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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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snarfed.org, to random

Fediverse! I’ve been building a bridge to Bluesky, and they’re turning on federation soon, which means my bridge will be available soon too. You’ll be able to follow people on Bluesky from here in the fediverse, and vice versa.

Bluesky is a broad network with lots of worthwhile people and conversations! I hope you’ll give it a chance. Only fully public content is bridged, not followers-only or otherwise private posts or profiles. Still, if you want to opt out, I understand. Feel free to DM me at @snarfed (different account than this one), email me, file a GitHub issue, or put #nobridge in your profile bio.

A number of us have thought about this for a while now, we’re committed to making it work well for everyone, and we’re very open to feedback. Thanks for listening. Feel free to share broadly.

berniethewordsmith,
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@snarfed.org@snarfed.org How would bridging affect deleted toots?

pluralistic, to random
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Big Tech disrupted disruption; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/08/permanent-overlords/

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berniethewordsmith,
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@pluralistic I can imagine that some tech moguls may have had some digestive issues when reading their copy of the FT today 🫢

williampietri, to random
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I think people are missing something with Bluesky's "consumer choice" model of moderation. A lot of harmful content has harm beyond you seeing it. 1/

berniethewordsmith,
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@williampietri @kissane If Bluesky burns down because of this, I hope the architects of this our place get ideas for fire-proofing so we are prepared once Meta comes to town

berniethewordsmith, to random
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I hear some people saying that, because of the new thing growing rapidly, Mastodon may not grow as fast. Which is... Exactly the point? I need a nice place with human beings to interact with. My mind does not feel ready to fall again into the old rage-bait cycle. The other city already had issues before zombies came. I do not want a prequel. I want something new and better.

codinghorror, to random

It's strange, but I feel the overarching lesson of Twitter was "how snarkily funny can I be" whereas on Mastodon it's "how kind and generous can I be" and good lord I am so here for this change, even if it results in less clickbait and "engagement"

berniethewordsmith,
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@codinghorror Hundred percent. I do not want "the same place but before zombies came". I want a new one, a better one.

rysiek, to bluesky
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Old blogpost bamp:

is cosplaying decentralization
https://rys.io/en/167.html

> BlueSky’s decentralization is a similar kind as with cryptocurrencies: sure, you can run your own node, but that does not give you basically any meaningful agency in the system.

> “Neutrality” and “speech” and “voice” and “protection from bans” is mentioned right there, front and center, in BlueSky’s overview and FAQ. At the same time moderation and anti-harassment features are, at best, an afterthought.

berniethewordsmith,
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@rysiek The CEO herself was working on Blockchain stuff before

berniethewordsmith,
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@rysiek This is why I am reluctant with Blue sky. Although anything that helps tanking Space Karen's Bullshit place is welcome, Im wondering if Bluesky is yet another network to be enshittified

berniethewordsmith, to bluesky
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For those of you that are often in , I am genuinely curious about something. Are the moderation tools better than the ones in Fedi? I still prefer the networks based in , but I was wondering if systems like Bluesky can be more attractive for people with a larger audience or issues with online harassment

berniethewordsmith,
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@RnDanger @Wraithe Doesn't Masto have the same issue regarding blocks doh? 🤔

berniethewordsmith, to meta
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Make your business to rely on centralized corporate social networks like or 👉 go broke whenever they push a button.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/05/meta-cuts-off-third-party-access-to-facebook-groups-leaving-developers-and-customers-in-disarray/?guccounter=1

eniko, to random
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think the weather settled the fuck down because my migraine went away and i suddenly had enough energy and presence of mind to add a new move to a kitsune tails character, pixel a whole new entity with 24 frames of animation, implement it in code, and get all the relevant files to our mapper so she can use it in maps

berniethewordsmith,
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@eniko Gland to know I'm not the only one whose brain goes bananas with weather changes

berniethewordsmith, to random Spanish
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El 29 de agosto de 2023, los cinco periodistas de tecnología que formaban Gizmodo en Español fueron despedidos y sustituidos por una IA. No tardaron en fugarse de la oficina del Inem en la que estaban recluidos. Hoy, todavía buscados por las agencias, sobreviven como escritores de fortuna. Si tiene usted alguna nota de prensa y si los encuentra, quizá pueda contratarlos… https://ludd.es/

eniko, to random
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Second Hunger Games movie down. It was... okay I guess? Felt messy and like I spent 2 and a half hours watching a set up for the movie I'd hoped to be watching instead

