MAGA BASED IN RUSSIA!

MANY, MANY MAGA X Accounts Supporting Trump Based In Eastern EUROPE!

A new update to X that shows the country or region where a user is based has revealed some popular accounts—many of which post wildly partisan support Trump—aren’t even United States-based, though they claim to be American!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump #socialmedia #Fediverse #trending #Trump

forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2…

How far will it go this time?
This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more.
That's #Sharkey, #Misskey, #Pixelfed, #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma…

If you see it, please share it.

#SocialMedia !fediverse@piefed.social

• Primary (86%, 33 votes)
• Secondary (7%, 3 votes)
• Something else (5%, 2 votes)

Even though sighted people have not joined this yet, I am witnessing an increased desire for more audio based social media apps such as this from sighted people. Ramblio ramblio.com/

Find me at ramblio.com/user/weird_writer

#Audio #SocialMedia

"Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned. The app, called Eyes Up, differs from other banned apps such as ICEBlock which were designed to report sightings of ICE officials in real-time to warn local communities. Eyes Up, meanwhile, was more of an aggregation service pooling together information to preserve evidence in case the material is needed in the future in court.

The news shows that Apple and Google’s crackdown on ICE-spotting apps, which started after pressure from the Department of Justice against Apple, is broader in scope than apps that report sightings of ICE officials. It has also impacted at least one app that was more about creating a historical record of ICE’s activity during its mass deportation effort."

#USA #Trump #iCE #Immigration #Deportation #Apple #SocialMedia

404media.co/apple-banned-an-ap…

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

^{Joseph Cox (404 Media)}

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Bots exist on social media. It's often difficult to know if we are simply having a disagreement with a real person or a bot so here's an article what might help us Spot a Bot.

#Bot #Troll #SocialMedia #Computer #Internet #Fediverse #Mastodon

snopes.com/articles/435482/spo…

Snopes Tips: How to Spot Social Media Bots

Bots are used for a variety of reasons online, from boosting follower counts to interfering in political elections.

^{Madison Dapcevich (Snopes.com)}

Europe Can Build Its Own Social Media
by Sebastian Vogelsang

project-syndicate.org/commenta…
#EuropeanAlternatives #BuyFromEU #BuyEuropean #SocialMedia

Europe Can Build Its Own Social Media

Sebastian Vogelsang thinks policymakers are overlooking the potential for developing platforms on decentralized, open protocols.

^{Project Syndicate}

The upcoming version of monocles chat will introduce several enhancements, including support for XEP-0118, enabling you to optionally share the music you're currently listening to with your contacts.
This feature enhances social interaction by allowing users to discover new music, share their tastes, and connect over shared interests, fostering a more engaging and collaborative experience within the app.
A big thank you to the developer who contributed to this feature!

#XMPP #messenger #socialmedia #MonoclesChat #monocles

#RechercheIdee:
Es wäre bestimmt interessant zu erfahren, ob und wie sich #katholische #evangelische und #Frei Kirchen, Werke, Initiative etc. für #SaveSocial engagieren @news_katholisch@libori.social

savesocial.eu/
#SocialMedia #selbstbestimmtDigital #FediKirche #digitaleKirche

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Soziale Netzwerke als demokratische Kraft retten Wer wir sind Nina George, Schriftstellerin, Ehrenpräsidentin European Writers’ Council (EWC) Foto: Heike Blenck Rocko Schamoni, Schriftsteller,...

^{Save Social}

Do we need to say more?

#Trump #Musk #TrumpVMusk #BigTech #X #Twitter #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon

Many consider #Bluesky a success, but in fact its activity has steadily declined since Trump's inauguration. The #Fediverse has had similar trends. Rapid growth caused by an external event is always followed by a slow decline back to a small base of loyal users. In a world full of dopamine addiction, it's hard to be a social network without dark patterns.

#SocialMedia

Die #EKM will offenbar ihre #SocialMedia Arbeit stärken. Ich bin gespannt, welche Zielrichtung das bekommt. Und ob es eine kritische Reflexion teologisch-ethischer Grundlagen geben wird.

