Wander

Wander, 10 months ago to fediverse

The #Fediverse needs to learn some serious conflict resolution...

If we ever aspire to become a serious alternative to corporate platforms we can't continue with this behavior. Let me explain.

Two days ago someone created a "The_Donald" community of a well-known #Lemmy instance. Immediately there were cries for defederation, blocking, and suspicion about the admin letting racists run rampant on his instance.

What ultimately happened was that when the admin logged in they removed that community. But before they even had time to realize what was happening they were already being accused of stuff and if any instance heeded the call to block, it would have caused damage to the users who would have their subscriptions / follows severed.

Some users who've just arrived from Reddit and bring a fresh perspective are already wary of the shit show this can become.

That instance resisted massive blocks because it was large enough. But what if it was smaller?

#Mastodon #Kbin #Project92

Wander, 10 months ago to Futurology

"#Meta's content policies will have a sweeping impact across the Fediverse"

😂 😂 😂 😂

We need more furry porn to be posted on every fedi instance, especially on large ones like mastodon.social

https://mastodon.social/@alexeheath/110596226686316769

#Project92 #YiffYiffToTheRescue

Wander, 6 months ago to random

Oh, look at that.

I don't know who mentioned this the other day, but I'm happy to see this is actually a thing now.

When an admin tries to block another whole instance it gives a summary of how many connections will be severed, which is good because domain blocks are a nuclear option. In this case it was warranted though since that instance openly allowed harassment.

#mastoadmin

Wander, 8 months ago to random

How I thought #COVID would impact me: "I have light asthma, so I better make sure I have my inhaler, do breathing exercises, monitor my O2 saturation. I know this will be hard on my lungs."

What it ended up being like:
"It's day four and the virus has already committed multi-generational genocide against my gut biome. Blood is running through the streets of gastrointestinal city, the nutrient absorption facilities have been shut down and everyone of its workers executed in cold blood. And I'm here sipping on glucose packets so I don't pass out during cramps and other traumatic happenings..." ( this was me yesterday )

I was even admitted to the hospital for half a day when I went for a consultation regarding possible complications and almost passed out.

I shudder thinking about the possibility of it having impacted my respiratory system in the same way.

Wander, 10 months ago to furry

I love this fox-ear-hoodie! (art by Chunie)

Source: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/52590267/
cc: @furry

Wander, 10 months ago to Furry

I logged in to Twitter this morning to see what the latest #furry #drama is about.

I'm increasingly convinced that the site is a nest of unknowing sadists who get their kicks from calling out and hurting other people using every fickle excuse they get.

The masochists are not their victims though. The masochists are those of us who keep scrolling through it.

Wander, 10 months ago to memes

Fuck yeah: Be gay, save rights - Be trans, fight fascism

cc: @memes

Wander, 9 months ago to random

#Mastoadmin

Does anyone know if it's feasible to move posts from one mastodon account to another if both accounts are on the same server and the server admin helps with the post migration?

I haven't had a look at the database yet, but I wonder if there'd be any problems with activitypub signatures.

Wander, 11 months ago to Futurology

Hear me out.
The key to keep #meta away from the #fediverse and isolate them is porn.

Meta still depends on advertisers, and advertisers and big corporation are allergic to porn.

The details are still unclear, but if their implementation has anything remotely similar to a federated timeline we need to make sure to fill it with healthy doses of the queerest porn, sex-positivity, nsfw discussions, kink-positivity and an overall celebration of queerness and weirdness.

They'll end up defederating from us. And if such content is posted from big instances like mastodon.social, we'll hopefully have their support in not banning us for content that has always been allowed on fedi.

#mastodon #meta #fediverse #activitypub

Wander, 11 months ago to fediverse

This is why we can't have nice things and the #Fediverse might fall prey to big corporations or fail completely:

One big #Mastodon instance blocking another big mastodon instance because their admins have a dispute.

Anyone who wants to block willy-nilly like that should be in charge of no more than a single-user instance. Think of your userbase and the future of the service you're running, for f's sake.

This is how they pick us apart and why users flock to huge centralized instances: because they can't trust you won't have a 3AM rant and disconnect your users from their friends and contacts because the admin of a remote instance said X or Y about you.

Nah, come one people... This is not how you run a service.

Wander, 10 months ago to Futurology

One queer toot a day, keeps meta away.

Keep Fedi Weird
(We need a banner or something for this)

#meta #fediverse #queer #keepfediweird

Wander, 10 months ago to random

This is so incredibly stupid. I can't even begin...

Wander, 10 months ago to fediverse

Welcome to the #fediverse, fellow fuzzbutts.

If you need a cozy place to hangout feel free to join packmates.org. If you want something more spicy and reddit-like we got you covered at yiffit.net.

Whatever instance you end up joining, we're looking forward to having you around :vlpn_happy_heart:

#furry #furryfandom #twittermigration #redditmigration #rexxit #furryfediverse #yiff

Wander, 7 months ago to mastodon

In a world run by corporations, using #Mastodon is a simple yet meaningful act of defiance.

If you're reading this, I'm proud of you for choosing to make a difference :vlpn_happy_heart:

(edit: technically all #fediverse platforms apply. Please don't feel excluded firefish, akkoma, lemmy, pixelfed, etc. users)

Wander, 8 months ago to fediverse

In the wake of #fediblock and #thebadspace controversy, I would like to highlight the existance of the #RemoteNeutrality approach.

Remember #NetNeutrality, ISPs being common carriers and them not meddling with the pages users want to see? This is similar.

Under a "remote neutral" approach each #fediverse instance leaves the tight opinionated moderation policies to their own users users and the content their users generate or share with the aim of running a safe and welcoming instance for their members that's safe to federate with.

