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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, humanยน followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
ยน and furry
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Acid Plushy
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in reply to Acid Plushy • • •Fissile
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •This might be relevant for kinkycats too.
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in reply to Fissile • • •@fissile I blocked them on @AltAfterDark too.
@bastetandptah
nicole mikoลajczyk
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Opt-in rather than opt-out ยท Issue #37 ยท social-web-foundation/tags.pub
loma-one (GitHub)๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to nicole mikoลajczyk • • •Overgoddess
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •we have noted this too; we're discussing with our current Speakeasers to see what they'd like to do about it. @tiefling noticed her posts being spam boosted (Spamoosted) last night.
We are really not surprised, looking at some of their partners. Meta, Flipboard, Automattic... hn.
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in reply to Overgoddess • • •@Overgoddess I also just discovered that they don't honor the opt-outs.
@tiefling
Overgoddess
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •yesh one of our more techie ppl said that too, they are sort of just pretending to honor. It's Sat night, but once ppl have a chance to discuss it we will act on whatev they decide.
We might need an explicit bot rule tho "don't be a creep" prob applies.
@tiefling
Princess Nettles Succubish
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to Princess Nettles Succubish • • •@tiefling I had to bite my tongue so hard not to say worse ๐
@Overgoddess
lizzzzard
in reply to Overgoddess • • •@Overgoddess
Spamoosed. Love it.
Image prompt: a moose carrying a post sack between his antlers. Letters pouring out where the antlers have pierced the sack. The supply of letters seems to be unlimited.
@alice @tiefling
The Orange Theme
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Baloo Uriza
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in reply to Baloo Uriza • • •@BalooUriza and like, I'm fine with trending bots (somewhat) if they're the kind that asks to follow popular accounts or instances, then boosts the trending posts. At least I can decline those as followers, or let respectful ones follow me.
These "services" that hoover up everything with a tag or anything in the public timeline are often invisible until one of them (or a follower of mine) tips me off to their existence.
Baloo Uriza
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Tulsa Social
in reply to Baloo Uriza • • •ohir
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •> I'm fine with trending bots
I left a comment in the repo. Is below list OK with you?
[github comment]
Opt-in means that BOTH sides to the communication AGREED to interact with your bot. Both being informed parties.
1. the OP must have a means to tell the bot 'hey, I allow you to boost it to your foillowers'. It can be made eg. by an universal "#botboostok" tag
2. each recipient of must have FOLLOWed your bot, being informed they are about to follow a bot
3. Bot MAY NOT impersonate the OP โ the boost must have come from the bot's id.
This way it can be a service, otherwise you'll just get defederated.
@BalooUriza
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in reply to ohir • • •@ohir that seems reasonable.
@BalooUriza
Evan Prodromou
in reply to Baloo Uriza • • •Robert George ๐ณ๐๐น๐๐ฅ๐๐
in reply to Baloo Uriza • • •@alice
gloriouscow
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Bionicle Bunny
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •yeah im really tired of all my MA posts that include potentially identifiable information breaching containment of the "fedi bubble" I choose to participate in.
I have been directly involved in the fight for queer rights in canada for over 10 years, and have had to (many times) move and change industries because of coordinated violence campaigns. opsec is something I need to practice as a person for the safety of my family and friends, and this shit is not good opsec (also I recognize that im already breaching opsec containment a little bit by operating mutual aid but like fuck that shit girls gotta eat)
R.L. Dane ๐ต
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in reply to R.L. Dane ๐ต • • •Patrick Hadfield
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Kit Bashir
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to Kit Bashir • • •@Unixbigot an issue to be sure, but I don't think opt-out bot swarms are the answer.
@kirtai
Kit Bashir
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •xyhhx
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •can't you use like remote instances as relays? or is that only with some software? if any?
@Unixbigot @kirtai
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in reply to xyhhx • • •@xyhhx dunno, but apparently relays can use other relays. I'm just a pretty (obscured) face here; I leave the tech stuff to the other admins.
@Unixbigot @kirtai
xyhhx
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •xyhhx
in reply to xyhhx • • •i should've just logged into my treehouse alt....