Oder eben einfach nur einen Insta-Account und Youtube... 🥱

#FediKirche

@thunderbird #thunderbird

❓ #socialmedia ❓

likes on #Facebook,
following on #X (????),
👇
and #Mastodon ❓

#Abschied von #SocialMedia - ! - ? -

Kommenden Mittwoch gibt es dazu 20 Uhr einen #LiveTextChat im #Matrix 💬 Raum der @onlinekirche@kirche.social
mit @rockToamna@mastodon.social von dem @eulemagazin@mastodon.social

Bin gespannt auf den Austausch zum Thema!
#digitaleKirche und SocialMedia.

onlinekirche.net/matrix/
#FediKirche #SakristeiLeaks

I very much welcome quote posts. Despite the fears that some have about it, I believe it’s needed.

What’s important is that the @Mastodon team was mindful about their decision, spending ages simply considering it.

There’s an opt-out, which means those who want it can use it. And those who don’t, can keep it from happening to their posts.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/…

#Mastodon #QuotePosts #SocialMedia

Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed.

A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins

📖 Read more here in german language: augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-…

#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse

Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta

Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.

^{Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)}

Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed. A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins

📖 Read more here in german language: augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-…

#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse

Wie komme ich ins #FediVerse?

pilgerweg-21.de/wie-komme-ich-…
Falls euch dies hilfreich erscheint, teilt es gern, vor allem außerhalb des FediVerse 😉
#FediHelp #SocialMedia

Wie komme ich ins FediVerse?

Vier Schritte um in das dezentrales Netzwerk verschiedener Dienste zu kommen.

^JoergSorge

"Beispiellos" gewachsen: Facebook sperrt Links zu Instagram-Alternative Pixelfed

Seit Metas Ankündigung, Inhalte auf den eigenen Portalen anders zu moderieren, wächst Pixelfed stark. Nun ist aufgefallen, dass Facebook Links dorthin sperrt.

heise.de/news/Beispiellos-gewa…

#Facebook #Instagram #MetaPlatforms #SocialMedia #news #Pixelfed #Fediverse

"Beispiellos" gewachsen: Facebook sperrt Links zu Instagram-Alternative Pixelfed

^{Martin Holland (heise online)}

Let's try it again: This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more. That's #Sharkey, #Pixefeld (hence the pic), #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma... How far can it go?

Please share it, wherever you see it! #SocialMedia

@fediverse

'#NobelPeacePrize winner #MariaRessa has said #Meta’s decision to end #factChecking on its platforms and remove restrictions on certain topics means “extremely dangerous times” lie ahead for #journalism, #democracy and #socialMedia users'

Listen to Maria

She's been speaking truth to power in the #Philippines for decades, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for #journalists

I greatly admire her and if anyone knows what they're talking about here, it's her

theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

The #medium is the #message
Auf diese phrase von Marshall McLuhan machte @HGU@kirche.social kürzlich im #Matrix Raum der @onlinekirche@kirche.social aufmerksam:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medi…
Vielen Dank für den Hinweis, der in diesen Tagen wohl besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdient.

Ich denke auch in Bezug auf #digitaleKirche. Oft habe ich von dort gehört, man müsse dahin wo die Menschen sind. Das ist ja auch nicht falsch. Aber sich von problematischen Systemen so abhängig zu machen, sich dem zu unterwerfen, fand ich schon immer fragwürdig. Viellleicht wären wir besser beraten gewesen, wenn wir mehr in Alternativen investiert hätten und jetzt umfassender sagen könnten, "Kommt und seht, hier sind faire soziale Medien, wir haben schon lange daran mitgearbeitet" ...

Insofern besonderen Dank an @librechurch@kirche.social fürs Betreiben einer #Mastondon Instanz und eines #Matrix Homeservers.

#FediKirche #selbstbestimmtDigital #SocialMedia #OpenSource

phrase used in communication theory

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

#OrganicReachRate auf #Mastodon / #FediVerse?

