Sehar Irfan<p>Many social platforms and freelance marketplaces still don’t fully support Pakistan when it comes to payments, features, or partnerships. Creators and freelancers here often face limited payment options, delays, and restrictions that make it harder to grow and compete globally. This lack of direct support holds back a lot of potential talent from reaching international markets. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/issue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>issue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/platform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platform</span></a></p>
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What #software #platform tools would you recommend for crowdsourcing a #moodboard ? I would like a group of people to save illustrations from the Web like on #pinterest , with some ability to accept or refuse them.
Insane.
I’m reading the book by Marietje Schaake.
She mentions Uber’s Greyball program.
I had almost forgotten about it.
‘Once [Uber’s] software had spotted users close to law enforcement offices, the user was promptly served a different, tailor-made experience in a parallel app named Greyball… this made it nearly impossible for those users to get a ride.’
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691241173/the-tech-coup
press.princeton.eduThe Tech CoupA tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her “forceful critique” of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy
Hidden London - Aldwych #Disused #Underground #Station
#Strand #London
#hiddenlondonhangouts
#nikonz8
#hiddenlondon #rail #railway #railwayphotography #tfl #londontransport #londontravel #platform #design #underground #roundel #railwaystation #tube #aldwych
#undergroundphotography
#tubephotography #officialhiddenlondon
#snap_commmunity #snap_july_2025 #snap_kingdom #snap_architecture #snap_heritage
"Can This #OpenAccess Publishing #Platform Attract Researchers’ Attention?"
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2025/open-access-publishing-platform-researchers-attention
"So far, #Octopus has seen limited user engagement. But with its thoughtful design and ethical approach, the platform makes a strong case for itself."
Katina Magazine | Annual ReviewsCan This Open Access Publishing Platform Attract Researchers’ Attention?So far, Octopus has seen limited user engagement. But with its thoughtful design and ethical approach, the platform makes a strong case for itself.
A newspaper (La Libération) whose entire article consists of embedded Instagram posts and then aggressively throws out a subscription advert. So that's the paid version of Insta?! No thanks.
Stop embedding big (fascist, democracy-destroying, closed) platforms like Instagram, X, Facebook. Make #journalism again! Pay real #journalists for texts and photos.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Thank you @grimalkina, Lizzie, Liz, and Jennifer. More Leaders need to listen in to this fantastic panel discussion about the value of developer experience. #platform #productivity #experiments #metrics #roi
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But now, acc/to internal company docs obtained by NPR, up to 90% of all risk assessments will soon be automated.
In practice, this means things like critical updates to #Meta's #algorithms, new #safety features & changes to how #content is allowed to be shared across the company's platforms will be mostly approved by a system powered by #ArtificialIntelligence — no longer subject to scrutiny by staffers tasked w/debating how a #platform change could have unforeseen repercussions or be misused.
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LIMBO in regalo su Epic Games
#tech #domain #platform #fediverse I really need somewhere / someone to talk to for neutral but knowledgeable advice on setting up my own publishing platform. Send a link? Ta.
New paper, open access:
‘The EU Digital Services Act: what does it mean for online advertising and adtech?’
By Pieter Wolters and me.
We explore the question: what does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising?
For us, the most surprising finding is the following. We conclude that some types of ad tech companies, such as ad networks, should be considered platforms.
Looking along the long line of coaches hauled by the huge Tangmere steam loco, from shadow out into sunlit platform https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/54526990997/in/photostream/
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Is there a comparison somewhere of the resource requirements for hosting various Fediverse platforms?
I know some of them have pretty low minimum system requirements, but they can grow quickly into resource hogs the more active users you have. For example this Friendica.World instance I'm on seems to struggle handing less than 4,000 accounts but various Mastodon and Pixelfed instances have hundreds of thousands of accounts without any apparent difficulty. Though I don't know what resources they have available to them. Some platforms appear to be more scalable than others.
I've been reluctant to run a server myself for a variety of reasons, but the big ones are not knowing how much it will cost, what kind of hosting it would require, or which platform to run.
It should be obvious by now most people do not want to run their own server, they want to go sign up on the biggest server for a platform they can find and let someone else assume the expense and risks of running it. So does anybody know what the lowest resource, most scalable, most stable platform is that can handle the most active users/accounts? Is there a nifty comparison table somewhere?