@RizzRustbolt Very good question. Here’s how to figure it out:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/adriancinenaticuniverse/images/9/97/90/_degree/_half/_heil.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20230329101954

@not_IO

@alado just thought you wouldn’t like it or something, lol. I actually already deleted it on my end in Friendica, but seems like the request hasn’t reached this server yet lol.

Yeah, tbh, my parents also lived in a brutal dictatorship, cut off from the rest of the world and lied by their totalitarian government. So I kinda understand that you are now the ones listening to Radio Free Europe with the volume low under a blanket, so-to-say.

Peace and freedom to us all, indeed, and may the next Christmas get us another dictator at the firing squad!

@alado Oh, wow. I wasn’t expecting this. I just found it funny that the last free space out there was in Russia, haha. Now it all makes sense. If you want, I’ll delete my post.

I do hope more free spaces will appear in Russia and things will cool down around the world!

All the best, take care!

@Fitik So the only chance of Diaspora to survive is for Friendica to grow. Just like it happened with Mastodon back in the day, and I could see anything I wanted.

@Sunshine @Emperor

@Sunshine If you do, let me know. I will add it to my megathread here:

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2167-82af-600d-9ea129892452

@Blaze

@anticurrent @petrescatraian@libranet.de Fortunately, Friendica is flexible enough. All servers can set a default theme, and much of what people dislike about Friendica can just be fixed by swapping the Frio theme (which is default to many of the servers) with this one. In fact, there’s already a server who did just that: loma.ml

Here’s how it’s local feed looks like right now

@sith As others said, Friendica is clearly a better alternative to Facebook. It has an interface that took cues from it, groups, pages, a calendar where you can create or join events etc.

@fxomt No worries. Thing is, on a serious note, that it doesn’t federate with Friendica, but rather Friendica federates with it (through diaspora’s own protocol). That means that you can follow Mastodon accounts along with diaspora accounts on Friendica, but you cannot follow Mastodon accounts on Diaspora (nor vice-versa). So if you want to keep tabs with the world, Friendica is the better option.

@fxomt

And as for diaspora, it uses its own protocol, so i’m not sure if it can federate with software that uses activitypub.

It does federate. With Friendica, lol (because it also uses their protocol though).

@sith

@autonomoususer and that fact justifies vitriol and behaviors like this in which way?

@petrescatraian@libranet.de Apparently the video is not displayed, rather there is a link to download it, wtf.

Hope you can see it if I post it from my Mastodon account

Edit: maybe with the direct link to the upload…

https://mstdn.ro/system/media/_attachments/files/113/760/164/323/825/720/original/547920f6ed0192d8.mp4

@trams_trolleys_streetcars

@macattack yeah, but people (on Mastodon at least) are very opinionated so to say, and they will go out of their way to call people out for scraping their data without consent. They even go ahead and send you death threats, doxx you or even upload CSAM on your platform just to take it down.

@Teknevra

@federalreverse right, ok, I’ll repost it there

@Wizard_Pope Cancelled for good. The first round will start again in March, and all the candidates will have to go all the way to gathering the support signatures (which is the 1st step). We already have one new candidate - Nicușor Dan, the incumbent mayor of Bucharest, which just announced he’ll run yesterday evening.

@FundMECFSResearch

@federalreverse no worries! :)

@federalreverse Thanks for the context. Indeed, it was a nazi group and a highly overlooked one.

@akesi_seli Try seeing things from different perspectives too. Especially regarding EU. People take to the streets for it.

@akesi_seli the policies have been quite ineffective, that’s for sure, but the EU as a whole did bring something good to the member states

@akesi_seli Romanian here. In my opinion, no! not at all. We had much to gain from EU membership, not just financially. The fact that we also had some foreign institutions overwatching us when politicians tried to alter the rule of law weighed in a lot in our internal politics, and made the difference between democracy and dictatorship. We had the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism which helped the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) jail some high profile politicians like Adrian Năstase, Elena Udrea and many others.

Laura Codruța Kovesi, former head of DNA, is now the first European Prosecutor, due to her remarkable activity in heading the institution. She now has the power to investigate every corruption scheme in all member states, at a European level, and is actively aiding Moldova and Ukraine on corruption issues. Europe gained a lot because of her in this regard.

And stop asking if Europe has been expanding eastwards too soon. We have the same issues as you do: Russian meddling in the elections, supporting pro-Russian far-right candidates etc. What’s the difference between Georgescu and that AfD member who said some SS members are not criminals? None. We are struggling with fascism as much as you do. And we are supporting NATO and EU especially in high numbers because we know it will help us get a better future for our country. Without you we are doomed!

@Joker

@PhlubbaDubba @tardigrada You still need email for pretty much most services. You need to log in? Create an account using your email and password. Need to work somewhere? A phone number is essential, but the employers will also use your email to message you if you cannot be reached on the phone (happened to me once) or when sending video call invites.

WhatsApp is ubiquitous when it comes to chatting, but for more elaborate communications, email still rules.