dynamic

@dynamic@social.coop

For my bio, my #introduction toot.

I migrated here from https://cybre.space/@dynamic. For now, you can view my old toots at: https://cybre.space/@dynamic.

Ideas expressed are my own opinions and not those of my employer.

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

scott, to random
@scott@carfree.city avatar

"There is no other definition of bigotry in the world that equates criticism of a state, even harsh and unfair criticism, with discrimination or bigotry against the state’s people. If one claimed that denunciations of the violent foundations of the Russian empire are 'anti-Slavic'[...] we would immediately see through that as just an instrumentalist defense of Russian state interests."

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4666860-the-antisemitism-awareness-act-bars-the-teaching-of-modern-jewish-history/

dynamic,

@scott

Thank you for sharing this. This article seems really important. I'm not Jewish, and I'd be interested in hearing more reactions from people who are...

Quote from article:
"The new antisemitism law would in effect silence vast swaths of Jews within educational institutions. It would in some ways be the most punitive law against Jews to be enacted in the U.S. since the Immigration Act of 1924."

grimalkina, to random
@grimalkina@mastodon.social avatar

I can't figure out if mastodon is a high context culture or not. People seem to be expected to give long introductions and do a lot of identity/positionality disclosure, but also an enormous reply guy culture which is defined by low context drive-by. Conversational turn-taking is extremely low compared to other platforms ime, but depth-seeking is high. What an interesting mix.

*obviously, these experiences are all situated within my own network effects, and I'm not well networked here.

dynamic,

@grimalkina

I'm having some strange and I guess maybe ironic reactions to this post.

Your post is stirring up a lot of my own opinions as well as questions about what you mean, and I kind of would like to have a conversation with you about it, but I also find myself anxious about replying at all, and I'm not sure why!

dynamic,

@grimalkina

I think part of the issue here is that I still don't know what a "reply guy" is. I'd never heard the term until the large influx of users during Twitter Muskopocalypse.

I had the impression that a reply guy was someone unconnected to the original poster who shows up in replies and acts like they belong there, which hits a nerve because that's exactly the behavior that enabled me to make friends on Fedi.

But your phrase "drive by" that makes me think you mean something else?

dynamic,

@grimalkina

I think there's a broader thing where a lot of people have things that bother them about Mastodon and Fedi, and when one person complains about an aspect of the platform and culture, other people seem to hop in with "oh thank goodness someone else sees the problems", only in a lot of those threads I feel like maybe people don't even agree about what the problems are, and it's hard to tell whether real communication is occurring or not.

dynamic,

@grimalkina

Anyway, I don't know what a reply guy is. Am I being a reply guy?

dynamic,

@grimalkina

"I don't feel like it's very kind when folks treat someone's personal experience like a threat when it's just someone trying to navigate"

Er... did it sound like I did that? I certainly didn't see anything you wrote as a threat. I think maybe that's not what you meant because of the way you started your reply, but then I suddenly wasn't sure : )

dynamic, to random

Another ongoing discussion on the forums is whether or not our instance should increase the character cap for posts.

I initially felt pretty favorable toward this idea, then agnostic, and am now finding myself feeling more negatively.

dynamic,

@flancian

As you can see, I was just getting warmed up ; )

dynamic,

@flancian

"I can't imagine wanting to limit other's freedom to post as they wish in this sense, so for me the 'right' position is clear (positive)."

This was my initial thinking as well, combined with the fact that I tend to be long-winded, but I don't think this is a simple matter of providing more choice.

dynamic,

@flancian

Extending the character limit without making any other changes to the interface would concretely change the writing experience for people who do appreciate being compelled to write more succinctly and / or who like breaking things up into microblog "threads", and there would be costs (although perhaps not highly visible ones) associated with this change.

dynamic,

@flancian

The "Show more" link is a pain point for me of the existing system. I refer to it in my thread.

