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tomw

@tomw@mastodon.social

Web developer. Sometimes designer. I like code, words and mass movements. Jag lär mig #svenska.

Interested in/may post about #html #css #wordpress #openweb #decentralisation #socialism #protest

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anildash, to random
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Since some people have asked me, here's a quick thread on initial experience comparison between Bluesky and the fediverse. It's important to note that this comparison is somewhat absurd by default because Bluesky is still tiny & unproven, but there's interest so I'm happy to share what I've observed. Also, I don't get into protocol differences because honestly who cares. So:

tomw,
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@mergesort @bhaugen @anildash I already told you I'm not judging by the screenshot. I'm judging by the post you linked.

You're talking about moderation in future tense for a social network that has launched already!

tomw,
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@mergesort @bhaugen @anildash I don't see how composable moderation addresses issues of societal harm like, picking an example out of the air here, "this guy is trying to use the platform to organise a coup".

It's all focused on me choosing what I don't want to see (via labelling) and not on disinformation, incitement of violence, etc.

The screenshot of the "political hate groups" toggle shows the problem. Hate groups inciting violence against me remains my problem even if I choose "hide".

tomw,
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@mergesort @bhaugen @anildash It's not about the screenshot but about the whole principle of the system, which is:

  1. Label things
  2. I can choose not to see them

My question is: how does this possibly address issues like incitement, where hiding it from myself is not a solution?

Mastodon admins looking at incitement can remove it easily – it's not even harmful to look at in and of itself. It is only harmful if it is able to spread.

tomw,
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@mergesort @bhaugen @anildash I do not think launching without a block function (for example) is "hey let's wait and see" territory. It's deeply irresponsible.

stevestreza, to random

The dunking on Bluesky happening on Mastodon and the dunking on Mastodon happening on Bluesky is wild to me. Both things are attracting similar audiences, both protocols have their advantages and disadvantages, and both are recognizing some fundamental problems in the 2010 social model.

tomw,
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@lewin @zorangrbic How, uh, reassuring

tomw,
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@lewin total non-sequitur response to being called on a lie.

tomw,
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@lewin @zorangrbic This is just a ridiculous level of minimisation of a known bad actor who is central to the project. Why do this? If he's "not involved" then why was he posting a few days ago to a micro level of detail about features under development?

tomw, to random
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Mastodon is an incredibly rare opportunity for open-source, non-profit, advertising-free, decentralised software to be a real contender in a category – and, if it continues to grow, even to pull many other social networks into being part of (or interoperable with) the fediverse.

It's strange to me that this isn't mentioned more in the endless opinions about features, onboarding, UX, "vibes" etc.

tomw,
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@troed @scottjenson Yeah OK, I'm not dismissing the importance of those things. My point is that comparisons between platforms often begin and end there without taking into account all the other factors I listed.

tomw,
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@stephstephking I can see that – and I did post in support of the easier onboarding in the app that was making a lot of people cross.

I just find it odd that things like "has no advertising" is so rarely mentioned as a positive. Instead a lot of the conversation happens as if all these different platforms are roughly interchangable, but Mastodon is harder to use.

bigzaphod, to random
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I was invited to Bluesky a few weeks ago and followed one person and posted exactly once yet somehow people are following me so there must be decent discovery, I guess, or maybe lots of bots?

The app looks clean and familiar to Twitter users and I imagine this is the primary reason why everyone is suddenly interested in it.

I wanted to change my password and could not find a way to do it. I just checked again this morning and I still cannot find a way to change my password. So there's that.

tomw,
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@Ciantic @bigzaphod Mastodon already looks very similar to Twitter. These tweaks are really minimal – changing a few icons and widths – hardly seems like make-or-break ease of use stuff. Twitter used to change this kind of thing around all the time anyway.

theresnotime, to internet

Apparently someone got swatted during the recent troll wave on ?

tomw,
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@theresnotime they might want to get working on a block function huh

tomw, to random
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It is annoying that every time Mastodon is made a little bit easier to use, you get these viral posts from high-follower accounts about "threat to the fediverse!!!"

