Is Social Web an NA, EU, Japan thing only? Or, the hold of Twitter / X, Facebook, and Instagram, are simply too strong?

I think it's the latter, Twitter and Meta cornered the ASEAN market. Even Threads, a newer platform, is very strong in our region.

#SocialWeb #ASEAN #SNS #SocialMedia

For a country dubbed for 20 years as the SNS / Social Media capital of the world (Philippines) and a region with the highest SNS/SocialMedia users combined, the open Social Web footprint is practically non-existent.

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#SocialWeb #Philippines #ASEAN #SNS #SocialMedia

There were also other country specific instances but only lasted less than a year: Indonesia, Thailand, and VietNam.

I haven't seen any since all of them closed down, most today are personal and friends-only instances.

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#SocialWeb

* 2016(?): first ASEAN instance powered by Hubzilla (hosted by someone; managed by me)
* 2021(?): mastodon_ph launched

There were two ASEAN instances also, one was powered by Misskey while the other Pleroma. One hosted in Malaysia while the other in Singapore.

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#SocialWeb #Fediverse […]

Reddwarf is, afaik, the only 3P client with implementations from specific lexicons, like Bridgy's long post and WAFRN's bites. But imagine if later there are 10 more long post lexicons, "bites", or emoji reactions, should clients implement them all?

Currently, almost every third-party app/client are pretty much a UI/UX redesign only with some custom features only them have because it is under their own lexicon, other third-parties naturally don't want to implement.

The community lexicon can house this emoji reaction lexi so there is only one implementation all other clients have to implement. Instead of the currently fragmented nature where everyone has their own set of lexis for the exact same data.

Others pointed that a few months later that same year in 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda ravaged Visayas.

Now, please, do not hope something similar happens this year just to see another coincidence. That's crossing-the-line.

#Philippines

I've been delaying getting a better rig, a gaming rig, for years. Because you know, it still works. Now that it broke down, life happened and I have to redirect my funds for that new gaming rig.

Oh well. Priorities. Be a responsible gamer.

#GuildWars2 #Life #GamingResponsibly