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J12t

@J12t@social.coop

Technologist, founder, organizer.

Let's put people back in control of their technology. The Fediverse is a good start. Also wondering aloud where we are taking this planet.

Check out my home page for more info and links.

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J12t, to mastodon
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What would it take for to become that political organizing app instead of Twitter or Threads? Isn’t it a much more logical place?

Anybody trying to make it so? Any reasons that speak against?

https://restofworld.org/2024/instagram-threads-app-taiwan-protests/

J12t, to fediverse
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We need to invite Scientific American to the .

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-must-face-down-the-expanding-anti-reality-industry/

jenniferplusplus, to random
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Is ghost on here? Is there a way to beg them not to do this? Random bloggers aren't generally prepared to moderate comments on their own pages. There is no way on earth they're prepared to moderate their subscribers across the whole social web. It's a catastrophically bad idea.

https://activitypub.ghost.org/day2/

J12t,
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@jenniferplusplus didn’t blogging work that way 20 years ago? Anybody leave a comment on anybody’s blog? Wordpress still does it to this day? Akismet works fine?

J12t, to random
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I took the "shorter" route when I went a few years ago.

"There are other routes ... that lead to Mt. Whitney. They begin at less heavily-used trailheads, but require a much longer hike to reach the summit. The High Sierra Trail leaves from Giant Forest on the west side of Sequoia National Park, and is about 60 miles (100 km) one-way. It takes a minimum of 6 days (one way) or 10 days (round trip) to complete."

Met people on the trail who did that. Not for me.

https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/whitney.htm

J12t, to fediverse
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Why would Google News basically randomize the order of the results in their search?

I want to know what's new in the press about the and I have to manually scan the whole list.

https://news.google.com/search?q=fediverse

J12t, to fediverse
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This may well turn out to be an extremely important article for adoption of the beyond its current niches.

https://digiday.com/media/why-publishers-are-preparing-to-federate-their-sites/

J12t, to random
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Nothing is as practical as a good theory.

I don't know who said it first, but they were right.

J12t, to random
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Imagine two identical with mainstream users. Same number of users, same connectedness of the social graph, same demographics etc.

Social network A only has an algorithmic feed. Social network B only has a chronological people-I-follow feed.

What would the usage numbers look like in comparison? Numbers of posts, numbers of likes/replies/boosts, growth trajectory, etc?

I would expect somebody has done some research on this. Anybody know of any public results?

J12t,
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Over on , somebody pointed me to this very fascinating thread on this topic: https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3kp7lfkssxl2q

J12t,
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@danlyke Yes, indeed. The thing that struck me more, though, is that the thread alludes to a number of entirely different use cases / user needs addressed by the same social media application, and it would be so much more useful to think of them as distinct. I wrote down 5 of them on my whiteboard. Need to blog about this. Interestingly, in the fediverse we could actually have different applications for different needs!

J12t,
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@julian Yes, we need to do a public service (with selfish benefit, too) to categorize and articulate those different usage scenarios. In the fediverse, we could actually build different apps for different needs/wants on the same network and social graph.

J12t,
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@danlyke My thesis is that I'd prefer to run a different app in the evening lazing on the couch, for mild entertainment, compared to the daytime app where I, say, want to engage in this conversation that we are having right now. "Another interchangeable app" clearly would be too many.

J12t, to random
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What an amazing opportunity to do the opposite of the shiny new thing called “AI”.

Let’s go.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2117752/google-gemini-ai.html

J12t, to random
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Which percentage of people misspell Mastadon?

Ahem.

J12t, to random
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Fascinating results in this global survey on democracy and related subjects.

One tidbit: everybody says that fighting climate change is important, but wants others to do that not their own government.

https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPI-2024.pdf

J12t, to random
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Two thirds of Google searches already do not send the user to another website. That was in 2020 and it might have gotten worse since. I did not know that.

https://sparktoro.com/blog/in-2020-two-thirds-of-google-searches-ended-without-a-click/

H/t @ben

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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Descent to the coast. San Francisco.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4 S.S.C.

J12t,
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@Gargron contrary to common beliefs, there is sometimes sunshine in San Francisco:-)

J12t, to random
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New espresso machine. Now work should go twice as fast, right?

J12t, to random
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Oh ChatGPT, how confidently you print out an algorithm that cannot possibly be correct!

I'm feeling like going to a doctor who skipped some classes in school and when encountering a patient with a condition they didn't learn about, they just make up some remedy. With extreme confidence in their demeanor.

Come to think of it, I have known some doctors to do that. So maybe ChatGPT is more human than we think.... ouch!

cmconseils, to random French
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The first 3 letters of 'Sweden' and 'Denmark' spell out 'Sweden.'

The remaining letters spell out 'Denmark.'

J12t,
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@cmconseils I sense a conspiracy.

J12t, to random
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"Meta AI Chief Says Large Language Models Will Not Reach Human Intelligence"

His peers must hate him!

https://slashdot.org/story/24/05/22/143243/meta-ai-chief-says-large-language-models-will-not-reach-human-intelligence

J12t,
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@LaurentB45 It takes some courage to say that. The impact on the stock price may well be billions.

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