https://vidzy.codeberg.page/

and?

have you considered that a platform for sharing short, vertical videos, developed by a single person, perhaps isn’t trying to become a “serious competitor” for Youtube?

the videos get automatically deleted after some time.

then go for it.

again, if the person who is making the post doesn’t change the setting, it won’t get filtered. if they type a message in German but the post’s language option is set to English (which I think is the default on some major instances), it won’t get filtered out.

you can usually check what their post’s setting is by starting writing a reply to them, as the language option of your post will switch to the one they post in.

Mastodon relies on users setting the language their post is in manually, so if someone posts in two languages and forgets to switch between them, they don’t get filtered out. I know there are some other pieces of software that switch it automatically, I’m fairly sure Calckey automatically recognized the language you were writing in.

it’s been better marketed, and people struggle with the concept of federation and picking a server. and I guess the invite-only, artificial exclusivity strat has actually paid off for them initially, unlike for Google+.

also, a matter of culture. I’ve seen many newcomers complain about how some long time users act as HOA, reminding everyone to act according to the long-standing rules. many people of colour have experience many forms of racist behaviour, too, which has driven some communities away.

oh, and the federation/defederation business sometimes gets way too messy, which [cynic mode on] makes it difficult for people who want their Personal Brand™ to gain as many followers as possible over the entire network.

BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization https://rys.io/en/167.html

so short

not anymore https://pixelfed.social/p/loops/749181422627243289

Dan has mentioned some time ago that he was thinking about making the videos delete themselves after some time, but I’m not sure if he ever followed up with that.

Beehaw’s financial update https://beehaw.org/post/15866385

Bluesky is FOSS

pretty sure it isn’t.

1. marketing
2. not having to pick the instance when registering
3. people who have experienced Mastodon’s hermetic culture discouraging others from joining
4. algorithms helping discover people and content to follow
5. marketing

and I’m saying that as a firm Mastodon user and believer.

https://moist.catsweat.com/faq

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yes I have. it’s just not my thing, thank you very much.

Podcasts are a last bastion of mainstream web freedom.

yes, I’m well aware of that, but it still doesn’t change the fact that I just don’t listen to them - especially when an episode is an hour long.

oh neat, we mainstream now

not related because I don’t listen to hour long podcast episodes, but I’ve been thinking for ages how someone like MKBHD hosting their own Mastodon instance could really solidify the Fediverse’s presence. I bet a big chunk of his audience would be willing to spend a dollar in order to get an @mkbhd.com or @matteblack.com or @24fps.com or whatever handle, too.