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Updates tagged with fediverse on Arkwood Pond Social!lnxw48a1: RP @simsa04: My 9 yo nephew got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas and I'm tasked by my sis – thank you for that, moron! – to give him deeper insight into the machine and what can be done with it. I don't know why he needed one nor why his parents chose that as a gift as my nephew already writes his little Scratch programs on his laptop, but here we are. So, dear #fediverse people, please point me to guides that explain what the machine does, what kids can do with it taht makes some fun and how to do that. And also how to present the output of the thing on the display of my newphe's laptop. Thank you in advance. !RasPi
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 23:30:17 UTCRP @<a href="https://gnusocial.net/index.php/user/176220" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="simsa04">simsa04</a>: My 9 yo nephew got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas and I'm tasked by my sis – thank you for that, moron! – to give him deeper insight into the machine and what can be done with it.<br /><br /> I don't know why he needed one nor why his parents chose that as a gift as my nephew already writes his little Scratch programs on his laptop, but here we are. So, dear #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">fediverse</a></span> people, please point me to guides that explain what the machine does, what kids can do with it taht makes some fun and how to do that. And also how to present the output of the thing on the display of my newphe's laptop.<br /><br /> Thank you in advance. !<a href="https://nu.federati.net/group/143/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="Raspberry Pi and other SBC "Maker" board enthusiasts (rpi)">RasPi</a>2023-01-05T23:30:17+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}pixelfed: Instagram is trying to intimidate us with threats of legal action.Help us bring awareness to our project by sharing this post, and consider donating if possible.We're not giving up. #fediverse
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pixelfed's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 12:48:31 UTC<p>Instagram is trying to intimidate us with threats of legal action.</p><p>Help us bring awareness to our project by sharing this post, and consider donating if possible.</p><p>We're not giving up. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>2022-12-29T12:48:31+00:00pixelfedlnxw48a1: https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article. "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight" > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal. No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter. And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it. > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use. > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story. Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance. 1/2
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 02:20:57 UTC<a href="https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a" title="https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a" rel="nofollow" class="attachment thumbnail">https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a</a> <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/medium" rel="tag">Medium</a></span> link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article.<br /><br /> "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight"<br /><br /> > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal.<br /><br /> No, it isn't meant to be a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter.<br /><br /> And the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> networks are much more than just #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon.</a></span> Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it.<br /><br /> > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely! <br /><br /> Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use.<br /><br /> > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story.<br /><br /> Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/corpocentric" rel="tag">corpocentric</a></span> ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/federated" rel="tag">federated</a></span> or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/peertopeer" rel="tag">peer-to-peer</a></span> approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> ( with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/activitypub" rel="tag">ActivityPub</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ostatus" rel="tag">OStatus</a></span> and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/diaspora" rel="tag">Diaspora</a></span> ) or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bluesky" rel="tag">Bluesky</a></span>, or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twister" rel="tag">Twister</a></span>, or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/nostr" rel="tag">NOSTR</a></span>, the eventual future of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socnets" rel="tag">socnets</a></span> is #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/decentralized" rel="tag">decentralized</a></span>, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance.<br /><br /> 1/22022-12-29T02:20:57+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: One thing about this surge of people migrating from #Twitter to the #Fediverse is that people who gave up on #federated #socnets years ago and solely used #corpocentric platforms are now coming back. Thus, I get announcements about people I knew from #Tent (thanks to fellow former Tentler @bthall) along with news about people from #Identi.ca and other #StatusNet and #Pump.io instances returning.
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lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 19:25:03 UTCOne thing about this surge of people migrating from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> to the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> is that people who gave up on #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/federated" rel="tag">federated</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socnets" rel="tag">socnets</a></span> years ago and solely used #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/corpocentric" rel="tag">corpocentric</a></span> platforms are now coming back. <br /><br /> Thus, I get announcements about people I knew from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tent" rel="tag">Tent</a></span> (thanks to fellow former Tentler @<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/bthall" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Brandon Hall">bthall</a>) along with news about people from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/identica" rel="tag">Identi.ca</a></span> and other #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/statusnet" rel="tag">StatusNet</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pumpio" rel="tag">Pump.io</a></span> instances returning.2022-12-27T19:25:03+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #Mastodon (and probably the #Fediverse in general), considering the views of groups such as #BlackTwitter whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #Twitter and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 24-Dec-2022 19:39:32 UTC<a href="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics" title="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/21/Mastodon-Ethics</a> <br /><br /> Tim Bray discusses the ethics of moving to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> (and probably the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> in general), considering the views of groups such as #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/blacktwitter" rel="tag">BlackTwitter</a></span> whose norms and needs differ from those of most Mastodon users. <br /><br /> He concludes (correctly, I might add) that it is ethical to leave #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> and move to Mastodon and the Fediverse.2022-12-24T19:39:32+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Also, #Vivaldi now has its own #Mastodon instance. I think #Brave Browser had an unofficial instance at one time, and #Mozilla intends to open theirs early in 2023. I'm still not "there" yet, but I am doing some #PHP stuff. Maybe I'll be able to help make !GNUsocial and #Friendica competitive candidates for $ORGANIZATION deploying their own #Fediverse presence.
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 20:42:51 UTCAlso, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vivaldi" rel="tag">Vivaldi</a></span> now has its own #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> instance. I think #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/brave" rel="tag">Brave</a></span> Browser had an unofficial instance at one time, and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> intends to open theirs early in 2023. <br /><br /> I'm still not "there" yet, but I am doing some #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/php" rel="tag">PHP</a></span> stuff. Maybe I'll be able to help make !<a href="https://gnusocial.club/group/421/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="GNU Social (gnusocial)">GNUsocial</a> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/friendica" rel="tag">Friendica</a></span> competitive candidates for $ORGANIZATION deploying their own #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> presence.2022-12-22T20:42:51+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html [finance yahoo com] Mask Group purchased the #Pawoo #Mastodon instance in Japan, giving them control of three of the largest instances in the #Fediverse.
