I wrote an open letter to artists and other creatives who are thinking about giving the fediverse a chance:
“There’s a better way!”
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-fediverse-invitation-for-artists/
Feel free to share, and be sure to add your signature!
#fediverse #mastodon #creatives #artists #musicians #twitter #x
The signature verification system is still very much work in progress, but the source code is available at https://github.com/stefanbohacek/fediverse-signatures.
If anyone would be interested in trying this out on their site, feel free to reach out!
#fediverse #mastodon #fedidev #mastodev #opensource
Boy this better not break too much 🤞
Thanks, again, everyone!
Huge thanks to everyone who helped me test the signature verification, you’re all awesome!
Please note that this feature is very much work in progress. I might spend a bit more time polishing it and hopefully be able to share it with others to add to their own website or a blog.
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online I’m not an artist, so I won’t be signing the letter.
But just to support your point:
In all the years I was on Twitter, I bought things from artists twice.
In the not-quite two years I’ve been on Mastodon, I’ve bought things from eleven different artists (and one musician). .
#FediGiftShop #artists
I do want to say that I don’t think we necessarily have to make the fediverse “grow bigger”, but I do want to see it become more diverse, and welcoming.
Happy to trade some of the racists and mansplainers for a few folks who are into pottery and knitting and keep the numbers the same for example.
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online your chances of finding them here is still bigger than on X, Bluesky, Threads, IMHO.
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Step 1) nuke the Fediblock lists. Probably the number one barrier to diversity in the Fediverse.
@nick I don’t think I have the authority to speak on that, sorry.
It seems to me that folks who rely on them do so for their safety. I think that’s a great thing about the fediverse, that we can all tailor our experience.
And if some people want to block off portions of the network to feel safe, there’s no real harm, there’s still plenty of people to interact with.
Unless there’s something that that I’m missing?
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Unless you’re self-hosting, your admin might end up nuking portions of the network you’re following. Which sucks for you and other users. I honestly don’t see Fediblock as anything other than a detriment to the network, except for cases where entire servers are genuinely malicious, like spambot farms or illegal stuff. Blocking entire instances over mundane differences of opinion between a few users seems counterproductive to me.
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online I see far more diverse art on here compared to any other social network I have ever used (which tend to use the algorithms to pigeonhole you into what they think your tastes are and how they relate to whatever categories advertisers want)
