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There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.
An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/
I was stoked to see that BABEL (e.g. RFC 8966, 9229, etc. also see: https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/babel/) implementations have made their way into BIRD (https://bird.network.cz/)! Though, I have yet to test that; perhaps they are now less full of Linuxisms and "academic caliber" code and can potentially operate on some BSDs at long last?!
CC: @_elena@mastodon.social
@Dianora indeed! mesh for the win!
@_elena YAAAAAAAAAAS! THE DOWNFALL OF BIG TECH, AND ONE STEP CLOSER TO MY CLUTCHES, IS PRIVATE COMMUNITY OWNED SOCIALS! WE SHAAAAAALL RULE THE WORLD THROUGH PRIVACY AND FREEDOM!
@_elena Be aware of the French government's instances on Mastodon. 😅
@_elena I don’t see the normies ever coming over here in numbers. They’re perfectly fine with their Twitter and their blue sky. We still got each other though.
@_elena Great idea. Decentralized networks like Mastodon are a great fit for protest organizers.
@_elena "tracking troublemakers via algorithmic video surveillance" good God
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@_elena Especially with mesh wifi networks... Or even phone lines...