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0:00:29 – 0:00:39 Hello and welcome to a new edition of the digression, where I am noisy about the topic
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0:00:45 – 0:00:56 I say hello. Yes, for all those who do not know me, I am Sascha Markmann and run a few
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0:01:08 – 0:01:20 Consider it important that there be alternatives to those led by crazy tech billionaires.
0:01:20 – 0:01:35 Networks exist and why I now use more of these networks such as the
0:01:35 – 0:01:44 Big tech companies. Why should there be alternatives? I once realized that
0:01:44 – 0:01:54 Social networks are no longer really social at goose feet, but that it is there
0:01:54 – 0:02:02 There is no longer a proper culture of discussion. I've done podcasts about it.
0:02:02 – 0:02:09 Somehow a culture of discussion is broken. I've had a YouTube video years ago.
0:02:09 – 0:02:15 I've done it and it just hasn't gotten any better. The first time it's me
0:02:15 – 0:02:24 At some point, when vaccination was compulsory for elementary school children and kindergarten children,
0:02:24 – 0:02:32 towards chickenpox, how then animal excited about it and mild infections
0:02:32 – 0:02:38 were sold as the most severe vaccine damage, if the child has just gotten a little fever.
0:02:38 – 0:02:47 So if it goes after that, I would have died several times if I had done so with statements of my own.
0:02:47 – 0:02:54 Mother hears how I reacted to a vaccination in places, which I believe more
0:02:54 – 0:03:01 as normal. And in the comment columns it was hot and there was no
0:03:01 – 0:03:06 Allowed other opinion. This has been going on over the years and completely
0:03:06 – 0:03:15 Things got worse during the coronavirus pandemic. I know, it's a very bad subject. How to stop
0:03:15 – 0:03:26 Anti-vaccination and vaccination advocates then just textually and verbally crushed each other
0:03:26 – 0:03:34 have. I realized that there was no room for me anymore. I am not posting
0:03:34 – 0:03:44 Not on Facebook and Instagram, not on Twitter. We don't want a totally crazy
0:03:44 – 0:03:52 Support tech billionaire who has harsh racist bias. The only thing
0:03:52 – 0:04:03 It just happens that I automatically post content to the networks. Speak on Facebook,
0:04:03 – 0:04:11 on Instagram, on LinkedIn and what they are all called. I just don't feel like it anymore
0:04:11 – 0:04:17 on it. While I'm on these networks every day to gather information,
0:04:17 – 0:04:26 Because some companies can only be found on certain networks. Journalistic content is
0:04:26 – 0:04:35 Find it here and there, too. That's how I look through my feed. And there is the
0:04:35 – 0:04:43 The next thing that bothers me a lot. Everything is algorithmic. So it is presumed,
0:04:43 – 0:04:52 What I want to see. Although these algorithms are quite good, I hardly have any
0:04:52 – 0:05:00 range. I see it in the statistics I keep as a content creator when I create an account.
0:05:00 – 0:05:12 As a content creator, you get more statistical data, insights like they always do.
0:05:12 – 0:05:19 It's so nice to see what the reach of the posts is. And that is mild
0:05:19 – 0:05:31 said lousy. Even this whole craving for attention is something I really …
0:05:31 – 0:05:43 That's against the grain. Then you have to say, I have posted less and less private things there
0:05:43 – 0:05:50 and for years I have been posting there except for the advertising of my music, my podcasts,
0:05:50 – 0:05:57 My blog posts are no more. It's possible that when there's something really good,
0:05:57 – 0:06:09 that I share the stop, so retweet, no idea what it's called somewhere else, to stop it
0:06:09 – 0:06:20 to show others who follow several. That is by and large. And what stops,
0:06:20 – 0:06:30 There are only lone fighters on the way. So this connection, which is so in the early years
0:06:30 – 0:06:36 Facebook has felt or something, it's no longer there, but everyone posts their shit and
0:06:36 – 0:06:43 That was it. And as I said, hold on to your own opinion and do not allow any other opinion,
0:06:43 – 0:06:51 This, of course, is one of the most serious points. So I looked for alternatives. Now
0:06:51 – 0:07:01 You have to say that there are alternatives and that's the "feediverse". So it is, to make it very rough
0:07:01 – 0:07:10 explain many small villages or islands on the Internet that are interconnected,
0:07:10 – 0:07:19 But each stands so for itself. There are protocols that are open. That, what is the name of a protocol,
0:07:19 – 0:07:36 Active Pub, I think most of them are based on that. And now when I post something that's so similar
0:07:36 – 0:07:46 Like Facebook, someone can also subscribe to Mastodon, which is very similar to Twitter. And
0:07:46 – 0:07:55 You don't have to have a Facebook account to see the content.
