You had to name it like that, didn't you?

Services or applications. An instance is just a server.

Bu yeah, there are a lot more than those! See here

I've been trying to get on Bluesky for ages. Unfortunately they're really stingy with invite links. I know it's gonna sound really bad, but... you don't happen to have one you could give away?

Unfortunately you're right

See, this is what I think people get wrong about ad tech: the problem are not the ads themselves, but the tracking. I'm completely fine with ads, as long as I'm not tracked by their provider

Saeco is Gaggia

IDK, maybe they are so simple that they don't break. Or they are so inexpensive that people don't even file warranty cases when they do

Also the EU: social.network.europa.eu

one of the test participants, who talked repeatedly about Volvo, did report that they were bombarded by advertising for the brand. This person did not even own a car, nor had they searched the Internet to buy a Volvo or any other kind of car.

Wrong discussion

My thoughts exactly. The official announcement does not say anything.

Matrix is not part of the Fediverse

As a browser? Firefox. The answer is always just Firefox. It's not perfect by any means, but it's the best in terms of privacy and ethics. It's not shady like Brave is, it's not Chromium-based like any other browser, and Mozilla is actively engaged in making the web a better place.

I've had the chance to discuss numerous times with people about other browsers, and I honestly don't get why they always look elsewhere, when Firefox exists.

P.s.: sorry about the tirade, I obviously don't have anything against you. It's just that Firefox has existed for 21 years and it has been consistently user-focused and privacy-centric and I really don't understand why people don't just use it - maybe because it's not as new and thus does not look as attractive as other browsers

IDK if that's really news. I went to the Wall with my (christian) family like 15 years ago and my mother, who was wearing a tiny cross necklace, was asked to hide it

I reeeeeaally don't want to go into that, but no: masks have been proven to be effective, if worn correctly, even non-n95 ones. It's not a mystery that, if something is in the way of your spit, you're not going to infect as many people. As for the whole outbreak origin debate, scientists went back and forth between the "wet market" theory and the "lab escape" theory. The last research I've seen was pretty confident in the "wet market" theory. No Fauci involved there.

There are controversies around Brave itself and also its CEO, Brendan Eich (also inventor of JavaScript and also former Mozilla CEO).

• Brave was altering search results by adding crypto redirects to links. Source.
• Eich was forced to resign from Mozilla CEO because he made donations against gay marriage. Also, he basically is a covid conspiracy theorist. Source

You might not care about a company's CEO behavior, as long as they do a good job. I usually do not. In this case, I can't help but feel that the whole project is kinda shady.

They just don't know any better. And when you tell them about Brave's history, they just don't listen

This could be the answer. To avoid problems with moderation and freedom of speech, the instance could be for governmental bodies only and not the public. The EU did that for their official bodies.

Fully agree. The government's communication being subject to a private entity was never a good scenario anyway. The Fediverse might provide them a technical solution, but more people need to use it for that to be viable and effective.

BTW it's Mastodon, not Mastadon ;)

I don't know what to think about this acquisition. What I do know is that the FTC should pick their battles in a different way. There are at least a couple of other tech companies (Google, Amazon) that should be broken up because they're monopolies and I don't know why nobody at the FTC seems to be looking at them.