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berniethewordsmith

@berniethewordsmith@masto.es

Periodista y documentalista. Stop the Gaza genocide. Tuiteo sobre #cibercultura, #rol, #medios, #literaturafantástica y #cienciaficción. #journalist #archivist #librarian. Posts are deleted after 2 months with some exceptions. Las publicaciones se borran a los dos meses para evitar el rastreo por parte de brokers de datos con políticas dudosas de retención y uso de los mismos.

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berniethewordsmith, to random Spanish
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Estoy viendo las cosas horribles que están pasando en EEUU con los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres. Recordad: Vox no tienen nada que envidiarles. Si alguna vez llegan al gobierno de la nación, lo harán. Y cosas peores

weirdwriter, to bookstodon

I just saw a disclaimer in front of a book where the author actually felt that they had to justify why they actively did not include any homophobia in the book and that instantly made me very sad because you know this actually happened in the past where readers wrote to a writer and actually got super furious at them for creating a utopia in a book. Sometimes, I read things like this and I really don’t know what criticism to take seriously and what I should ignore. You, as a reader, might not like hearing this, but did you ever stop to think that maybe the reason why an author created a world with no homophobia in it because they just want to give some joy and a story without traumatizing some of their readers? Maybe they just wanna give Their readers and escape from the real world for a little while? I sincerely don’t believe for one minute that it’s erasing homophobia in the real world. I just can’t imagine anybody sincerely getting outraged over that, just blows my mind. @bookstodon

berniethewordsmith,
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@weirdwriter @bookstodon I am a game master, and it's very different because coherence here is not a must. That said, all the cats and dogs in my games are immortal. Of course, reasons differ. But if this is fantasy, anything can be possible

janettespeyer, to fediverse
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Question for fedi experts. What are the benefits of hosting your own instance? #fediverse #mastodon

berniethewordsmith,
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@TerryHancock @janettespeyer @AndyScott I can host my mom and be her VIP tech support/ always-on-call express lane / specialized moderation team

Lillian, to random
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Question for the fediverse:
When you come across content/behaviors you dislike on the social web, what do you believe are the most effective and fair methods for responding?
How can you or other users express concerns while respecting both community guidelines AND foster constructive dialogue?

berniethewordsmith,
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@deadsuperhero @Lillian I'm with Sean there. I would say that the fat that it affects others or not would be key on my reaction. Also important is to discover if the other person would be willing to reconsider their position. So, to summarize:

  1. Would this affect others? If not, may be it's better not to engage.

  2. If Yes to number 1, does it seem like the person making the point wants to engage in comstructing debate? If Yes, I may try to engage in a civil manner. But...

  3. If I see that the point is being made in bad faith, my observation may take the form of a rebuttal.

  4. Final rule: if possible, never act like on this XKCD strip: https://xkcd.com/386/

evan, to random
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Even if you have been actively working to undermine this network by promoting Bluesky or Nostr, the Fediverse has a place for you. There is so much work still to be done, and we'd all appreciate your help.

berniethewordsmith,
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@evan How can the non-coders help? Asking for a friend

berniethewordsmith, to telegram Spanish
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Un par de cosas sobre lo de :

💢 Maravillosa la justicia que va a cabrear a todos los colores del espectro político. Son unos fieras.

🚦 Telegram es inseguro por diseño. Instala Signal. Funciona casi igual que WhatsApp, pero sin genocidios y esas cosas.

🏴‍☠️ Los marineros experimentados que sabemos lo que vale una pieza de a ocho siempre usamos protocolos distribuidos, imposibles de cerrar.

⚔️ Lo de los cuñados de Vox en armas va a ser espectacular. Preparen palomitas 🍿

berniethewordsmith, to threads
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Ah, is that time again for unsolicited opinions about and let's gooo. Spoiler alert: If you like corporate social media, you are not going to like this thread🧵

berniethewordsmith,
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When I learned about the plans for to federate, I was just arriving to Fedi. So of course I had an idiotic opinion about it; Meta federation would be good for us. To say I acted as an uneducated moron would be an understatement

berniethewordsmith,
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My (oh so wrong) line of thinking was something like this: there are millions of people locked in Facebook systems and it's difficult for them to leave. @pluralistic mentions this with the term "switching costs" in his now seminal piece about how corporate social media networks die https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/?amp

So, if Facebook exposed part of its jail to Fedi, that would make easier for us to rescue our relatives, friends etc.

