@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Free human being of this Earth. Be excellent to each other! All my posts here are CC BY-SA 4.0 (or later).
#Vegan #Permaculture #Transition #PeerProduction #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Juggling

Timezone: UTC+12

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

strypey, to random
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

Anyone talked to MTA about posting updates in the 'verse?

"New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority () became one of the first major transportation agencies to stop sharing live updates on Twitter. In MTA's press release, acting chief customer officer Shanifah Rieara said that MTA terminated those posting services because 'reliability of the platform can no longer be guaranteed'."

, 2023

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/twitter-rival-blueskys-popularity-surges-because-well-you-know-why/

strypey, to random
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

Is it just me or is web search getting dumber? I just tried to search for a report using DuckDuckGo, with the author's name and the full title as keywords. Instead of the text of the report, ideally from the original publisher, I got a bunch of vaguely related tech press articles. DDG are basically a front-end for Bing now, so I guess they're to blame. But I tried Monocles.de (Searx instance) and the results were only marginally better.

strypey, to random
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

"Ubiquity, like great power, requires of us great responsibility. It changes our duties, and it changes the kind of people we have to be to meet those duties. It is no longer enough for hackers to think like explorers and artists and revolutionaries; now we have to be civil engineers as well, and identify with the people who keep the sewers unclogged and the electrical grid humming and the roads mended."

, 2018

https://web.archive.org/web/20230204130351/http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4196

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

A couple of years earlier, Nadia Egbel published 'Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure':

https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/research-reports/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure/

Linking this again because it's such as an important report and I'm reminding myself I need to read beyond the executive summary. Maybe I need to print it at the library?

strypey, to music
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

"When I say hi, I get shut down
When I’m outside, I get stressed out
When I got people around, I’m anxious
Nobody likes me, what the fuck now?"

The Northern Boys, 'Nobody Likes Me'

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=b7Bj1dBMYBE

strypey, to internet
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

"We believe needs to allow users to:

  • Read and post to multiple social networks from one open source client.

  • Pick and choose between algorithms for filtering and sorting the posts from all these networks.

  • Design (and potentially share) different algorithms for filtering and sorting.

  • Use third-party services to assist in filtering and sorting.

  • Audit the performance of these different algorithms as well as the third party services."

https://publicinfrastructure.org/2022/11/09/gobo-2-0-all-your-social-media-in-one-place/

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@icedquinn
> we have reinvented RSS

RSS is a protocol. Gobo is a multi-protocol social app.

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@screwtape
I don't understand how this relates to the OP. Don't feel obliged to keep your explanations short, you have 500 chars at your disposal, and multiple posts are an option 😋

strypey, (edited ) to random
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

Where to start with this failure of basic fact-checking:

https://token-information.com/the-gnu-thaler-digital-cash-without-blockchain/

First the persistent misspelling of Taler as "Thaler".

> GNU sounds like an African animal

It is, sometimes known as a wildebeest.

> But it is digital money

Nope. It's a currency-agnostic digital payment system.

(1/4)

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@bhaugen
> Please explain. (Unless you already did and I missed it...)

Which bit? Did you read the 4 posts in the thread and skim the linked article I'm quoting from?

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@bhaugen
> Is this the main paper you meant?

No, this one:
https://token-information.com/the-gnu-thaler-digital-cash-without-blockchain/

Linked in the first post in the thread:
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/110291073960554713

strypey, to random
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

about , which according to their website;

"... is being proposed as a standard at the Web Platform Incubator Community Group":

https://webmonetization.org/

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@Hyolobrika
> Tipping for posts is stupid

Tipping is pretty stupid in general. Any musician will tell you that busking is no way to make a living. But I'm all for running the experiment. Some payment is better than no payment, especially when it doesn't depend on a gatekeeper like YT or Spotify who keep most of the revenue for themselves.

@silverpill

jwildeboer, to fediverse
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

The standards that’s behind has no notion of content warnings. Mastodon decided to use the subject field for that. Not saying it’s right or wrong, but this decision makes interoperability a problem.

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@jwildeboer
> FEPs are ultimately a voluntary collection of possible changes/extensions, not part of the standard itself

That's my understanding. They serve as an incubator for standardizing things (by rough consensus and running code) not specified in AP. Things which might become part of an AP 2.0 or official extensions collection if either of these were to happen.

@sl007 @evan

raccoon, to internet

🧵 [1 / 15]

So, is all the hype now and a lot of people are falling for the olde "invite link" trick which not only paints, what is ultimately going to be another social media shitshow, as an exclusive club, but also sneakily turns everyone's curiosity into a vessel for word-of-mouth advertisement to ride piggy back on.

Well, maybe the AT Protocol is at least better than . So, since it is on [1] , let's have a quick look and ... Aww shit! Thread time..

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@raccoon
> As a user, you are not an immediate target

Let's say I'm a noob Mastodon admin. Are all the ActivityPub implementation that use JS subject to the security vulnerability you lay out here?

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@raccoon
> As I said elsewhere in this thread: the Mastodon setup instructions tell you to download node.js

Do you BlueSky? I just double-checked and I don't see any mention of Mastodon in the thread before I brought it up. Unless I'm missing some posts?

Vrimj, to random
@Vrimj@mastodon.sandwich.net avatar

I think it is interesting and says something about tech in general that even Elon understood he had to hire rocket scientists and car manufacturing engineers and neuroscientists for those projects but he doesn't appear to have hired a single expert in communication or social dynamics when taking over Twitter, the same appears to be true for every other newly founded social network where I have taken a look at the leadership.

