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

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"

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

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.

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 do not think launching without a block function (for example) is "hey let's wait and see" territory. It's deeply irresponsible.

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 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, 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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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.

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

tomw, (edited )
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These anti-Bluesky posts don't do so well, I've noticed. The smell of tasty cheese is too strong.

Or maybe it's more just hedged bets... either way, it doesn't seem like my total mistrust of Bluesky is widely shared. Which is weird.

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.

mastodonmigration, to random
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Again? Really?

Twitter: By submitting, posting or displaying Content.. you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute...

Bluesky: If you post any content.. you hereby grant Bluesky and its licensees a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, modify, sublicense, and distribute..

tomw,
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@mastodonmigration So much for the "open protocol" talk

tomw, to random
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All UK addresses can be expressed as:

Name
[Flat No.]
House No.
Postcode

Street and Town/City are not required but are recommended - they help resolve typos and such. But people insist on writing addresses out like this:

Name
[Flat No.] [Building Name]
123 Street Name [or House Name then Street!]
Small District
Larger District
Town/City
County
Postcode

If you don't give them enough fields to do this then they will take a terrible revenge on your data.

tomw,
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@dan Yeah – worse, you see UK as a thin translation layer (at best) for what is "zip codes" etc internally, and does some completely wrong things. Like Nationbuilder stripping leading zeroes from phone numbers, which I bet it does to this day.

tomw,
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The 'correct' database thing to do here, I think, assuming you are only handling UK addresses, would be to try to standardise on:
Name
Flat/House No./Name
Street
Town
Postcode

But in practice every system I see sadly ends up with something like:
Name
Address1
Address2
Address3
Address4 or sometimes Town
Address5 (rarer)
Postcode

tomw,
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@nickbwalking Yeah, they can (usually) match from either end now, so typing a postcode works but so does just typing the address.

I still think take postcode then choose from a list is faster but only if (big if!) it's implemented well.

tomw,
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Postcodes are a great invention. I guess the problem here is that people do not realise how much information a postcode encodes. Each one is (usually...) either a street or a section of a street.

tomw, to random
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Almost 20 years since Gmail and "making people beg for invites" still works tragically well as a launch publicity tactic

tomw,
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@mikesheldon I did that for a few years until Thunderbird got super slow... maybe there are better options now though

tomw,
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@mikesheldon Hey, good to have! I bet there's something interesting in there. (I don't think I've ever put anything into a tarball, only taken stuff out.)

jeff, to random

We are thrilled to announce that we're starting to roll out the red carpet at Celebrity.Social ⭐ , an exclusive Mastodon social server designed for celebrities and notable people,

Premiering Soon 🎬

tomw,
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@jeff You're about 24 days late for April fools

tomw, to random
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Spare me the people looking at Bluesky and going "well it has these interesting features", as if you can evaluate such a thing technically and not socially.

You can't trust this platform, even with that little sheen of "it's actually a protocol". It's far too easy for them to add something terrible at any time.

It probably won't be crypto since that has died down, so my money would be on some awful AI thing.

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".

tomw, to random
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There is a word for people who sign up for another social network run by Jack Dorsey:

Sucker.

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