@Unixbigot @kirtai
social.treehouse.systems/@ariaโฆ
Ariadne Conill ๐ฐ:therian: (@ariadne@treehouse.systems)
Ariadne Conill ๐ฐ:therian: (Treehouse Mastodon)George B
in reply to Kit Bashir • • •@Unixbigot @kirtai
Something that was already fixed quite nicely by fedigroups (and formerly by a.gup.pe before that was killed)
Kit Bashir
in reply to George B • • •George B
in reply to Kit Bashir • • •@Unixbigot @kirtai
Team "minimal surprises" which happens to be the same team for this
Jason Parker (he/they)
in reply to Kit Bashir • • •@Unixbigot @kirtai The problem this is trying to solve is also already solved - in a much better way. You can add relays from relay.fedi.buzz with individual tags (and I think maybe other things?) and they'll just show up like regular posts, which you can interact with.
There are definitely still concerns, but...
Example: relay.fedi.buzz/tag/monsterdon
monsterdon
relay.fedi.buzzTeoh Han Hui
in reply to Kit Bashir • • •Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Kit Bashir • •Quixoticgeek
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Rachel โ๏ธ๐โจ๐๏ธ
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Jay Grant ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Martin Owens
in reply to Jay Grant ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ • • •Perhaps just watch his dns registrations and block the list automatically? ๐
Jay Grant ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
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in reply to Jadus • • •Feed Your Robot (value = 71+3)
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BedastGPT
in reply to Lizzie Rose ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ฅ • • •@lizzierose At some point I blocked them in the past. It's interesting to see this fire up because I recall running into their website and I was like "wait, they think they're some magnanimous fediverse org providing service?"
I did block that one account that seemed to represent themself in some way as an operator of the "service" today.
BewilderedKat
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •I should re-enable boost notifications again. I would have caught it earlier today ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
I don't understand what problem this is trying to solve exactly, since we have hashtags and they can be followed by people that are interested in them ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
#PSA #FediAdmins
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Fennix
in reply to BewilderedKat • • •Seems to be attempting to solve the "problem" of not enough corporate spying on the fediverse.
Agnieszka R. Turczyลska
in reply to BewilderedKat • • •@h3mmy Because of how ActivityPub works, the post reaches the instance only(*) if someone from the instance is following the author already, or if someone already followed has boosted the post. If there's a single user instance, and the user doesn't follow Alice, following tags doesn't make any difference. The information "I follow the tag" is local to the instance.
But if the owner of this instance creates an account for their friend, and the friend follows Alice, Alice's posts will reach the instance. And those tagged will reach the timeline of the owner.
The tags.pub is a workaround for this problem. A person on a single user instance can follow the account at at tags.pub, and they will see everything boosted by the service.
Which is a double edged sword. Certainly, it's good for such single user instances, and general public tags. But because of how boosts in AP work, it creates a systemic item of making the original post reaching the unintended audience (defederated instance). Which is barely (if even) acceptable for general public tags, and a problem for the niche, "personal" tags.
(*) Not sure if really, there might be be some other conditions when it could happen, but for now it is a good approximation. If you are interested in all the technical details, someone more knowledgeable in AP needs to chip in.
Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • •like this
๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ), ShadSterling and foundseed like this.
Mark
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •How to (as a user, not a host)
Thatโs my biggest hurdle
๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to Mark • • •Yamainu ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
in reply to Mark • • •Chloe
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to Chloe • • •Ryan
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to Ryan • • •@fullywoolly nope, you can search up any account on those domains, then click the menu and instead of "block account@domain" choose "block domain", then confirm.
Just be careful, as it will sever any connections like follows/followers on that domain (which I don't think is a problem here ๐).
Ryan
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in reply to Ryan • • •xyhhx
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to xyhhx • • •Erik Ableson
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •kkarhan
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •I should propably make an activitypub.bots.domain.block.list.tsv analogous to github.com/greyhat-academy/lisโฆ just to remove said clutter...