Also movie, did you really deny me the Haymitch team up in order to do the Peeta thing again? I wasn't stoked the first time around and it did not land better the second go around

berniethewordsmith,
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@eniko In fairness, the second book is also so-so. Third one is nice

juergen_hubert, to random German
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Out of curiosity, what do you consider to be the best publishers or online stores which sell nonfiction ebooks (PDF or EPUB) without DRM of any kind?

berniethewordsmith,
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@juergen_hubert Paging @libreture here. For sure they have some ideas

thunderbird, to random
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Do you have questions about the Message Context Menu, accessibility, or the design process in general in Thunderbird? Send them to officehours@thunderbird.net to get them answered during our chat with UX Developer @emitche this Thursday, January 25, at 18:00 UTC. Find out more - and how to join us live! - in the blog post: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/01/january-2024-thunderbird-community-office-hours-how-to-join-us/

berniethewordsmith,
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@thunderbird @emitche For the blind people that follow me, you may want to check the tweet I'm replying to. For sure your suggestions could mean very good Improvements

berniethewordsmith, to Arqueologia Spanish
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Todavía con el proyecto , si nos podéis recomendar cuentas de historiadores/as, , del e historia en general os lo agradezco, así creo una lista. Mejor si están en Español. ¡Retootea si puedes!

berniethewordsmith, to Facebook Spanish
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Mi madre usa muchísimo porque todas sus amistades están allí. Sin embargo, suelen censurarle la cuenta e impedirle publicar varias veces al año porque comentarios comunistas y antifascistas :antifa:

Me dijo que estaba interesada en saber más sobre y estoy pensando seriamente en montar una instancia pequeñita conmigo como administrador para que tenga servicio técnico de primera en caso de problemas :cine_otros_tardis:

Yo pensando en montar una instancia para mamá en el es definitivamente la línea temporal que me gusta.

berniethewordsmith, to mastodon
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It is about time for and @Gargron to implement local-only functions. Instance admins need to protect their users properly before a behemoth of hundreds of millions of users like lands here

berniethewordsmith,
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For reason number 2: I thought we were out of this kind of thing already. It is ok for a piece of software and for its creators to have a core philosophy. But philosophy also evolves with the times. We know local-only options are not only possible, but they exist already in some forks like Glitch-Soc and other pieces of software (will update this post with them).

berniethewordsmith,
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For a community to have full powers as such, they must be able to close their doors in times of tribulation. Local-only posts are just that: people asking if they can have doors.

berniethewordsmith,
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Yes, I know a barbarian can break a wooden door, I am a Dungeon Master. But we still need doors.

berniethewordsmith,
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Regarding reason number 3: increased complexity on the settings. Again, weren't we out of this already. I cannot think of a more complex process for the average user than moving to another Instance. The sole existence of the migration process can deactivate, in my opinion, this third argument. We want software to give us the tools. We can definitely make the tools more fancy or evangelize about them. Again, this is me channeling my inner dungeon master: give us doors, and we will explain about barbarians with axes to our families.

berniethewordsmith,
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We need local-only posts in . People wiser, smarter than me, are saying it. I'm just a monkey typing on a smartphone, but others have better arguments and also already CODED this function. It is time to listen to them.

berniethewordsmith,
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And again, feel free to beat common sense into me if you think I'm missing something important.

berniethewordsmith,
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Also please read this very fine set of pieces by @jdp23 in @thenexusofprivacy about strategies that the can take once knocks on the door

https://privacy.thenexus.today/strategies-for-the-free-fediverses/

berniethewordsmith,
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@redegelde @Gargron That's the fun thing, It is already implemented in a lot of places. I've seen things like a button, the use of the eye emoji 👁️ in a post to trigger it... I'm not going to be picky about the form of the door... I just need a door 😂

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