If this lands on your feed, tell me about different features that are just missing in Matrix.
It can be anything, but please don't include memes like "unable to decrypt message" or other things that are already in the works, or maybe has already been merged (e.g media captions)
Some examples include better forwarded messages, rich profiles, or a live location sharing, just to name a few.
(I am writing something about this, boosts appreciated!)
reminder that "AI Art" is not art but just a statistical model regurgitating stolen content to you whilst drawing the approximate power and water of a small city
#AIArt#AI (so that all of YOU out there see this too. Yes I am mad.)
Apparently, my school has raised an issue regarding my attendance at school (which I have tried to keep up as much as my mental health allows it), which will require me to prove using a medical certificate that I had some medical reason to not attend school those days.
Not having a Therapist which could give me such a medical certificate, they will probably fine me up to 1000€ (from what my limited research seems to suggest).
If I am lucky, I can get them to agree on a medical certificate from a normal doctor for the past ~2 weeks, but usually the fine is capped at ~1000€ and is increased with each day that you couldn't attend (which are a lot)
As such, as much as I hate to ask for this, I'd like to ask you to chip in support as neither I or my immediate family would be able to cover the costs.
This is urgent, because I do not know how much time is between now, and when they demand a fine.
Me having to pay a fine is pretty much guaranteed as I don't have medical certificates to back me up.
Not sure when these were added, but I've noticed in the latest @signalapp beta that these handy but short tips on avoiding scams and alike in your inbox now exist. Good work to whoever had the idea :)
(Apologies if the media is in the wrong order lmao)
For today's example of what Discord is NOT, here is PrismLauncher using Discord as file storage for community-made icon themes that they advertise as Discord-Only on their Wiki.
@PrismLauncher can we make a repository for the icon themes as well?
I'd be willing to get into contact with the authors and alike myself (to get their permission and set it up) if nobody on the team currently wants to make the effort, if you all consider that an option
is there like a reverse of XKCD 1172 where it isn't about a feature being removed and that breaking the workflow, but rather about a feature not existing and that breaking the workflow?
I really need something to point to like that, sometimes.
not sure where (outside of Matrix and Telegram, of which I only have Matrix) server status notifications and info is posted to, so I figured I'd just ask :)
BlueSky has the potential for misinformation worse than even Twitter.
I had to / wanted to pump this out because barely anyone (that isn't on the fediverse lol) is aware of any of these issues at all, despite how serious they are a threat to BlueSky as a platform for news and information.
BlueSky does not verify when something is/was posted at all. You can post at any time in the past down to around the year 10 (yes, 10). It does not verify links or link previews, so you can hyperlink something misleading, or put something into link previews that doesn't match any content (if at all, there doesn't even need to be content)
I hope I don't have to explain that putting arbitrary links, link previews and post times is a DISASTER for everyone except those that seek to spread mis- or disinformation. It allows someone to post wrongful links or previews which look legitimate at times which look legitimate. I would assume that if you seek it out there is already posts and accounts abusing these features to create legitimate looking mis- or disinformation posts aimed at confusing or otherwise tricking people into believing it's real information.
Anyone that cares enough and has a computer of any kind can spread misinfo. That is how easy it is.
Additionally, anyone can register a real looking domain and pair this disinformation with a real looking account that's linked to a real looking domain, like a fake cnn.com domain.
BlueSky does not seem to care about fixing any of this.