Dude… where’s my car?
Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?”
Submitted 21 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024183333417050112/vid/avc1/3840x2160/ehIoT8FVaYY_QEY5.mp4
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hirogen@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
thomasshikari@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Asking genuinely: do people still use Mastodon? It boomed briefly when Musky took twitter but for whatever reason, people decided to go to the data harvesting, ad filled blue sky. I never got either of them but have been recently thinking of mastodon but assumed people don’t still use it.
lemming@anarchist.nexus 19 hours ago
according to https://piefed.zip/c/fedigrow/p/1122722/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260222 it’s the most popular Fediverse platform by far.
hector@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
Too bad it’s not interoperable with lemmy. It would be cool if their accounts could see a link or crosspost to a post here, pop over and read it from their interface, comment, whatever.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 10 hours ago
Yes, I have two active accounts. The autistic and neurodivergent communities there are great.
thomasshikari@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Oh wow. That’s great to hear! I have, since commenting, set up an account myself. App seems a little bit buggy but, I don’t plan on being on it a lot. I appreciate the interesting feedback from you and the others who took the time to reply.
oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 hours ago
do people still use Mastodon?
Yes. Every single day, we see hundreds, if not thousands of posts.
tetris11@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
Scientists and mathematicians do. The rest will follow when bluesky’s monetisation strategy becomes.too unbearable
hector@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
I briefly tried mastadon. I don’t like the format, it’s a twitter basically, the federation is a plus, but the entire thing is a popularity contest. Almost all engagement is driven by those with large follower counts, 99 percent of posts are seen by almost no one.
Which is ok if you want to build a following, but for your everyday user, reddit or lemmy is more egalitarian, your posts, and your comments, can be considered on their own merit regardless of your follower count.
Noja@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
You need to use hashtags on mastodon, otherwise nobody will be able to find you!
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
gotta find loads of interesting accounts & hashtags, to basically tailor your feed manually, then it can feel very lively. I follow 500 accounts and it has given pretty unique feed compared to bluesky.
UncleArthur@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I do, but almost no-one else I’d want to follow does, which makes it feel pointless at the moment. Quite a few ‘celebrities’ (for want of a better word) seem to have dormant accounts. One of the few people I know who is posting regularly is Bernie Sanders.
wewbull@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
Yea, but it’s growth is limited. People seem incapable of using a platform if there isn’t an algorithm telling them what to look at.
Naich@lemmings.world 17 hours ago
I love it. There are very few arseholes on it.
Zombie@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
failed to load media 🥲
The full length video (4:20 one) appears to be broken on their website. Anyone got a copy?
The rest load fine (30 and 15s ones).
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
Wasn’t aware that this is a 4K video and my lemmy UI doesn’t have option to play at lower scale (not sure if lemmy itself has this feature). Accidentally crashed my phone lol
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Pretty effective ad, it’s AI filled though, right?
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
I mean the whole blog post is just advertising disguised as advocacies really though, would be good if there was something like this made by people without an ulterior motive
Especially as the UK porn ban has been a HUGE boon to those VPN providers, suddenly gaining literally millions of customers