(I'm not really going to fight for keeping our character caps low, but my preference would be to leave things alone.)

mathowie, to random
@mathowie@xoxo.zone avatar

This is my Apple ad parody. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/apples-misstep/

video/mp4

dynamic,

@incredibish @mathowie

That parody is amazing. Would appreciate advice on where/how to find the original.

(I understand if people don't want to link to it directly, but I imagine there are ways?)

dynamic, to random

I love the premise of Codidact (https://www.codidact.com/), but I'm profoundly frustrated at their insistence that communities exist for discussing particular topics before people can start posting questions and answers.

What I'd like to see instead is someone doing the exact same project but with the ability to ask and answer questions on anything, and topics organized by user-curated tags.

Anyone know of projects using this model?

(boosts welcome)

dynamic, to random

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold
"The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told Axios.

"...It is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military. "

waldoj, to random
@waldoj@mastodon.social avatar

Soon

dynamic,

@waldoj

That's amazing! Does she have a past life as a farm dog?

dynamic, to accessibility

For sighted people with things to say about the idea of whether or not Mastodon instances disabling images for is useful activism, maybe we could start a separate thread here for that, rather than my previous toot?

@stefan @stefan

dynamic,

@stefan @stefan

Yes, I understand why you added the context, and I think that as author of the original post your reply made sense. I think leave the existing replies in place but don't add more?

dynamic, to accessibility

.coop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for , as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.

One concern raised about this proposal is that it is symbolic and might not do anything to improve the lives of people with visual impairments.

I would like to hear perspectives from people with visual impairments on whether this kind of action is helpful.

(boosts welcome; please only reply if you rely on alt text)



dynamic, to random

"Do you want to rule?

"Do you see the problems in your country and know how to fix them?

"If only you had the power to do so. Well. You've come to the right place.

"But, before we begin this lesson in political power, ask yourself, why don't rulers see as clearly as you, instead acting in such selfish, self-destructive, short-sighted ways?

"Are they stupid? ...Or, is it something else?

"The throne looks omnipotent from afar, but it is not as it seems."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs&t=2s

dynamic, to fediverse

It's just intrinsic to that you can't share old locked (followers only, select list only, etc.) content with new followers / people newly added to your circles (etc.), isn't it?

Like, I think this isn't just a Mastodon problem, but I'd like confirmation.

bikepedantic, to random
@bikepedantic@transportation.social avatar

Trying something new on a lonely Saturday night

video/mp4

dynamic,

@bikepedantic

Making anything?

dynamic, to random

Note to self: stop using hashtags.

https://newsmast.social/@newsmast/111963831495789541

dynamic, to generativeAI

I'm all for blaming capitalism for things, but actually I have some concerns about that don't really have much to do with capitalism.

simon, to random
@simon@simonwillison.net avatar

Seeing some echos today of the AI trust crisis I wrote about back in December: it's very, very hard to convince people that their private data isn't being used to train AI models once they've decided that it might be happening
https://simonwillison.net/2023/Dec/14/ai-trust-crisis/

dynamic,

@simon

I like your idea of better transparency, and I agree that Dropbox probably didn't do the thing that people worried about.

I think you're underestimating the difficulty of rebutting the idea that "Facebook" is "spying" on people through "phone microphones", however. When someone makes a claim like that, it's hard to tell whether they believe the literal words they are saying as opposed to glossing more complicated issues about surveillance and data sharing among big companies.

dynamic, to random

Yesterday I did a quick test drive of a instance. It was a somewhat mindtwisting experience for me as a Mastodon user, in a similar way to how Mastodon/Twitter was mind-twisting for me coming from a Livejournal/Dreamwidth/Facebook background.

But it has some really nice features and might be exactly the thing that some folks are looking for.

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(edited to indicate thread length)

dynamic,

Overall, after a quick dip into Hubzilla, I think it's an extremely powerful platform for giving users better control over information dissemination, with much better privacy controls than Mastodon.

It seems to be well-suited for blogging or social blogging, but less well-suited for public discourse in comment threads.

The ability to have multiple identities from one user account, and the capacity for genuinely nomadic identity may be valuable for many users.

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