Like many people who moved to the fediverse over the past few years, I’ve struggled to explain to folks on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social media what the fediverse is.
And all the benefits it offers.
For me, no ads, no algorithm, no corporate ownership, and no surveillance were the top reasons I left the social media platform formerly called Twitter and moved to Mastodon.
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When I read Daily Dot’s story last month about turning off Gemini in Gmail, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) feature, I quickly followed their steps to turn Gemini off in my Google Workspace Business Essentials account as well as my personal Gmail account. Google made the decision, an unpopular and anti-user decision, to turn Gemini on… Continue reading Google Workspace Admins May Need to Contact Google Support to Enable Options to Turn Off Gemini
Two of the best parts of the Internet celebrate their 24th birthday today, the online multilingual encyclopedia Wikipedia maintained by thousands of volunteers and Creative Commons, the nonprofit organization offering online legal tools to the public for sharing and reusing creative works.
I am thankful for all I’ve learned from Wikipedia over the years and to the open copyright licenses from Creative Commons.
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