[-] vantablack 5 points 6 days ago

were you reading it on the linked page or just the preview? because yeah the preview is a total clusterfuck but the post itself is a link to https://cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack/115031484305199282 where there’re actual lines and paragraphs and shit lol

[-] vantablack 1 points 6 days ago

were you reading it on the linked page or just the preview? because yeah the preview is a total clusterfuck but the post itself is a link to https://cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack/115031484305199282 where there're actual lines and paragraphs and shit lol

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submitted 6 days ago by vantablack to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

"we should stay weird. unsanitized. unmarketable. for to do otherwise would be to forfeit the very soul of what makes the fediverse so special"

also published at https://vanta.blog/posts/2025-8-14-stay-weird-fedi

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submitted 6 days ago by vantablack to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

"we should stay weird. unsanitized. unmarketable. for to do otherwise would be to forfeit the very soul of what makes the fediverse so special"

also published at https://vanta.blog/posts/2025-8-14-stay-weird-fedi

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submitted 1 week ago by vantablack to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

Better social media is possible.

In his new book Move Slowly and Build Bridges, Robert W. Gehl tells the story of the activists, software developers, artists, and everyday people who have built the fediverse, a noncentralized alternative social media system. Unlike big tech corporations like Facebook, TikTok, or X, the fediverse is comprised of thousands of small, independent communities who use a Web protocol to communicate with one another.

These small communities govern themselves and moderate content at the human scale — compare that to Facebook and X, which try to moderate global conversations. And the fediverse isn’t built in order to gather user data and sell attention to marketers — it’s a more privacy-respecting social media alternative.

The most notable part of the fediverse is Mastodon. Founded in 2016, Mastodon was positioned as an alternative to Twitter. Like Twitter (or X), Mastodon members can post, like, share, and connect with one another across the world. Unlike Twitter/X, Mastodon can be completely under the control of its members, from how it’s run to its underlying software.

Making a noncentralized, ethically run social media system isn’t easy. The people building the fediverse have faced long hours, burnout, angry debates, and, worst of all, bigotry, death threats, and discrimination. They face constant, nagging doubts: Can we really do this? Can noncentralized social media survive in a world that is used to corporate social media? Can we—all of us—have our own social media?

As Move Slowly and Build Bridges shows us, the answer is yes, but it’s going to take a struggle.

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submitted 1 week ago by vantablack to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Better social media is possible.

In his new book Move Slowly and Build Bridges, Robert W. Gehl tells the story of the activists, software developers, artists, and everyday people who have built the fediverse, a noncentralized alternative social media system. Unlike big tech corporations like Facebook, TikTok, or X, the fediverse is comprised of thousands of small, independent communities who use a Web protocol to communicate with one another.

These small communities govern themselves and moderate content at the human scale — compare that to Facebook and X, which try to moderate global conversations. And the fediverse isn’t built in order to gather user data and sell attention to marketers — it’s a more privacy-respecting social media alternative.

The most notable part of the fediverse is Mastodon. Founded in 2016, Mastodon was positioned as an alternative to Twitter. Like Twitter (or X), Mastodon members can post, like, share, and connect with one another across the world. Unlike Twitter/X, Mastodon can be completely under the control of its members, from how it’s run to its underlying software.

Making a noncentralized, ethically run social media system isn’t easy. The people building the fediverse have faced long hours, burnout, angry debates, and, worst of all, bigotry, death threats, and discrimination. They face constant, nagging doubts: Can we really do this? Can noncentralized social media survive in a world that is used to corporate social media? Can we—all of us—have our own social media?

As Move Slowly and Build Bridges shows us, the answer is yes, but it’s going to take a struggle.

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submitted 1 week ago by vantablack to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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submitted 3 weeks ago by vantablack to c/trans_joy

hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah

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submitted 4 weeks ago by vantablack to c/pnw@lemmy.world

queer folks and their allies in, near, or moving to seattle all welcome!!! :3

more info in the linked announcement!

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submitted 4 weeks ago by vantablack to c/seattle@lemmy.world

queer folks and their allies in, near, or moving to seattle all welcome!!! :3

more info in the linked post

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submitted 1 month ago by vantablack to c/weedtime@crazypeople.online

hell yeah!!!

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submitted 1 month ago by vantablack to c/weedtime@crazypeople.online

hell yeah

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submitted 2 months ago by vantablack to c/trans_joy

hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah

[-] vantablack 20 points 4 months ago

i wanna be the first trans woman to get an abortion

[-] vantablack 27 points 1 year ago

normally i don't argue with randos on the internet but i typed this up elsewhere and figured it could fit here, not for your sake, but for the benefit of other users, so...

do the people who're saying shit like "well do you not drive cars either because the auto industry is unethical" seriously not realize that contributing to free and open source software is involving yourself in a COMMUNITY? like that i'm warning people to steer clear of a shitty social space that's been known to be hostile to our kind in the past??? i'm not just doing this for ragebait engagement farming lmao

[-] vantablack 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the screenshot is for another project from the same dev called "serenity os"

here's the thingy you're lookin for https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/6814/commits/beb448fc248f1cbd82a4c68ddf72687203d4d51e

[-] vantablack 90 points 1 year ago

you shouldn't use this browser the devs are transphobic sexist chuds

https://cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack/112717420300967771

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