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@jcutting
> My experience consulting for executives taught me that they got to where they were by dehumanizing or otherwise reducing people (labor and/or customers) into cogs that power their wealth

Corporate hierarchies structurally reward this. The most successful are often actual sociopaths and the rest habitually behave like they are. Chetan Druve wrote an excellent book about why this happens called 'Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator'.

@Vrimj

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@Vrimj
> he doesn't appear to have hired a single expert in communication or social dynamics when taking over Twitter

Not only that but the ones that already worked the were among the first people he started firing. Pure hubris.

thomasfuchs, to random
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io avatar

Poked my head into Mastodon quickly, still people ranting about Bluesky.

Again: if you want to make Mastodon more welcome to people and have everyone here, it needs to get easier to use and add features people need (working replies, working search, quote posts, better discoverability of interesting posts).

Stop whining about some other site.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@thomasfuchs
> if you want to make Mastodon more welcome to people

At the risk of being a broken record, this is like telling people in 1999 that if they want more people using the web, they have to improve Internet Exploiter. There are alternatives to using Mastodon to access the fediverse:

https://delightful.club/delightful-fediverse-apps/

Some of them...

> add features people need (working replies, working search, quote posts, better discoverability of interesting posts)

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@azizhp
> And the Verified problem is simpler to solve

How?

@thomasfuchs

troed, to fediverse
@troed@ioc.exchange avatar

I agree account portability even if the original instance shuts down suddenly is critically important.

I definitely don't agree this would be hard to create on ActivityPub. It needs <some trusted place> to be your account backup in case it's needed. And yes, that trusted place could be self hosted for those that don't trust.

(Currently the main Mastodon codebase would need some, but not extensive, additions to be able to recreate a posting history. Replacing origin addresses in a database isn't data intensive though)

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@troed
> I agree account portability even if the original instance shuts down suddenly is critically important

Absolutely.

> I definitely don't agree this would be hard to create on ActivityPub

This is contrary to everything I've read on the subject. Would you be willing to explain your implementation ideas on SocialHub?
Https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/

Maybe draft an FEP to standardise it?

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep

gubi, to internet
@gubi@sociale.network avatar

checklist:

Is it ? I'm tired of platforms doing things on my back hiding into proprietary code.

Does it support protocol? I'm sick of companies building fences around users, treating them like cattle.

The content feed is chronological? I'm fed up with algorithms manipulating public discourse and hiding things.

Is it free from advertising? I'm disgusted by communities of people transformed in marketing targets and put on sale.

I won't give back freedom.

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@gubi
> Is it floss?

Maybe?
https://github.com/bluesky-social

> Does it support protocol?

No, they decided to create their own federation protocol called AT. But there is already talk among AP folks about building bridges between the two.

> The content feed is chronological?

Presumably that will be an option. I think the idea is that you can choose which algorithm to use with your feed at any given time.

> Is it free from advertising?

Not sure but I think the plan is to build in ads.

atomicpoet, to random
@atomicpoet@mastodon.social avatar

Jack Dorsey explaining exactly why no single company should own a social media platform.

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@atomicpoet
> they definitely have relay mods. And yes, they can ban you

Are these relays like the Pubs and Rooms in SSB?

@Susan_Larson_TN

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@rysiek
> who is reviewing these reports? Who is responsible for these decisions?

Good questions. No idea yet. But the existence of these features makes me skeptical that...

@Susan_Larson_TN
> Blue Sky wants to make it impossible to ban or remove a users access for violating server or network policies

@atomicpoet

strypey, to fediverse
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

For those who didn't know (or have forgotten), there's a PeerTube channel here with videos of the talks and Q&A sessions from the conference we had in late 2020:
https://conf.tube/c/apconf_channel/videos

Picking through these videos is a great way to get a sense of where some of us wanted fediverse development to go, both technically and politically.

strypey, (edited )
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

With pandemic-related things calming down a bit, and especially with the surge in fediverse use over the last 6 months, it seems like a good time to regroup. Would anyone be interested in attending an online fediverse conference, or helping to organise one?

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/anyone-keen-on-a-fediverse-conference-in-2023-24/3167

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@screwtape
> It would be neat to meet all these kiwis

Being an online event it will hopefully have participants from all over, but I imagine that will include a few more kiwis than last time :)

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@evan as one of the midwives of the fediverse, it would be great to have your advice and participation in a fediverse conference.

lightweight, to random
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

Listening to RNZ now, I'm appalled by gov't's decisions to roll back climate action commitments due to natural disasters caused by climate catastrophes. Who was it who said that 'humanity is the only species that will be unable to save itself from extinction because doing so isn't cost-effective'?

strypey,
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz avatar

@lightweight
> biofuels is sorta missing the point. We need to reduce energy use, not switch forms

We need to do both. We can't install Carbon Neutral Civilization 1.0 on a separate planet and switch to it overnight. Getting where we need to go requires a transition strategy, and making it a Just Transition puts even more constraints on how we can get there. Biofuels and hydrogen have their downsides, as does all renewable energy tech, but both can be significantly better than fossil fuels.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • JUstTest
  • slotface
  • ngwrru68w68
  • everett
  • mdbf
  • modclub
  • rosin
  • khanakhh
  • DreamBathrooms
  • thenastyranch
  • magazineikmin
  • Youngstown
  • GTA5RPClips
  • InstantRegret
  • provamag3
  • kavyap
  • ethstaker
  • osvaldo12
  • normalnudes
  • tacticalgear
  • cisconetworking
  • cubers
  • Durango
  • Leos
  • anitta
  • tester
  • megavids
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •