I’ve been doing some thinking on how the #fediverse, the #opensocialweb etc relate to other causes, like #privacy, or #dataportability, or #digitalsovereignty, even the #righttorepair. It appears that ultimately they all want similar things for the users of technology:
More Digital Freedom.
Some people have been using this term for a long time, I’m thinking of adopting it to describe the broader cause. Thoughts?
If you’ve ever had to leave an instance behind too soon, or hopelessly tried to find an old post in an archive you kept; you know the feeling of loss.
With #Posty you can turn that Mastodon archive into a functioning static website, with (my favourite part) a tag index.
See an example of what’s possible in the post below.
From: @oliphant
https://oliphant.social/@oliphant/113626365697015833
#Posty #Mastodon #DataPortability #Migrate #HTML #CSS #Archive #Backup @oliphant
My uncle ended up with two #Facebook accounts associated with his two email addresses, so I'm trying to help him consolidate them down into one account.
To facilitate that, I requested an export of his friends list from both accounts to use to figure out who to transfer over to the account being saved.
My uncle doesn't have a lot of Facebook friends.
It's 24 hours later, and the exports still aren't finished.
You can see how seriously #Meta takes #dataPortability.
#enshittification
The feature is not fully functional yet (do not use it yet) but this is the first time it’s been possible to point a custom domain to a Small Web¹ place running a Kitten² app that was originally set up by Domain³.
This upcoming feature (should have it fully operational tomorrow 
) alongside full backup + restore (already functional) = data portability.
¹ https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/
² https://kitten.small-web.org
³ https://codeberg.org/domain/app
I love that I can use Kitten’s own shell (REPL) to prototype new features for Kitten¹ :)
(Coming soon: the ability to change the domain that points to your Small Web place via Kitten’s settings. That, combined with the already existing database backup and restore features mean that Small Web places will have full data portability / zero hosting lock-in from Day 1.)
¹ https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/kitten-s-interactive-shell-repl/
New Video – Kitten features introduced this week:
• Interactive Shell (REPL)
• Multi-page Settings
• Backup and restore (data portability)
With examples that cover components and Kitten’s built-in JavaScript database (JSDB).
Currently: tuned in to the @DTinitiative livestream for their DC policy summit today. #DataPortability https://dtinit.org/docs/feb29summitagenda
Timely update: the code for Flickypedia--a tool that allows for a simple import of appropriately licensed Flickr images to Wikimedia Commons--is now live on Github.
https://github.com/flickr-foundation/flickypedia
Image from State Library of Queensland, on Flickr Commons
I'll be involved in this upcoming Hackathon with the Solid/Inrupt folks
https://www.inrupt.com/event/solid-hackathon/home
#dataportability #personaldata
The IETF OAuth WG published https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-oauth-resource-metadata-00.html yesterday. It's a draft that's been around for a while but the WG just adopted it. It would be a good basis for adding data portability metadata to resources in a standardized way, along with providing the discoverable path to authenticating to actually get those resources.
#dataportability #ietf
Hey look at this
* We regret this bike lane https://missionlocal.org/2023/07/valencia-street-signage-changed-by-cyclist/
* Why the Internet Needs a #DataPortability Ecosystem https://techpolicy.press/why-the-internet-needs-a-data-portability-ecosystem/
* Explore the dark side of Silicon Valley with #RedTeamBlues https://petewarden.com/2023/07/21/explore-the-dark-side-of-silicon-valley-with-red-team-blues/
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Thinking of adding "creators and community active on #Mastodon" to my list of critical requirements for #PKM apps, as this is perhaps as important to me as #DataPortability, #LocalFirst, #TrustNoOneSecurity, #HumanReadableFiles, and #NoVCMoney
#PSA: The many recent (and no so recent) articles advocating for more people to #blog are wonderful. Just be mindful of which service you choose to build your blog on.
Here are some questions to ask yourself when you select a blogging service/host:
1. Can you conveniently migrate your content away from the service if you decide to make a change down the line? Or does the service effectively lock you down once you're all set up?
2. See 1. above.
Setting up your own site is easier than ever. So is falling into a trap where some services make it really difficult for you to ever move away if you decide to.
Hier & Jetzt – Open Web 1: Wo das Open Web heute steht
Vor ein paar Wochen kam Marcel Weiß auf mich zu und fragte, ob ich nicht Lust hätte, mit ihm über das Thema „Open Web“ zu podcasten. Die letzte Ausgabe des OpenWeb-Podcasts ist jetzt fast 7 Jahre alt und natürlich freue ich mich wie bolle, wieder mit jemandem über mein Nischen-Thema zu sprechen 
Im Ernst, ich freue mich sehr, dass Marcel Interesse an dem Thema hat (und das schon seit einer ganzen Weile) und nach einem kurzen Vorgespräch haben wir auch gemerkt, dass uns der Stoff so bald nicht ausgehen wird!
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„Inhalt“ direkt öffnenDie erste Ausgabe ist eine Bestandsaufnahme der letzten 15 Jahre „Open Web“ und ein kleiner Ausblick auf zukünftige Themen.
In der ersten Ausgabe der neuen Podcastreihe zum Themenkomplex ‚Open Web‘ sprechen Matthias Pfefferle und Marcel Weiß über die Evolution von OpenID, die uns einen Hinweis auf allgemeine Herausforderungen für Protokolle in der heutigen Zeit gibt; Stichwort Extrawürste der großen Teilnehmer, welche zu Balkanisierung führen. Weitere Themen sind die DSGVO und Dataportability, Mastodon, Identi.ca und wie ActivityPub aktuell OStatus als zugrundeliegendes Protokoll für dezentrale Netzwerke ablöst. Wir ordnen die Irrungen von Diaspora ein und reden last not least über die Tragödie der Microformats.
Viel Spaß beim Hören!
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