

I miss Vine so much!
Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.
Bluesky: @beehaw.org
I miss Vine so much!
I, personally, know of hundreds of family/friends that left because of it…Many went to Bluesky.
I don’t believe there will ever be a solution that will please everyone.
Should we all leave the Fediverse since there are thousands of evil assholes that develop and use it?
Come over to Bluesky
If you are referencing this article, then he isn’t funding anything. He is willing to consider backing a TikTok like platform that uses the AT Protocol.
Arguably, ActivityPub has its shortcomings. Also, having another protocol similar to ActivityPub creates more competition which drives innovation (and gets people away from corporate-controlled sites like Meta).
Precisely!
I was part of the beta testing team. I enjoy it immensely and hope to see more and more of my friends and family use it.
I’ve used this for years. Love it!
There is a ton of news coverage on this. Here’s an Axios article with a decent summary.
There was a three day delay between when I created an account and when I received the email.
In my opinion, yes. That’s just how he likes to play.
This dropped today:
I agree. One of my sons doesn’t want to use social media (he tried several and didn’t like any of them). My other son only uses Reddit to find interesting things and information in niche subjects (he rarely interacts with anyone on the platform).
16yos aren’t going to listen to their parents’ advice.
That’s why I started and continued to talk to my two sons about it from a very young age (5 years old). Now they are teenagers and don’t have any online problems.
It’s somewhat funny how most Lemmy mods seem to discuss things on Discord or Matrix, rather than Lemmy (based on the chatter, though I am not a mod here so what do I know, really?).
Most of the time we need real-time chat (Mods on Discord) or real-time secure chat (Admins on Matrix).
He said he’s willing to financially back one.