cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39653865

John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night’s episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed

It’s brief, around 25:15

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo

If you’ve been sitting on making a post about your favorite instance, this could be a good opportunity to do so.

Going by our registration applications, a lot of people are learning about the fediverse for the first time and they’re excited about the idea. I’ve really enjoyed reading through them :)

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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        6 days ago

        I am forced to use WhatsApp for work and a few groups. Until last half of 2023 they literally had nothing.

        They had no polls, no channels, communities, not even reactions… more barebones than signal to be honest. I was surprised when I switched mostly to signal. Now they have passed signal in terms of “features” again, but indeed no stories like signal.

        I don’t know a single person who follows something on whatsapp. That is just not what it does well at all.