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Laurens Hof

@mastodon.laurenshof.online

I write the Fediverse Report, a news site about what is happening in the fediverse. This is my personal account, where I share and comment on anything I find interesting. I care about an ethical internet. He/him. From the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

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Laurens Hof@mastodon.laurenshof.online · 2mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@Marloezovic/116726761436189175 Good article! Really like this section (translation in alttext), as it is one of those subtle signals that actually provide a good indication of what makes this place different: neither mastodon or […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Our conversation lasts two hours, and I notice that he is not attempting to foist a Mastodon server on NRC. Just as Berjon isn't trying that at Eurosky. In the short online comments, the competition on alternative socials seems fiercer than what I experience in these conversations. Chaput: "In the galaxy of social media, we are ultimately the closest to each other." "The technical side is easy," Chaput also dismisses some of my questions. "The truly complex questions are social. They revolve around people." When a technical adjustment needs to be decided upon at Mastodon, they first hold an extensive brainstorming session with the central question being ‘how could this be misused?’. "Bad people have many ways of behaving badly online," says Chaput with a resigned laugh. He, too, advises thinking carefully beforehand about what kind of community I want and, above all, who should be able to get an account on the NRC server. "You will have policy discussions like you've never had before," he predicts. Regarding rules of conduct, identity verification, topic selection, moderation, the use of algorithms, whether or not to allow advertisements, and so on. "But that is a good thing. Instead of putting those decisions in the hands of a few billionaires, people need to think about them."
Marloes de Koning@marloezovic.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

Et voila. Lees en houd svp in je achterhoofd dat dit in de eerste plaats geschreven is voor mensen die hier nog nooit zijn geweest. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/06/10/de-technologie-achter-mastodon-versus-bluesky-welke-past-beter-bij-het-sociale-medium-van-nrc-a4929641

Laurens Hof@mastodon.laurenshof.online · 3mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116686738841941842 like, i understand why mastodon put out this blog post, thats just what youre supposed to do and thats how politics works but im not sure if the mastodon team themselves fully gets how deeply they are getting fucked over by the EC in […]

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Mastodon@mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3mo ago

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty. We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society. Here’s our full statement […]

Emelia 👸🏻@thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4mo ago

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem/116412288463304582 Product launched! 🚀 Recently worked with Eurosky to launch Eurosky Portal: an easy way to create a Eurosky.social account and begin exploring the Atmosphere. https://eurosky.tech/blog/eurosky-portal-beta/

Emelia 👸🏻@thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4mo ago

Doing a product launch tomorrow! Pretty excited, but it's also been pretty stressful after a last minute show-stopper bug (but we fixed it!)

Laurens Hof@mastodon.laurenshof.online · 4mo ago

a guy who posts a screenrecording of perplexity.ai to prove the claim bluesky is formerly twitter is a new type of guy i would not have expected to encounter on mastodon, but very funny nonetheless

Laurens Hof@mastodon.laurenshof.online · 5mo ago

the problem with writing about 'the purpose of a system is what it does' is that it makes you realise that the purpose of open protocols is to have protocol wars, people fucking love to argue about their protocol as a teamsport