The received wisdom is that growth on Mastodon and Bluesky comes from big waves of new users who flee other networks when their owners say or do something particularly evil. But according to @laurenshof, that's no longer a given. "Musk managed to put himself up high on the list of people whose actions directly led for the largest number of deaths in the twenty-first century due to his involvement in the shutdown of USAID, but such evil did not meaningfully lead to people leaving Musk’s social network for other places," Hof writes for his Connected Places newsletter. Here, he takes a look at what's happening.

https://flip.it/nMcSJB

#Mastodon#Bluesky#OpenSocial#SocialMedia#SocialNetworks#Twitter#ElonMusk#Tech#Technology

⚠️ Newsmast App Update Complete⚠️

We've rolled out a major renovation to the Newsmast app!

You'll still be able to post, comment, follow and explore the open social web but now you can do it from our shiny new Newsmast app.

If you use Newsmast, just update the app. Or, if you're looking for a new Mastodon client, download the new app now and check it out. It's built to help you connect with and learn from your social web community!

#Newsmast#App#Alert#Fediverse#Mastodon#Tech#SocialWeb

Attempted to set up @bonfire a couple of times and didn't have success. But hopefully someone can find this valuable and/or tell me what I did wrong to help me learn as well.

https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/sXNGDdqurg59cE3syZ3svU

#peertube #vod #tech #bonfire #fedi #fediverse #it #install