There are some other bot domains like newsmast.social, which I consider a net negative like brid.gy
lists.d/activitypub.bots.block.list.tsv at main ยท greyhat-academy/lists.d
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in reply to kkarhan • • •kkarhan
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Yeah, even tho I keep it rather short to avoid overblocking as I want to honestly do better than TheBadSpaceโฆ
- And that means rather being careful and concious of one's responsibility.
mstdn.social/@kkarhan/11105700โฆ
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@mstdn.social)
Kevin Karhan :verified: (Mastodon ๐)kkarhan
in reply to kkarhan • • •That being said, I'm angry that #Mastodon #developers dismissed the valid need to support blocklist feeds as it makes administrating and updating these a nightmare requiring everyone to basically setup their own #git and #DIY a "replace" with the #API.
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/iโฆ
I've yet to find some #ActivityPub Server Software (or even Middleware similar to #FediSuite) that can do that - even for individual accountsโฆ
Blocklist Feed Support ยท Issue #28605 ยท mastodon/mastodon
kkarhan (GitHub)๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to kkarhan • • •kkarhan
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •yeah, that is my gripe with those.
#Mastodon only does offer "replace" or "merge" and unlike anything else that I know of doesn't support blocklist feeds so people can choose to either have their own and/or trust others of their choosing.
kkarhan
in reply to kkarhan • • •given that you have a track record of due diligence, I'd even add you to the team with permission to add entries.
- Tho feel feee to eMail/DM me some wjenever you find them.
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in reply to kkarhan • • •@kkarhan thanks ๐ฅฐ
I'll try to remember to send some your way when I catch them.
Also, I'd be interested in contributing, but I have a lit going on right now. HMU next time you think about it and maybe we can get something working.
kkarhan
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •shure. Take your time.
I merely update that project whenever I get time, but I think it's always good to have more eyes on things...
Besides, I don't claim to be perfect and I sincerely want to improve...
mxk
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •This works good enough on big insurances, but following hashtags is near useless on single user instances.
Yes, the notifications might be annoying, but I see a good reason for this service to exist.
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in reply to mxk • • •Cassandrich
in reply to mxk • • •mxk
in reply to Cassandrich • • •@dalias that's a very subjective statement.
Yes, I do agree the limited visibility helps mastodon to limit some of the issues of social media.
But I don't think most people do expect hashtags to mirror their current bubble and not allow breaking out of your instances bubble.
If a big event happens, I certainly would want to be able to find hashtagged posts, no matter where in the fediverse they were posted and I also wouldn't mind being able to see all mosstodon and mountainmonday posts throughout the fediverse on a regular basis.
The current system of how hashtags work certainly isn't the work or intent.
It works that way, since this was easy to implement within the given infrastructure.
And yes, I realize that if mastodon would implement hashtag push and allow for a more unified view, given the current climate on the platform it probably would end up being opt in, just like search and quotes, severely limiting its usefulness.
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in reply to mxk • • •consent is more important than "usefulness".
@dalias@hachyderm.io
merzbow and chill
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Dustin D. Wind
in reply to mxk • • •kauer
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •There is a tendency for bot writers to see their bots as having all the rights and privileges (ethically) as a person. They don't.
Also, if doing what a bot does would be creepy or unacceptable if a human user did it, then what the bot is doing is creepy and unacceptable.
There's also a question of scale and frequency. If a human sat glued to Mastodon 24/7, instaboosting everything I did but otherwise never interacting or engaging, I would regard that as weird and want them to stop.
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Perrin42
in reply to kauer • • •@kauer
"There's also a question of scale and frequency. If a human sat glued to Mastodon 24/7, instaboosting everything I did but otherwise never interacting or engaging, I would regard that as weird and want them to stop."
Umm... Sorry? ๐
Rhys
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Wendy
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Jonathan Lamothe
in reply to Wendy • •@Wendy @๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) Just to play devil's advocate: sometimes tags don't federate everywhere. Creating a central account everyone can follow increases the reach.
--- Devil's advocate mode ends here ---
This does not justify doing this without consent.
like this
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Wendy
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Sรฉbastien Dupire
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •he has some problems to understand consent ๐ซค and opt in concept.
Github issue: github.com/social-web-foundatiโฆ
I invite people to comment on this issue and report bot to admins.
