mastodonmigration

mastodonmigration, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to threads

IMPORTANT. Threads stated policy is to collect and exploit Fediverse user personal data without explicit consent.

Now is a very good time to review Threads Terms of Use (https://help.instagram.com/769983657850450) and Supplemental Privacy Policy (https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944).

Note just by following a Threads user or replying to a post, Meta claims they are entitled to your personal data.

And what do they say they will do with your data? Provide you with "business services (including ads)."

#threads #DataPrivacy

mastodonmigration, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Mastodon, we have a problem.

@Teri_Kanefield: I am beginning to think I waste my time and energy on social media... I came back to read my comments... and really, I feel ill.

@Popehat: ...find me on Bluesky... less like I'm likely to get screamed at...

@mmasnick: Same is mostly true for me.

@mattblaze: Getting close to joining you... The yelling here is getting to be a bit much.

[Edit to clarify NOT all are considering leaving]

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Futurology

Summary from long thread on instance blocking.

M = Meta
A = Allows Meta (does not block)
B = Blocks Meta

1. A boosts B's post. Can M see B's post?
2. A replies to B's post. Can M see B's post? A's reply?
3. A boosts M's post. Can B see M's post?
4. A replies to M's post. Can B see M's post? A's reply?

Mastodon default (@jerry)

1. Yes
2. No Yes
3. No
4. No Yes

Mastodon auth_fetch ON

1. No
2. No Yes
3. No
4. No Yes

Calckey (@kainoa)

1. No
2. No No
3. No
4. No No

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#Meta

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago to Futurology

Subject: What's going on with Meta?

To: @Gargron, @ruud, @jerry, @supernovae, @stux, @trumpet, @kev and other large instance admins

Rumors are tearing this place apart out here about secret deals with #Meta. The latest is that Meta has held #NDA meetings with some of you and they will federate with large instances under contracts providing financial support (1) (2).

This is a time for leadership, not silence. Please, what's going on?

(1) https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110598855375585873
(2) https://mastodon.social/@alexeheath/110596207691212890

mastodonmigration, 1 month ago to random

Might be wrong here, but seems like this may be a bigger deal than a clerical error as is being widely reported:

Rejected and ‘returned for correction’: Docs for Trump’s $175M bond get bounced >>> https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/rejected-and-returned-for-correction-docs-for-trumps-175m-bond-get-bounced/

It may be that the bond company didn't report their financials because they have insufficient collateral to secure a bond of this magnitude. In which case the bond is no good, Trump doesn't have a bond, and he is out of time.

Let's see how this gets resolved...

mastodonmigration, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to twitter

The EU has issued an urgent warning to Elon Musk, giving him 24 hours to respond.

Guardian: EU warns Elon Musk over ‘disinformation’ on X about Hamas attack >>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/10/eu-warns-elon-musk-over-disinformation-about-hamas-attack-on-x

"Let me remind you that the Digital Services Act sets very precise obligations regarding content moderation..."

"Failing to moderate content such as fake news could incur fine of 6% of X revenues or EU blackout under new laws"

#Twitter #disinformation #moderation #FakeNews

mastodonmigration, 11 months ago to random

Clarification

You do not have to worry about your mastodon.social (m.s) account being defederated.

There is a well meaning, but misleading post currently promoted that suggests you should move your m.s account because:

1. "Instance admins are considering defederating them"
2. "Their admin is making spam accounts easier to create."

Very few, if any, instances are considering blocking m.s, and the recent spam attacks are worthy of sober discussion, not hyperbole. [more]

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#moderation

mastodonmigration, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

So, lots of reports of abuse and bias on Mastodon today stemming from the Middle East conflict. Perhaps this heightened level of hostility derives from the fact this platform skews left, but these issues divide the left. It's kind of new for us. Whatever the cause, hate speech, antisemitism, islamophobia, racism and personal attacks are never called for and will probably get you blocked or banned. Let's commit to zero tolerance for this garbage. We're better than this. Be kind to each other.

