Over the Gardens Walls

Crash course into the fediverse

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1. OVER THE GARDENS WALLS AKA. FEDIVERSE CRASH COURSE AKA. PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE EMMA SHUT UP ABOUT THE INTERNET
2. STEP #1. WHAT EVEN IS THE FAE DIVER OR WHATEVER
3. THE WHAT FEDIVERSE IS JUST A CORNER OF THE INTERNET
4. • Bunch of websites that talk the same language a “federated universe” THE WHAT FEDIVERSE IS JUST A CORNER OF THE INTERNET
5. • Bunch of websites that talk the same language a “federated universe” • Same concept as emails, no integrations eg. Gmail <-> Outlook <-> Proton, shared content THE WHAT FEDIVERSE IS JUST A CORNER OF THE INTERNET
6. • Bunch of websites that talk the same language a “federated universe” • Same concept as emails, no integrations eg. Gmail <-> Outlook <-> Proton, shared content • Not just social media but blog, events, music, code THE WHAT FEDIVERSE IS JUST A CORNER OF THE INTERNET
7. • Bunch of websites that talk the same language a “federated universe” • Same concept as emails, no integrations eg. Gmail <-> Outlook <-> Proton, shared content • Not just social media but blog, events, music, code • Owned by nobody, protocol is W3C’s (known for bangers like HTML, CSS, ARIA, EPUB, XML) THE WHAT FEDIVERSE IS JUST A CORNER OF THE INTERNET
8. • Bunch of websites that talk the same language a “federated universe” • Same concept as emails, no integrations eg. Gmail <-> Outlook <-> Proton, shared content • Not just social media but blog, events, music, code • Owned by nobody, protocol is W3C’s (known for bangers like HTML, CSS, ARIA, EPUB, XML) • Free and open source Nobody and nothing is the product THE WHAT FEDIVERSE IS JUST A CORNER OF THE INTERNET
10. no hablito fediverso
11. no hablito fediverso why would anybody distrust us?? ever????
12. THE WHAT WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?
13. • Everywhere THE WHAT WHERE DOES IT ALL GO? DATA
14. • Everywhere • And nowhere • All at once depending on latency schedules bugs attacks distance etc its still the internet THE WHAT WHERE DOES IT ALL GO? DATA
15. STEP N° SECOND WHATS THE POINT??
16. THE WHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD… BUT ALSO EVERYONE’S
17. • No ads, monetisation or enshiti f ication THE WHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD… BUT ALSO EVERYONE’S
18. • No ads, monetisation or enshiti f ication • No monopoly control – by people for people THE WHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD… BUT ALSO EVERYONE’S
19. • No ads, monetisation or enshiti f ication • No monopoly control – by people for people • No forced algorithm THE WHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD… BUT ALSO EVERYONE’S
20. • No ads, monetisation or enshiti f ication • No monopoly control – by people for people • No forced algorithm • No lock-in THE WHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD… BUT ALSO EVERYONE’S
21. • No ads, monetisation or enshiti f ication • No monopoly control – by people for people • No forced algorithm • No lock-in • Participate in the glorious f ight to take the Internet back from the scummy hands of capitalistic assholes who want you to pay and beg for the privilege of being exploited and locked into rotting walled gardens overgrown with lies, toxicity and AI slop, just so that they can manipulate you and society easily while making bank and furthering THE WHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD… BUT ALSO EVERYONE’S
22. MAKE INTERNET LESS SHIT AGAIN pls THE WHY
23. THE WHY NOT THE GOOD BAD REASONS
24. • Runs on donations and freewill Sometimes bugs, vulnerabilities or downtimes THE WHY NOT THE GOOD BAD REASONS
25. • Runs on donations and freewill Sometimes bugs, vulnerabilities or downtimes • Less discoverability No global index yet or *sigh* algorithm THE WHY NOT THE GOOD BAD REASONS
26. • Runs on donations and freewill Sometimes bugs, vulnerabilities or downtimes • Less discoverability No global index yet or *sigh* algorithm • Less privacy and right to forget Data is hard to delete, everything is "public" THE WHY NOT THE GOOD BAD REASONS
27. • Runs on donations and freewill Sometimes bugs, vulnerabilities or downtimes • Less discoverability No global index yet or *sigh* algorithm • Less privacy and right to forget Data is hard to delete, everything is "public" • Still Internet 1.0 and its current issues Toxicity, bots and AI, in f luence by bad actors THE WHY NOT THE GOOD BAD REASONS
28. ST3P HOW DO I GET IN
29. i THE HOW FIRST PICK AN APP JOINTHEFEDIVERSE.NET
30. THE HOW PICK AN INSTANCE pick a WHAT nooo she said the scary woord
31. THE HOW PICK AN INSTANCE pick a WHAT nooo she said the scary woord
33. GO BIG OR GO NICHE
34. GO BIG OR GO NICHE
35. GO BIG OR GO NICHE
36. GO BIG OR GO NICHE
37. STEP IVTH SET FORTH AND EXPLORE
38. THE WHEN DOES IT GET MAGICALLY AS GOOD AS THE TECH GIANT APPS BACKED BY MILLIONS
39. • Fediverse requires curation Like before the algorithmic times THE WHEN DOES IT GET MAGICALLY AS GOOD AS THE TECH GIANT APPS BACKED BY MILLIONS
40. • Fediverse requires curation Like before the algorithmic times • Lots of online resources FediDB, Lemmyverse for Lemmy, etc. THE WHEN DOES IT GET MAGICALLY AS GOOD AS THE TECH GIANT APPS BACKED BY MILLIONS
41. • Fediverse requires curation Like before the algorithmic times • Lots of online resources FediDB, Lemmyverse for Lemmy, etc. • Lots of (third) party apps Flexibility of open source, f lavours for everybody THE WHEN DOES IT GET MAGICALLY AS GOOD AS THE TECH GIANT APPS BACKED BY MILLIONS
42. • Fediverse requires curation Like before the algorithmic times • Lots of online resources FediDB, Lemmyverse for Lemmy, etc. • Lots of (third) party apps Flexibility of open source, f lavours for everybody • You don’t have to switch, just dip Some stu ff will still only be outside THE WHEN DOES IT GET MAGICALLY AS GOOD AS THE TECH GIANT APPS BACKED BY MILLIONS
43. • Fediverse requires curation Like before the algorithmic times • Lots of online resources FediDB, Lemmyverse for Lemmy, etc. • Lots of (third) party apps Flexibility of open source, f lavours for everybody • You don’t have to switch, just dip Some stu ff will still only be outside • The exploration IS the fun THE WHEN DOES IT GET MAGICALLY AS GOOD AS THE TECH GIANT APPS BACKED BY MILLIONS
44. AS FOR US?
45. AS FOR US?
46. AS FOR US?
47. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY FED TALK jointhefediverse.net mstdn.social/@anahkiasen pixelfed.de/anahkiasen lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/anahkiasen