UPDATE: behavior seems to be changed cosocial.ca/@evan/116827187311โฆ ๐
Opt-in rather than opt-out ยท Issue #37 ยท social-web-foundation/tags.pub
loma-one (GitHub)Evan Prodromou
2026-06-28 10:10:07
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Sรฉbastien Dupire
in reply to Sรฉbastien Dupire • • •Hecco the Dolphin
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Matthew Malthouse
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •OFFS!
So this is a new hell we're all being dragged into.
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Sammi
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in reply to Sammi • • •Sammi
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Wolkensteine ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Aaron ๐
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •fluffy ๐
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ)
in reply to fluffy ๐ • • •Alex Hyett
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Two? foxes in a trench coat
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Don Hawkins - W7DAH
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Sensitive content
Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin ๐ฆ
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Forwarding a request to @MzAprilDaniels on this one, feels like it's probably worth defedding this pointless, nonconsensual waste of resources.
They pinged me a few times already on some posts, I was just like, "Oh yay, another bot farm clogging up my notifications."
Leeloo
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •We already have boost bots that people are happy with. They don't boost hashtags, they boost based on the bots userid being included.
Which makes them opt in. ๐๐
Sometimes they call themselves "groups" but they are really just boost bots.
Andreas Albrecht
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •Paco Hope
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •โ L. Rhodes
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •"We've also started the process of defining an interface to Mastodon so that following a hashtag on Mastodon taps into tags.pubโฆ"
If you're concerned about how this service operates, you may want to weigh in here: github.com/mastodon/fediverse_โฆ
(I will say that Prodromou was heavily involved in developing the fediverse from before that was even a word, so his voice can be pretty influential. Approach with caution.)
Global hashtag subscription server interface ยท Issue #60 ยท mastodon/fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications
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in reply to โ L. Rhodes • • •@lrhodes yeah, fighting on main with A Fedi-founder was stressful to say the least, but it seems like he got ratioed hard for how he handled everything.
I do hope he learns more about consent, but also that this doesn't negatively affect his mental health.
โ L. Rhodes
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in reply to โ L. Rhodes • • •Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •@lrhodes I remember GNUsocial - was even told about it in about 2010/2011
A lot of it seemed to be "absolute free speech" which mostly consisted of anarchists and rightwing edgelords bitterly arguing at each other in English, German and Swedish all at the same time and it was quite frankly a hostile environment (even though I can understand German quite well) and no better than anything else available at the time, compared to modern Fedi the LGBT+ folk and furries built over the years (and wrestled away large parts of control from centrist techbros)
I know which kind of network I prefer...
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in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •One of the weird things in the posts of his that I've seen as I've watched this unfold is how he's brought up how the SWF is there to "make the Fediverse better for everyone." ... So a non-profit with a board of three people, one of whom is currently struggling with ideas of informed consent, is... here to make the Fediverse better? How do they determine that? What does 'better' mean, especially if this ~service~ is to "improve" the Fediverse (but people are pointing out how easy it is to weaponise in very obvious ways)?
It's really discomforting.
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in reply to nerd teacher ๐ฆ • • •Sue Briccay
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That alone tells you all you need to know about them.
@whatanerd @alice
Phil
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in reply to Phil • • •@philcowans eww...
@essjayjay @aburka @whatanerd
Scott Francis
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in reply to โ L. Rhodes • • •ouch, this is really bad:
github.com/mastodon/fediverse_โฆ
This reads to me as: Mastodon seems to be drafting an interface by which they will share Fediverse posts from other instances with external services.
This is something that needs to be fought so they make it opt-in.
fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications/discovery/data_sharing/v0.1/data_sharing.md at main ยท mastodon/fediverse_auxiliary_service_provider_specifications
GitHuba very weeny construct ๐
in reply to ๐ ฐ๐ ป๐ ธ๐ ฒ๐ ด (๐๐ฆ) • • •a moderately low effort way for mastodon web client users to domain-block a bunch of domains (as a user) without having to search for a user on each one:
create a plain text file
blocks.csvcontaining one domain per line, and "import" it as a "domain blocking list" "merge."example file:
menu -> more -> import and export
choose "domain blocking list", "merge", select the file you made, and click "upload."
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