This is a decent read…..https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol

I have just left over 1000 Facebook groups I never asked to join! Over the years Facebook has had some dubious practices and one of those is automagically adding you to groups if you commented… Facebook Groups I never asked to join….

Bluesky is dropping the invites system later this month. https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/6/24062837/bluesky-drops-invite-system-begins-federation-at-protocol

I have just setup an account at www.minds.com and we shall see if it is any good! Seems a quick way to get your social media accounts in one place. It uses ActivityPub so you… Minds

It’s Bandcamp Friday and for today only my little compilation album called Christmas For The Little Robots is available for five whole English pounds….

Just a quick one today, WordPress 6.4.3 is released….

Yep I’ve added easy social sharing icons to this blog/site. I’d be grateful if you used them!

I’ve just had a quick scroll through Youtube and once again there were a lot of quitting videos uploaded over this weekend. Now it’s the beginning of the year, people set goals or move focus… Why are people quitting Youtube?

As I type this Facebook has got issues with comments not showing for most people and other issues. This is just one example of how social media is managing to lose it’s shine and whilst… What is wrong with social media in 2024?

Peertube is a p2p (peer to peer) video platform available to self-host which provides a broadly similar platform to youtube, and in fact allows synchronisation ie downloading videos from youtube channels and transcoding just like… Peertube!