However, remote content is only moderated whenever there is a report and only blocked if it's straight out illegal to host / cache or constitute unsolicited spam/harassment. Otherwise objectionable remote content is limited at most and users can block it if they want.

I can't stress enough the benefits this has:

1. It makes moderation feasible for small instances

2. It does not fracture the fediverse unnecessarily

Wander, 10 months ago to fediverse

Hey #Fediverse,

I have an idea for an #Activitypub implementation that I believe can give users much more control over their content and also more privacy.

Do you know anyone who has enough experience with AP to discuss and review whether it's viable or not? I'm pretty excited about it actually.

Thank you <3 :vlpn_happy_heart:
#Activitypubdev #fedidev #fedidevs

Wander, 10 months ago to furryvids

Why should I Worry? (by Billy Joel from Oliver & Company)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFVhlpsuiA

Start your day with a funky beat ;3
I can't not sing along to the oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh! (not to mention the bark at the beginning :P)
cc: @furryvids

Wander, 5 months ago to mastodon

My "MastoRecommender" project! (as promised, an early proof of concept sneak peek)

A project where we turn the dreaded corporate spam-pushing algorithm concept on its head to create a curated recommendations feed that YOU control, runs 100% on your PC, is private and works with any fediverse instance that supports the Mastodon API.

Tired of missing out on awesome fedi content and discussions that people from around the world are posting while you're asleep? Well, no more :vlpn_happy_heart:

This will of course be fully open source. It also works via the existing API which is already used by clients such as Tusky. This means that:

a) users only get recommendations for content they have permissions to see.

b) it can be used by anyone with an account at any fediverse instance that supports the Mastodon API.

The Boost and Favorite buttons will allow you to boost or favorite content directly from the feed, while other options will allow you to give more or less weight to certain content.

All calculations necessary are done locally on your device and your content recommendation preferences never ever leave said device.

Finally, in regards to data safety, it'll act like a regular Mastodon client which holds a small ephemeral cache that is cleared regularly as new content is read. Content itself is ephemeral and will only be cached to give the user the chance to view their recommendations upon the next login with a certain maximum. Content below a certain threshold is thrown away immediately.

It will have a specific UserAgent in case any instance admins want to limit it, but I don't think there should be a problem since it's a regular client in all ways except for sorting posts not chronologically but by a score that is calculated locally.

#Mastodon #FOSS #Fediverse #FediProjects #OpenSource

Wander, 11 months ago to fediverse

I just wrote this post explaining my philosophy and concerns regarding fediverse moderation on #Lemmy but also applicable to #Mastodon.

I'm still pondering about all these questions, so please feel free to give your feedback.

https://discuss.online/post/13157

#MastoAdmin #LemmyAdmin

Wander, 6 months ago to github

Okay, at this pace I'm 100% getting banned.

While there's hundreds of uncensored models out there, it's only fun if you know you're not supposed to do it.

#github #LLM #roleplay #ai #copilot #shenanigans

Wander, 4 months ago to random

I just realized that the reason CEOs in the 1960s made on average only 20x as much as workers and nowadays it's at 300x, has probably to do with the world leaving the gold standard.

You see, until 1971 the world's money supply was limited by a tangible asset: gold, whether directly or using the dollar as proxy (1944-1971).

Without this limitation central banks are able to print as much money as they need and set any type of interest rate to control the availability of credit. In a system with monetary expansion the huge winners are those who get first access to the newly created money, which could be through the government with subsidies but with the vaaaaast majority being companies through credit.

This gives companies a huge advantage in the economy and of course this includes CEOs who have a large amount of power in deciding how that money is used, or simply through shareholders who with cheap credit pay CEOs anything they want to ensure they get or keep the best.

Also notice when this gap between productivity and wages started to happen. This is probably also related to the end of the gold standard the availability of cheap credit which can be funneled massively in company production while wages don't need to be adjusted until the newly created money circulates through the economy enough to impact prices.

Wander, 10 months ago to Furry

To new #furries on mastodon.social:

Imagine a federated timeline that is fully with furry stuff 24/7 and where you can find countless fellow fuzzbutts to follow. That's one of the advantages of joining a #furry instance :vlpn_smug:. It makes the whole mastodon experience much better imho.

You can sign up at packmates or any other instance from the https://furryfediverse.org. There's no need to settle for a large instance when you get better timelines at instances about topics that interest you.

#mastodon #furryfediverse #furryfandom

Wander, 10 months ago to fediverse

So, suppose I have an idea for an #ActivityPub implementation that guarantees more control over content and more privacy.

Who here knows enough about ActivityPub to help me break down the idea to detect any pitfalls and discuss viability? I could see myself coding a basic implementation but I don't have nearly enough experience to really assess its viability.

If you know anyone who could help me review a theoretical proof of concept on a really high level, please let me know.

Thank you <3
#ActivityPubDev #Fediverse #Mastodon #Lemmy #ActivityStreams.

Wander, 11 months ago to Furry

MUST READ! This will resonate with many of you:

"Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet"

https://www.vox.com/culture/23733213/fandom-purity-culture-what-is-proship-antiship-antifandom

As a furry with a feral 'sona and nsfw artwork, young furs on twitter loved to tear me to shreds U_U

#furryfandom #puriteen #feral #furry

Wander, 10 months ago to fediverse

I love how this web app called #mlmym is able to perfectly capture the spirit of old reddit.

Here's an example of it working on to of yiffit:
https://mlmym.org/yiffit.net/

So much nostalgia for the good old days of reddit 'mold' and team orangered vs team periwinkle.

#lemmy #reddit