So you’ve just joined the Fediverse? Congrats and welcome! Here’s a bunch of stuff that might be useful or interesting as you set out on your journey…

Alrighty, testing out this shiny new GoToSocial instance. For now, I’ve migrated by @afterdark account here and will be using this alongside my “main” @shellsharks account. I’ve heard great things about GTS and I’ve desperately wanted a Fedi presence that has a text box that can handle more than 500 characters at a time. In time, if I find this to be a suitable alternative to my beloved Mastodon experience, I may migrate my main account here as well.

@mahryekuh@cory Agreed. The inauthentic-ness is off the charts. The level of grift is palpable. What exists there that has some modicum of being genuine serves only as a testament to how sad our human realities really are - indebted to the capitalist machine…

I need 750k so I can buy the sharks.com domain. Who wants to go in on this with me? I promise to honor you in some fashion on the resulting website…

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The W3C published a statement proposing Ethical Web Principles meant to “guide the community to build a better web”. These principles serve as a call to action, rather than a statement of the web’s current state. See them listed below…

@ankit_anubhav We sure do. Now, what would I like to see? Authenticity.We’re not an “audience”. And despite the terminology, I’m very rarely “following” anyone. I like this place because people are just people. Yeah we’re nerds so we share/talk about infosec/tech stuff alot (atleast in my circles), but it doesn’t rigidly define how we spend our time here or who we are in general.So post about what YOU want to post about, not what you think a “following” wants to see. Be yourself 😃

Bluesky’s Starter Packs feature has undoubtedly been a hit. It isn’t without some faults of course, but it certainly makes the process of organizing, finding accounts and being “discovered” much easier. That’s great! For Bluesky, but what about the Fediverse?

Woah, just followed my #Fediverse account from #threads . They actually did it 😅

Ok, I scrambled and am getting the v1 of this Fedi-native starter pack out. Here is my “ #IndieSec” #starterpack.

This is an elegant way to “verify” someone, but only if they have a website and really only if that website is kinda known as being officially associated with that individual. How would this form of verification help like, Brad Pitt? Does he have a website? I feel like most celebrities kinda just don’t. Sure, for media orgs or even maybe politicians this might help, but for too many (actors, athletes, etc…), this is a very exclusionary, tech-centric way to verify

I first learned about, and joined Mastodon (and thus the Fediverse) back in August of 2018. I joined Mastodon.Social (of course), and the now defuct Mastodon.Technology. I toyed around with the app, tried to follow a few things, but didn’t honestly spend much time learning about what it was, why it was interesting, what ActivityPub is, what the Fediverse is, etc… I just kept on using Twitter, though even back then I was not what you would call a heavy Twitter user. I never tried to really socialize there, rather I followed a bunch of infosec accounts and that’s about it. In 2019 I established my blog and used that to post a lot of my thoughts online but it wasn’t until much later that I learned about the IndieWeb and how it important that is for my online identity and as a place for my writing. I re-joined Mastodon...

One of the more prevalent topics of conversation on social media is - social media itself. Not sure if it’s really always been this way, but in the wake of the Musk-ening of Twitter that birthed (or rekindled) so many other social platforms, my feed(s) are constantly a-buzz with hot-takes, analyses, cheerleading and more, all about social media itself. So, to add to that, here’s some musings on what’s goin’ on in the social media landscape right now…

Report - Trump nominates Jia Tan as director of CISA

@AkaSci@tchambers@Gargron@mastodonmigration There are A LOT of efforts to curate lists that people can import, i.e. “starter packs”… (Nothing “official” or first party afaik) My own starter pack: https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/10/20/infosec-mastodon-starter-pack TechInfoSecMastodon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t13k5_cNhP9_TgoUmqDZk2ROkWkF6Bg3O5269vKIqWw/ Academics: https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon Congress: https://firstbranchforecast.com/2022/11/30/members-of-congress-on-mastodon/ Media: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit?gid=876665327#gid=876665327 Fedi.directory: https://fedi.directory Trunk: https://github.com/kensanata/trunk Mammoth smart lists: https://getmammoth.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/whats-this-for-you-feed-is-it-algorithmic/

Serious question - How will the Bsky team defend against or respond to a Trump/Musk offensive against bsky itself? Bsky is turning into a top competitor of both of their platforms and is certain to harbor posts both of them would not like. Where are the servers/infra hosted? The team members?

As (fka) Twitter continues to decompose, the #Fediverse grows with new users seeking refuge. To all newcomers, ✨ #Welcome ✨! Here is a “starter pack” with helpful tips, advice and resources…https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/10/20/infosec-mastodon-starter-packFor #infosec folks, there is an archive of old followfriday posts with lots of great accounts to follow.Remember to give this place time. The Fediverse offers a cornucopia of interesting and delightful things, if only you put the effort into finding it.

Cool! My fediverse:creator meta tag appears to be working for links to my site!

@ben What does a successful #Fediverse look like, in your opinion? weird, wonderful, human.

My Zero-Skip albums…