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lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 17:46:07 UTC<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html" title="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html</a> [finance yahoo com] <br /><br /> Mask Group purchased the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pawoo" rel="tag">Pawoo</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> instance in Japan, giving them control of three of the largest instances in the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse.</a></span>2022-12-21T17:46:07+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ [blog mozilla org] #Mozilla is standing up a Mastodon instance and joining the #Fediverse
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lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 23:19:53 UTC<a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/" title="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/</a> [blog mozilla org] <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mozilla" rel="tag">Mozilla</a></span> is standing up a Mastodon instance and joining the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span>2022-12-20T23:19:53+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Anyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #Twitter account suspended over a link to his #Fediverse #Mastodon account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 03:27:57 UTCAnyway, Paul Graham (@paulg@twitter.com) had his #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> account suspended over a link to his #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> account. Last I checked, the suspension seems to have been reverted.2022-12-19T03:27:57+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836 > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to @gargron ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer. > The new most followed person is @georgetakei@universeodon.com So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #Twitter migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #Mastodon's early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale. Thankfully, the #Fediverse is more than just Mastodon.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 19:39:47 UTC<a href="https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836" title="https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://masto.ai/@fedi/109524542188078836</a> <br /><br /> > BREAKING NEWS: Gargron is no longer the most followed person on mastodon. This is great news (no offence to <br /><br /> @<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/Gargron" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">gargron</a> ) as it signifies the network is growing to be more independent of its most famous developer.<br /><br /> > The new most followed person is <br /> @georgetakei@universeodon.com <br /><br /> So let me tell you why this is NOT a good thing. George Takei is a celebrity actor. That people are crawling after actors and other celebs means that the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> migration is bringing their culture (with all its flaws) here. Again, as they did this before during #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span>'s early growth. Much Masto culture is merely Twitter and Tumblr culture, sometimes reflected in a mirror and sometimes adopted wholesale.<br /><br /> Thankfully, the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> is more than just Mastodon.2022-12-16T19:39:47+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Since the #Twitter siege against journalists and alternative #socnet platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #Mastodon accounts started surging again. > +3,992 in the last hour > +29,495 in the last day This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #Fediverse platform.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 05:43:53 UTCSince the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> siege against journalists and alternative #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socnet" rel="tag">socnet</a></span> platforms began a few hours ago, the number of new #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> accounts started surging again. <br /><br /> > +3,992 in the last hour<br /> > +29,495 in the last day <br /><br /> This doesn't count GS, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey, Epicyon, PixelFed, or any other #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> platform.2022-12-16T05:43:53+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing I guess that means that any journalist that uses #Twitter should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #Fediverse and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 04:11:51 UTC@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/16" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="GeniusMusing">geniusmusing</a> I guess that means that any journalist that uses #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> should be opening one or more backup accounts in the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> and using it enough to be familiar and ready ... and giving their current audience enough heads up so they know where to find their chosen news sources.2022-12-16T04:11:51+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260 @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again. "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers. You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave. You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you. You know you're going to be ashamed of it later. Just stop posting. Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there. Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet. Stop feeding your life into the machine." This was true before Elon #Musk bought #Twitter, but I guess it wasn't as important before. I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #Fediverse (e.g., #GNU_Social, #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #PixelFed, #Lenny / #Lemmy, etc) or they would have moved over already. Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #blockwars (including #fediblock) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts. So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.
https://social.arkwoodpond.info/notice/387963
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 01:58:05 UTC<a href="https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260" title="https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260</a> <br /><br /> @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again. <br /><br /> "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers.<br /><br /> You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave.<br /><br /> You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you.<br /><br /> You know you're going to be ashamed of it later.<br /><br /> Just stop posting.<br /><br /> Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there.<br /><br /> Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet.<br /><br /> Stop feeding your life into the machine."<br /><br /> This was true before Elon #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/musk" rel="tag">Musk</a></span> bought #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span>, but I guess it wasn't as important before. <br /><br /> I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> (e.g., #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnusocial" rel="tag">GNU_Social</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pleroma" rel="tag">Pleroma</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/misskey" rel="tag">Misskey</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pixelfed" rel="tag">PixelFed</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lenny" rel="tag">Lenny</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lemmy" rel="tag">Lemmy</a></span>, etc) or they would have moved over already.<br /><br /> Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/blockwars" rel="tag">blockwars</a></span> (including #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediblock" rel="tag">fediblock</a></span>) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts. <br /><br /> So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.2022-12-12T01:58:05+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/109496392170002303 The monthly active users figures for #Mastodon seem to have peaked and started heading downward, even as new accounts continue to be opened. I wish they'd use a tracker that doesn't filter out everything that is not Mastodon. As I recall, when the number of accounts for Mastodon hit 5,000,000 the number for the #Fediverse as a whole was over 11,000,000 ... but those numbers will always be larger than MAU, so I'd also like to see those numbers Fediverse-wide.
https://social.arkwoodpond.info/notice/387962
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 01:40:08 UTC<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/109496392170002303" title="https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/109496392170002303" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://infosec.exchange/@micahflee/109496392170002303</a> <br /><br /> The monthly active users figures for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> seem to have peaked and started heading downward, even as new accounts continue to be opened. <br /><br /> I wish they'd use a tracker that doesn't filter out everything that is not Mastodon. As I recall, when the number of accounts for Mastodon hit 5,000,000 the number for the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> as a whole was over 11,000,000 ... but those numbers will always be larger than MAU, so I'd also like to see those numbers Fediverse-wide.2022-12-12T01:40:08+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Tagging this thread with #Fediverse #Security ... whomever made the script obviously read some protocol docs and some source code. With just a little #JavaScript, they were able to knock some #Misskey and #Mastodon instances to their knees. This isn't the first, and it won't be the last. Remember when someone posted a humongous image and locked up any #GNUSocial instance that tried to download the image? Remember when someone's instance was replaced by some sort of cryptocurrency site and PuSH es from your site to theirs would crash your site because of their site's response? (I'll bet I still have that domain blocked at the firewall.) We have to stop being naive about the intentions of those in the current migration. The overwhelming majority will have benign, if not good, intentions. But a select few will have bad intentions. Among those intentions is to colonize the Fediverse with #Twitter's culture, to come here and impose that culture of anger and disrespect upon the inhabitants here ... which already happened once with the first wave of people joining #Mastodon instance, except it was Twitter and #Tumblr at that time.
