new on #TheFutureIsFederated

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

: https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

It’s easy to call someone a sellout when you aren’t the one who sold out. Money, power, prestige, all quite motivating.

That said, I enjoyed a particular tech personality who was super pro-Mastodon, and a big protocols guy. He was offered a board position at that for-profit Mastodon-knockoff BS site, and has basically give up on fedi ever since.

How does one reconcile that? Not being accusatory (maybe a little) just asking for perspective.

Good morning Fedi friends!

My video "Introducing the #Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" now features subtitles in Hungarian... bringing the total number of subs to 18!

Special thanks to Benedek @whitecold for the new translation!

: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

Elena Rossinin videossa on nyt tekstitykset suomeksi. Kiitokset Merrille, P3KO:lle ja Mika Savolaiselle tarkistusavusta.
(https://mastodontti.fi/@jopa/114874483767386024)

Etsin yhä jotakuta, joka voisi tehdä videosta jälkiäänityksen suomeksi.
Mieluiten olisi naisääni, jotta sopii lauseeseen "Minä olen yksi heistä."
Tietäisikö joku tähän sopivan henkilön, joka on fediversumissa?

New on #TheFutureIsFederated

"The Future is Federated: Year 2" - where I take a look back at a year of posts (and some cringy early ones), argue that the #Fediverse is collectivist in nature (as opposed to the individualism of Big Tech platforms) and discuss my plans for the future of this blog series... and what success for the Fediverse looks like to me (spoiler alert: slow organic growth and sustainability)

: https://news.elenarossini.com/the-future-is-federated-year-2/

Olisiko täällä jotakuta rohkeaa, joka voisi #suomeksi päällepuhua Elena Rossinin fediversumiesittelyvideon?

https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

Mieluiten olisi naisääni, jotta se sopisi saumattomasti videon lauseeseen: "Minä olen yksi heistä."

Olen tehnyt alustavat suomennokset, jotka tulevat jossain vaiheessa tekstityksinä tuohon videoon. Olisi kuitenkin hienoa saada äänellinenkin versio. Sellainen löytyy esimerkiksi tsekiksi:

https://vhsky.cz/w/hNuFEJwjbcubMgsVnqtoXz

I'm quite proud of this fediverse onboarding feature in FediDB!

I've heard your feedback and will be simplifying it to make it even easier for people to find their first federated home

https://fedidb.com/welcome

Spread the word.
The future is federated

Oh, my goodness. I boosted @Em0nM4stodon’s post about this earlier. But I need to share it with some intention.

This piece she wrote on Mastodon privacy/security is intense. It’s long. SO much information. Read it anyway. Seriously.

And if y’all don’t follow Em, do yourself a solid and get on that. She’s smart af about InfoSec/privacy/security. And super friendly.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/

New Privacy Guides article
by me:

While most social media rely on commercial models harvesting users' data to sell to advertisers,

Mastodon offers a human-centric alternative that doesn't seek profits from your data and attention.

This means better social connections, better controls, and better privacy!

The first part of this article discusses privacy and security on Mastodon.

The second part is a tutorial to guide you in making the most of Mastodon's security and privacy related features.

This tutorial includes how to:

• Enable multifactor authentication

• Adjust privacy vs discovery

• Select post visibility and access

• Verify yourself

• Delete and back up your data

• Block users and instances

• Opt out with hashtags

• Move from one instance to another

I hope this helps you making the most of what Mastodon has to offers!

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/

In eigener Sache: „Established 2023“

Zwei Jahre. 24 Monate. 730 Tage. So lange gibt es diesen Blog – und das nur, weil ich eigentlich nur für mich die Mediatheken durchforste, um Filme zu finden, die etwas riskieren. Filme, die weh tun, irritieren, begeistern, wütend machen. Filme, die nicht glatt gebügelt wurden, Filme für meinen ganz privaten Eskapismus. Ich schreibe darüber, weil sie mich beschäftigen. Weil ich etwas sehe, das nicht untergehen sollte im Strom der Flachware. Und weil ich glaube, dass Filmkritik viel mehr sein kann als Konsumberatung.

Update: I reached out to the Wordcamp Verona team using their contact form, mentioned the Fediverse, how great it would be if they created an account here... and I included my video (in Italian) as an introduction.

I just heard back from one of the organizers that "she never heard about the fediverse but is happy to look into it and watch my video soon."

Baby steps

Doy inicio a mi nuevo proyecto: un newsletter llamado Revolución Fediverso. En esta entrega, una pequeña introducción que incluye el video de @_elena

Suscríbanse pero, sobre todo, inviten a gente que no conozca el fediverso a suscribirse o a leerlo

https://revolucionfediverso.substack.com/p/que-es-el-fediverso

Good morning Fedi friends!

My video "Introducing the Fediverse" now has a #čeština voice-over narration so that #Czech speaking people can enjoy it:

https://vhsky.cz/w/88101bec-900c-47e6-92f2-d0e3e4d584c7

HUGE thanks to the team responsible for this!

Narrator: Zloběna @Onqa6

Producer: Jan Dytrych @jan

Sound mix: @schmaker

Script editor / dubbing: Jan @Jann

Next up: Spanish and German versions (in the works)

#TheFutureIsFederated

The future is federated, explained in this clear video: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

By @_elena

Are Pixelfed planning to integrate with Funkwhale or similar to allow music to be inserted into posts, like IG? It makes sense to me to upload a soundtrack to posts containing photos. @dansup @funkwhale

PT-BR

Será que está nos planos do Pixelfed uma integração com Funkwhale ou afins pra permitir inserção de música nos posts, a exemplo o IG? Pra mim faz sentido carregar uma trilha sonora nos posts contendo fotos.

Good morning Fedi friends!

Now that my Fedi promo video is out and I'm no longer spending 7 hours a day doing motion graphics, I have time to pick up again writing for the blog #TheFutureIsFederated.

: https://news.elenarossini.com/tag/the-future-is-federated/

This morning I will create a roadmap for the rest of the summer. There is so much I have yet to explore and write about.

At the top of my list: trying out #BookWyrm and the #Friends plugin for #wordpress

Any other requests?

Wishing everyone a great day!

Current status: heart palpitations as I just discovered (thanks to @brucknerite) that my Fediverse promo video was mentioned and EMBEDDED in an opinion piece in Spain's @el_pais.

HUGE thanks to the writer @tferrer

https://elpais.com/opinion/2025-06-25/el-santo-y-el-mastodonte.html

#TheFutureIsFederated

Partagez cette excellente vidéo en français sur le fédivers par @_elena avec vos réseaux francophones!

Amenez vos ami-es français-es sur le fédivers!

https://news.elenarossini.com/fedivers-video/