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It doesn’t really do anything other than (potentially) verify someone or an organization really is who they say they are. It probably matters most for well-known folks or orgs that you need to know are real. One example is how confused people are about Mark Hamill, who did move over to Bsky, because there are so many impersonators.

Another example is the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. I can verify they are who they say (and trust their posts, hilarious or not) because they’ve used their gov site to verify their account.

I had a cat named Rufus once!

Oh no. Did you say ND? 👀

They really need to talk to Mary!

I’m looking for one that allows handwriting to text, if anyone knows of one.

It’s a bit of a confusing history. The AT Protocol for decentralization was a side project of Twitter that later spun off, grew, and became Bluesky.

We switched to Duo, too. Making that plan unlimited was the las barrier to my spouse jumping aboard the Kagi train. We’re in for the yearly Duo sub as of this evening!

I’ve been using StoryGraph since it came around and really enjoy it. I’ve looked at BookWyrm, but I haven’t considered switching yet.

The article mentions the WaPo connection to Amazon and its board, as they should, but I’m surprised to see this particular topic there, too.

This particular paragraph is disingenuous in its characterization of what’s going on with Reddit, though:

There was also a concern that any major changes to the platform could scare people away. One former employee compared Goodreads to Reddit, an 18-year-old internet forum where users are revolting because of modifications to the site. “People feel like they can’t anger the community,” the former employee said.

The Artisan’s Coop is building itself right now. Only time will tell how successful it will be, but they’re taking their time to try to build a useful and real cooperative.

It also isn’t that Mastodon is necessarily a replacement for Twitter (or Lemmy for reddit). I use these communities vastly differently than I did those two places: I am much more involved and feel like an actual part of my curated communities. I’m not a lurker or a pair of potential eyes to be advertised at.

The ways that our Fediverse options are different are myriad and immensely important in a way that most outside observers don’t get. These aren’t “just replacements” at all; they’re communities—and upgraded ones at that.

Most often not even taking the things that made the plundered product great in the first place, unfortunately.

This was a trip back in time, seeing things like Meebo and Picasa that G purchased and killed off. 😕

I’m here for it.

Dang, I wasn’t expecting Stargate outta nowhere…

My organization just switched from this a few weeks ago! 😬

Very Being John Malkovichian…

I never understood why it wasn’t more popular! I tried others but always came right back to Joey.

I’ve used Joey for years. (I’ve never used the official app.)

I’m not using anything right now and have deleted one of my accounts. I’ll be deleting the other one in the next week.

Guys. It even works for Spider-Man.

I really appreciate you!