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darnell

@darnell@one.darnell.one

A carbon vessel interested in all things celestial. A human being with spiritual meaning. A political soul seeking libertarian goals. A unique geek trying to improve his physique.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

cstross, to random
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Some thoughts on spam:

  1. Right now it's a single idiot running a scripted Joe Job. But we know how spam ecosystems develop. The next steps are inevitable.

  2. Next, someone will release an activitypub spamming script. It will hammer on servers to create throwaway accounts then use them to post.

  3. This will drive a bunch of small servers off the fediverse and cause acrimonious defederation squabbles.

  4. Surviving servers will limit sign-ups, requiring proof of humanity (or identity).

/1

darnell,
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@cstross I think @dansup created a solution for dealing with spam on that could potentially be ported over to , , & the rest of the .

👉🏾 Autospam and Naive Bayes: The Grandfather of Spam Filters Still Making Waves https://pixelfed.blog/p/2023/feature/autospam-and-naive-bayes-the-grandfather-of-spam-filters-still-making-waves

I wonder if @dansup could have an “anti-spam” assembly with the various software developers using ‽ We could also checkout what is doing with Akismet too.

darnell, to internet
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will not be pleased that @BBCRD has abandoned while still maintaining their self hosted account.

👉🏾 Gives Up On Threads (By ), Sticks With Mastodon https://darnell.day/bbc-gives-up-on-threads-by-instagram-sticks-with-mastodon (via @darnell)

Too Long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 Many brands are abandoning Threads (including )
👉🏾 Meta’s geo news ban of 🇨🇦 could have spooked BBC
👉🏾 Lack of public Threads API makes it difficult to automate posting news
👉🏾 BBC just prefers Mastodon

darnell, to fediverse
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I know does not exactly have an official holiday, but on January 23rd (2018) the WC3 gave their official recommendation of ActivityPub, which I believe helped it gain popularity amongst numerous social platforms.

👉🏾 Happy Day! https://darnell.day/happy-fediverse-day

So if you can, raise a glass of gratitude to the five founders of the Fediverse (listed in the link), as without them the masses would lack credible alternatives to the major social networks that exist today.

darnell, to microsoft
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This is an alarming “feature” & very creepy #Microsoft! I am now thankful for abandoning #Windows years ago!

👉🏾 Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/24054329/microsoft-edge-automatic-chrome-import-data-feature

darnell, to fediverse
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Rankings: Top 20 Sites Will Boast Over 300 Million Active Users By Year’s End (via @darnell): https://darnell.day/fediverse-rankings-top-20-sites-will-boast-over-300-million-active-users-by

🥱 Too Long, Did Not Read:

👉🏾 dominates, but may boast more users in 2024

👉🏾 10 of the top 20 sites are powered by 🐘

👉🏾 is the largest open source instance 😮

👉🏾 powers two sites listed ✌🏾

👉🏾 , , , & make the list 👏🏾

👉🏾 3 of the top 10 sites are owned by one person 🫡

darnell, to apple
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🇬🇧 citizens might lose legal access to (by ), , , & even / if does not amend this bill. Key word is legal access, as many people will still use these services illegally if necessary.

I believe cooler heads will prevail in this situation though. I hope!

👉🏾 Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66028773

darnell, to fediverse
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The flagship instance is experiencing growing pains, but is also discouraging residents in (or rather the 🇪🇺) from signing up due to issues.