Dass #Follower zahlen von Accounts auf kommerziellen, sog. #SocialMedia Plattformen keine Messgröße mehr für den #Erfolg/ #Reichweite sind, veranlasst Marketing-Agenturen seit Jahren die sog. Organic Reach Rate (#ORR) zu ermitteln. Also die Zahl der Accounts, in deren Timeline Posts ohne Bezahlung tatsächlich angezeigt werden, z.B.
socialstatus.io/insights/socia…
Was meint Ihr?
Auf Mastodon müsste die doch 100% sein?

Wäre das nicht ein Punkt, an dem man die theoretische Reichweite z.B. mit #Facebook und #Instagram vergleichen könnte?

Ja, ja, ich weiß, #Statistik ist im FediVerse nicht soo populär. Aber für Institutionen und Organisationen ist es schon wichtig, ob es vergleichbare Kriterien gibt, z.B. für @OeRR_bewegen@chaos.social oder #HochschulenInsFediVerse und vielleicht
hat @mho@social.heise.de als Experte für SoMe-Referer auf Webartikel dazu einen Gedanken?

Das sollte man in Bezug auf die Nutzung von kommerziellem #SocialMedia und #Kommunikation nicht unbeachtet lassen, vielleicht auch besonders in #digitaleKirche:

#Meta unterstützt #Trump Amtseinführung finanziell mit großer Summe:
bbc.com/news/articles/c8j9e1x9…
#Instagram #Facebook #WhatsApp #FediKirche

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president.

^{Liv McMahon (BBC News)}

POLITIQ upouští "X". Přidat si nás můžeš na sítích:
Facebook: facebook.com/MagazinPolitiq?ut…
Instagram: instagram.com/MagazinPolitiq?u…
Threads: threads.net/@MagazinPolitiq?ut…
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/magazinpoliti…
Mastodon: bsky.app/profile/magazinpoliti…
linkedIn: linkedin.com/company/politiq?u…

#eXit #X #ByeByeElon #Twitter #Politika #SocialMedia #Politiq #Zpravy #Media

Imagine going to a pub every day. All your friends hang out there, too. You find out the owner and everyone else there are Nazis. And you’re like “I have to hang there because I know people there.”

I have a new personal policy. Anyone I see using or supporting use of THAT social network will be blocked. Same goes for anyone buying a new Tesla.

There’s no excuse. No middle ground. You either support white supremacy and fascism or you don’t. Period.

#Fascism #Nazi #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia

If you harbored any doubts regarding #Bluesky and their claims of decentralization, you HAVE TO read this brilliant, insightful toot by @jonny about the impossibility of multiple relays and what would happen if one tried to split off from #Bsky the corporation: neuromatch.social/@jonny/11336…

I actually recommend you read the whole thread - and follow Jonny! (Thank you for the recommendation @oblomov!)

#socialmedia #ATProto

"Bier’s first hit app, TBH, was marketed to teenagers and...it 'requested address book access before actually being able to use the app'. [...] Bier’s reputation for success is built on this growth hacking technique, so I understand why he is upset."
[...]
"Apple’s solution is imperfect. But if it stops the Biers of the world from building apps which ingest wholesale the contact lists of teenagers, I find it difficult to object."

pxlnv.com/blog/growth-hack/

#Apple #Privacy #SocialMedia #Tech

"Apple made a fateful decision that mobile-phone internet should be app-centric, not browser/website centric. Then Android copied their mistake."

Many interesting things in this article, but this is one particular gripe I have about today's Internet. I will go to so much unnecessary trouble just to avoid using somebody's app.

tumblr.com/accordion-druid/685…

#IndieWeb #Enshittification #Web3 #SocialMedia #Blog

Pretty neat! If you're on mastodon.social (or another server running the latest in-development version of Mastodon), you can go to the Explore page eg. mastodon.social/explore/links and view posts that discuss trending news articles (see the "X posts" below the headline link).

via mastodon.social/@Gargron/11272…

#mastodon #SocialMedia #news #design #UXUI