Post #1000237
2026-04-08 09:29 UTC
Replies (40)
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@ln@social.linux.pizza 2026-04-08 11:56
@_elena@mastodon.social I really like that theres no algorithm shoving things in my face ('suggesting'), instead I choose what I get to see.
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 13:16
@_elena@mastodon.social you are unofficial fedi advocate now. i am looking forward to seeing your presentation or some media clip. good luck!
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@nathan@ublog.hurel.me 2026-04-08 14:49
@_elena@mastodon.social Le fediverse permet de penser un modèle de web social qui nous est propre. Si les réseaux commerciaux ne veulent pas respecter les règles, alors c'est à nous de créer notre propre jeu.
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@Gina@fosstodon.org 2026-04-08 09:31
@_elena sorry my French is still très nul (working on it), but I would like to say; The Fediverse is a special place due to it's decentralized nature, hosted by a kind network of volunteers instead of a centralized big tech company. It brings together a broad range of people that feel safe to post here. (I shouldn't type while walking)
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@hachem@infosec.exchange 2026-04-08 09:32
@_elena Avec plaisir de ma part!
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@David@setouchi.social 2026-04-08 09:36
@_elena J'aime le fédiverse parce qu'il ne peut pas être acheté, parce qu'il n'est pas américain, et parce que les gens l'utilisent surtout pour parler de ce qu'ils aiment faire, pas pour partager à outrance de l'outrage issu des news.
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@leonieke@squilla.vitaulium.eu 2026-04-08 09:36
@_elena The Fediverse is a special place where I've been able to meet old and new friends, and where you can follow the most uplifting hashtags while learning how to run your own servers and data :-)
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@sonjaschuh01@academiccloud.social 2026-04-08 09:36
@_elena I nominate https://phire.place/@paparatti/116359079825790934
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@skyfire747@aus.social 2026-04-08 09:37
@_elena love the atmosphere and people here in the Fediverse. . . Don't know enough French. *huggles* 🫂
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@matt@oslo.town 2026-04-08 09:38
@_elena My take: Community is built by people *for people*, not by companies for profit. The fediverse attracts those who are looking for that sense of community online and many find it in the fediverse. 🌈
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@dmathieu@fosstodon.org 2026-04-08 09:46
@_elena We don't know each other, but I speak french! Le fediverse est centré sur les gens, pas sur leur réputation ou leur notoriété. On y discute, on y fait pas du marketing. On y rencontre véritablement des etres humains, on n'interargit pas juste avec des community managers.
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@mro@digitalcourage.social 2026-04-08 09:47
Hi @_elena, it feels #human scale - from human beings, for human beings.
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@Aethel@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 09:48
@_elena it just feels...organic and non-toxic. As if it was mostly people interacting non-algorythmically with other people. Humane, is the word, i think. Also, im free to up and leave whenever. Its important to have some doors open, even if one doesnt plan to go through them
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@stragu@mastodon.indie.host 2026-04-08 09:51
@_elena J'apprécie de ne pas me faire asséner se publicités à tout bout de champs, et de savoir que l'ordre des publications n'est pas manipulé dans le but de me rendre accro. Dans un climat géopolitique aussi instable qu'il est démoralisant, un réseau social qui n'encourage pas les mini-infos décontextualisées, polarisantes et souvent fausses est une panacée. Je peux décrocher quand je veux. Y'a pas tout le monde ? C'est plus lent ? Y'a peu de vidéos ? Tant mieux, tant mieux, et tant mieux.
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@juanpaps03@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 09:51
@_elena I have been in the fediverse for only a few months, and I can tell you, my experience has been way better than in any other social network, there is a feeling of getting connected with real people, people who share real and honest opinions, in contrast with the algorithm drive comments/posts from big tech networks, is actually refreshing.
