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The loose, decentralized confederation of non-profit Social Media[1] sites such as Mastodon[2], Pixelfed, and PeerTube. They all use ActivityPub for federation.
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3: /how-to-join-the-fediverse-and-cast-off-the-attention-economy/
*This started as a post on my blog[4]. This edited version is intended to be kept more up-to-date.*
Profiting from convincing (or, perhaps more accurately, "manipulating") people to pay attention. Big Social Media[6] sites like Facebook are part of the attention economy: you pay nothing to use the site. In fact, you are the product; they sell your attention to advertisers, and therefore design their product to maximize their profits by manipulating you to spend more time on the site[7].
7: /how-the-attention-economy-hurts-you-via-social-media-sites-like-facebook/
Mastodon is a Free Software[9], decentralized, global Social Media[10] network. Unlike the other major ones, it is not a part of the Attention Economy[11], and generally has no ads.
12: /recovering-our-lost-free-will-online-tools-and-techniques-that-are-available-now/
*This started out at a post on my blog[13]. This edited version is intended to be kept more up-to-date.*
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