0:07:55 – 0:08:07 Or if I share a video on PearTube, then anyone can share it on these similar as Twitter,
0:08:07 – 0:08:15 Mastodon or similar to Facebook can subscribe and see this. And that's the great thing.
0:08:15 – 0:08:21 I don't have to sign up on x different platforms, but I have a place somewhere,
0:08:21 – 0:08:31 where I feel comfortable and then have access to all the content that is available in the Feli verse.
0:08:31 – 0:08:40 That's awesome. And if you will, I already said that Mastrodon is similar to Twitter,
0:08:40 – 0:08:50 without Elon Musk. Pixel Feed is similar to Instagram, but without any filters,
0:08:50 – 0:08:57 Because it's really just the high photos I'm uploading. PearTube is like YouTube,
0:08:57 – 0:09:05 Lemony is like Reddit. I think I said it right. Without this whole
0:09:05 – 0:09:11 The meme-coin drama. This has become a real plague on Reddit.
0:09:11 – 0:09:21 For lovers of 4chan and as the things were all called there is just MISC.E or Firefish. This
0:09:21 – 0:09:31 is really the colorful chaos, so GIFs, reaction and memes. It's a very interesting place.
0:09:31 – 0:09:42 Then there is "Mobileeezen", which is almost such a calendar of events, very interesting.
0:09:42 – 0:09:54 "Whitefrinkly" or "Plump", these are quasi blog offers, similar to bloggers or WordPress,
0:09:54 – 0:10:05 Hold on for longer texts. Then what else is there? Hubzilla. It's very similar to Facebook.
0:10:05 – 0:10:16 but even more rudimentary, but has the possibility to install plugins to RSS feeds
0:10:16 – 0:10:22 automatically pull in and then you can click on the posts and then stop in your
0:10:22 – 0:10:31 Share your own channel. I also like to use to quickly stop my content on Hubsiller
0:10:31 – 0:10:39 to make available and thus stop the whole Feediverse. Radio options, something similar to
0:10:39 – 0:10:51 Spotify and haven't you seen it? Yes, these are the alternatives. What are the advantages
0:10:51 – 0:11:02 The feediverse. Data protection and control. No corporations, no annoying user profiles,
0:11:02 – 0:11:10 So not annoying, glazing user profiles is the right word. It's really clear,
0:11:10 – 0:11:16 If I have subscribed to someone, then I also get what I have subscribed to. And not
0:11:16 – 0:11:22 That somehow, yes, you might be interested, but not that. But if I follow someone,
0:11:22 – 0:11:32 Subscribe, and so does it. It's not advertising. These systems are all free,
0:11:32 – 0:11:36 Except for Blue Sky. Blue Sky will be monetized someday.
0:11:36 – 0:11:47 and the Amen in the Church. Communities are diverse. There are also filtered
0:11:47 – 0:12:01 Areas where there is no FSK 18 and also other types of content that is criminally relevant
0:12:01 – 0:12:07 It can be filtered out or you don't have bridges to it. As I said, the filivers are small.
0:12:07 – 0:12:15 Islands or cities, villages that are connected and there is no need to connect
0:12:15 – 0:12:24 give. Not even in the back, but these instances are blocked. And it's easy
0:12:24 – 0:12:31 open. The source code is open, I can install an instance myself and run it,
0:12:31 – 0:12:41 but you have to think about it well, because by keeping this open standard there, you can
0:12:41 – 0:12:48 A lot of data through. So it's unbelievable what's holding a small instance with a single
0:12:48 – 0:12:54 User caused for a traffic. So if you do that, you should
0:12:54 – 0:13:01 a powerful server and best stop no data limits, so the
0:13:01 – 0:13:07 Traffic rate, there should be no limits, otherwise it will be expensive.
0:13:07 – 0:13:16 I said openly and extensibly. It is done by private individuals
0:13:16 – 0:13:25 developed and advanced. And so there are always updates, innovations, improvements.
0:13:25 – 0:13:31 Although it is not so fast or sometimes not so well documented at the beginning,
0:13:31 – 0:13:40 But with time it comes. So I'm amazed at what functions there are now in the Phillyverse.
0:13:40 – 0:13:50 There are other commercial providers who are really looking for it. The disadvantages, yes, there are.
