Hiper-capitalists like Andreessen Horowitz, who had been pushing cryptocurrencies for a long while and still seems to be doing so, have vested interests in generating the AI-hype.
I have not seen anything, like zero, on fedi admins being "paid off" by Meta. There was an NDA'd meeting, apparently, yes, but I have not seen a single thing about admins being paid off. Let's not invent stuff, shall we?
Regarding Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, this post goes into detail on the why and the philosophy behind that decision. Additionally, there is an update specific to sh.itjust.works here....
Chat Control i podobne próby odarcia nas z prawa do prywatnej komunikacji są opakowywane w narrację o „ukrywaniu się w ciemnościach” (ang. „going dark”) w odniesieniu do faktu, że coraz więcej naszej cyfrowej korespondencji odbywa się szyfrowanymi kanałami, do których służby nie mają już tak łatwego...
Steve Huffman, dyrektor generalny serwisu Reddit, w wywiadzie powiedział NBC News, że mający miejsce na serwisie protest użytkowników jest prowadzony przez mniejszość moderatorów i nie ma szerokiego poparcia....
"Osiadłą szlachtę"? Znaczy tych wszystkich moderatorów i te wszystkie moderatorki zapierdalające za darmo po nocach by społeczności redditowe miały się dobrze? Tę "osiadłą szlachtę"?
Same! But the beauty of it is that this effectively creates a competitive advantage for Fairphone. Fairphone is already compliant, while all other smartphone companies will have to develop this from ~scratch.
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."
This is closer to a shower thought, given I don't really know much about how ActivityPub works. Has anyone, or is it even possible to, made an instance designed to work as say a FUSE file system?...
These are just two different software projects that a Threadiverse instance can use. They federate with one another, so it doesn't matter all that much if you have an account on a Kbin instance, or a Lemmy instance. The differences are in the interface, some functionality, and the tech stack used (Lemmy is written in Rust; Kbin in PHP).
There are 100+ instances of Lemmy, and ~10 instances of Kbin. Kbin is a much younger project (hence it might get missed), and it's main instance, kbin.social seems to be experiencing more issues with the wave of new registrations. If you want to try Kbin, https://fedia.io/ might be a good instance to check out.
I did not say "lemmy = tankie", I said Lemmy has certain tankie baggage, and that is in fact true. The developers are pretty clearly tankies, they also run a strictly tankie instance (Lemmygrad; many Lemmy instances do not federate with it).
Pretending this is not the case is not going to help in the long run. It might slow down the "unreddit" movement now, but I'd wager a bet it will make it more long-term viable and resilient, if people understand that choice of instance is important (there are quite a few great Lemmy instances that I would recommend wholeheartidly, like BeeHaw), and that there are alternative, independent implementations on Threadiverse (like Kbin).
I do indeed use a Lemmy instance that is not aligned with tankie politics. That being said, I am also acutely aware that technology is political and developers of a given piece of software make decisions based on their personal politics, sometimes even without knowing it. So it is important, I feel, to be aware of that.
Try magazines from https://fedia.io, which is also a Kbin instance. The "main" Kbin instance, kbin.social, currently does not federate due to the load.
Why AI Will Save the World | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1353899...
🖤 ANTI-META FEDI PACT 🖤 (fedipact.online)
Rumor that some Fediverse devs and admins had secret discussions with Facebook (mstdn.social)
it's an extraordinary claim, but i don't disbelieve it. has anyone else heard anything about this?
Federation, Defederation, and You - FAQ and Megathread
Regarding Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, this post goes into detail on the why and the philosophy behind that decision. Additionally, there is an update specific to sh.itjust.works here....
Dekadę po Snowdenie wciąż musimy bronić naszego prawa do prywatnej komunikacji (oko.press) Polish
Chat Control i podobne próby odarcia nas z prawa do prywatnej komunikacji są opakowywane w narrację o „ukrywaniu się w ciemnościach” (ang. „going dark”) w odniesieniu do faktu, że coraz więcej naszej cyfrowej korespondencji odbywa się szyfrowanymi kanałami, do których służby nie mają już tak łatwego...
Dyrektor generalny Reddita potępia liderów protestu, mówiąc, że zmieni zasady, które faworyzują "osiadłą szlachtę" (www.nbcnews.com) Polish
Steve Huffman, dyrektor generalny serwisu Reddit, w wywiadzie powiedział NBC News, że mający miejsce na serwisie protest użytkowników jest prowadzony przez mniejszość moderatorów i nie ma szerokiego poparcia....
European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com)
Lemmy and Kbin shoutout from Techdirt: Reddit Blackout Crashes The Site As Reddit Users Realize They’re In The Power Position (www.techdirt.com)
From the article:...
Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."
Generative AI is disrupting its own investment case (ghostarchive.org)
Snippet from the article:...
fediverse as a file system?
This is closer to a shower thought, given I don't really know much about how ActivityPub works. Has anyone, or is it even possible to, made an instance designed to work as say a FUSE file system?...
Report: Microsoft launched Bing chatbot despite OpenAI warning it wasn’t ready (arstechnica.com)
"The Commission's preliminary view is therefore that only the mandatory divestment by Google of part of its services would address its competition concerns." (ec.europa.eu)
Reddit Wave and the Threadiverse (szmer.info)
cross-posted from: https://szmer.info/post/349217...
Reddit Wave and the Threadiverse
As much as there is plenty of new people joining the threadiverse, the real wave starts today, with thousands of subreddits going dark....
KBin has taken over Lemmy in monthly active users count (szmer.info)
Looks like KBin has an edge over Lemmy now in terms of monthly active users....