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Bluesky is getting added to the Opera web browser. The Norway-based software maker announced the addition of the new social network today alongside Slack and Discord, which will all be integrated into the browser’s sidebar.

#bluesky #opera #browser
techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/oper

TechCrunch · Opera integrates Bluesky, Slack, and Discord into its browser | TechCrunch
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#JohnOliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to #Meta" website, suggests #Signal, #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, and #BlueSky as Meta alternatives

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lemmy.mlJohn Oliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to Meta" website, suggests Signal, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and BlueSky as Meta alternatives - LemmyJohn Oliver cited a 5000% rise in search queries related to leaving Meta and deleting accounts. Among the topics mentioned in the analysis, attention was drawn to early Facebook’s naivete with regard to moderation requirements, the constitutional framework, and a history of governmental interference. Oliver debunks common right-wing “cry censorship” talking points, as well as the objective difficulty of moderation endeavors, and how direct threats by Trump may have influenced Zuckerberg’s turnaround. Oliver went on to suggest Signal, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Pixelfed as alternatives that “do not seem as desperate to fall in line with Trump”. For those reluctant to completely ditch Meta, Oliver revealed a new site [https://johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com/] with step-by-step instructions to “make yourself less valuable to them”. The guide was a collaboration with the EFF, and includes settings’ tweaks for Facebook and Meta, whose 98% of revenue comes from micro-targeting ads, the host previously cited, to increase privacy, and recommends Firefox, Privacy Badger, as “other measures” to take in order “to block advertisers and other third parties from tracking you”. The segment [https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo] culminated in a mock advert, in which the new Meta’s approach to moderation is coined as “Fuck it”, and hints to racism, internet scams, and calls to genocide running rampant on Meta’s platforms. The clip reminds the origins of Facebook as a site to “rank college girls by hotness”, and its implication in genocide in Myanmar, which was more thoroughly discussed in an Oliver’s previous [https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=OjPYmEZxACM] special on Facebook in 2018.

I'm kind of curious: how many of you on #ActivityPub based platforms also have an account on #Bluesky? most people I've seen using both usually opt in for something like Bridgy Fed, instead of maintaining separate accounts.