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lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 16:22:39 UTCTagging this thread with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/security" rel="tag">Security</a></span> ... whomever made the script obviously read some protocol docs and some source code. With just a little #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/javascript" rel="tag">JavaScript</a></span>, they were able to knock some #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/misskey" rel="tag">Misskey</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> instances to their knees. <br /><br /> This isn't the first, and it won't be the last. Remember when someone posted a humongous image and locked up any #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnusocial" rel="tag">GNUSocial</a></span> instance that tried to download the image? Remember when someone's instance was replaced by some sort of cryptocurrency site and PuSH es from your site to theirs would crash your site because of their site's response? (I'll bet I still have that domain blocked at the firewall.) <br /><br /> We have to stop being naive about the intentions of those in the current migration. The overwhelming majority will have benign, if not good, intentions. But a select few will have bad intentions. Among those intentions is to colonize the Fediverse with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span>'s culture, to come here and impose that culture of anger and disrespect upon the inhabitants here ... which already happened once with the first wave of people joining #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> instance, except it was Twitter and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/tumblr" rel="tag">Tumblr</a></span> at that time.2022-12-04T16:22:39+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: There are already people angry about the European Union setting up its instance, and people angry about a US Government agency opening an account on infosec.exchange. In both cases, they are dead wrong, just like the #blockwars / \#fediblock people are. The #Fediverse is for everyone. Right or left wing or no wing at all. Government agencies, corporations, churches, non-profit organizations, individuals, groups, families, small businesses. Everyone. The network derives its utility from the ability of people on instance A to interact with people on instance B, so indiscriminate instance-to-instance blocking and mobs chasing people away only makes the network less useful for everyone.
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lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 14:04:18 UTCThere are already people angry about the European Union setting up its instance, and people angry about a US Government agency opening an account on infosec.exchange. <br /><br /> In both cases, they are dead wrong, just like the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/blockwars" rel="tag">blockwars</a></span> / \#fediblock people are. The #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> is for everyone. Right or left wing or no wing at all. Government agencies, corporations, churches, non-profit organizations, individuals, groups, families, small businesses. Everyone.<br /><br /> The network derives its utility from the ability of people on instance A to interact with people on instance B, so indiscriminate instance-to-instance blocking and mobs chasing people away only makes the network less useful for everyone.2022-12-04T14:04:18+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://k.lapy.link/notes/98bji8qbby #Misskey security update. Someone created "instances" which trigger a denial of service in Misskey and possibly #Mastodon. From what I hear, #Pleroma is not vulnerable. #GNUsocial is likely also vulnerable. We can expect a lot more of these kind of things now that the #Fediverse is getting attention.
https://social.arkwoodpond.info/notice/387830
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 22:25:49 UTC<a href="https://k.lapy.link/notes/98bji8qbby" title="https://k.lapy.link/notes/98bji8qbby" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://k.lapy.link/notes/98bji8qbby</a> <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/misskey" rel="tag">Misskey</a></span> security update. Someone created "instances" which trigger a denial of service in Misskey and possibly #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon.</a></span> From what I hear, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pleroma" rel="tag">Pleroma</a></span> is not vulnerable. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnusocial" rel="tag">GNUsocial</a></span> is likely also vulnerable. <br /><br /> We can expect a lot more of these kind of things now that the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> is getting attention.2022-12-03T22:25:49+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html [www cnn com] This is a month ago, but this is a CNN reporter's take on #Mastodon (and the #Fediverse, though they apparently do not yet know that there's a lot more than Mastodon).
https://social.arkwoodpond.info/notice/387828
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 21:12:54 UTC<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html" title="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html</a> [www cnn com] <br /><br /> This is a month ago, but this is a CNN reporter's take on #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> (and the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span>, though they apparently do not yet know that there's a lot more than Mastodon).2022-12-03T21:12:54+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @simsa04 Good thing they posted that. Not all #Fediverse platforms support automatic refollowing.
https://social.arkwoodpond.info/notice/387678
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 01:38:19 UTC@<a href="https://gnusocial.net/index.php/user/176220" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="simsa04">simsa04</a> Good thing they posted that. Not all #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> platforms support automatic refollowing.2022-11-27T01:38:19+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: If I had a little extra money, I'd probably visit #LowEndBox or #LowEndTalk on Friday to find a deal on a #VPS or two. If I'm going to instantiate one of my #Fediverse vaporware projects, I should set up one or two test instances early on.
https://social.arkwoodpond.info/notice/387643
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 04:20:06 UTCIf I had a little extra money, I'd probably visit #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lowendbox" rel="tag">LowEndBox</a></span> or #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lowendtalk" rel="tag">LowEndTalk</a></span> on Friday to find a deal on a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vps" rel="tag">VPS</a></span> or two. If I'm going to instantiate one of my #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> vaporware projects, I should set up one or two test instances early on.2022-11-23T04:20:06+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: I'm thinking that I'll find a couple of online #PHP / #MySQL / #LAMP courses. I have some ideas for a #Fediverse server and I'd like to try them out. Depending on my skills, available time, and whether the projects' CoCs are acceptable, I would also like to contribute to both #GNU_Social and #Friendica. I know both projects can use a little additional momentum.
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 00:40:55 UTCI'm thinking that I'll find a couple of online #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/php" rel="tag">PHP</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mysql" rel="tag">MySQL</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/lamp" rel="tag">LAMP</a></span> courses. I have some ideas for a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> server and I'd like to try them out. <br /><br /> Depending on my skills, available time, and whether the projects' CoCs are acceptable, I would also like to contribute to both #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnusocial" rel="tag">GNU_Social</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/friendica" rel="tag">Friendica.</a></span> I know both projects can use a little additional momentum.2022-11-19T00:40:55+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: The instant messenger #Signal now has a #Fediverse ( AP side ) account. https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/109366254765864819
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 18-Nov-2022 19:43:47 UTCThe instant messenger #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/signal" rel="tag">Signal</a></span> now has a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> ( AP side ) account. <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/109366254765864819" title="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/109366254765864819" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/109366254765864819</a>2022-11-18T19:43:47+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: I've never thought of banking as federated, but you're right that it has a number of similarities. Like any analogy, if one takes it too far, it breaks down, but it is useful enough for explaining the #Fediverse to outsiders.
