Russian Youtube bloggers will be forced to switch to domestic platforms

By The Moscow Times Russian Service 

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February 9, 2024

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Russian authorities are preparing to forcibly “land” bloggers from YouTube on domestic video platforms. To do this, the Public Chamber (PC) of the Russian Federation decided to create a blacklist of those who are represented on the American video service, but who are not on Russian platforms.

“We will publish it ( the black list - TMT) because these are people who deliberately do not work in Russian social networks, positioning themselves as Russian bloggers,” said Alexander Malkevich, first deputy chairman of the RF OP Commission for the Development of the Information Community, Media and Mass Communications .

According to him, the list will be part of a program to encourage bloggers to switch to domestic social networks. “In the future, it should become the basis for developing and taking action against content makers who ignore our platforms. And here legislators must have their say, because if you don’t go to our platforms, it means you want to hide your income either out of stupidity, or out of habit, or are conducting enemy activities,” Malkevich noted.

He also proposed working out a set of measures to motivate opinion leaders to switch to Russian social networks. “We need to help them on these social networks. We published in the OP Telegam channel a whole list of our normal, well-developing social networks - analogues of Western ones. All this is there, it works,” concluded the representative of the OP.

Despite the threat of blocking YouTube in Russia, the number of Russian bloggers on the video service continues to grow: from November 2022 to November 2023, it increased by 18%, to 7.1 million people, as calculated by Brand Analytic.

Also, YouTube in Russia increased the volume of content and the activity of authors - by 22% (to 29.5 million messages) and 4%, respectively. At the same time, VKontakte, which is positioned by the authorities as a replacement for YouTube in case of blocking, over the year the number of authors fell by 8%, to 25.6 million, and the volume of content decreased by 12% - from 472.5 million messages to 414 .2 million. Brand Analytics explained the decline in the number of authors as a “rebound after noticeable growth in previous periods.”

Earlier, the State Duma admitted that it would not be possible to block YouTube in Russia until at least 2028. The main reason is the lack of a domestic alternative, noted Anton Gorelkin, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Technology and Communications.

“Today we have two services, one of which should take off: RuTube and VK-video. I personally bet on the latter,” Gorelkin emphasized. In addition, he agreed that YouTube “both technologically and ideologically” was integrated into the Runet, and also “won in quality.”

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Если вы не смотрели интервью Путина Такеру Карслону, то и не надо. В нём, как я и говорил, не прозвучало ничего сенсационного, ничего важного. Старый дед, по какой-то неведомой причине до сих пор занимающий пост президента России, не смог даже нормально поманипулировать иностранным слушателем. Вместо этого Путин просто рассказывал псевдонаучные сказки про Украину и врал.

Я хотел сначала писать этот пост с иронией, хотел всё хорошенько высмеять, но теперь понимаю, что перед нашими глазами развернулась трагедия.

Трагедия нашей страны — ею правит человек, который окончательно сошёл с ума. Всё, Путин спятил, и отношение к нему должно быть соответствующее.

Мы ни в коем случае не должны его жалеть, я про другое. Его надо воспринимать как буйного психбольного, как маньяка и психопата, который несёт откровенный шизопатический бред. Этот человек в буквальном смысле сошёл с ума. Посмотреть его интервью с Карлсоном стоит по единственной причине: если вы думаете, что я преувеличиваю.

Конечно, их двухчасовую беседу можно растаскать на цитаты, там много такого, над чем не грех посмеяться, но весь смысл в другом. В глазах Владимира Путина. В его безумных, сверкающих от радости и наслаждения глазах, когда он рассказывает какие-то совершенно идиотские, несвязные вещи. Он сказал, что отец Зеленского был фронтовиком и воевал с фашизмом. Правда в том, что отец Зеленского, Александр Зеленский, родился в 1947 году и был математиком.

И такого там полно. Бесконечный поток сознания окончательно спятившего человека. Если в Кремле хотели этим интервью сказать что-то важное Америке и всему миру, то у них получилось. Они громко и уверенно утвердили, что Путин сошёл с ума, утонув в пучинах своего больного воображения. Ошалевшее лицо Такера Карлсона тому подтверждение.

On February 6, Bluesky, a decentralized alternative to social network X backed by Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey, went public after beta testing with more than 3 million users.

 

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February 6, 2024

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On February 6, Bluesky, a decentralized alternative to social network X backed by Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey, went public after beta testing with more than 3 million users. 

You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉https://t.co/rUyMjYVEkt pic.twitter.com/PaT4Z6hJnu

— bluesky (@bluesky)

“When you go to Bluesky, it may seem familiar - the user experience should be simple. But internally it's designed to put control [of the tape] back in your hands. Here, your online experience is not at the disposal of one company. Whether it’s a time period or content filters, Bluesky allows you to easily customize your personal social experience,” says the project’s blog. 

Alternative Approach

The interface and functionality of the social network really resemble early Twitter. The platform logo is a white butterfly on a blue background. 

Jack Dorsey profile. Data: Bluesky.

However, according to the developers, Bluesky's algorithms and moderation mechanisms differ significantly from the approach of its competitors. The project is built on the decentralized AT Protocol, which is “virtually uncensored and does not collect personal data.”

According to a Bluesky press release, an experimental "Federation" feature will be available in February, allowing users to connect to private servers within the platform's ecosystem.

The Federation architecture includes three main parts: 

• personal data servers (PDS);
• repeater; 
• App View - content that is displayed to users.

“AT Protocol is designed on the principle of “big world with small fallbacks” as the most open network. On the Internet, individual computers upload content online, and then all of that content is streamed back to other computers. Similarly, using our protocol, we send messages to a much smaller number of large aggregators, which transmit them to PDS,” the developers explained . 

Personal data servers send the received information to a relay, which then filters the content for a specific user. After this, suitable posts are displayed in the feed in the form of a so-called App View. 

The mechanism of the Federation's work. Data: Bluesky.

User Experience

When registering on a social network, the user is immediately prompted to select several areas of interest in the form of tags. Based on the selection, the algorithm will also select suitable accounts to follow. 

In addition, Bluesky has implemented a system of feed channels that relay content on a specific topic. 

Feeds tab. Data: Bluesky.

The social network’s personalized moderation mechanism, in which algorithms and users themselves mark specific content, allows you to customize its display in the feed.

Filter system. Data: Bluesky.

Dorsey first announced the project of a decentralized social media platform in 2019. In February 2022, the Bluesky PBLLC organization was born .

In April, after Twitter management decided to sell the social network to billionaire Elon Musk, Bluesky recalled its independence . 

Dorsey's project later raised $8 million in a seed round led by Neo. 

Let us remind you that from January 25 to February 3, 2024, the number of active users of the Farcaster Web3 platform increased ninefold - from 2,700 to 25,000. The number of content authors in social applications based on the protocol increased from 2,400 to 19,100.