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@aemarielle@piaille.fr 2026-04-08 09:53
@_elena J'aime le fediverse parce que, contrairement aux plateformes propriétaires, je peux y parler aussi bien de mon travail que de sujets qui n'ont rien à voir, sans me soucier de ce que pensera l'algorithme. Je peux discuter avec des gens qui ont des centres d'intérêt très différents. 😊 Si jamais ça t'est utile, j'ai écrit mes ressentis sur mon blog : https://www.aemarielle.com/mastodon-ressenti/
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@mariafarrell@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 09:56
@_elena oh very very good luck to you! you will ace this. I've seen you present and you're so clear and confident. they are lucky to have you. (in my terrible French my testimony is that aux autres résaux sociaux je lis, je vois des choses, de temps en temps j'écrit. c'est bon mais ce ne change rien dans ma vie. chez mastodon j'APPRENDS. quand je le ferme j'ai appris des novelles choses et vu des liens nouveaux entre les choses que j'ai su.)
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@jan@social.dytrych.cloud 2026-04-08 09:57
@_elena @shanselman once written "Own your words!", so I'm owning mine, have my space for social contacts not governed by people doing it for profit at all. That feels great! We have a very nice #Czech community around and that's all I need for now.
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@Lioh@social.anoxinon.de 2026-04-08 09:58
@_elena I have grown up on the countryside and always felt very isolated. I thought there is nobody else like me out there. Until I have found the Fediverse where I instantly felt home. Finally, I was able to share my interests and felt understood. The Fediverse has helped me to become the person, I am today.
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@Gorfram@beige.party 2026-04-08 09:58
@_elena I like that, on Fedi, I generally don’t have to worry about being attacked; and I can freely use words like “albeit,” or “clusterfuck.”
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@RobeeShepherd@mastodon.art 2026-04-08 10:00
@_elena Being in the Fediverse has really brought the “social” part of social media back for me. I’m not being gamed for engagement by a corporate company that wants to feed off my emotions, I can just interact with people online again, like how it used to be… like how it should be!
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@Veza85UE@eupolicy.social 2026-04-08 10:04
@_elena Je suis européenne, et je n'ai aucune intention de créer du contenu ni de contribuer à remplir les poches d'oligarques étrangers qui veulent détruire notre Union. Je suis très reconnaissante envers toutes les personnes qui consacrent souvent du temps, des efforts et de l'argent à titre bénévole pour coder et modérer un réseau social européen. Cela ne devrait pas être un fardeau qu'elles portent seules.
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@wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at 2026-04-08 10:08
@_elena the Fediverse is special, because it feels like "our" network, "our" social media. I run my own Mastodon instance and I love it. There are no algorithms, it is just a whole different experience to Twitter (where I was active for many years before) and other platforms. As an advocate for open source software and operating systems, Mastodon/the Fediverse is the logical next step for communication and socialisation for me.
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@joncounts@mastodon.nz 2026-04-08 10:09
@_elena For me the Fediverse is hope. When everything else seems to be crumbling, I see in the Fediverse hope that the internet can be a good place. Without all the ads and algorithms and influencers, people can be good to one another, and we can work together to build a better future. We all need more hope right now.
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@print@theforkiverse.com 2026-04-08 10:15
@_elena https://mastodon.au/@SuperMoosie/116365551527059474
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@macfranc@poliversity.it 2026-04-08 10:18
@_elena Nell'attuale modello sociale, gli spazi comuni, gli spazi liberi, vanno riducendosi sempre di più, a tutto vantaggio dei luoghi "a pedaggio", luoghi in cui per stare seduto, per fare sport, per giocare, devi pagare in denaro o in natura. Così come gli architetti urbanisti cercano di trovare soluzioni per fare in modo che la cittadinanza riconquisti il diritto agli spazi liberi e gratuiti, allo stesso modo gli "urbanisti digitali" del Fediverso hanno realizzato un'infrastruttura che consenta ai cittadini digitali di riappropriarsi dei propri spazi senza svendere le proprie relazioni e i propri pensieri alla profilazione dei data broker e alla manipolazione algoritmica a fini di lucro; questo è il Fediverso: uno spazio comune, pubblico e intimo allo stesso tempo. en français 😅 Dans le modèle social actuel, les espaces communs, les espaces de liberté, se raréfient au profit des espaces payants – des lieux où il faut payer, en espèces ou en nature, pour s'asseoir, faire du sport ou se divertir. De même que les urbanistes cherchent des solutions pour garantir aux citoyens le droit à des espaces libres et ouverts, les « urbanistes numériques » du Fediverse ont créé une infrastructure permettant aux citoyens numériques de se réapproprier leurs espaces sans que leurs relations et leurs pensées ne soient instrumentalisées par des courtiers en données pour le profilage et la manipulation algorithmique à des fins lucratives. C'est le Fediverse : un espace commun, à la fois public et intime.