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lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 17:01:48 UTCI've never thought of banking as federated, but you're right that it has a number of similarities. Like any analogy, if one takes it too far, it breaks down, but it is useful enough for explaining the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> to outsiders.2022-11-16T17:01:48+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: #Pjuu ( #OtterSite ) starts planning a rewrite that adds #federation ( probably only #ActivityPub ). Looking to become an alternative to #Mastodon and #Pleroma, while still joining the #Fediverse. https://pjuu.com/joe/5b0383de620211edba040242ac140002 [pjuu com]
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 20:23:02 UTC#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pjuu" rel="tag">Pjuu</a></span> ( #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ottersite" rel="tag">OtterSite</a></span> ) starts planning a rewrite that adds #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/federation" rel="tag">federation</a></span> ( probably only #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/activitypub" rel="tag">ActivityPub</a></span> ). Looking to become an alternative to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pleroma" rel="tag">Pleroma</a></span>, while still joining the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse.</a></span> <br /><br /><a href="https://pjuu.com/joe/5b0383de620211edba040242ac140002" title="https://pjuu.com/joe/5b0383de620211edba040242ac140002" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://pjuu.com/joe/5b0383de620211edba040242ac140002</a> [pjuu com]2022-11-14T20:23:02+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}simsa04: @lnxw48a1 @fu If I may pitch in on on th etopic of "how the fediverse works"... Yes, you can explain it with the image of email and email providers. But you rely on "freedom" (whose?) to describe a structure that doesn't explain why newbies can and cannot subscribe to other people or otherwise interact with accounts and posts. A different way is stop putting "freedom" into the centre – which in itself is a rather problematic hierarchical approach as it invokes the imagery of landlords dealing with their rowdy tenants – and explain to people the basics of #federation, from which most of the peculiarities and problems of fediverse interactions arise. 2015 I wrote a piece for Twitter migrants to GNUsocial primarily from the angle of a layperson, explaining the various oddities by pointing to and explaining from federation as the root cause. Perhaps this snippet is of some help: !gnusocial !fnetworks #federation #fediverse https://gnusocial.net/attachment/cb9618538a9e5d8cfe3e78d2ca6b29734cefe631fa4e8b4bcc72ee7140b9e4a9/view
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simsa04's status on Monday, 07-Nov-2022 23:51:46 UTC@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/2" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">lnxw48a1</a> @<a href="https://libranet.de/profile/fu" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">fu</a><br /> If I may pitch in on on th etopic of "how the fediverse works"...<br /><br /> Yes, you can explain it with the image of email and email providers. But you rely on "freedom" (whose?) to describe a structure that doesn't explain why newbies can and cannot subscribe to other people or otherwise interact with accounts and posts.<br /><br /> A different way is stop putting "freedom" into the centre – which in itself is a rather problematic hierarchical approach as it invokes the imagery of landlords dealing with their rowdy tenants – and explain to people the basics of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.net/tag/federation" rel="tag">federation</a></span>, from which most of the peculiarities and problems of fediverse interactions arise.<br /><br /> 2015 I wrote a piece for Twitter migrants to GNUsocial primarily from the angle of a layperson, explaining the various oddities by pointing to and explaining from federation as the root cause. Perhaps this snippet is of some help:<br /><br /> !<a href="https://gnusocial.net/group/845/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="gnusocial (gnusocial)">gnusocial</a> !<a href="https://nu.federati.net/group/239/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="Federati Networks (fnetworks)">fnetworks</a> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.net/tag/federation" rel="tag">federation</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">fediverse</a></span> <a href="https://gnusocial.net/attachment/cb9618538a9e5d8cfe3e78d2ca6b29734cefe631fa4e8b4bcc72ee7140b9e4a9/view" title="https://gnusocial.net/attachment/cb9618538a9e5d8cfe3e78d2ca6b29734cefe631fa4e8b4bcc72ee7140b9e4a9/view" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.net/attachment/cb9618538a9e5d8cfe3e78d2ca6b29734cefe631fa4e8b4bcc72ee7140b9e4a9/view</a>2022-11-07T23:51:46+00:00simsa04lnxw48a1: I think some of the confusion is intended. When the grand poobah of #Mastodon refers to "the Mastodon network" instead of the #Fediverse, and is also the admin of Mastodon\.social, it is only natural that people who see this get everything confused.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 04-Nov-2022 02:51:35 UTCI think some of the confusion is intended. When the grand poobah of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> refers to "the Mastodon network" instead of the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span>, and is also the admin of Mastodon\.social, it is only natural that people who see this get everything confused.2022-11-04T02:51:35+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}aral: Food for thought: The bigger mastodon.social gets, the less successful the #fediverse is.Sadly, the fundamental design of Mastodon mirrors the design of Big Tech (a server architecture that can support hundreds of thousands of “users”) and thus inherits its success criteria.I feel it’s time we at least started thinking about what the web would look like if we all had our own place on it and what it would take to get there from here.#decentralisation #centralisation #fediverse #SmallWeb
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aral's status on Wednesday, 02-Nov-2022 10:01:58 UTC<p>Food for thought: The bigger mastodon.social gets, the less successful the <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> is.</p><p>Sadly, the fundamental design of Mastodon mirrors the design of Big Tech (a server architecture that can support hundreds of thousands of “users”) and thus inherits its success criteria.</p><p>I feel it’s time we at least started thinking about what the web would look like if we all had our own place on it and what it would take to get there from here.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#decentralisation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/centralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#centralisation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SmallWeb</a></p>2022-11-02T10:01:58+00:00ar.al🌻aral: We should not be optimising Mastodon so it can handle more people per server. We should be optimising Mastodon so it incentivises more serves with fewer people.(And if you take that line of thinking to its logical conclusion, you arrive at the idea behind the Small Web: https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/)#decentralisation #federation #fediverse #SmallWeb
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aral's status on Wednesday, 02-Nov-2022 09:51:08 UTC<p>We should not be optimising Mastodon so it can handle more people per server. We should be optimising Mastodon so it incentivises more serves with fewer people.</p><p>(And if you take that line of thinking to its logical conclusion, you arrive at the idea behind the Small Web: <a href="https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/" rel="nofollow">https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/</a>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#decentralisation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#federation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SmallWeb</a></p>2022-11-02T09:51:08+00:00ar.al🌻lnxw48a1: I actually think that the overwhelming majority of blocking should be done by individuals curating their own timelines. I am sensitive to the effect on the Fediverse as a whole, especially as we've already been through this. Even the original #bifurcation (when the largest instance at the time, Identica, severed communication with #StatusNet / #GNUsocial & #OStatus and switched to the #Pump.io protocol and software) and the subsequent #ActivityPub - #OStatus split have caused untold breakage. I've seen AP-side devs, admins, users patting themselves on the back while commiserating about brokenness that is built into the protocol itself or at least its common implementations. I have also seen people telling other people to create "alts" on various instances, so that their posts can reach all of their intended contacts. Not for resilience against instance shutdowns or separating by posts and recipients by topics and interests (which is what groups and Diaspora style Aspects / GPlus style Circles are for), but because #blockwars prevents posts and members from one instance to be seen on certain others. For the record, I think that instance governance is something that Mastodon should include in its instances.social instance-picker, along with instances' topical foci. People should have a way to see what they're agreeing to (and what the alternatives are) before the sign up. In other words, it isn't my way or the highway so much as it is making it possible to know what one is getting into. I am certain that there are (or were) instances with democratically chosen rules. I also believe that we're not doing the people who use an instance any favor by not making it possible for them to contribute to the financing and administration of the instance. If you're paying all the costs and doing all the work to maintain and moderate the instance, it is difficult to let an election institute a policy that you disagree with. (I've started to really disagree with the idea of individuals hosting public instances wholly out of their own financial and time resources. Besides the "truck factor", it is much easier to keep an instance going if everything was already handled by a team and at least partly member supported.) On the other hand, if the instance encourages those in its membership who can do so to participate in keeping it going, then it is perfectly reasonable to expect the admin team to carry out the decisions voted by the membership. I do realize that not everyone can contribute funds, nor can everyone do the technical labor ... but as @simsa04 will remember, things like writing documentation, contributing in discussions about improving the software, designing and implementing themes, and even marketing-type tasks such as creating a logo and a favicon or promoting the instance to people outside the #Fediverse are beneficial.
