@stanford@iceshrimp.social

stanford

@stanford@iceshrimp.social

I like to play with all sorts of networking gear and servers.

Not really good at small talk and starting conversations. So if I'm interested enough to write you a DM, please be nice ​:neocat_blush_hide:​​

Stuff I like:
#Linux #Malta #Networking #BGP #VALVe #HalfLife #Portal #Portal2 #Anime #SAO #Nature

Stuff I don't like:
#Cloudflare #Gov #PineappleOnPizza #TikTok

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Jain, to random
@Jain@blob.cat avatar

Mastodon lost the non-profit status, and they don't know why. Perhaps it could be because they are increasingly behaving more like a company?

stanford,

@Jain @fuchsiii Ist das denn so schlimm wenns nen gemeinnütziges casino gibt?

Ob die menschen nun geld so spenden oder geld für "spaß" ausgeben das dann für ein gemeinnützigen zweck genutzt wird, macht keinen großen unterschied, oder? ​:nko_think:​

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

gender assigned by DHCP

stanford,

@astrid Considering that DHCP is just offering IPs to clients instead of really assining them, it's actually kinda fitting ​:anko_giggle:​

stanford, to random

Microsoft is the reason I use Linux ​:anko_giggle:​

stanford, to random

Pizza for breakfast seems like a good idea ​:neocat_nom_pizza:​

stanford, to random

I wish I could reply to reports ​:neocat_sad:​

jwildeboer, (edited ) to unpopularopinion
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

No service that is part of he should offer completely open registrations.

To me, the can only become a True New Way when it is built on trust. And instances that allow completely unchecked account creation undermine that trust as they enable (or IMHO attract) abuse. See the last spam wave that worked by finding small instances with open registration to create accounts that started spewing spam immediately.

(Extended and clarified my argument)

stanford,

@jwildeboer I see a open registration as a kind of "social accessibility feature".
The fediverse is a home for many especially because of it's open and welcoming nature.

Many of us here are neurodivergent and getting into new communities is especially hard for some of us.
I am not fully sure what your alternative to a open registration would be, but so far there are invites and introductions/approvals, both have their disadvantages in this context.

Invites are hard to get when you just would like dip your toes into a new community. Also, (fully based on personal experience) it often creates a "cool kids" mentality between those who a part of a community and those who don't.

Introductions/approvals have a similar issues. For those for whom social stuff is generally difficult and exhausting it becomes yet another situation in there life where someone is judging them if they are "worthy" to be part of their community. So, many would already give up at the registration page, without even trying.
(Also, they are not really effective against spam. A couple of months ago most of the lemmy/kbin part of the fediverse closed down to approvals because of a massive spam wave. 2 days later the bot was able to submit convincing introductions, probably thanks to a LLM.)

Don't get me wrong here, there are several good reasons for a instance to not have a open registration.
But saying the fediverse as a whole should be closed down feels like gatekeeping to me.

irix, to random
@irix@wetdry.world avatar

there are 2 sides to every coin

stanford,

@irix Not sure if comparing rust with go is really fair.
I mean.. go isn't really a video game ​:neocat_googly:​

stanford, to ipv6

stanford, to random

It should be possible to do crimes

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

I have an idea for a blog post whose core thesis is "one can have too much unix philosophy" but I haven't thought about it too hard

stanford,

@astrid Mh.. ​:nko_think:​

You have a example of too much Unix?

stanford, to random

Good morning fedi ​:neocat_floof:​

stanford, to random

Funny how fedi admins get accused of reading other peoples DMs.
I mean.. as a fedi admin myself I can confirm, I don't even read all of my own messages ​:neocat_laugh_sweat:​

sonny, (edited ) to linux
@sonny@floss.social avatar

We need help from users :linux:

We are trying to reproduce and debug an issue with WebKit GTK

If you have rendering issues, specially with colors or blank page please reply with a screenshot, and we'll reach out for details.

Some example apps that are known to exhibit the issue

• Epiphany / GNOME Web
• Tangram
• Newsflash

Thanks for your help!

~Boost welcome :boost_love: ~

UPDATE: We got what we need - thank you all!

stanford,

@sonny About what kind of render issues do we talk about?

stanford, to random

Trough the whole spam wave I didn't saw a single spam message.

What is wrong with me? Why do they ignore me?
Am I'm that insignificant? ​:neocat_sad:​ /j

xyhhx, to Matrix
@xyhhx@fosstodon.org avatar

you know, i really want to like . i really do. in fact, it's the only group orient IM i use. but it's lack of decent mod tools is pathetic.

communities are being harassed with and and they can't do anything about it. i'm actually ashamed that i recommend it to people.

this isn't new, and they've lost huge communities to it. i'm actually fucking pissed. this should be number one priority, no excuses.

@matrix @matthew @element

do something

stanford,

@matrix @xyhhx @matthew @element Maybe it should be thought about to reduce the dominant role of matrix.org as a matrix instance?

It would spread the moderation work across a broader community, like we do it here in the fediverse too.

volpeon, to random

Oh great, the SAP clone project people changed the requirements again.

stanford,

@volpeon There is a SAP clone?

Noo.. now we have two of them ​:neocat_googly_shocked:​

eris, to random
@eris@akko.disqordia.space avatar

>making a Bluesky bridge is basically the same as rape

Die

stanford,

@lamp @eris What about those that don't know about the existence of the bridge?

