The #Fediverse is people to people, thus built on trust relationships, here the is an understandable pushback on tech fixes to replace this human trust building, where in #nostor and #bluesky this tech fix path is more central to the projects.
The "debate" in fluff/spiky, we build (tech)bridges to cross this social diversity. A good outcome :)
The main reason why i love #Mastodon is to be able to recognize when i got it the wrong way just by reading the replies on my toots: No bickering, no trolling, just real honest different point of views.
Hey liebes @swr3 Team, könnt ihr mal euren KollegInnen von #SWR1 Bescheid geben, dass es hier im #Fediverse ganz gemütlich ist und sie sich sich auch hier blicken lassen sollen und nicht nur bei den Kommerzplattformen von BigTech Unternehmen?
Hey! Ich bin Ina und studiere Medien & Kommunikation im Master an der Uni Augsburg. Wir führen unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Wimmer ein Forschungsprojekt zu Mastodon durch und befragen hierzu Nutzer:innen der Plattform nach ihrer persönlichen Meinung und Erfahrung.
Wenn du Fragen und/oder Interesse an einem Online-Interview hast, melde dich gerne hier per DM oder unter ina.sedlaczek@uni-a.de
One thing I like about #Mastodon is that it doesn't exhaust my #CriticalThinking skills with endless whataboutery and arguments going round in circles. People are generally sensible here.
Through #ActivityPub, #Mastodon privacy settings rely on voluntary cooperation. You request that instances only share your content with the audience you specify, but there is no real way to enforce that.
This comes as a surprise to many users.
Me, I think I’d change the UI to call it “suggested broadcast”’ rather than anything related to privacy so that users are more aware of where their content might end up.
Adding a #Mastodon toots reading document loader to #langchain, this was on my list for a while. Mostly because we can, and because #OpenSource is good times...
I'm all about the wider adoption of #ActivityPub by companies like #Meta. I love the fact that we have a protocol that makes social activities a native part of the internet.
If we're worried about algorithms/corporate creep, we should work to ensure ActivityPub providers give users as much control as possible over how they share and receive their information.
Actually, now that I think of it, I have no idea how a provider would handle advertising.
Germanys government just altered its position on #chatcontrol, the current total #surveillance proposal of the #EU. This is important to you given the main developers and maintainers are situated here.
If this comes through (probably), they'll be legally obligated to include the following into the code (and european instances would HAVE to run it):