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lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 30-Oct-2022 04:26:23 UTCI actually think that the overwhelming majority of blocking should be done by individuals curating their own timelines. I am sensitive to the effect on the Fediverse as a whole, especially as we've already been through this. <br /><br /> Even the original #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bifurcation" rel="tag">bifurcation</a></span> (when the largest instance at the time, Identica, severed communication with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/statusnet" rel="tag">StatusNet</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnusocial" rel="tag">GNUsocial</a></span> & #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ostatus" rel="tag">OStatus</a></span> and switched to the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pumpio" rel="tag">Pump.io</a></span> protocol and software) and the subsequent #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/activitypub" rel="tag">ActivityPub</a></span> - #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ostatus" rel="tag">OStatus</a></span> split have caused untold breakage. I've seen AP-side devs, admins, users patting themselves on the back while commiserating about brokenness that is built into the protocol itself or at least its common implementations. <br /><br /> I have also seen people telling other people to create "alts" on various instances, so that their posts can reach all of their intended contacts. Not for resilience against instance shutdowns or separating by posts and recipients by topics and interests (which is what groups and Diaspora style Aspects / GPlus style Circles are for), but because #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/blockwars" rel="tag">blockwars</a></span> prevents posts and members from one instance to be seen on certain others.<br /><br /> For the record, I think that instance governance is something that Mastodon should include in its instances.social instance-picker, along with instances' topical foci. People should have a way to see what they're agreeing to (and what the alternatives are) before the sign up.<br /><br /> In other words, it isn't my way or the highway so much as it is making it possible to know what one is getting into. I am certain that there are (or were) instances with democratically chosen rules. I also believe that we're not doing the people who use an instance any favor by not making it possible for them to contribute to the financing and administration of the instance. If you're paying all the costs and doing all the work to maintain and moderate the instance, it is difficult to let an election institute a policy that you disagree with. (I've started to really disagree with the idea of individuals hosting public instances wholly out of their own financial and time resources. Besides the "truck factor", it is much easier to keep an instance going if everything was already handled by a team and at least partly member supported.)<br /><br /> On the other hand, if the instance encourages those in its membership who can do so to participate in keeping it going, then it is perfectly reasonable to expect the admin team to carry out the decisions voted by the membership. I do realize that not everyone can contribute funds, nor can everyone do the technical labor ... but as @<a href="https://gnusocial.net/index.php/user/176220" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">simsa04</a> will remember, things like writing documentation, contributing in discussions about improving the software, designing and implementing themes, and even marketing-type tasks such as creating a logo and a favicon or promoting the instance to people outside the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> are beneficial.2022-10-30T04:26:23+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109112298400889700 Someone writes a thread about expected effects in the #Fediverse I'm hoping to have some time and resources to devote to building out !fnetworks instances before the expected wave of #Twitter refugees.
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lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 04-Oct-2022 23:32:25 UTC<a href="https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109112298400889700" title="https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109112298400889700" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109112298400889700</a> <br /><br /> Someone writes a thread about expected effects in the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> <br /><br /> I'm hoping to have some time and resources to devote to building out !<a href="https://nu.federati.net/group/239/id" class="h-card u-url p-nickname group" title="Federati Networks (fnetworks)">fnetworks</a> instances before the expected wave of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> refugees.2022-10-04T23:32:25+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @lxo I have not seen the context, but if you've seen #Soapbox, you'll see AP #Fediverse software that imitates #Twitter misfeatures in an attempt to make the network familiar and popular. I think many of the Fediverse's biggest irritants are such misfeatures applied where they do not fit.
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 25-Aug-2022 18:16:49 UTC@<a href="https://gnusocial.net/index.php/user/157720" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Alexandre Oliva">lxo</a> I have not seen the context, but if you've seen #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/soapbox" rel="tag">Soapbox</a></span>, you'll see AP #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> software that imitates #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> misfeatures in an attempt to make the network familiar and popular. <br /><br /> I think many of the Fediverse's biggest irritants are such misfeatures applied where they do not fit.2022-08-25T18:16:49+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}tobias: Happy 14th Birthday dear #fediverse wayback.archive.org/web/201306…
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tobias's status on Wednesday, 18-May-2022 15:49:02 UTCHappy 14th Birthday dear <a href="https://social.diekershoff.de/search?tag=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <br /><a href="https://wayback.archive.org/web/20130615111045/http://identi.ca/notice/1">wayback.archive.org/web/201306…</a><br />2022-05-18T15:49:02+00:00Tobiaslnxw48a1: It would be nice to have a big chunk of the people who are using #corpocentric #socnets like #Twitter and #Facebook and #Instagram move some or all of their presence over to the #OStatus and #ActivityPub branches of the #Fediverse, but I'd much rather they come because they want to try something different instead of coming because they are fleeing some change or impending change over there. Why? Because these networks will never give them everything that those did. I personally believe that these networks can give some benefits that those cannot, but thus far, we've mostly tried to replicate their functionality ... without the benefit of nearly unlimited VC cash and a centralized model which puts $CentralizedNetwork at the center of its users' communications, where benefits built upon centralized knowledge of users' actions / choices / contacts. Therefore, in 2-3 weeks, I expect 9 out of 10 new users to have have returned to Twitter ... or to some centralized network that springs up to duplicate Twitter without the Musk factor. This has happened before. Maybe not on this scale, but it has happened. Multiple times. And always, most of them leave.
