for the unconference at #theMeetup in Italy I wrote on a note card: "ACAB Protocol (funding?)"
It was a pun to talk about the Matrix situation and now I keep thinking about what an ACAB Protocol would look like. How do you design a system that those in positions of power want to avoid at all costs?
@mariusor amusing that people think I am waging a battle. I do not care about the open source ethos if that ethos doesn't first prioritizes the humanity underpinning said code. also hello from across the neighborhood.
@mariusor I don't think what is in my head needs to be incompatible with the GPL or the open source ethos at all if this is what you are concerned by. The issue I have is not with peoples ability to use code. I personally don't care who is USING said code. What I am concerned with is how the people making the decisions about protocols and standards are getting their funding. This is really on a different level then the code license issues though yes it is tangentially related.
@stefan I was just yesterday in a long thread about different approches to translating and traslitterating 'the fediverse' into Arabic with these fine folks: @ahmad, @sorrowbird, @ButterflyOfFire, and @dragnucs
I am tagging them here to see if any of them want to help make the translation of this site into Arabic make more sense.
@matt I was invited to a party last night and was tempted to go and was like what time does it start and they responded 3am and I was like uhhhh I am gonna be sleeping! I don't have a plan! though I guess I should start formulating one!
Catching up on the Louis Rossman + GrapheneOS debacle right now after seeing folks on the tl discussing it. Yikes in many directions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0
Came across this bizarre comment (screenshot included) in the video that made me laugh.
@dansup@pixelfed I appreciate that you tagged me Daniel, but I have to say I am quite disappointed that the feedback that me and many others in that last thread doesn't seem to be taken into consideration here. 99% of people coming across the screen you just shared will choose the black button instantly without reading any of that text, and even if they did read the it, it doesn't explain how important which home server you chose is and how you have to trust the moderation of the admin.
@dansup@pixelfed This looks vary nice @matt, much better then what is currently being done, the only worry I have here if the second dropdown is preselected without an explanation of what it means then why would someone unfamiliar with the nature of how instances work change to another instance?
@matt@dansup@pixelfed I think if it was randomized that would solve most of my concerns. Actually as opposed to randomized what it it was like slowly scrolling through options until you clicked on it, either linearly like a stock ticker or like it was a rolodex. And then when you clicked on it, it would either stopped right then or showed a drop down or search field.
@matt hmm the screen reader situation is definitely a good one to consider, though tbf I think what you have in the third screenshot would already not really work well for a screen reader, as it would just read a never ending list of thousands of servers you could scroll through. I think asking people who use screen readers on a daily basis for ideas for this case would be the best bet to get ideas that neither of us are going to even think of.
@matt@dansup@pixelfed because of the in-familiarity of people joining with the idea that a username is locked to a server (with email the only thing most people have used with this type of pattern) this interface still does not show the weight of this decision. Also most other things that people are familiar with (like instagram) allow changing of the actual username later, and thus would be under the assumption that this could always be changed later without loosing all their content.
@matt@dansup@pixelfed Even for Mastodon migrating accounts means you loose all your history and the fact that one doesn't now that until its basically too late is a really big issue. I personally think growth of the network should not take priority over health of the network and the idea of funneling people into servers without their understanding of what that means is very unhealthy for the fediverse.
@matt (totally appreciate having this conversation btw, don't want it to seem like I am trying to argue or disagree)
I personally think this education can really only happen before people sign up. Especially for Pixelfed since it is not so much a place for discussions as it is for showcasing photos.
@matt Just out of curiosity I went to TikTok to see what their signup flow looks like and was greeted with this screen which is just unimaginably bad. So I think in this case basically anything we do is a better (:
@evan oh damn I missed this poll! this question is interesting cause there is some leeway depending on definitions. I have 2 'open' piercings and 3 'closed' piercings. So I either have 2 or 5 depending on the definition of 'have'
A #Japanese friend brought these Nattos (2nd pic) from #Japan and TIL what we in #Nagaland, #Manipur, and #Mizoram call ‘Fermented beans’ (PIC 1) is what the Japanese call Natto (PIC 2).
The first approach to "warehouses", channels, rooms. Personally, I don't like the solutions seen on #reddit, but people seem to like them. And yet, the user interface is for people, not for themselves. At least to a large extent.
While reddit's layout isn't fully polished (many subreddit-related modules and pages still use the old layout), I decided to use a drop-down menu that I don't like and redesign it a bit.
"Green washing" = making your project seem eco friendly
"Rainbow washing" = making your project seem queer friendly
"FLOSS washing" = making your project seem open source
is there a master list of these type of generalizations? @wikipedia help me out here!
It exists! European Sleeper inaugural departure. 3x a week, Berlin - Amsterdam - Brussels night train. It’s pretty retro, but it’s a heroic effort to even get this to run
