyan
facebook is blue
your friends are the product
and so are you

Not sure folk are aware that using Google fonts by URL in their CSS undermines the privacy of each and every site visitor, sending their IP to GG with every visit. How? Because with each visit they download the font from GG, not your server.

If you will use GG fonts, don't do this

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=FontName[...]

Download that font, and resource it locally instead

@font-face {
font-family: FontName';
font-style: normal;
src: url('../fonts/FontName.woff2');
[...]
}

#Obsolenz von Computern, Smartphone, Tablets liegt meist nicht an der Hardware, sondern an der #Software. Deshalb ist das Recht, jede Software auf jedem Gerät zu installieren und vollen Zugriff auf die Hardware zu haben, so wichtig für #Nachhaltigkeit.

Offener Brief von @fsfe , @nextcloud , @kde , @Fairphone und anderen an die #EU-Kommission.
https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220427-01.de.html

Gofoss is a guide to adopting free and open source software, and using privacy-friendly services. You can follow at:

➡️ @don_atoms

You can browse the guide itself at https://gofoss.net

#GoFoss #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Privacy

If you like the #Fediverse and you love to read #books, take a look at BookWyrm!

Bookwyrm is a federated Goodreads alternative and federates through the #ActivityPub protocol.

https://bookwyrm.social/

Guess what! Mastodon’s official #Android app was finally approved and is now on the Play Store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android

F-Droid submission still being processed.

I‘m happy beyond words that this little funnybook has reached so many people.

Heartfelt thanks to each and everyone for reading, boosting, and spreading the word! 💙

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🇬🇧 What a week – thank you, dear #Fediverse, for a hell of a comic launch!

Hundreds of boosts have swept #ContraChrome across countries and platforms:

🌊 From a Catholic school in the UK, where a teacher now discusses it with his 14- y.o. pupils

🌊 Through the lower strata of Reddit, where a right-wing zealot proclaimed he would instantly burn it were it only on paper

🌊 Up to websites for digital self-defense as @don_atoms gofoss.net and @cryptoparty where it will be added as a resource

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