Not to mention that I really don't wanna spend every day inform myself about every stupid bot or bridge someone might have spin up since last day just to block it.

stanford,

@eris @lamp Yes and no

I and everyone else have agreed that ther content is distributed across the fediverse within the activitypub specs.

Bluesky, using a completely different protocol was never within the scope of this agreement.

Also, and probably the worst thing, bridges circumvent opt out mechanics. When I want to defederate bluesky I can't just put bluesky in my block list. I may can put the bridge in there, that prevents content flow to bluesky over that specific bridge, but what about all those other bridges? Technically everyone can spin up a new one, just like everyone can spin up a new instance, so actively blocking bluesky is basically a impossible thing as you never can be 100% certainvthat you know all bridges.

Not to mention that is really shouldn't be my responsibility to check for all known bridges just to enforce one single block/defederation policy.

stanford,

@eris @lamp So when I wanna de-federate with bluesky my only option is to go whitelist only.

Sorry but this approach is really stupid and just because people are awful doesn't mean it should be our goal to act like that.

Lets apply the same approach to other situations:

You don't wanna get beat up? Well, you should better not leave your house.

You don't wanna get groped by unknown men? You shouldn't go anywhere, where males are allowed.

You don't wanna get your hard broken? You should never love anyone.

Not to mention that your personal data is probably also in hundreds of databases, the government knows everything about you anyway and google knows more about you as yourself.

Therefore, encryption is unnecessary overhead and should be disabled, the whole privacy discussion is a useless waste of time and aliases are just a cause of confusion and everyone should use the full name on the internet.

I guess you get my point. Just because not everyone is nice to each other and follow the rules it should not be encouraged, accepted or even supported that those individuals do that.

stanford,

@Jain @eris @lamp To be fair, the arguments where more related to the claim that opt-out is completely okay because other people don't asked for my consent beforehand either.

Just wanted to say that we don't have to accept bad behavior because some others behave badly and go whitelist only just because I don't like the behavior of one player is not reasonable either.

stanford,

@Jain @eris @lamp The problem is I really don't wanna play whack a mole to not participate in a service I never registered for or to block the same bluesky user account I've already blocked through 20 other bridges.

Even tho the intention is a different, a bridge, in opt-out mode acts like a proxy based block evasion.

A opt-in approach would not get rid of bad actors on the internet, but at least it can't be used as a block evasion tool as all interactions require a consent confirmation in the first place. (in most scenarios)

stanford,

@Jain @eris @lamp Sorry but I guess this discussion is kinda useless.

Saying "I disagree" or "this is not comparable" but then not explaining at all why and just making some pointless forecasts what I might or might not do based on what you personally think I do doesn't contribute anything at all to the discussion.

stanford,

@Jain

Okay, following scenario

I am stanford@bluesky.app you are jain@blob.cat

To send you a message, I need to do it through a bridge.
So I send a message to jain_blob_cat@bridge01.org

You don't really feel comfy with me sending you unrequested messages, so you block stanford_bluesky_app@bridge01.org

I don't really accept your rejection, so I send a new message to jain_blob_cat@bridge02.org. Well, the message goes trough to you because from your instance perspective the message comes from stanford_bluesky_app@bridge02.org, which is not yet blocked.

Soo, I can send you messages even tho just just blocked me.
I can repeat that until I don't find any new bridges.

Other scenario:

You would like to block bluesky because it's not very well moderated and all the trolls harass you or make you feel bad or whatever reason you might have.
So, you block bridge01.org.

Which has 0 effect, as all the content still get bridged trough bridge02.org

In any cause, a block you intended to apply has no or just limited effect as you are unable to define the block rule you are actually would like to set, a rule against bluesky and not a rule against a specific bridge.

Within the fediverse it's different.
When you block iceshrimp.social, I can't send any messages to you anymore, because my account always communicates directly to you as stanford@iceshrimp.social, there are no random "middle man" domain/services in between.

Side note: Some guys from the "free speech" instances actually created a fedi to fedi bridge, which acts exactly like a fedi to bluesky bridge, with the only difference that it bridges between fedi instances. By using it they where able to interact with other instances again which had them de-federated before. The whole intention behind this was to evade blocks.

If the bridge would act with a opt-in approach the whole scenario would be different.
You would decide on your own that you want to interact with bluesky and therefore opt in to use bridge01.org.
When I now send you stupid messages again and you want to block me, you can block stanford_bluesky_app@bridge01.org and this block is actually effective.
Because, I can't reach you trough bridge02.org as you never opted-in to use bridge02.org in the first place.

  • This is a fully fictional scenario, and the user handles don't follow the actual system and are just for the example.
stanford, to bot

Who actually thought that using hashtags in the profile is a good way to express consent or refusal of something?

I definitely wanna add 100 hashtags to my profile just to opt-in or opt-out of various services.
The first thing I do every morning is spending an hour to check if there is some new fedi bot so I can add the appropriate hashtags to my profile ​:neocat_facepalm:​

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

ICANN is short for ICANN And Will Remove TLDs If The Country No Longer Exists

stanford,

@astrid Tbf, I think it's kinda fun that there is this one domain out there for a country that doesn't exist anymore ​:neocat_3c:​

Just wish it wouldn't be a russian one ​:neocat_sad:​

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