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 ====== Non-Silicon Valley Social Networking with Free Software ====== ====== Non-Silicon Valley Social Networking with Free Software ======
  
-I gave a talk about social networking using free software, on 13 June 2019 at the New York Amateur Computer Club. This page contains my notes from the talk, and may eventually be re-developed into a fuller article.+I gave a talk about social networking using free software, on 13 June 2019 at the New York Amateur Computer Club. This page contains my notes from the talk, and may eventually be re-developed into a fuller article. 
  
-The video will be available on YouTube by 17 June or so. Check this page for updates.+The video recording of this talk is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FukxmSZqJjY&t=8s|on YouTube]].
  
 The short URL for this page is: [[https://go.glump.net/free-social|go.glump.net/free-social]] The short URL for this page is: [[https://go.glump.net/free-social|go.glump.net/free-social]]
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 ===== Resources ===== ===== Resources =====
  
-==== Mastodon Pleroma ====+https://stallman.org/facebook.html - Reasons not to be used by Facebook by Richard M. Stallman, Free Software Foundation
  
-Mastodon and Pleroma use the "ActivityPub" standard.+==== MastodonPleroma, GNU Social ==== 
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 +Mastodon, Pleroma, and GNU Social use the "ActivityPub" standard.
  
 https://joinmastodon.org/ - Mastodon\\ https://joinmastodon.org/ - Mastodon\\
 https://instances.social/ - Mastodon instances https://instances.social/ - Mastodon instances
  
-https://noagendasocial.com/ - I use this PARTICULAR Mastodon instance, affiliated with the No Agenda Show news analysis podcast. You WILL sometimes encounter objectionable ideas and images here. There are many other Mastodon instances you can try -- see the list above.+https://noagendasocial.com/ - I use this PARTICULAR Mastodon instance, affiliated with the No Agenda Show news analysis podcast. You WILL sometimes encounter objectionable ideas and images here. There are many other Mastodon instances you can try -- see the list above. //If you would like to join this Mastodon instance, please [[:contact|contact me]] for an invitation. The sysadmin requires that every new user be invited by someone.//
  
 https://pleroma.social/ - Pleroma\\ https://pleroma.social/ - Pleroma\\
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 https://netsplit.de/ - list of channels, networks https://netsplit.de/ - list of channels, networks
  
-Most large networks you find listed on Netsplit will have a zero-install web client available, so you don't need to set anything up. Look on the network's HOME page (listed on Netsplit) for a link to "chat now in your browser" or something like that.+Most large networks you find listed on Netsplit will have a zero-install web client available, so you don't need to set anything up. Do a web search for the network's HOME page, and then for a link to "chat now in your browser" or something like that
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 +https://www.ircwiki.org/Getting_started - Basic Getting Started in IRC cheat sheet 
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 +http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IRC/ - An older IRC new user guide 
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 +https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration - How to REGISTER a "nick" (username) on IRC. This guide is for the Freenode IRC network, but the process is likely the same on any other network you try.
  
-https://quassel-irc.org/ - Quassel IRC client+https://quassel-irc.org/ - Quassel IRC client for your desktop or phone
  
-https://hexchat.github.io/ - HexChat IRC client+https://hexchat.github.io/ - HexChat IRC client for your desktop
  
 https://alternativeto.net/software/hexchat/ - AlternativeTo has more IRC clients you can choose from. https://alternativeto.net/software/hexchat/ - AlternativeTo has more IRC clients you can choose from.