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Local Girl just trying to share the Fediverse. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://solent.social/@sam, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Apart of the UK's new Ban on Social Media it's going to affect multiple places including YouTube. This means UK YouTubers will most likely have to provide ID earlier than before along with anyone watching from the UK to watch content this could be the whole platform or for select content like […]

📍 Solent.social is growing! 🌊 We are a self-hosted, anti-AI, pro-privacy social space dedicated to the Solent & South Coast (UK) area, full of gamers, video creators, and tech nerds. To keep our community safe and high-quality, we are Invite-Only. However, our members get fresh invite codes […]

Wow. Yesterday I posted a little introduction about Solent.Social, and over the last 24 hours, you've blown me away with 50 boosts and nearly 40 reactions! Thank you all so much for the incredible support. Running a small, independent instance can feel daunting, but your reactions have […]

Tuned in late but it seems like Keir Starmer is banning under 16s from Social Media, making a bigger push for ID Verification of these sorts of platforms and I'm really going to have to get solent.social for my local area out there as this sucks for everyone. ID Verification through the past […]

☀️ Morning everyone, With the news on the UK's "Phase 2" of the Online Safety Act rolling out, my focus has shifted heavily. Today's tasks are all about digital resilience and decentralization: 👉 Boosting Alternative Networks: I have to push Solent.Social and the broader Fediverse much harder […]

@[email protected] Is there a way a small instance can request to have there videos from there instance on :loops: Loops as right now you need to have your instance whitelisted for :loops: Loops to see your video content what feels kinda broken compared to how the rest of the Fediverse […]

@[email protected] I'm curious, With the UK's new Ban on Social Media for under 16s forcing users to most likely to have to ID verify for Instagram and other central socials (including YouTube and TikTok). How do you think this would effect the Fediverse a whole, PixelFed, Loops and more […]

I then just clicked into TikTok and bam a pop up for ad free, tbh haven’t had to many problems with the ads on TikTok while any ads can be annoying it’s easy to swipe away and you don’t have to interact with them. Still I’ll enjoy the day alternatives like […] [Original post on solent.social]

That is an insane price for YouTube Premium, £16.99 for ad free (I don’t care about YouTube Music as I purchase my own music). But knowing the previous plan still gives you ads at £10.49 is still insane (even reduced ads). While this is still ‘value’ for money […] [Original post on solent.social]