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When I opened up Lemmy this morning I could not believe my eyes. The top story was a headline from Forbes stating:
« ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media ».

The article mostly focused on #Pixelfed and did a fairly good job explaining how #ActivityPub works. But they spelled #Mastodon « Mastadon » over and over again with no links to it. Yikes.

B for the effort, but please editors do better!

forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/

Forbes · ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social MediaBy Esat Dedezade

Please join me in a round of applause for @elduvelle who, after reading my toot, reached out to the Forbes journalist, pointing out the "Mastadon" typo.

The typo has been fixed and the article is even linking to joinmastodon.org now 🥳

joinmastodon.orgMastodon - Decentralized social mediaLearn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

It just occurred to me that the Forbes article uses a stock photo of a hand holding up a smartphone with a bunch of apps from mainstream, for-profit social media... even if the piece is about the #Fediverse.

So on my to do list for today: recreating a similar photo showing Fediverse software instead. Like, how my actual phone looks like.

As a photographer, I feel it's my duty to do this.

I will give the pic a CC BY-ND license. Thoughts?

And fellow photographers will you join in?

My best shot at a stock photo for the #Fediverse, showing its most popular projects.

Please show some mercy, I am not a hand model (obvi) and my masking skills are a little rusty.

If some photographers would like to improve it, I could share my original photo and screenshot.

Hilariously, when I opened the tripod my bracelet got stuck in it and I semi-panicked for a few moments because I was home alone... with a tripod stuck to my wrist. Thankfully I managed to free myself 😂

@_elena -Thanks for doing this! - my suggestion is to add a Friendica web app, Raccoon for Friendica, Fedilab or Insporation* app icon for that sixth spot to make it more symmetrical.

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@TotalSonic @_elena I hadn't heard of Insporation* before it looks quite nice. Cool to see people still working on Diaspora stuff

@liaizon @_elena - yeah, I think Diaspora has some advantages over Friendica - it has an official mobile app for both iOS and Android, smoother sign up process, less cluttered and less confusing gui, and easier to categorize contacts and target posts. Its main disadvantages to me is that posts are not editable after you make them, and that it doesn't use ActivityPub, only its own protocol. My hope is someone combines the best of Friendica and Diaspora for yet another platform.