Good morning Fedi friends!
So it is decided (and thank you for voting in yesterday's poll!)
I will create a series about "People of the Fediverse" - doing short, written interviews with fascinating people posting on here - across ages, nationalities and professions.
The impetus behind it? In a week I will start production of videos promoting the Fediverse and I won't have time anymore to write 2,000 word posts for #TheFutureIsFederated. Q&As are more manageable for the next 2 months 
Because I always get my best ideas in the shower... here is what I just thought about:
Maybe I could create an interview series on #TheFutureIsFederated about "People of the Fediverse" - doing Q&As with interesting people across fields...
Good morning Fedi friends!
Today is a palpitations-inducing sort of day: my Ghost (Pro) #blog - that hosted all the posts for #TheFutureIsFederated, up to March of this year - is now slated to be deleted from Ghost's servers. Why?
I'm now #selfhosting my Ghost blog on a VPS at this address:
Time to update your RSS feed (if you're following the blog that way)... and I invite you to check out my latest post in its new home: https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/
have a nice day
The other day I finally got it. Why #Bluesky is so popular with "regular people" (aka non-techies). It's because it's CENTRALIZED (of course the Bluesky folks would never admit it out right).
One name: Bluesky.
One official URL to join / browse / post messages
One official app: "Bluesky Social" on app stores
In this post-literate society where people have been trained by commercial social media for 2 DECADES to choose the easiest, most frictionless option, of course they will pick Bluesky over the #Fediverse.
Try introducing the concept of servers / instances and names like Mastodon, Sharkey, Pleroma, GoToSocial, Friendica, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Lemmy to people not familiar with them. They'd think you're speaking a foreign language.
The Fediverse is made up of thousands of independent servers. You can't log in to https://joinmastodon.org or https://joinpeertube.org to browse Mastodon or PeerTube. Conversely, when you log into Bluesky you see messages by Bluesky members.
People need to be educated first about defederated options and their numerous advantages.
I get it now. I'm still 1000% in when it comes to the Fediverse but I understand.
And I'm tired.
And I'm posting this here on my GoToSocial account because I wanted to say my piece in one go and I would have run into Mastodon character limits.
How many people have I convinced to join the Fediverse in my 9 months advocating for it through a blog? TWO. How many people are still active on it? One.
Off I go play with LEGOs with my little one - in 12 years, when she's old enough I will set up her own instance. So Fediverse, you gotta be thriving in 2037.
5pm / how the day is going update:
I finished and published a new article on my self-hosted Ghost blog: **"This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like" **https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/
I made good progress with the #LEGO castle (see pic) but ran out of light gray plates and my 4-year-old (who has impossibly high standards) demands I refrain from using other colors... so we are at a standstill (don't tell her but I already used some small black bricks in lieu of light gray ones here and there... keeping the build symmetrical but not following the instructions to a T)
New on #TheFutureIsFederated 
"This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like"
https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/
mentioning @jaredwhite @anildash @ghost @caseynewton @molly0xfff @404mediaco @Daojoan @theindex @dangillmor @ryanbroderick @micahflee @melaniebartos @kleisli
I'd love to hear what you think about #AdoptAWriter 
Good morning Fedi friends!
It's 11am, I'm still in my pyjamas and my parents are looking after my little one downstairs... so that I can work.
I'm formatting in Ghost a new blog post about "resistance to the digital coup" for #TheFutureIsFederated. I will post it later today here: https://news.elenarossini.com
Thanks for your thought-provoking questions & input... I tried to incorporate multiple POVs (following my divisive thread about Cadwalladr).
Off I go shower and grab my 3rd coffee 
Good morning Fedi friends!
In case you missed it, on Monday I was able to successfully send a newsletter from my self-hosted, manually installed #Ghost blog. So it appears to be fully working now.
: https://news.elenarossini.com
I don't have any new #selfhosting anecdotes to share. I thought I would be able to relax for a bit and enjoy this milestone. I spent the day yesterday writing a blog post for #TheFutureIsFederated on the topic of resistance to the digital coup.
In the meantime, my 4-year-old spotted some vintage #LEGO panels in the attic. I identified them as belonging to LEGO's King Castle and she demanded I "BUILD IT RIGHT NOW." I'm not even sure I have all the pieces required... I remember that a couple of years ago I found stacks of old LEGO boxes and organized pieces by color in transparent drawers. I found an old manual online for the castle set and so far so good (sort of). I made it to step 10 out of 43. The real test will be building the retractable bridge.