berniethewordsmith,
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Well, suffice to say, people that depended on Fedi to have a safe social media experience had strong opinions. And they expressed them to me. Let's say I was thoroughly educated that day

berniethewordsmith,
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Many people, trans people among them, see this place as a safe haven to express themselves. Mind you, the safety of this space didn't came from nowhere. They had to fight for every inch of territory against the bigots. They ousted them on some Nazi islands and blew the bridges. The battle is not over doh. Admins and volunteers take care of this place in a way that a multi-million dollar company newer would

berniethewordsmith,
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In the meantime, Meta has being demonstrating its capacity for moderation by hosting checks notes:

  • LibsOfTiktok, the harassment account driven by the stochastic terrorist Chaya Raichik
berniethewordsmith,
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Can you IMAGINE the rage of the persons and the collectives targeted by Chaya when they see us welcoming a company that are enablers of people that want them dead. Do you expect then to be CIVIL about it? My brothers in Batman, there is no debate here.

berniethewordsmith,
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So, no. I will not defend for people here to lose their safe spaces because we want to be "the future" and the "cool thing". LGTBQ+ people, furries, made this place what it is nowadays. They built good stuff that I have the fucking privilege to enjoy every day, and I feel grateful for

berniethewordsmith,
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is so easy to understand that even a male cis westerner like me can get it: A coalition of servers want the shit machine as far from their gardens as possible. Because they built those gardens with suffering and lots of love.

berniethewordsmith,
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So no, I will not tell you that is cool for to arrive here. Nor I will censor you. Instead of that, I will tell you that we owe this people a lot, and that people hosted by Meta want them GONE, for Christ's sake. These people deserves our care and protection. And even if we do not speak about money, there is something very easy to give to them when they give you a free lesson:

Some. Fucking. Respect.

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berniethewordsmith, to fediverse
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Tinkerers of the and , can you recommend some nice videos and content creators for me to learn more while I use and do stuff with my ?

rhipratchett, to random
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Dad… it’s been 9 years. In our family collection of blurry, squinty and poorly composed photos around the world, I found this - a typical Pratchett shot since we are 1)Not looking at the camera 2)focused on food and 3) embracing hat wearing. The trifecta. Miss you always. ❤️

berniethewordsmith,
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@rhipratchett GNU Terry Pratchett

aral, to random
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You know what was so refreshing about the early days of the fediverse? No fucking neoliberals. But, like a bad rash, they’re back.

berniethewordsmith,
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@aral Are they? Wow I must be very good at curating my timeline. Well, I think neoliberals are going to find this place a bit... Harsh

jeffjarvis, (edited ) to random
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Just finished proofreading the galleys of my next book, "The Web We Weave: Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Moguls, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic," and I discover it and its cover are now up on Amazon! Good day.
https://www.amazon.com/Web-We-Weave-Internet-Misanthropes/dp/1541604121

berniethewordsmith,
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@jeffjarvis Date?

berniethewordsmith, to random
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Hey @brewsterkahle and @internetarchive, in lieu of the Vice site being wiped soon as the rumors say, what steps would you advise to journalists in case a publication would disappear? How can they rescue their material as much as possible? https://www.mediaite.com/media/its-apocalyptic-vice-staffers-brace-for-worst-after-anonymous-tip-warns-site-will-be-deleted-entirely/

ernie, to random
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It’s sad to consider, but BuzzFeed—once seen as an endless hub of digital-media originality—has become a shadow of its former self, with its most successful ideas (i.e. Hot Ones and HuffPost) acquired from outside the viral loop: https://tedium.co/2024/02/22/buzzfeed-decline-complex-sale/

new @tedium

berniethewordsmith,
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@ernie Do you have any links about the Vice thing? Very sad to hear (about the people being fired, not about the company, they have been horrible on the corporate side)

berniethewordsmith, to mastodon Spanish
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Significados de darle a la estrellita en , una lista que va creciendo

  • Me gusta lo que has publicado
  • Te apoyo en tu indignación
  • Escribiría, pero no soy persona hoy
  • Escribiría, pero me van a llover reply guys
  • Lo guardo para luego (nunca es luego)
  • Disculpas aceptadas
  • Interesante
  • Un abrazo
  • "Aha"
  • Eres una gran persona y ojalá te caigan siempre bendiciones en tu camino, oh tú gran persona que-
davew, to random
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All of a sudden my posts on Mastodon are getting liked and forwarded a lot more than on the other platforms. At a loss to understand what changed? Hmm.

berniethewordsmith,
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@davew I mean, high engagement is a feature of this place. The lack of algorithms seems to be generally beneficial in regards to more interactions

berniethewordsmith, to television
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Not satisfied with enshittening with ads, Amazon will also downgrade the quality of the audio. A true laureate of the Darth Vader MBA as described by @pluralistic

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/111920485557341590

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