A screenshot from FediDB shown at the Social Web room at FOSDEM.

cc: @dansup

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Firefish got mentioned

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Reverse chronological [is not "no algorithm", it] is an algorithm!!!

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. @dave in front of the Social Web room at FOSDEM, talking about Fediscovery

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. @dave asking other people who make Fediverse software, who are interested in improving 'discovery' on the Fediverse, to reach out to him (so can work together).

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. @dave asking for people to help with Fediscovery

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Someone from audience asking — couldn't the data between the search-providers be shared, to try to prevent centralization?

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@reiver I think you could, but you'd need to have data processing agreements in place for the sharing of that data.

Someone in the audience asked what I was also thinking — you could create a community specific search-provider server.

(Ex: just for science community, or toy photography community, etc.)

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. @cwebber and @tsyesika in front of the Web Social room at FOSDEM

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. @floppy in front of the Social Web room, talking about Manyfold

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Michael Jerger in front of the Social Web room at FOSDEM, talking about Forgejo

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Stéphane & Alexandra in front of the Social Web room at FOSDEM, talking about Mobilizon

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. @johnonolan in front of the Social Web room at FOSDEM

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Extant centralized social media is good for marketing (your content), not for the distribution of your content.

So, many have a site that they own for distribution and use extant centralized social-media to market and get people there to the site they own.

(Note from @reiver : I know a number of people who have been doing this for a while.)

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You cannot just broadcast your content into social-media, but not read, reply, and engage yourself — and be successful.

You need to be social, too. You need to read, reply, and engage, too.

(Note from @reiver : many have said the same.)

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"Giant social media companies might rug-pull [your account]"

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If the product isn't great, the rest doesn't matter.

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. @evan in front of the Social Web room at FOSDEM.

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