Humanissome is a writing & video blogging project by Abstract Expressionist Rob Middleton. I share my life as I develop my humanist value system of unconditional love for others (no hatred) & for myself (no shame). My preference is to give my work freely in ad-free environments relying on support from others for survival. Please get in touch: neohuman @ humanissome.org
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The Fediverse is a connected web of free open source platforms that do not track and do not subject users to algorithms or ads. I am on Mastodon, analagous to Twitter. There are fedi photo & video sharing apps & all communicate with each other. (It would be like seeing YouTube & Instagram & TikTok while scrolling your Twitter feed.) More info on the Fediverse. I think one of the most important things to consider about the fediverse is that its potential increases as the user base increases. Currently you can look at Fedi options and say they don't measure up to all the various corporate counterparts. That's true to some extent. I think that's why the first to grow the fastest has been Mastodon. A microblog seems easier to get right compared to video platforms or Facebook replacements. What's important to remember is that all fedi accounts can interact with each other. You absolutely should try out the best fit for you & you still get the option of seeing everything else. You can follow me and ask me anything. [You can follow my feed without joining using that URL or follow my posts via RSS.] Fedi users in general are helpful on the hashtag fedihelp. The stregth of the fediverse depends on users. Join and you become part of a community and not just another customer / data revenue source. For everything that currently exists that abuses users for profit there is a fediverse version in development. If you join the fediverse you will help build the future of human communication.
▫ Linkstack instead of Linktree. It's identical functionality without harassing me with announcements & gameification. It simply does what I want. I donate $10 to them from time to time.
▫ Write Freely is my choice for super simple, distraction-free blogging that is connected to the Fediverse. It does not offer the same funcionality as the competition. If I wanted more robust options for my online existence than my current choices Neocities (here!) & Write Freely I would turn to Ghost. Ghost is the non-evil replacement for Substack, Patreon, WordPress, and more.
▫ Speaking of Patreon, I prefer Liberapay for donation processing. Since I have not upgraded my needs to Ghost, Liberapay offers me a simple interface for collecting recurring donations from patrons. Or it would if anyone had yet chosen to use it. I have hope. I'm using my Liberapay profile as a donation landing page. All the other online financing options that I accept can be reached from there. Of course I appreciate whenever anyone decides to donate to me, and I understand that people will use sites with which they are familiar. Just know that Liberapay has been operating securely for many years as a French nonprofit organization. The other funding sites that I've joined operate with capitalist motives.
The decisions I'm making are to use apps and sites that do the job without constantly harassing me & you to jump through hoops designed to boost their enagement & valuation. Optional donations are how nonprofit platforms stay afloat. I do not currently have dependable income from which to budget monthly pledges so instead I try to give $10-$50 once a year to the various platforms that I use when I can afford it.
Some of my favorite things about escaping corpofascist sites are the little things: links work, cut & paste works, search works. The apps do not break the standard functionality of computing & the internet to hold audiences hostage. It is a tool, not a trap.