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lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 23:11:54 UTCIt would be nice to have a big chunk of the people who are using #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/corpocentric" rel="tag">corpocentric</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socnets" rel="tag">socnets</a></span> like #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/instagram" rel="tag">Instagram</a></span> move some or all of their presence over to the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ostatus" rel="tag">OStatus</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/activitypub" rel="tag">ActivityPub</a></span> branches of the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span>, but I'd much rather they come because they want to try something different instead of coming because they are fleeing some change or impending change over there. <br /><br /> Why? Because these networks will never give them everything that those did. I personally believe that these networks can give some benefits that those cannot, but thus far, we've mostly tried to replicate their functionality ... without the benefit of nearly unlimited VC cash and a centralized model which puts $CentralizedNetwork at the center of its users' communications, where benefits built upon centralized knowledge of users' actions / choices / contacts. <br /><br /> Therefore, in 2-3 weeks, I expect 9 out of 10 new users to have have returned to Twitter ... or to some centralized network that springs up to duplicate Twitter without the Musk factor. <br /><br /> This has happened before. Maybe not on this scale, but it has happened. Multiple times. And always, most of them leave.2022-04-27T23:11:54+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: Apparently, tens of thousands of panicked #Twitter users have rushed to join the #Fediverse (primarily #Mastodon servers, it sounds like). There have been reports of employees misusing supposedly private direct messages for years, so it isn't like Elon Musk can suddenly reach into the database and pull up your nude selfies. He hasn't even bought the company and assumed control yet.
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lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 23:03:05 UTCApparently, tens of thousands of panicked #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> users have rushed to join the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> (primarily #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastodon" rel="tag">Mastodon</a></span> servers, it sounds like). <br /><br /> There have been reports of employees misusing supposedly private direct messages for years, so it isn't like Elon Musk can suddenly reach into the database and pull up your nude selfies. He hasn't even bought the company and assumed control yet.2022-04-27T23:03:05+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: I intended to revive my #vaporware #Fediverse project and do some server preparation, but I didn't even cd into ~/projects this weekend. Maybe next weekend, unless Mark from $EMPLOYER and his wife are able to visit #NYC.
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 03:53:46 UTCI intended to revive my #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vaporware" rel="tag">vaporware</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> project and do some server preparation, but I didn't even cd into ~/projects this weekend. Maybe next weekend, unless Mark from $EMPLOYER and his wife are able to visit #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/nyc" rel="tag">NYC.</a></span>2022-02-07T03:53:46+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: A #VPN provider that I used shut down without much notice (in fact, the only way I found out was that I visited their site months later, trying to figure out why I hadn't been able to connect). The #hotel I was using had a local provider that blocked #Fediverse instances (including Mastodon.Social), #Diaspora, #XMPP, #IRC, and a certain mail provider that I still use. They did not block: #Facebook, #Twitter, #GMail, or Outlook / #Hotmail Because I couldn't connect to the VPN, I discovered how many perfectly normal sites were blocked because they weren't on the top 100 list. I went downstairs and informed the front desk that I would be leaving their establishment because of their blocking. I received a phone call from their networking vendor, who logged into their router and proxy and turned off filtering on a list of about 25 sites they'd blocked. But the point is, the hotel and its provider cannot be trusted not to fsck with your data. Always use a VPN.
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 20-Dec-2021 18:31:32 UTCA #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vpn" rel="tag">VPN</a></span> provider that I used shut down without much notice (in fact, the only way I found out was that I visited their site months later, trying to figure out why I hadn't been able to connect). <br /><br /> The #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/hotel" rel="tag">hotel</a></span> I was using had a local provider that blocked #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> instances (including Mastodon.Social), #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/diaspora" rel="tag">Diaspora</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/xmpp" rel="tag">XMPP</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/irc" rel="tag">IRC</a></span>, and a certain mail provider that I still use. They did not block: #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gmail" rel="tag">GMail</a></span>, or Outlook / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/hotmail" rel="tag">Hotmail</a></span> <br /><br /> Because I couldn't connect to the VPN, I discovered how many perfectly normal sites were blocked because they weren't on the top 100 list. I went downstairs and informed the front desk that I would be leaving their establishment because of their blocking.<br /><br /> I received a phone call from their networking vendor, who logged into their router and proxy and turned off filtering on a list of about 25 sites they'd blocked. <br /><br /> But the point is, the hotel and its provider cannot be trusted not to fsck with your data. Always use a VPN.2021-12-20T18:31:32+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: When @jeff@i2p.rocks left the #Fediverse's AP side, he wrote a blog post. https://nu.federati.net/url/282008 [i2p rocks] Interesting viewpoint.
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lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 20-Jul-2021 06:36:34 UTCWhen @jeff@i2p.rocks left the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span>'s AP side, he wrote a blog post. <a href="https://i2p.rocks/blog/the-fediverse-the-illusion-of-community-and-the-beginning-of-its-new-normal.html" title="https://i2p.rocks/blog/the-fediverse-the-illusion-of-community-and-the-beginning-of-its-new-normal.html" rel="nofollow" class="attachment thumbnail">https://nu.federati.net/url/282008</a> [i2p rocks] <br /><br /> Interesting viewpoint.2021-07-20T06:36:34+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/282008 [i2p rocks] Someone shut his #Fediverse #Pleroma server because he saw a polarized us vs them (there were additional reasons not contained in his article ... but you'd have to ask him directly).
