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If Jobs Were Honest | Honest Ads ytb.trom.tf/watch?v=Ul7Y3pZyfM…
A good one! #tromlive
If Jobs Were Honest | Honest Ads
What if jobs and employers were honest about the kind of work you'll be doing? Roger Horton investigates. SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://goo.Cracked | Invidious
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TROMjaro 2022.12.21 (the big XFCE release)
This is it folks, XFCE - the desktop manager that we use for TROMjaro - has had the big release. Two years in the making. And it is very exciting yet very unexciting. And that’s great actually.TROMjaro Forum
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We have removed the Twitter connector from our TROM Social social.trom.tf now that Twitter blocks the accounts posting URLs from these alternative social platforms like the fediverse. See this.
The feature was not working properly anyway.
It is time for people to realize that these platforms like Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and the like, are not social platforms, but ad platforms, and that there are real alternatives out there. We have moved out TROM presence from the ad-platforms some 2 years ago to:
Friendica - social.trom.tf/profile/trom
Peertube - videos.trom.tf/c/trom/videos
Feel free to join us there and/or follow us. #tromlive
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Unfortunately it is way more sinister than just selling ads. These platforms collect and sell user data. A famous example of malicious misuse of such data is the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal where #Facebook user data was abused to manipulate political decisions:
investopedia.com/terms/c/cambr…
Cambridge Analytica
Cambridge Analytica is a now-defunct consulting company that specialized in using data science methodologies to support political campaigns.Jason Fernando (Investopedia)
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We have updated our TROM Files files.trom.tf and now we provide a much better Photo Gallery app. An almost complete alternative to the Google Photos. You can sort your images in albums, sort by date, add tags, folders and more.
On top of that you can now directly edit your photos from the app itself:
You can add text, resize photos, add filters, tweak the brightness, contrast and the like.
We give 5GB for free for everyone. And if anyone needs more you can let us know. We do it trade-free of course.
Enjoy the beauty of Nextcloud!
PS: a few features are missing now, such as the ability to extract archives or convert videos. We will enable them as soon as they become compatible with this new version of Nextcloud.
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Two things compared to Liberapay:
1. It allows one time donations and recurring instead of just recurring
2. It allows for transparency in how the money is spent and where it goes.
Compared to Patreon you can also add in that it is FOSS like Liberapay.
These are more positives for the end user or donater rather than the project so i can see how they wouldn't sway everyone. I wouldn't say you have to use Open Collective instead of the others, you can use it alongisde if you wanted. Just food for thought.
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A reminder that we provide a ton of trade-free services via trom.tf/
Social (facebook alternative) - social.trom.tf/ - more info
Files (alternative to google drive or dropbox) - files.trom.tf/ - more info
Videos (alternative to youtube) - videos.trom.tf/ - more info
Maps (alternative to google maps and the like) - maps.trom.tf/ - more info
Chat (alternative to dicord, whatsapp and the like) - chat.trom.tf/ - more info
Office (alternative to microsoft office and/or google docs) - office.trom.tf/ - more info
And more....
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A huge and massive thanks to one of the most friendly and overall amazing friends of TROM, @Roma who helped again in a tremendous manner. 1.000 Euros donation for the TROM Laptop campaign. Unbelievable. tromsite.com/tromlaptop/
Now the campaign looks a lot more different and doable. Amazing help. Unbelievable! #tromlive
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Laptop Donation Campaign - tromsite.com/tromlaptop/
By Tio:
This is a donation campaign to help me, Tio, buy a new laptop that will allow me to become more mobile while having all I need to work on TROM and its baby projects. Please see the donation campaign for a detailed explanation and help if you can.
Basically I need to take what is in this photo (except those galaxies):
With all of the shoeboxes full of HDDs and cables:
And put it into this:
Thank you very much if you can help out! :)
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FIFA World Trade
The current FIFA event shows a few things that should have been obvious anyway:
1. Slavery was not abolished, it was reduced and redefined at best.
2. High level sport is a business, nothing more.
3. Greenwashing is the most popular practice of pretty much all companies and organizations.
4. Not many people care about climate change, slavery, dictatorship regimes, and so forth.
5. The ones in power (from states to organizations like FIFA) care only about profits and lie endlessly.
6. We are fucked, nothing changes. The same trade based society keeps on being in the driving seat, deciding where we go.
"The OTHER big problem with the Qatar World Cup ->> ytb.trom.tf/watch?v=euSNZhTrDN…
The OTHER big problem with the Qatar World Cup
Qatar promised to deliver a carbon neutral World Cup. But did they deliver? Reporter: Kai Steinecke Camera: Henning Goll Video Editor: Kai Steinecke Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk, Michael Trobridge, Kiyo Dörrer Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck #P…DW Planet A | Invidious
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masyukun
in reply to TROM • • •TROM
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in reply to TROM • • •TROM
in reply to masyukun • •It is "trade-free" for the end user, that's how we explain it, since that's reasonable. Anything else is not, since you can always find someone trading something in the chain of production/distribution.