👉🏾 https://darnell.day/misskey-io-20-000-new-users-daily-discourages-europeans-from-signing-up-over

Too long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 Misskey (https://misskey.io) signing up 20,000 new users per day
👉🏾 After consulting lawyers, Misskey.io will now discourage Europeans from signing up
👉🏾 could fill in the vacuum in Europe

darnell, to fediverse
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Another day, another opinionated post. 😁

👉🏾 May Surpass & Become Largest Instance In The https://darnell.day/flipboard-may-surpass-threads-and-become-largest-instance-in-the-fediverse

🥱 Too Long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 ActivityPub will be on by default for Flipboard (with an opt out available)
👉🏾 Threads ActivityPub settings are off by default
👉🏾 Flipboard’s last official stat (2020) boasted 145 million active users
👉🏾 Threads last official stat (2024) boasted 130 million active users

darnell, to random
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Wildlife Photographer Wakes Up From A Nap Under A Tree With... A Sleeping Cheetah Against Him https://www.wecb.fm/wildlife-photographer-wakes-up-from-a-nap-under-a-tree-with-a-sleeping-cheetah-against-him/

darnell, to fediverse
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I am actually excited that @Castopod is offering Managed Hosting options upon their .com website.

👉🏾 https://darnell.day/castopod-offers-inexpensive-podcast-hosting-to-fediverse

Props to @ramsey for alerting me about this!

I wish more platform creators offered managed hosting options, as it is a great way for people & businesses to easily enter the while financially supporting the platform (it’s a win-win).

darnell, to threads
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Addressing some rumors regarding the popularity of select accounts.

👉🏾 Mind Trick: @zuck & @mosseri Did Not Conquer The Rankings (via @darnell) https://darnell.day/meta-mind-trick-zuck-and-mosseri-did-not-conquer-the-fediverse-rankings

🥱 Too Long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 Threads is reporting total follower users (regardless if they enabled or are leaving it off)
👉🏾 had a similar issue before providing more transparent stats
👉🏾 Theory: No Threads account is in the top 10, let alone 💯

darnell, to fediverse
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A few suggestions for https://darnell.day/a-few-fediverse-suggestions-for-flipboard

Too Long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 Federating Flipboard magazines using subdomains. Instead of following all sports news from @espn you could follow magazine via @espn

👉🏾 Verification for prominent accounts & organizations (needed now as the masses on will be activating next year)

👉🏾 Custom domains (Premium feature)

CC: @mike

darnell, to fediverse
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Great post by @thisismissem!

👉🏾 The Has A Mental Health Problem https://medium.com/@thisismissem/the-fediverse-has-a-mental-health-problem-4cb4845dfee1

Thanks for the recomended read @atomicpoet!

As far as admins being unkind to each other, I wonder if this is more of a & (to a lesser degree) cultural issue‽

I rarely see any hostility amongst or users, as both communities emphasize politeness & respect towards each other. I wonder why some platforms are friendlier than others‽

darnell, to tumblr
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Props to @Barredo for creating (https://mastofeed.org) which will easily allow users to auto post to their accounts. I wish he had a way for me to send a monthly tip for his project!

Yeah, it is not the same as Tumblr embracing the , but it is a temporary solution until Tumblr figures out how to inexpensively embrace (I suggested via email to make Fediverse support a premium feature but Tumblr did not like the idea).

darnell, to fediverse
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Sadly, the 🇪🇺 will shut down next month (& I say that as an American 🇺🇸).

👉🏾 European Union Surrendering Voice To https://darnell.day/european-union-surrendering-fediverse-voice-to-threads

🥱 Too Long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 @EDPS announced EU voice is closing
👉🏾 @EU_Commission has 100,000 followers
👉🏾 social account will primarily be on Threads
👉🏾 EU Voice should ask citizens & local businesses in for instance funding help

darnell, to fediverse
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After rewatching this video of melting down, I realize that the may have a new problem: 300 million migrants seeking out new home.

📹 https://youtu.be/U_M_uvDChJQ

If you are on a , , , , etcetera instance, you might want to consider sending some funds to the site owner (& Fediverse platform creators) as they will need it sooner rather than later.

I expect the cost of instances to increase further once embraces .

darnell, to mastodon
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I guess this is a good “first step” for , but I am disappointed that they only embraced the flagship server.