Yes, choosing a server isn't the biggest barrier in the world. But from where I'm sitting, the problem is that many people hesitate for a long time at that step and so never sign up.

You're not helping the health of the fediverse overall by fighting pitched battles against every small UX feature.

tomw,
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@AngryAnt @swamptin Yeah - in that sense .social is the Ubuntu of instances. A lot of people are very annoyed about it but it is reasonable to use it until if/when you have developed your own opinions about the topic.

foone, to random
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int strspn(str1, str2)

Returns the length of the initial portion of str1 which consists only of characters that are part of str2.

why is this in the stdlib? this is... weird.

tomw,
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@foone You can also enjoy this function in PHP, because PHP loves putting thin wrappers around every weird C stdlib function.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strspn.php

tomw, to random
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Imagine: you're a cute little mouse. You have finally escaped from the maze and tasted freedom.

But at that moment you smell some cheese and clamber back into the maze.

That's Bluesky.

tomw,
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@lee_ yeah, I suppose on the "no such thing as bad publicity" principle

tomw,
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@GlasWolf Yeah that makes sense, it might be that lots of people just don't care, or haven't seen it. I'm just worried by people I've seen dipping their toes in, especially people who looked like they would stick on Mastodon.

tomw,
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Not to say I'm so great, boost my toots, etc, but good anti-Bluesky posts I'm seeing (and boosting) aren't doing that well either.

sil, to random
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hm. If I've got an img with object-fit contain, and I give it a background-image of linear-gradient(red, blue), then the background doesn't get object-fitted. A linear-gradient doesn't have a size, so background-size:contain doesn't work. This is annoying. Is it resolveable?

tomw,
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@sil set div height to min-height? But maybe there is a reason why you wouldn't want to do that.

tomw,
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@sil The problem is that it has no idea of the size of the image until the image is loaded, so it can't size the gradient to the as-yet-unknown space. It works as you're expecting if you set height: auto in the css and set width="800" height="400" in the img tag.

tomw,
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@sil Set height: auto on the image?

The minimal example is good but it's hard to figure out the 'real' aim.

danhon, to random
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A NEW LIFE AWAITS YOU IN THE OFF-WORLD STORYLIVING COMMUNITIES

https://www.storylivingbydisney.com

tomw,
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@danhon This website reads like an invitation to join a cult

tomw, to internet
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Currently lets you set "hate groups" to "show" or "hide".

But why not give a little slider instead? To put me in control of how much hate I wish to see.

Actually, there could be two sliders, one for hate frequency and one for hate intensity.

If there is insufficient hate for my chosen hate level, it could generate some using an LLM.

Bluesky™: the precise amount of hate you choose, guaranteed.

tomw,
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@pimeys Oh wow, that is exactly it! This even more makes me think that Bluesky will genuinely do this.

tomw,
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This toot is:

  • 10% posted for mockery purposes
  • 90% posted so that you can remember it and link to it when they implement basically this
tomw, to random
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"There's a new Twitter owned by a different rich guy to the one who screwed us over last time" = bad idea.

"There's a new Twitter owned by the EXACT SAME rich guy as the one who screwed us over last time" = ...

Why does anyone have to tell you that this is a bad idea? HOW is this a debate? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE that people are seriously using this and being all "oh well you see" about it? WHAT about this whole situation is making you so ridiculously gullible? I. Cannot. Comprehend. It.

tomw,
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@GlasWolf I can see that divide, yeah: stances on this tend to map to whether Twitter was "OK before". That does miss out the crucial piece of info though that Jack personally wanted to sell to Elon, helped him do the deal and endorsed him as the "solution I trust".

eisfunke, to random
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The fancy fancy new infoscreens in the computer science building at make me irrationally angry.

tomw,
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@eisfunke future-proof for the "shift to vertical video"

tomw, to random
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Is there a list anywhere of which organisations are paying for Twitter gold ticks? (The ones that cost 1k+ per month.) I've only seen a couple, it would be interesting to have a list to... you know... "engage with".

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