Hi!!! I’m a strategist/entrepreneur/software engineer/activist, focusing on the intersection of justice, equity, and software engineering. I've been on the fediverse for a long time and am currently checking out /KBin. @jdp23 is my main account on Mastodon, and I also run @nexusofprivacy
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. The article describes it as "the official end of the battle," which seems an overstatement to me, but it's the certainly the end of the initial phase....
Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills? (wedistribute.org)
A slew of bad internet bills are being pushed through the US Legislature. Can we look to the Fediverse to carry activist causes?
Thoughts on doing activism on kbin or Lemmy?
I'm working on an activism campaign kicking off next week opposing some bad internet bills in the US -- here's the magazine I just set up. Once things get going, we'll be sharing links there including information and actions people can take....
A lawsuit claims OpenAI stole 'massive amounts of personal data,' including medical records and information about children, to train ChatGPT (www.businessinsider.com)
The lawsuit alleges OpenAI crawled the web to amass huge amounts of data without people's permission.
banning and defederating communities
Hey all, I recently left reddit like many of you. I have a question regarding lemmy and the fediverse on the history of banning and defederation. I have noticed several posts calling for varying communities to be disconnected. were these removal requests as prevalent before the mass migration? Usually I am all for communities...
Call to action - renewed protests starting on July 1st (www.reddit.com)
The latest from /r/ModCoord.
Project92 and the Fediverse - A Smarter Battle Plan to Protect the Open Social Web (www.timothychambers.net)
With the upcoming #meta #Project92 Fediverse service, this is a plan to fight smarter in how to both protect our users, and how to be better battle plan to protect the Open Social Web.
Which Lemmy instances are anti-corporation?
Concerning the current debate on Meta, I‘m a bit concerned over where I should make my home. I don‘t want corporations to intrude and ruin my just newly found space of freedom. They would just offer "help" and then centralise and privatise and infest it with ads, data collection and profit motive. I need to search for the...
/kbin server update - or how the server didn't blow up
Currently, on the main instance, people have created 40191 accounts (+214 marked as deleted). I don't know how many are active because I don't monitor it, but once again, I greet all of you here :) In recent days, the traffic on the website has been overwhelming. It's definitely too much for the basic docker-compose setup,...
Don't tell people "it's easy", and seven more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (UPDATED) (privacy.thenexus.today)
I had shared an earlier version of this last week, and a draft of the updates a few days ago. Thanks to everybody for the feedback!...
r/Blind's Meetings with Reddit and the Current Situation Regarding Accessibility and API Changes
The following is the text copied from the reddit post in the /r/blind sub reddit....
Eight days later: KBin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT) (privacy.thenexus.today)
Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!...
It makes all the difference... (slrpnk.net)
Beehive: an update to defederating from sh.itjust.works (sh.itjust.works)