{"id":522816,"date":"2022-12-07T18:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vivaldi-backs-mastodon-to-free-social-networks-from-big-tech\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T18:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:53:18","slug":"vivaldi-backs-mastodon-to-free-social-networks-from-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vivaldi-backs-mastodon-to-free-social-networks-from-big-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vivaldi backs Mastodon to free social networks from Big Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28c11c77205\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28c11c77205\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vivaldi-backs-mastodon-to-free-social-networks-from-big-tech\/#%E2%80%9CVivaldi_backs_Mastodon_to_free_social_networks_from_Big_Tech%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Vivaldi backs Mastodon to free social networks from Big Tech&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vivaldi-backs-mastodon-to-free-social-networks-from-big-tech\/#Greetings_humanoids\" >Greetings, humanoids<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVivaldi_backs_Mastodon_to_free_social_networks_from_Big_Tech%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Vivaldi backs Mastodon to free social networks from Big Tech&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vivaldi.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivaldi browser<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is backing Mastodon to release online communications from Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Oslo-based company today became the first browser to integrate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mastodon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 just weeks after launching <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its own server<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the federated <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The moves aim to accelerate the uptake of Mastodon, while attracting more users to Vivaldi\u2019s privacy-focused browser. They arrive amid a backlash against Silicon Valley\u2019s closed platforms and lock-in algorithms, which spread deeper into the mainstream after Elon Musk bought Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper neural channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img class=\"js-lazy\" https:=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greetings_humanoids\"><\/span>Greetings, humanoids<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI stories in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the world\u2019s richest person took over the bird <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>, Mastodon\u2019s active user base has soared from <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/11\/28\/mastodon-social-ceo-eugen-rochko-twitter-elon-musk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">300,000 to 2.6 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a growth that\u2019s been tricky to accommodate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sudden influx has overloaded many servers (known as instances) on the federated social network, forcing them offline and overwhelming the volunteers who maintain them. Vivaldi\u2019s instance has the capacity to alleviate some of the strain.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"c-richText__pullQuote\">\n<div class=\"c-richText__pullQuoteGradient\">\n<p class=\"c-richText__pullQuoteQuote\">\u201cWe wanted to lend a hand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon von Tetzchner, the co-founder of both Vivaldi and the Opera browser, told TNW that the plans were first mooted over five years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u200b\u200bTo be frank, we should have joined then, but when we saw the rush of users over to Mastodon and we saw some of the servers struggling, we wanted to lend a hand,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Von Tetzchner also hopes to lower the barriers to entering Mastodon.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392896 js-lazy\" alt=\"Vivaldi\u2019s sidebar now integrates Vivaldi Social, a Mastodon instance.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F12%2F07%2Fvivaldi-browser-integrates-mastodon-social-network-in-alliance-against-musk-twitter%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Vivaldi Social, a Mastodon instance, is accessed in the browser\u2019s sidebar. Credit: Vivaldi\" data-title=\"Share Vivaldi Social, a Mastodon instance, is accessed in the browser\u2019s sidebar. Credit: Vivaldi on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Vivaldi Social, a Mastodon instance, is accessed in the browser\u2019s sidebar. Credit: Vivaldi on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Vivaldi Social, a Mastodon instance, is accessed in the browser\u2019s sidebar. Credit: Vivaldi<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392896\" https:=\"\" alt=\"Vivaldi\u2019s sidebar now integrates Vivaldi Social, a Mastodon instance.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mastodon is a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fediverse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fediverse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of many interconnected <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instances, which means anyone can create or join a community of their preference, but can still interact with members of other instances. Unlike at Twitter, no individual plutocrat can dictate all the rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet this decentralized approach \u2014 as well as a new interface \u2014 can scare neophytes off. Many Mastodon newbies complain about the complexity of joining and using the system. Vivaldi\u2019s integration could ease the transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"c-richText__pullQuote\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you already have a Vivaldi account, you automatically get one for Mastodon. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To access the Vivaldi instance, just tap on the network\u2019s sidebar icon in the browser\u2019s latest desktop version.\u00a0 Users can also add any Mastodon instance of their choice as a web panel to this sidebar, which creates a split-screen view.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivaldi, of course, also hopes the strategy attracts more users to its browser. The six-year-old company claims over 2.4 million active users, but that number is negligible compared to an estimated <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/atlasvpn.com\/blog\/apples-safari-browser-now-has-more-than-1-billion-users\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.3 billion on Chrome<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is a win-win here,\u201d said von Tetzchner. \u201cWe help Mastodon grow and clearly that also helps us grow if people choose to access Mastodon from Vivaldi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392895 js-lazy\" alt=\"Jon von Tetzchner\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2022%2F12%2F07%2Fvivaldi-browser-integrates-mastodon-social-network-in-alliance-against-musk-twitter%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Jon von Tetzchner founded Vivaldi after growing concerned that Opera was abandoning its principles. Credit: Gaelle lo\" data-title=\"Share Jon von Tetzchner founded Vivaldi after growing concerned that Opera was abandoning its principles. Credit: Gaelle lo on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Jon von Tetzchner founded Vivaldi after growing concerned that Opera was abandoning its principles. Credit: Gaelle lo on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Jon von Tetzchner founded Vivaldi after growing concerned that Opera was abandoning its principles. Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jon_von_Tetzchner_in_June_2015,_Magnolia_%28Massachusetts,_USA%29.jpg#\/media\/File:Jon_von_Tetzchner_in_June_2015,_Magnolia_(Massachusetts,_USA).jpg\">Gaelle lo<\/a><\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392895\" https:=\"\" alt=\"Jon von Tetzchner\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-9-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Von Tetzchner adds that it\u2019s a natural pairing. Like Mastodon, Vivaldi is billed as a community-driven system <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> controlled by users instead of corporations. Unlike many Big Tech platforms, the companies also pledge to embrace open standards, while renouncing user profiling and advertising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These principles hark back to the early web, which was made to be distributed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBig Tech has tried to reverse this movement and has had some success with that,\u201d said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">von Tetzchner.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cSilos have been created, where content has not been available except through those silos. This has been particularly visible with regard to social networks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMastodon and the fediverse changes all that. You can connect through one of many servers. You can even swap servers if you do not like the one you connected with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vivaldi integration is also evidence that alliances between open platforms are strengthening. They\u2019re still a long way from competing with the tech giants, but further collaboration can make the alternatives more compelling to the wider public.<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The Oslo-based company today became the first browser to integrate Mastodon \u2014 just weeks after launching its own server on the federated social network. 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