Fed up of Facebook and its algorithms, we have been looking for an alternative to commercial social networks, and we may already have it.
Fediverse: what is it?
The Fediverse is a network of independent servers that communicate with each other to create a decentralized social network. Instead of relying on a single global platform, each server (called an instance) can host its own users, who are able to interact with those from other instances.
Through this system, there is an attempt to provide more control over personal data and privacy without algorithms who decide on their own what to show.
The most famous service is Mastodon but there are many others, and the fediverse can be installed in every WordPress-based site thanks to the ActivityPub component.
Making it shorter, it works like email: a mastodon address can follow our blog on plusbrothers.net just like it happens with e-mail: an address registered on Google can write to one from Microsoft, Yahoo and similar. Hashtags, words with the # at the beginning because using the appropriate ones will bring a post to the world’s attention.
Flash News and Nonsense
Here’s what we write to the world’s attention:
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Benny 01: the promise
1981: Benny promised a concert to his girlfriend as a wedding gift, but a scary disease threatens the world and he fears being forced to cancel it all…
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Piece of trash 02: relationship deteriorating
Mark Wilson and Andrew feel their relationship is deteriorating. The “third wheel” is just around the corner…
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The Agony Ass: WordPress and cancer
You can be right, but if you are rude when talking you’ll automatically be wrong. Cancer what? We can’t accept such language even from WordPress founder.
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Free multilingual WordPress blog experience
How to create a basic multilingual WordPress blog only using Gutenberg without external plugins. Just a few do-it-yourself customizations.
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Breathless: medical mishmash
Breathless series leaves you breathless but we have our own doubts
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Piece of trash 01: first encounter
Mark Wilson is called Piece of Trash. But soon he is going to make his lifetime dream come true.
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The Agony Ass: incurable
The Agony Ass investigates about misuse of “incurable” expression, often found on media when referring to a dead person.
