The Mastodon app ecosystem is going to make bank once @ThreadsApp ads support for #ActivityPub!
(Presuming they allow third party clients...)
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nostr:npub1vgwd3e7hc3rqaeyw24pz2vkf6p5acjx94c94djxwewkndnncpe9qf730aw it might do it for natively selected GIFs... Not sure about user uploaded photos.
I can't believe the Threads team left out support for ALT tags in their latest #ReleaseNotes, but theirs is a brilliant implementation — if you leave them blank, Threads will automatically add a description.
#NewThreads
Twitter has changed the default to "closed" for any users that once allowed open DMs.
Unless they realize this change and undo it, this private channel that lead to so much serendipitous connection will now be pay-to-play, just liked LinkedIn InMail.
The enshittification continues.
RT https://mastodon.xyz/@chrismessina/110737210027006164
#DeadTwitter
nostr:npub1440puskfgrqlcj66kynwsgmy86ddjltjgfc48f5fxj8m8rhgyl2qh4zmpe Perhaps that explains it?
But also: "Existing users who allow messages requests from everyone will be migrated to this new setting, but can switch back at any time."
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/direct-messages
nostr:npub1pzr6z8upham57k47gy6xj8y2clvq76xl944y9xsr3dsdn372metqjhjcgr Twitter's Help Center literally says:
"Existing users who allow messages requests from everyone will be migrated to this new setting, but can switch back at any time."
https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/direct-messages
nostr:npub1440puskfgrqlcj66kynwsgmy86ddjltjgfc48f5fxj8m8rhgyl2qh4zmpe Did you update your app to v9.67?
nostr:npub1zeucnedu8847zy347tjw6lphp2ldmcps2kn544nqk20aujf0waqslpzla3 It's a common tactic — Twitter did it too, but ironically removed the benefit from Twitter Blue once Elmo took over.
Reddit has a #NewAppIcon, which apparently is part of a plot to extort users into paying for Reddit Premium.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23799266/reddit-app-icons-ugly
#NewReddit
New book arrived today — The Gutenberg Parenthesis by nostr:npub1qe5xp836kyz7ymzqe5wy09fzky6z03srv7htgh3ptn4dqmesz94s7z8ugl. My cameo is on p192! 🤗
https://gutenbergparenthesis.com/
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TIL what happens when reports of CSAM hit a federated instance of Mastodon — with implications for any platform hosted on an .xyz domain.
Here's how my Mastodon account went down along with the entire mastodon.xyz instance:
https://thekinrar.fr/en/posts/xyz-suspension/