0:13:50 – 0:13:59 fragmentation, as I said, these are all your own instances and you never know so precisely,
0:13:59 – 0:14:05 Where to register. I had the problem in the beginning too. I'm the first time in
0:14:05 – 0:14:11 Contact came with the 4Diverse about Mastodon, because after the first exodus,
0:14:11 – 0:14:15 which was there – I don’t know how long it has been – I have been there
0:14:15 – 0:14:21 notified. Or wanted to sign me up, but didn't know where. And then I saw sometime
0:14:21 – 0:14:29 I've had a well-known someone I follow on the podcast scene and know a little bit.
0:14:29 – 0:14:37 virtual on the servers of Chaos Computer Club and of which I have an invitation link
0:14:37 – 0:14:44 Get it. And so I ended up on the instance of Chaos Computer Club and that's a
0:14:44 – 0:14:53 Very exciting scene. A lot of agreement with my interests, even in terms of opinion.
0:14:53 – 0:15:02 And so I felt very comfortable very quickly. I can understand that there is someone,
0:15:02 – 0:15:09 who really doesn't know about it and doesn't have someone who's already there that it's overwhelming
0:15:09 – 0:15:16 can. And it is never so well documented for whom which instance in which
0:15:16 – 0:15:25 Part of the feediverse is, the same problem I had with an alternative for Facebook,
0:15:25 – 0:15:30 So when I decided on HubSeller, I didn't know which
0:15:30 – 0:15:37 Instance I'm leaving. Or in the instances of PairTube there are sometimes storage limits,
0:15:37 – 0:15:46 So what are 50 gigabytes for videos today, that's maybe 30 videos with me and then
0:15:46 – 0:15:52 The memory is gone. And I was looking for a long time, until I found something,
0:15:52 – 0:16:03 where I feel comfortable, which also has an in-house policy that is not so restrictive
0:16:03 – 0:16:10 is. Because that's what it is. instances, which then have such special rules of behavior,
0:16:10 – 0:16:21 or you have to be careful how you post, then stop, which of course can be an advantage,
0:16:21 – 0:16:30 A very sensitive handling of sensitive content is required. So that you can trigger warnings
0:16:30 – 0:16:40 I assume that you describe photos, that if they are content that could be burdensome,
0:16:40 – 0:16:50 that you have to make them actively visible. That's part of it
0:16:50 – 0:16:58 your compartments. Often the comfort suffers somehow, because the networks are still rudimentary. How
0:16:58 – 0:17:03 They say it's all done by private individuals.
0:17:03 – 0:17:06 There are no companies behind it.
0:17:06 – 0:17:10 Building reach is also essential
0:17:10 – 0:17:13 It's harder because there are no algorithms.
0:17:13 – 0:17:19 There is. Haha, who would have thought that one
0:17:19 – 0:17:21 Propose content. And you have to
0:17:21 – 0:17:24 Depending on a little
0:17:24 – 0:17:28 They have a technical understanding of what the
0:17:24 – 0:17:33 Integration of protocols or as with Hubsiller, if I have certain functions
0:17:33 – 0:17:41 I want to reinstall what's going on. There are, of course, alternatives that do not
0:17:41 – 0:17:55 There are a lot of divers. Speak instead of messengers like WhatsApp or something like Signal. Instead of discord like that.
0:17:55 – 0:18:06 Like the matrix. Nextcloud instead of Google Drive or Owen Cloud and as they are all called. Most of them
0:18:06 – 0:18:16 Wet systems can also be an alternative to Google Cloud. Open Street Maps instead of Google Map.
0:18:16 – 0:18:26 Yes, I already said radio dials, where radio dials already send into the feediverse and a
0:18:26 – 0:18:34 connection so has. Kuben as an alternative to Reddit, but stop in the Feediverse style. I have so far
0:18:34 – 0:18:41 I haven't used it yet and I haven't had any contact yet. And then there is this
0:18:41 – 0:18:54 Free, I can't pronounce it, FrindiK as Facebook, but also so in Facebook alternatives
0:18:54 – 0:19:01 Style. But they are still pretty much in development, there is still a lot missing, so yes,
0:19:01 – 0:19:09 Half ashamed of a Facebook. There is no real Facebook alternative.
0:19:09 – 0:19:17 Like I said, Hubzilla is the closest thing to me. So to me personally.