All this to say: no more self-hosting adventures for me this week, I'll be tackling a complex LEGO project (and I can't use code to get out of hurdles...)
#MySoCalledSudoLife #MyLEGOLife
@lrreynolds thank you for your note. I'm planning to write about this very problem in this week's issue of #TheFutureIsFederated.
I actually used Substack for 1+ year and moved my newsletters away in Jan 2024 when its owners refused to remove or demonetize Nazi content.
There is evidence that VC-backed Substack is on the highway to enshittification. An interesting read: https://radoncnotes.com/2024/09/26/enshittification-of-substack/
The pivot to video reminds me of how Facebook did the same with publishers - and it didn't go well
I'm devoting this week's issue of #TheFutureIsFederated to Substack alternatives – showcasing how several independent journalists and media organizations who speak truth to power (like Cadwalladr) have created thriving newsletter businesses outside the Substack bubble.
Routine reminder that Substack is funded by A16Z and actively profits from far-right content, hate speech and misinformation.
Related reading material:
1) https://www.citationneeded.news/citation-needed-has-a-new-home/
2) https://badnewsletter.substack.com/p/all-the-garbage-i-found-on-substack
(cont' - 2/3)
I did want every post online I write to be under the same single domain / site. Micro posts like this included.
But I'm coming round to the idea of having different instances of things for different things.
Wordpress : long form writing
@Mastodon : shorter posts
@pixelfed : virtual photography
@peertube : gaming videos (if I ever do any more)
All self hosted.
Inspired by #TheFutureIsFederated and @_elena
Hello Fedi friends! This is a routine reminder that I've just migrated my Ghost blog to a self-hosted instance.
If you follow #TheFutureIsFederated via RSS, please update the feed's URL:
https://news.elenarossini.com/rss/
And if you had bookmarked any of my old posts, they'll still work if you refresh the page... or else just swap "blog" with "news" in the address bar.
This is my proudest moment in #MySoCalledSudoLife as I installed everything with commands. I've learned so much these past 4 months!
Hi @_elena I just updated your link to your blog on my blogroll, so all is good. Thanks for the update! #thefutureisfederated
New on #TheFutureIsFederated
#PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 2: creator edition)
My PeerTube account: @elena
mentioning @Framasoft @peertube @paige @srosset @MakerTube
Good morning Fedi friends!
I just added a new link to my Mastodon profile: @elena
How many #ActivityPub profiles do I have now? I don't want to know 
Off I go continue writing about #PeerTube for #TheFutureIsFederated (part 2, showing what it's like to use the software from the POV of a creator). I look forward to doing some tests and seeing what it's like to embed PeerTube videos on my website. Article coming tomorrow.
Wishing you all a lovely day!
A great video about why #Bluesky is NOT recommended as a truly open and independent alternative to mainstream #socialmedia.
@niccolove @niccolo_ve
#activitypub #fediverse #atproto #protocols #thefutureisfederated
Good morning Fedi friends & (belated) happy spring!
I feel bad I won't have a new post for #TheFutureIsFederated this week. I had been meaning to write a part 2 about PeerTube after extensive use.
See, I have a pit in my stomach & feel like I'm a bit of a traitor if (for the first time) I don't have enthusiastic things to say about a Fediverse project.
PeerTube is FANTASTIC on paper, it truly is. It's just that I'm struggling a little with real world use - and thus with writing about it 
@plasticplankton Thanks!
And yes, the multiple accounts are to test things out and write articles about various software for my blog #TheFutureIsFederated. For the federated Wordpress blogs, I had no choice... but I LOVE the integration...
Big asterisk: if you want a federated video hosting solution, you're pretty much obligated to set up a PeerTube account. It's what I will do today
We are not perfect but we are working on it.
ie. Lemmy and PieFed do not seem to be fully federated yet with the rest of the fediverse despite them being federated with each other due to them being "siblings" or whatever.(Reddit clones federate better between each other compared to how they federate with the rest of the fediverse)
@entikan I think this is something @_elena is considering, would be worthwhile following #thefutureisfederated
