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Some thoughts on the challenges of adding reliably-private social networking to the fediverse;

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/the-challenges-of-adding-reliably-private-social-networking-to-the-fediverse/5386

Misogyny in the metaverse: is Mark Zuckerberg’s dream world a no-go area for women? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/10/the-misogyny-of-the-metaverse-is-mark-zuckerbergs-dream-world-a-no-go-area-for-women #Sexualharassment #Socialnetworking #MarkZuckerberg #Themetaverse #Technology #Facebook #Society #Women #Media #Meta

Trunk for the Fediverse
People who write about various topics on Mastodon who are OK with being on a recommendation list of who to follow

#Mastodon #SocialNetworking #discovery

"The history of #socialnetworking is filled with people populating vibrant spaces, creating communities, finding innovative ways of self-expression, and then being forced to abandon these painstakingly created digital havens due to platforms failing from economic pressures or just plain ol’ bad management.
What if, then, the next time, people could take their stuff to the next place they inevitably have to move?"

https://publicknowledge.org/why-decentralized-social-media-matters/

Just replied to #SocialHub discussion to @evanprodromou #FEP on #fediverse support for long-form text.

There's a broader discussion that the #ActivityPub dev community isn't really addressing.

Nowhere in the #W3C specs is defined that #Microblogging is the foundation of #SocialNetworking. And certainly not #Mastodon's app-specific interpretation of this domain.

The entire AS extension mechanism is overlooked, and that leads to a massive ⚒️ Golden Hammer anti-pattern.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-b2b8-long-form-text/5300/18?u=aschrijver

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to enable AI ad creation by end of next year https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/02/facebook-instagram-meta-ai-ad-media-advertising #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Technologysector #Socialnetworking #Marketing&PR #Advertising #Technology #Instagram #Worldnews #Facebook #Business #UKnews #USnews #Media #Meta

#Bluesky is most definitely alive and kicking

CEO Jay Graber says the days of winner-take-all #socialnetworking are over. Thank heavens she’s right.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91342316/bluesky-jay-graber-web-summit-vancouver

I've been using #LinkedIn for over 20+ years & have about 3k contacts in there. As part of my decoupling process, I'm currently running a little experiment ...

Get in touch with everyone via DM to say 'Hi!', reconnect & find out whether they'd be willing to get together on a 1:1 Web meeting & go through a 'proper' catch-up.

Some interesting results coming along so far: 100 DMs sent, 4 people responded, 3 wanted to meet up. The rest? Crickets! 🤯

#PKMastery #SocialTools #SocialNetworking

Während auf LinkedIn noch die von ChatGPT erstellten Job-Mantras heißlaufen, texten wir jetzt auf den ernsthaft kredibilen MeltingPots des Internets, ohne je dafür bezahlt zu werden. Weil wir es können! #smartcreatives #socialnetworking

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"itter.sh: Ironic, text-only, SSH-based social networking for terminal lovers. No browser, no js, just eets."

#socialnetworking #fun #terminal #ssh #console #socialmedia #silly

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"The terms social network and social media are used interchangeably now, but they shouldn’t be. A social network is an idle, inactive system—a Rolodex of contacts, a notebook of sales targets, a yearbook of possible soul mates. But social media is active—hyperactive, really—spewing material across those networks instead of leaving them alone until needed."

#IanBogost, 2022

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/

#SocialMedia #SocialNetworking

Dunbar’s Number: Why the Theory That Humans Can Only Maintain 150 Friendships Has Withstood 30 Years of Scrutiny - Neuroscience News
"Thirty years ago, Robin Dunbar theorized humans can maintain a friendship group of 150 people, with five intimate friendships. Despite many attempts to challenge the theory, Dunbar's Number has stood the test of time. Backed by neuroscience and statistics, Robin Dunbar explains why his theory still prevails."

#SocialNetworking #DunbarsNumber #psychology #statistics