👉🏾 IFTTT Flirts With The , But Only For One Mastodon Server‽ (via @darnell) https://darnell.day/ifttt-flirts-with-the-fediverse-but-only-for-one-mastodon-server

🥱 Too Long; Did Not Read

👉🏾 IFTTT only supports one Mastodon server: https://mastodon.social

👉🏾 Mastodon users should use Mastofeed by @Barredo instead: https://mastofeed.org

darnell, to Amazon
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This lawsuit is a minor headache for . Allegedly a woman was fired for doing her job which was keeping Amazon’s from using content illegally (probably copyrighted material).

Her boss reportedly did not like that “do-gooder attitude” & demoted her, before firing her during maternity leave. This case could open up lawsuits against Amazon’s in the future.

👉🏾 Ex-Amazon Was Told to Ignore Law to Develop AI Faster: Lawsuit (subscription) https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-amazon-ghaderi-exec-suing-ai-race-copyright-allegations-2024

darnell, to random
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So Google is basically replacing cookies 🍪 (which are an effective way to track what you do online) with the Chrome browser itself (which is a more effective way to track what you do online). Makes sense.

👉🏾 Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them. https://gizmodo.com/google-just-disabled-cookies-for-30-million-chrome-user-1851137998

Another bonus is that Google will appear to pro-privacy in front of numerous governments who are ignorant about how technology works.

darnell, to Iceland
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A 🌋 eruption in 🇮🇸 might be imminent. This looks serious.

👉🏾 Iceland declares state of emergency, evacuates residents over threat of volcanic eruption https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/11/europe/iceland-emergency-evacuates-threat-volcanic-eruption-intl-hnk/index.html

darnell, to america
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The 🇪🇺 is making 🇺🇸 look great again (tech wise).

Why would the 🇪🇺 even consider this, let alone attempt to force this spy code upon software companies‽

You believe 🇭🇺 will not try to abuse this power against political threats‽ No tech company would agree to this, & would be permanently isolated from planet Earth.

👉🏾 EU Tries To Slip In New Powers To Intercept Encrypted Web Traffic Without Anyone Noticing | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/03/eu-tries-to-slip-in-new-powers-to-intercept-encrypted-web-traffic-without-anyone-noticing/

darnell, to wordpress
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I created a second blog on WP.com (https://wordpress.com) in order to test the free tier & how it connects to the .

To put it bluntly—it’s way too complicated for non-tech people. I am also trying to figure out why WordPress puts a “period” in the middle of the user handle as it can cause issues.

Example: https://darnell.fyi/@darnell.fyi instead of @darnellfyi

Update: The period does not affect the link when posting, just when typing. Weird.

darnell, to Futurology
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So wants to build the greatest platform in the .

👉🏾 Meta: The Greatest Fediverse App Will Be Built By Us (Threads) https://darnell.day/meta-the-greatest-fediverse-app-will-be-built-by-us-threads 🔛 @darnell

Too Long; Did Not Read:

👉🏾 focusing on being “positive”
👉🏾 & will not embrace Fediverse due to current architecture
👉🏾 Meta to challenge , & for Fediverse crown.

📹 Zuck interview: https://youtu.be/9aCg7jH4S1w

👉🏾 The Verge article: https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-elon-musk-threads-quest-interview-decoder

darnell, to fediverse
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I am half way through watching the interview of @pfefferle by @deadsuperhero & it is really good!

📹 S1 Episode 8: WordPress-ActivityPub with Matthias Pfefferle https://spectra.video/w/nVQAzfWyC64DUfqGQcnCfp

I thought it was interesting that when @photomatt was focued on bringing to , Pfefferle advocated introducing to the en mass.

darnell, to Russia
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Political corruption in 🇬🇦 by incumbents led to this unsurprising event.

👉🏾 Gabon military officers claim to have seized power after election https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/africa/gabon-military-officers-say-power-seized-election-intl-hnk/index.html

In the past few years, 🇬🇳, 🇲🇱, 🇧🇫, 🇳🇪 & now Gabon 🇬🇦 have seen coups, in which the new military governments embrace authoritarianism & (usually) 🇷🇺.

🇫🇷 is also partially to blame for this, but that is another topic for another day.

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