So for example for me Wikipedia is trade-free. I do not trade anything to them in order to access Wikipedia. Not my data, not my attention (seeing ads), not my currency. Therefore, Wikipedia is trade-free for everyone.
If we could create more and more such trade-free goods/services we will enlarge the chain of them, little by little. We have a big directory of trade-free goods and services here directory.trade-free.org/ so there are many already, but we need a lot more. And that's what we try to push for.
masyukun
in reply to TROM • • •That sounds like parasitism, which has a negative connotation in English, but not in nature.
I *do* contribute to Wikipedia, podcasts and artists I love on Patreon, and my Mastodon server because while the system can handle a degree of parasitism, if everyone paid nothing then the things in the commons that we love would shrivel and die.
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in reply to masyukun • •I would call it "helpism". Parasites leech on a host to survive for their own benefit, at least most of the time. We help each other, not leeching on anyone's work. It is not about paying, is about contributing. The "pay" part is simply forcing/making others do the things they may not want to do otherwise. And we could overcome that we argue. And we should. It is not ok to have a system in which humans do not want to do this or that, but we force them to, else they can't survive.
We provide endless examples of trade-free goods/services created by organizations and individuals all around the world, and in a plethora of domains. So this is not just a wishful thinking.
Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne
in reply to TROM • • •@masyukunDo you consider the value 4 value model as just another version of trade?
value4value.info/
V4V - A New Way to Think about Value
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hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1
in reply to TROM • • •@TROM Hrm .. i don't believe so ....
The #FediVerse is neither a corporated space nor even a heterogenous collection of servers but .. way more than that.
I don't see any chance for things to happen as you describe. For a simple example, _ANY_ instance on the #FediVerse which distributes ads will probably immediately get blocked and defederated...
It's just not the same as if one entity would control it all.
Btw .. who is trom? Looks some bit like a one man show to me ... can you tell me more? ;)
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in reply to hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1 • •Let's hope you are right, but do not underestimate the force of trade in this society. The more popular the fediverse becomes, the more trade schemes will appear. For example there is already a plugin for Peertube (the main federated video platform out there) that allows admins to enable ads inside the video player. It is already here. And if some big instances start to implement it, others will follow.
These schemes will slowly get under the skin of people in ways that they will get used to them. Will see what this all will become, but we have to be aware of this risk.
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Let's hope you are right, but do not underestimate the force of trade in this society. The more popular the fediverse becomes, the more trade schemes will appear. For example there is already a plugin for Peertube (the main federated video platform out there) that allows admins to enable ads inside the video player. It is already here. And if some big instances start to implement it, others will follow.
These schemes will slowly get under the skin of people in ways that they will get used to them. Will see what this all will become, but we have to be aware of this risk.
It is a project I (Tio) started in 2011 with the release of the TROM Documentary. Since then and with the help of a bunch of other people we have created a lot more (books, software, websites, etc). See here.
Now there are a handful of people who are helping with the project, although it is true I am the main one working on it.
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in reply to TROM • • •'Anything one gets for free is worth what one paid for it.'
Outbid the advertisers. :)
hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1
in reply to Schianali • • •@Schianali @TROM Traditionally, instances are financed by the host. Often, they get donations or money using patreon and other ways.
The #FediVerse doesn't exist just since this year ...... some instances are several years old ... and still financially healthy. ;)
Nobody want's ads. So we are kind to our hosts. ;)
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in reply to TROM • • •By the way ... you can see the extend of this resiliency here:
ft.com/content/de808736-2e05-4…
"Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to protect non-profit status
Fast-growing open-source microblogging site has seen a surge of interest since Elon Musk took over Twitter"
;)
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in reply to hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1 • •hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1
in reply to TROM • • •@TROM But you know the difference between mastodon.social the mastodon site and joinmastodon.org the landing page, right?
Additionally, getting your logo into a sponsor-page is a way different thing than placing actual ads... ;)
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in reply to hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1 • •From my knowledge both websites are managed by the same person. And yes, of course, adding those logo-ads on the joimastodon and the documentation website is different from adding ads to the main mastodon instance, but it is a hint as to where the mentality is. As in, they are ok to accept "sponsors" that are companies, and reward these sponsors by giving them some ad space.
The post above is not about this, mind you. But about the real possibility of monetizing the fediverse too.
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hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1
in reply to TROM • • •@TROM And you can't monetize the #FediVerse at a whole...
Mastodon is a bit different as it is a german GmbH owning said domains. But he already showed his disinterest in financial investments....
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in reply to TROM • • •distributed social media network practical now ?
hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1
in reply to Schianali • • •@Schianali @TROM It is to some extend..
Heck you can rent serverspace with preinstalled mastodon if you want. ;)
hackbyte Antifa (friendica) 13HB1
in reply to TROM • • •@TROM Update; right now you can still see the remnants of someone trying to forcefully commercialize just a part of the #fediverse..
Here it started; techhub.social/@cloy/109598814… but it's already gone.
Here you can see the local copy still saved on my home instance. friendica.utzer.de/display/118…
And here is how it ended:
techhub.social/@nicdex/1096004…