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@sasu@ieji.de 2026-04-08 10:20
@_elena I love how much agency I have in the Fediverse. My feed contains only what I have chosen and not what an algorithm spits out. Also I feel like the sense of community is stronger here. People are here because they want to be; there seems to be a general appreciation for real personal interaction and not just what will occupy the most minutes of human attention.
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@Niall@mastodon.nz 2026-04-08 10:24
@_elena il fait rien de merdé ici. That's pig-french and not very deep. But at least you have one to reject now!
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@jberg@toot.community 2026-04-08 10:27
@_elena le Fediverse est généralement juste plus sein que son alternative. Tu n’as pas d’algorithmes qui cherchent à te manipuler pour t’exploiter.
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@urbanfoxe@mastodon.ie 2026-04-08 10:35
@_elena it simply feels safer. I'm in the US which is now a surveillance state, my data is in Europe. I feel like if immigration were ever to ask to see my socials, Mastodon is not something they'd think to check.
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@chestas@aus.social 2026-04-08 10:35
@_elena I wrote this yesterday: https://aus.social/@chestas/116362869082115126
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@jrossstocholm@friendica.dk 2026-04-08 10:35
@_elena To me, it is the absence of algorithms. The resulting calmness is what truly differentiates fediverse from the big platforms. Algorithms favor "conflict" over "dialogue" and since everything is displayed in chronological order, there is no incentive - as a content creator - to "feed the algorithm" to have your content prioritised. I have yet to see a "Follow link in comments" post in fediverse - because there is just no need for it.
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@delawen@floss.social 2026-04-08 10:36
@_elena I don't feel like my human rights are constantly being questioned. Moderation is much better handled, specially in smaller instances. I only see the things I am interested in, there are no narratives being pushed. I can either have a nice walk around cute things or enter debates. I can choose. No algorithm is trying to force-fed me anything. I can follow people or topics. I discover new things everyday. There's no faking being happy. Everyone is human with good and bad days.
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@jmrubillon@mastodon.ie 2026-04-08 10:39
@_elena le Fediverse est une communauté diverse, sans algorithme de "découverte", sans commercialisation de nos conversations. C'est un peu comme Usenet était au début.
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@Edent@mastodon.social 2026-04-08 10:41
@_elena after decades of being disappointed by Facebook, Twitter, and Google+'s approach to developers, I'm excited about finally being in control of what I create and share.
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@rysiek@mstdn.social 2026-04-08 10:44
@_elena here you go: Best social network money can't buy. And: Fediverse proves that if nobody is tipping the scales to artificially boost "engagement", toxic people end up being blocked. Mainstream social media toxicity is not inevitable, it's a business decision, a choice. And Fediverse chooses not to have any of it.
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@folfdk@helvede.net 2026-04-08 10:45
@_elena This is mostly Mastodon experience but: I feel like I'm in control. The system is made for me and I can sort and select what I see through filters and lists.
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@germosch@troet.cafe 2026-04-08 10:46
@_elena I been part of building the internet here where I‘m from. Yes, I‘m an old nerd. I never got into SocMed bc so annoying! Fedi just works fine and doesn’t annoy me. Love it.
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@onepict@chaos.social 2026-04-08 10:48
@_elena On the fediverse we have real choice in who we can communicate with. We can choose where we communicate in safety. It's not a centralised community, it's overlapping communities choosing to communicate with each other. We can choose to exercise freedom of association on here, not just free speech.
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@brownphotographic@fosstodon.org 2026-04-08 10:51
@_elena [1/2] Une chose me frappe. Les humains forment naturellement de petites communautés — familles, quartiers, groupes d'intérêt. On jette un œil au monde plus large de temps en temps, et on évite naturellement les extrêmes. Les grands réseaux sociaux reposaient sur l'idée d'une seule communauté géante. Pour émerger du bruit — et gagner de l'argent — les algorithmes ont pris le contrôle, amplifiant les plus bruyants comme s'ils représentaient la culture.