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hobbsc

@hobbsc@social.sdf.org

network cowboy and mercenary janitor; one half hillbilly and one half [cyber]punk. clown computing enthusiast. i do filthy, nerdy things.

aka cmhobbs, hobbsc, notcmhobbs, nilmethod, rev. dok. granggg, kd5ryo, and a heap of other names.

elder fedizen from the statusnet days. i am fickle and flighty with social media, so expect this account to implode at any time. i ramble about infosec, tech, games, and whatever the hell else comes to mind. i aggressively mute or block political posts.

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drewdevault, to random
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hobbsc,
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@drewdevault "hacker" news can't affect you if you simply don't participate.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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More interesting question: Is obsessive fandom a new thing, or is it just a new form of an old thing? The thing that feels different in my lifetime is the move from media obsession as a quirky geek thing to something like a serious identity category that lots of people possess.

hobbsc,
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@ZachWeinersmith i think perhaps it's just amplified by the web and the speed at which ideas can be exchanged.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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At the risk of sounding ancient... are most instagram influencers just, like, hot people selling stuff? I guess I don't get what users derive from the experience.

hobbsc,
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@ZachWeinersmith i joined instagram for the first time earlier this year when i was on a trip overseas for a fight camp. it was really the only way that the people at the event communicated. i've found that it took aggressive tailoring to get the feed to be things i was interested in seeing. the moment i happened to interact with a post outside of the slim range of things i was interested in, my feed would go to shit again. typically it'd be arbitrary products and half naked women.

hobbsc,
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@ZachWeinersmith also if you tap on the instagram logo in-app you can change to "Following" and you'll get less garbage in that feed. It's well hidden on purpose, I think.

djlink, (edited ) to random
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Only one can exist!

hobbsc,
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@djlink tough call between sf2 and d2 for me...

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