0:19:17 – 0:19:26 Yes, so we have now heard what there are advantages, for disadvantages, what offers there are,
0:19:26 – 0:19:32 What services and there are many, many more. Some are so small or even so in the
0:19:32 – 0:19:43 Development that you don't have to talk too much about it. The Fiddywörts is not a perfect place
0:19:43 – 0:19:52 or yes, but it's just a playground, a construction site and you can experience there,
0:19:52 – 0:19:59 How something like that grows. And I can say, in the years since I've been there, certainly since 2018,
0:19:59 – 0:20:11 Yes, it could be, maybe 17, 18, I've seen Mastodon continue to evolve
0:20:11 – 0:20:20 and other services. Pixel-Filt is one such thing. There are incredibly strong people,
0:20:20 – 0:20:29 who take incredibly horny photos and I get more reactions to my graphics,
0:20:29 – 0:20:39 Which I do now for the podcasts or also for my music projects, as elsewhere. himself
0:20:39 – 0:20:45 on Instagram, where I really have a lot of followers, there is hardly a reaction and get there
0:20:45 – 0:20:54 with zero or two or three followers so much reaction from other people, because it is also
0:20:54 – 0:21:02 this general feed returns to the instance or stops a feed for pixel feed. And
0:21:02 – 0:21:12 That's interesting. So there are people roaring at me and my content, which I never reach otherwise
0:21:12 – 0:21:21 I would have. And I believe myself, folks, I really post a lot of my productions on
0:21:21 – 0:21:36 Facebook in groups, on the Facebook page. I post it on Instagram and see that there
0:21:36 – 0:21:41 Hardly anyone ever comes. But from the feediverse I see again and again how people stop
0:21:41 – 0:21:51 And that's slowly getting more. And these are also pleasant comrades. The internet has otherwise
0:21:51 – 0:21:58 Always the habit, you write a review only when you are very dissatisfied
0:21:58 – 0:22:07 is. Rarely when you are satisfied. And that's where I see people reacting very positively.
0:22:07 – 0:22:11 Of course, there are times here and there someone who has a critical demand.
0:22:11 – 0:22:17 But then the true interest is a critical demand.
0:22:17 – 0:22:21 And I think that's nice.
0:22:21 – 0:22:27 That's a bit of what I saw at the beginning of Facebook.
0:22:27 – 0:22:30 I've also gone through different stages.
0:22:30 – 0:22:36 At the very beginning of my internet career, I must have been 16 years old.
0:22:36 – 0:22:43 Newsgroup. Then I slowly discovered the web, then came Web 2.0. Oh,
0:22:43 – 0:22:51 More than forums. At the time, there was a lot of discussion in forums.
0:22:51 – 0:23:01 They were nerdy places where people with a common interest stopped, moved. Then came
0:23:01 – 0:23:11 slowly so networks on, so not networks, it was just so platform, so chat systems with
0:23:11 – 0:23:18 Your own profile pages, where you could make games, where you also had something like a mini-blog.
0:23:18 – 0:23:26 And back then it was really like that, you had a few trolls, but the predominant
0:23:26 – 0:23:33 The number of people who responded was always positive. Then came the time of
0:23:33 – 0:23:46 Facebook and there was still such a mood and sometime in the late 2010s this is
0:23:46 – 0:23:51 more and more tilted. Maybe it even started in the middle, so around the middle,
0:23:51 – 0:23:58 That it is slowly tipped because access to the Internet has always been easier. You had to
0:23:58 – 0:24:03 Do not dial in with modem, as I did at the beginning. Then you had to DSL,
0:24:03 – 0:24:12 have an ISDN connection so that it could be halfway fast. It was all extra
0:24:12 – 0:24:19 Devices or cards that had to be installed. Then came the DSL. That was also a bit
0:24:19 – 0:24:27 It's tricky to do that in the beginning. You had to get yourself a router if you were
0:24:27 – 0:24:38 Several people wanted to go online. Or you had a card in your computer. Or they had an
0:24:38 – 0:24:46 Network card and then the modem from Deutsche Telekom or the other provider. That was always
0:24:46 – 0:24:57 Everything was a little bit fumbling and yes, there wasn't that much there. And with the triumph of smartphones
0:24:57 – 0:25:04 Suddenly everyone had the internet in their pocket and could then just start
0:25:04 – 0:25:14 Yes, let his love, in the positive as well as in the negative sense. And you could really see that,
0:25:14 – 0:25:25 So on the posts, what they had done, on my content. In the beginning, I have
0:25:25 – 0:25:35 I started using YouTube around 2009, so in 2007 I already had an account, but in 2009 I did.
0:25:35 – 0:25:41 I'm really starting to make YouTube. And in the beginning everything was mostly positive,
0:25:41 – 0:25:46 I would say 90% Positive and 10% There were trolls there.
0:25:46 – 0:25:55 And this has simply shifted over time to such an extent that just 70% trolls
0:25:55 – 0:26:08 and the other 30% Either do nothing at all or get little positive back.
0:26:08 – 0:26:10 So I get back.
0:26:10 – 0:26:18 I'm glad I made a video when there was no reaction. So besides thumbs up, thumbs down.
0:26:18 – 0:26:25 Because otherwise you always had to deal with some stupid comment.
