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

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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 :)

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Bridgy started without that requirement and it pissed off too many Mastodonians so they reworked it

Well fuck the mastodonians their stupidity is no reason to make everyone else's experience shitter.

I would have put it in less harsh terms, but yes, basically this.