ana «model a7m2» 
🎶people say the fediverse runs on activitypub, but actually the fediverse runs on the tenuous web of mutual trust created between all of its participants, and activitypub is but the clumsy messenger
much of the fediverse is "public" in the same way a conversation between friends at the beach is public. sure you can hear what we're saying as you walk by and even join in, but if you sit silently beside us with a tape recorder to transcribe everything we say for further dissemination you're still being a creep
techbros however have no understanding of the value of social convention, and equate being able to do something with being allowed
i block the "trending" bots on sight, and if there's a whole server full of bots boosting posts i'll defederate from it. they have no right to insert themselves into my social fabric #tagsPub
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK@ana some techbros are worse, they aren't even sitting silently near you but hiding behind a rock a few metres away or parked in a van nearby with a directional shotgun microphone, so you can't always see them unless you are actively looking out for such things, and even if you challenge them they might just say something like "I am recording seagulls for wildlife research"
mancube@ana i wish there was a way to block bots universally. i'm not interested in anything not posted by an actual person
Claire McNab@mancube I'd like some sort of bot block which allowed exceptions.
There are useful bots I'd be sorry to miss, such as RNLI Out om A Shout @outonashout
@2legged
nice, yeah i was just wondering if there were alert services of actual value you might miss out on with a blanket block.
@outonashout @ana
nice, yeah i was just wondering if there were alert services of actual value you might miss out on with a blanket block.
@outonashout @ana
@mancube also @altbot. It is very helpful.