0:26:25 – 0:26:36 And not every comment bounces off a how, yes, how, the film is not a word for one,
0:26:36 – 0:26:42 like a giant flummi, but some already scratch the ego a bit, because there are people,
0:26:42 – 0:26:48 they have their breastiness so well under control that the perfect tips can write.
0:26:48 – 0:26:56 So it's unbelievable. Now some would say, yes, you used to make videos,
0:26:56 – 0:27:03 Why don't you do it today? Because I don't see the meaning anymore. So if I
0:27:03 – 0:27:08 I sit there and I talk for 30 minutes, then I have a certain amount of effort,
0:27:08 – 0:27:14 To do that. So that means I have to record the sound well, I have to make sure
0:27:14 – 0:27:24 that the picture is good, I have to prepare myself, if necessary,
0:27:24 – 0:27:32 that I am still presentable, because I am not always so. Then thoughts about that,
0:27:32 – 0:27:36 What I want to say, make, if necessary, punctuation points or things completely.
0:27:36 – 0:27:44 It rarely happens, but I've done it before. Then this whole other thing, what else
0:27:44 – 0:27:54 with is. Rendering can also take a long time, although strong computer, good graphics card. Good,
0:27:54 – 0:28:01 It's been two generations since then, but it's still very fast. Yes, but
0:28:01 – 0:28:06 Then you sit there waiting for your video to finish after 40 minutes.
0:28:06 – 0:28:09 And then you have to upload it, do everything.
0:28:09 – 0:28:15 And then you have almost no reaction there or few views.
0:28:15 – 0:28:18 And that was the point where I said,
0:28:18 – 0:28:23 Okay, you're not doing the work anymore and you're just doing podcasts now.
0:28:23 – 0:28:28 In addition to blogging and all the other projects I do,
0:28:29 – 0:28:42 Because not only do I do this, but I also do music and get involved in other clubs and things like that.
0:28:42 – 0:28:51 Yes, that's just when you've been around for so long and there are people who've been around longer,
0:28:51 – 0:29:01 You have to set priorities and for me just the moving image and social media just doesn't make sense anymore.
0:29:01 – 0:29:09 That's why I'm just posting my ads and that's it.
0:29:09 – 0:29:19 Actively posting something or so at the big technology companies is simply no longer fun.
0:29:19 – 0:29:26 I don't know, I used to post all sorts of shit, so also thoughts or
0:29:26 – 0:29:33 Before posting it in this way, I also posted my thoughts, i.e. in text form.
0:29:33 – 0:29:40 Or quotes that I found inspiring, I don't do anymore.
0:29:40 – 0:29:47 Because at some point there was just nonsense as a reaction or nothing more.
0:29:47 – 0:29:55 And if you feel like you're doing something for free and you don't care, why keep doing it?
0:29:55 – 0:29:59 If you don't feel like you have to do something.
0:29:59 – 0:30:13 Yes, these are my thoughts on it and why I consider the Free Diverse to be a more perfect place for me.
0:30:13 – 0:30:23 Yeah, okay, thanks for listening. I hope I could give you a little insight
0:30:23 – 0:30:32 why it has become relatively silent in established social networks and
0:30:32 – 0:30:42 You can find me more in Feediverse. Where I'm to be found, everything is to be found in the show notes
0:30:42 – 0:30:51 or to be found on my website at Lautfunk.de with or without www does not matter.
0:30:51 – 0:30:58 And there is an "About me" page and everything is linked, everything is wonderful.
0:30:58 – 0:31:09 In the podcast there are links for the podcasts and for me as a person,
0:31:09 – 0:31:17 Some channels overlap, because I mainly act as a sound radio on the Internet.
0:31:17 – 0:31:25 Rarely as Sascha Markmann and rarely as a space wave, which is my artist name.
0:31:25 – 0:31:31 Exactly. For music projects, to have briefly explained.
0:31:31 – 0:31:36 Thanks for listening and until next time.
0:31:36 – 0:31:38 Farewell to Sasha.
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In this episode, I openly talk about why I turned my back on the big social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter). It is about frustration, a lost culture of discussion, toxic algorithms – but also about hope. I have found alternatives: This Fediverse. What that actually is, how it works, what platforms are there – from Mastodon to PeerTube to Hubzilla – and why it's not just nerdy gimmicks, but a piece of digital self-determination.

I am talking about the Advantages and downsides this decentralised world, how to start there, why much is different – and perhaps better for that very reason.
And I'll tell you what this has to do with my history as a long-time Internet user. Between blogs, forums, YouTube, Facebook and a good portion of net nostalgia.