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 19-Jul-2021 00:40:40 UTC<a href="https://i2p.rocks/blog/the-fediverse-the-illusion-of-community-and-the-beginning-of-its-new-normal.html" title="https://i2p.rocks/blog/the-fediverse-the-illusion-of-community-and-the-beginning-of-its-new-normal.html" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/282008</a> [i2p rocks] <br /><br /> Someone shut his #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pleroma" rel="tag">Pleroma</a></span> server because he saw a polarized us vs them (there were additional reasons not contained in his article ... but you'd have to ask him directly).2021-07-19T00:40:40+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}simsa04: Never heard of #projecteunomia Sounds interesting, in a somewhat scary sense. How serious / confirmed is it? Two #sources :https://todon.nl/@paulfree14/104086196703315628https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/paulfree14/The(20)critical(20)EUnomia(20)FAQ/Home #fediverse
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simsa04's status on Saturday, 10-Jul-2021 15:31:17 UTCNever heard of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.net/tag/projecteunomia" rel="tag">projecteunomia</a></span> Sounds interesting, in a somewhat scary sense. How serious / confirmed is it?<br /><br /> Two #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.net/tag/sources" rel="tag">sources</a></span> :<br /><a href="https://todon.nl/@paulfree14/104086196703315628" title="https://todon.nl/@paulfree14/104086196703315628" rel="nofollow" class="attachment thumbnail">https://todon.nl/@paulfree14/104086196703315628</a><br /><a href="https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/paulfree14/The(20)critical(20)EUnomia(20)FAQ/Home" title="https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/paulfree14/The(20)critical(20)EUnomia(20)FAQ/Home" rel="nofollow" class="attachment thumbnail">https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/paulfree14/The(20)critical(20)EUnomia(20)FAQ/Home</a><br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gnusocial.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">fediverse</a></span>2021-07-10T15:31:17+00:00simsa04tobias: Happy B-Day dear #Fediverse ! A teenager, how time flies :D web.archive.org/web/2013061511…
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tobias's status on Tuesday, 18-May-2021 06:07:44 UTCHappy B-Day dear #<a href="https://social.diekershoff.de/search?tag=Fediverse" class="tag" title="Fediverse">Fediverse</a> ! A teenager, how time flies :D <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130615111045/http://identi.ca/notice/1">web.archive.org/web/2013061511…</a>2021-05-18T06:07:44+00:00Tobiaslnxw48a1: He's "a huge social blockchain enthusiast", so I guess all that should be expected. https://www.publish0x.com/at-scottcbusiness ... including dissing #Fediverse platforms (Mastodon, GNUsocial, Friendica, Hubzilla, PeerTube) and Diaspora for "having no users" and being small communities, like islands, but then gushing over no-name blockchain-based and token-issuing socnets whose userbases are probably multiple orders of magnitude smaller.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 12-Mar-2021 05:50:51 UTCHe's "a huge social blockchain enthusiast", so I guess all that should be expected. <a href="https://www.publish0x.com/at-scottcbusiness" title="https://www.publish0x.com/at-scottcbusiness" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.publish0x.com/at-scottcbusiness</a> ... including dissing #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> platforms (Mastodon, GNUsocial, Friendica, Hubzilla, PeerTube) and Diaspora for "having no users" and being small communities, like islands, but then gushing over no-name blockchain-based and token-issuing socnets whose userbases are probably multiple orders of magnitude smaller.2021-03-12T05:50:51+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @storm I'm not even sure this will be bad for Twitter. One of their primary issues is that their size and centralized nature pushes them toward any possible revenue source. If pay to view tweets becomes a thing, some users may leave, but a few will pay. That could benefit both the #Fediverse and Twitter.
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 27-Feb-2021 19:33:32 UTC@<a href="https://social.wolfe.casa/user/1" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Billy">storm</a> I'm not even sure this will be bad for Twitter. One of their primary issues is that their size and centralized nature pushes them toward any possible revenue source. If pay to view tweets becomes a thing, some users may leave, but a few will pay.<br /><br /> That could benefit both the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> and Twitter.2021-02-27T19:33:32+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: https://sporks.space/2021/02/02/mastodon-really-is-crumbling-and-it-will-only-get-worse/ What an awful perspective! If the #Fediverse is an unpleasant place, it is because there are unpleasant people (or ordinary people acting in unpleasant ways) in it. I do agree that misusing the ‘title’ field as ‘content warning’ is insufficient. For one thing, even assuming the person captions the post appropriately, now your mind is already exposed to whatever bad content they’re posting. It would be _much_ better to teach people to hashtag all their posts appropriately, so that people who do not wish to see said content can filter it out and people who specifically want to see said content can subscribe to that tag. Mastodon got that part very wrong. But the writer’s instance is sometimes part of the problem ... a source of instigation and harassment. Or more correctly, that instance has sometimes been those things. I’ve been fortunate not to see them in my timeline for over a year.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 05-Feb-2021 00:35:36 UTC<a href="https://sporks.space/2021/02/02/mastodon-really-is-crumbling-and-it-will-only-get-worse/" title="https://sporks.space/2021/02/02/mastodon-really-is-crumbling-and-it-will-only-get-worse/" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://sporks.space/2021/02/02/mastodon-really-is-crumbling-and-it-will-only-get-worse/</a> <br /><br /> What an awful perspective! If the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> is an unpleasant place, it is because there are unpleasant people (or ordinary people acting in unpleasant ways) in it.<br /><br /> I do agree that misusing the ‘title’ field as ‘content warning’ is insufficient. For one thing, even assuming the person captions the post appropriately, now your mind is already exposed to whatever bad content they’re posting. It would be _much_ better to teach people to hashtag all their posts appropriately, so that people who do not wish to see said content can filter it out and people who specifically want to see said content can subscribe to that tag. Mastodon got that part very wrong.<br /><br /> But the writer’s instance is sometimes part of the problem ... a source of instigation and harassment. Or more correctly, that instance has sometimes been those things. I’ve been fortunate not to see them in my timeline for over a year.2021-02-05T00:35:36+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @musicman My understanding is that some came to the #ActivityPub side of the #Fediverse, but most went to #Gab, #Minds, and similarly #corpocentric platforms.
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lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 29-Jan-2021 20:43:41 UTC@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/12" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Douglas A. Whitfield">musicman</a> My understanding is that some came to the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/activitypub" rel="tag">ActivityPub</a></span> side of the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span>, but most went to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gab" rel="tag">Gab</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/minds" rel="tag">Minds</a></span>, and similarly #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/corpocentric" rel="tag">corpocentric</a></span> platforms.2021-01-29T20:43:41+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: "The post"{https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@Elizafox/105562613778968936} seemed to be a lot of fear-mongering, even more than the article itself. (1) #Twitter has millions of users. There is no #ActivityPub nor #OStatus implementation in which an instance hosted on a $5/mo #DigitalOcean / #Linode / #Vultr #VPS could handle the volume of a seamless connection with #Twitter. If they adopted AP OStatus, #Diaspora, or any other current open federation protocol, instances that didn't use firewall blocking would topple once the two userbases had sufficient interconnections (within a few hours or a few days after they started federating). (2) Twitter's business model is to push ads disguised as tweets. If their users could escape those and still interact with all the same contacts, they would. I'm certain that Twitter's management know this. They also turn all links into tracking links, and sell access to media (images, video, audio) uploads of important news events to news organizations. (3) Most Fediverse instances are financed out of the admin's pocket. Some have financial contributors, but nothing like Twitter's revenue. As the largest and best-financed instance, they would immediately have to start implementing modifications to make AP or other existing federation protocols useful to them, and those modifications would (as Mastodon's currently do) become unofficially mandatory in order to be compatible. (4) This isn't the first time that Twitter has considered federation, though this may be the first time they openly discussed it. Back when Identica was still a happening place (during Twitter's fail-whale days), Twitter considered federating. They didn't do it then, and I honestly do not believe they will do it now. (5) I'd say that Twitter's #BlueSky initiative is more meant to try to get bidirectional connections across #Facebook's moat and wall than it is to surround Twitter with a cloud of #Fediverse instances.