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Futurology

Meta Specific Data Rights Limitation Notice

Notice is hereby given to #Meta Corp. by this account, and all signatories, that all data rights are reserved. No license is granted other than those limited rights as per the account's instance Privacy Policy (eg. https://mastodon.online/privacy-policy).

Specifically no authorization is given for: 1) Monetization in any way, 2) Profiling for targeted advertising or other purpose, 3) AI, LLM or algorithm training.

Simply reply, boost, or favourite to sign

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to fediverse

Threads now has a Supplemental Privacy Policy (https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944) regarding "Third Party Services" like Mastodon. Should Threads interconnect with Mastodon via #ActivityPub, this addresses what they will do with our data.

Note that they will collect information from anyone "allowing Threads users to follow you or interact with your content". The information they collect will include your profile, your content, and your interactions.

#Threads #DataPrivacy

mastodonmigration, 1 year ago to random

Again? Really?

Twitter: By submitting, posting or displaying Content.. you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute...

Bluesky: If you post any content.. you hereby grant Bluesky and its licensees a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, modify, sublicense, and distribute..

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

So, let's get this straight. Elon Musk decided he had the authority to cause a strategic Ukrainian military offensive operation to fail. An attack presumably coordinated with the US. And Elon Musk shut down communications once the operation was already in motion resulting in a Ukrainian defeat. Ukraine is now in the position that military actions are subject to Elon Musk’s approval. Let that sink in.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink

#Musk #Ukraine

mastodonmigration, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to threads

#Threads is not federating with #Mastodon. Not anytime soon, maybe not ever.

In case you missed the #Meta inside information from the Verge's Alex Heath: "Re: ActivityPub integration, it's still a priority for Threads but a "long" way out." https://mastodon.social/@alexeheath/110713788758597963

This whole federating with Threads thing has never made any sense and now we see it is very likely they have just been playing us the whole time. Let's stop falling for this nonsense and get back to building great open social media.

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

Do you have a friend or family member who is not on Mastodon?

And you are thinking, "love to introduce them, but the whole multiple servers thing... 🤔"

Well, you are in luck.

A new site makes joining Mastodon a snap >>> https://spreadmastodon.org/

In minutes, #newbies will be up and running on mastodon.social (other instances coming soon).

@spreadmastodon has been developed by @tchambers and his team, so you know it's safe to recommend.

Let's do this!

#SpreadMastodon #TakeBackSocial

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago to random

Spirited debate today on Mastodon about the new opt-in search capability. Some people think it should be opt-out. Whatever you think about this, perhaps let's all just step back and appreciate that a complex requested feature has been added which will fundamentally change the utility of Mastodon for academics, scientists, journalists and organizations as well as ordinary users. Thank you Mastodon devs! We spoke and you listened.

Support Mastodon development: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

#search

mastodonmigration, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Finding it is possible to rely almost entirely on Mastodon for news during this dynamic time, and that it delivers a much more sober coherent blend of information.

Here's how...

1. Create a List for "News"

Click Lists on the right >>> Type "News" in the box >>> Click "Add list" >>>
Click "News" below >>> Click on little slider bars top right >>>Toggle "Hide these posts from home"

>>>> Edit: Added below from the replies a few more News and a large list of Media accounts.

more...
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mastodonmigration, 9 months ago to threads

OK, seen about a dozen posts today that start with:

"When #Threads federates with the fediverse..."

They go on to imagine some wonderful or awful scenario where the floodgates are open and #Threads becomes another #ActivityPub app like #CalcKey or #Plemora.

Maybe.... but what you are envisioning is really very unlikely. Threads is entirely algorithm driven. How's that going to work? Plus they have no interest in letting their captured users escape.

Be careful with these assumptions.

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mastodonmigration, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to climate

Climate Scientists Leave Twitter For Mastodon

So, it is possible for a group to make the collective decision to leave Twitter. Scientists "suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter," and setting up shop on Mastodon.

Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges >>> https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230524-climate-scientists-flee-twitter-as-hostility-surges

"Glaciologist @Ruth_Mottram had more than 10,000 followers on Twitter but left in February and joined an alternative scientists' forum powered by Mastodon."

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#twittermigration #climate

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago to SpaceX

So now guess what? Elon's space junk is screwing up radio astronomy too.

New Radio Astronomical Observations Confirm Unintended Electromagnetic Radiation Emanating from Large Satellite Constellations >>> https://cps.iau.org/news/new-radio-astronomical-observations-confirm-unintended-electromagnetic-radiation-emanating-from-large-satellite-constellations/

Anybody surprised?

And the plan is to let him launch 30,000 of these monstrosities!

Sign the petition: STOP! SpaceX Starlink from Spoiling Outer Space for Humanity. >>> https://www.change.org/p/stop-spacex-starlink-from-spoiling-outer-space-for-humanity

More on @AstroMigration

#SpaceX #StarLink #SpaceJunk

mastodonmigration, 2 months ago to random

WTF Starlink?

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-deorbit-space-sustainability

So it begins. Critics like astronomer Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets have been calling attention the many horrible aspects of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink system (https://theconversation.com/an-astronomers-lament-satellite-megaconstellations-are-ruining-space-exploration-215653).

Perhaps the greatest threat is for a Kessler Syndrome event, wherein these terrible little satellites, lose control and start smashing into each other, creating a cascade of destruction that closes off space for generations.

more...

mastodonmigration, 9 months ago to fediversenews

Breaking #FediverseNews 💥

WOW! The BBC now has an instance!

BBC >>> https://social.bbc/about

"The team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the #BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the Fediverse... This is an experiment - we will run it for 6 months, and then look at how much value it has provided"

New BBC accounts you can follow: @BBCRD, @BBC5Live, @BBCRadio4, @BBC_News_Labs, @BBCTaster, @Connected_Studio

mastodonmigration, 9 months ago to internet

What if #Meta somehow starts pumping ads and promoted content into the #Fediverse?

The latest "hot-takes" article on #Threads (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/fear-loathing-and-excitement-as-threads-adopts-open-standard-used-by-mastodon/) suggests that Meta is still working out some 'small details', like:

1. Account migration
2. What Threads content, "including, potentially, the role of ads" will be broadcast out into the Fediverse
3. How Fediverse users will be able to see or interact with Threads

Can all instances at least commit that pushing ads at us is a step too far?

mastodonmigration, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

When you post on Twitter(1) or Bluesky(2) you grant them a broad perpetual license to use, modify, and sublicense your content. You effectively make them co-owners of your content. They can mine it and monetize it. They can even sell it. When you post on Mastodon(3) most instances take no license at all. That's right, they tell you what they are doing with your content—storing posts and delivering them—but no license.

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#twittermigration #TermsOfService #PrivacyPolicy #ContentLicense

mastodonmigration, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Mastodon just keeps getting better! Full text search is here!

Well, almost here...

Mastodon core engineer @renchap has just announced that version 4.2.0 beta3 is coming and will be rolled out to some instances within a few days. (https://oisaur.com/@renchap/110946188204729065)

This much requested capability has been in development for a long time and promises to transform Mastodon into a much more capable platform.

Thank you to everyone that has contributed to making search a reality.

#search

mastodonmigration, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to Futurology

Let's try these questions (https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110617171265446738) about instance blocking again this way...

M = Meta
A = Allows Meta (does not block)
B = Blocks Meta

1. A boosts B's post. Can M see B's post?
2. A replies to B's post. Can M see B's post? A's reply?
3. A boosts M's post. Can B see M's post?
4. A replies to M's post. Can B see M's post? A's reply?

EDIT: Summary answers to these questions here: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110622589366603128

#Meta #FediPact #MastoAdmin