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lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 16-Jan-2021 18:28:49 UTC"The post"{<a href="https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@Elizafox/105562613778968936" title="https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@Elizafox/105562613778968936" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://mst3k.interlinked.me/@Elizafox/105562613778968936</a>} seemed to be a lot of fear-mongering, even more than the article itself.<br /><br /> (1) #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></span> has millions of users. There is no #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/activitypub" rel="tag">ActivityPub</a></span> nor #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/ostatus" rel="tag">OStatus</a></span> implementation in which an instance hosted on a $5/mo #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/digitalocean" rel="tag">DigitalOcean</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/linode" rel="tag">Linode</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vultr" rel="tag">Vultr</a></span> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/vps" rel="tag">VPS</a></span> could handle the volume of a seamless connection with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/twitter" rel="tag">Twitter.</a></span> If they adopted AP OStatus, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/diaspora" rel="tag">Diaspora</a></span>, or any other current open federation protocol, instances that didn't use firewall blocking would topple once the two userbases had sufficient interconnections (within a few hours or a few days after they started federating).<br /><br /> (2) Twitter's business model is to push ads disguised as tweets. If their users could escape those and still interact with all the same contacts, they would. I'm certain that Twitter's management know this. They also turn all links into tracking links, and sell access to media (images, video, audio) uploads of important news events to news organizations.<br /><br /> (3) Most Fediverse instances are financed out of the admin's pocket. Some have financial contributors, but nothing like Twitter's revenue. As the largest and best-financed instance, they would immediately have to start implementing modifications to make AP or other existing federation protocols useful to them, and those modifications would (as Mastodon's currently do) become unofficially mandatory in order to be compatible.<br /><br /> (4) This isn't the first time that Twitter has considered federation, though this may be the first time they openly discussed it. Back when Identica was still a happening place (during Twitter's fail-whale days), Twitter considered federating. They didn't do it then, and I honestly do not believe they will do it now.<br /><br /> (5) I'd say that Twitter's #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bluesky" rel="tag">BlueSky</a></span> initiative is more meant to try to get bidirectional connections across #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/facebook" rel="tag">Facebook</a></span>'s moat and wall than it is to surround Twitter with a cloud of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> instances.2021-01-16T18:28:49+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: @sullybiker You see, you're taking a longer term view. Most people I see posting online are only thinking "this will make it harder for people I don't like to post online or to organize their events", while I'm looking more at #$CORPORATIONS can coordinate their activities in opposition to a smaller entity like a #Fediverse site". It's distressing, because people aren't seeing the precedents that they're allowing to be set. I don't know anything at all about #Parler, except that it is supposed to be a site for right-wing folks. But what happens when the political climate changes and suddenly #MastoSoc is being kicked off of every possible service (along with the cloud of instances who hold their same views as mastodon.social and its userbase)?
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 11-Jan-2021 18:22:08 UTC@<a href="https://sully.site/users/sullybiker" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">sullybiker</a> You see, you're taking a longer term view. Most people I see posting online are only thinking "this will make it harder for people I don't like to post online or to organize their events", while I'm looking more at #$CORPORATIONS can coordinate their activities in opposition to a smaller entity like a #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> site".<br /><br /> It's distressing, because people aren't seeing the precedents that they're allowing to be set.<br /><br /> I don't know anything at all about #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/parler" rel="tag">Parler</a></span>, except that it is supposed to be a site for right-wing folks. But what happens when the political climate changes and suddenly #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mastosoc" rel="tag">MastoSoc</a></span> is being kicked off of every possible service (along with the cloud of instances who hold their same views as mastodon.social and its userbase)?2021-01-11T18:22:08+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: On this episode of the "TROM" podcast, @gargron (one of the Mastodon developers and founder / leader of the project), @heluecht (one of the #Friendica developers) and some others were guests, talking about the #Fediverse. https://www.tromsite.com/videos/#fvp_277,0s Caution: this episode is over three hours long, so I have not listened (and will likely only listen to a fraction of it). I wish @tio had also brought someone from #GNU_Social and someone from #Pleroma (and maybe @mike@loadaverage.org @mike@z.macgirvin.com to represent #Hubzilla and #Zap (and #Mistpark, #Redmatrix), and @dansup developer and project founder / leader of #PixelFed, and perhaps someone from #PeerTube, #Misskey, and so on). The other thing I wish had been done is to slice this far-too-long episode into four pieces, each an hour or less in length. Sorry, Michael, I don't know whether you're officially the project leader, so I left that unsaid.
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lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 02-Nov-2020 05:02:37 UTCOn this episode of the "TROM" podcast, @<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/Gargron" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">gargron</a> (one of the Mastodon developers and founder / leader of the project), @<a href="https://pirati.ca/profile/heluecht" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">heluecht</a> (one of the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/friendica" rel="tag">Friendica</a></span> developers) and some others were guests, talking about the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse.</a></span> <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/videos/#fvp_277,0s" title="https://www.tromsite.com/videos/#fvp_277,0s" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://www.tromsite.com/videos/#fvp_277,0s</a> <br /><br /> Caution: this episode is over three hours long, so I have not listened (and will likely only listen to a fraction of it).<br /><br /> I wish @<a href="https://venera.social/profile/tio" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">tio</a> had also brought someone from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnusocial" rel="tag">GNU_Social</a></span> and someone from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pleroma" rel="tag">Pleroma</a></span> (and maybe @mike@loadaverage.org @mike@z.macgirvin.com to represent #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/hubzilla" rel="tag">Hubzilla</a></span> and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/zap" rel="tag">Zap</a></span> (and #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mistpark" rel="tag">Mistpark</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/redmatrix" rel="tag">Redmatrix</a></span>), and @<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/dansup" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">dansup</a> developer and project founder / leader of #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/pixelfed" rel="tag">PixelFed</a></span>, and perhaps someone from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/peertube" rel="tag">PeerTube</a></span>, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/misskey" rel="tag">Misskey</a></span>, and so on). The other thing I wish had been done is to slice this far-too-long episode into four pieces, each an hour or less in length. <br /><br /> Sorry, Michael, I don't know whether you're officially the project leader, so I left that unsaid.2020-11-02T05:02:37+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1: I forgot #Evan's birthday, 1968-10-14. Fifty-two this year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou Started this whole #Fediverse thing.
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lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-2020 15:58:33 UTCI forgot #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/evan" rel="tag">Evan</a></span>'s birthday, 1968-10-14. Fifty-two this year. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou" title="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou" rel="nofollow" class="attachment">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou</a><br /><br /> Started this whole #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/fediverse" rel="tag">Fediverse</a></span> thing.2020-10-29T15:58:33+00:00LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}