careynaApr 30, 2017
Del

"you reek of pseudo-intellectual. youre just another ugly slut that uses the title of gamer girl to attract all the omega autists of the world.
I hope you get raped and beaten in front of the person you love the most in this world."

This is what it's like being a woman on the internet, by the way. This is an unprovoked comment I got on my youtube channel where I'd post content about videogames and computers. This was by no means a rare occurrence.

Apr 29, 2017 at 1:54pmWeb
Show threadJasonApr 29, 2017

@WelshPixie Fuck.

I had no idea you had a YouTube channel, but holy fuck I hate these worthless sacks of garbage. Sorry you have to deal with that shit.

Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@OldandConfused Thanks. <3 I don't really use the gaming one any more (youtube.com/welshpixie), not because of the harassment (which, and this is so shit to say, you just kinda filter out after a while) but I just moved on from wanting to have an audience waiting for me to do gaming stuff. Now I'm mostly at youtube.com/pelshwixie which is art-oriented. :)
Show threadJasonApr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie
It's not worth much, but when I was on Twitter, I'd attack gaters and sad puppies like a rabid dog. I find them an afront to humanity
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@OldandConfused good stuff!!
Show threadJasonApr 29, 2017

@WelshPixie Meh. It amounted to nothing of course, just a venom spitting match.

One reason I quit that site and will never return...

Show threadԜаӀtеr ⅬарсһуnѕkіApr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie no one deserves this at all. I'm so sorry.
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@wxl <3
Show threadjd Ⓐ★😼🚀🌍🇪🇺🇭🇺Apr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie fk...
Show threadKhurram Wadee ✅Apr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie An absolute disgrace. I see comments on Youtube like this so often and I have no idea what makes people so nasty and insecure as to make them.
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@mkwadee Yeah it's insanely common. This was one of the worst ones but I'd get nasty comments on pretty much a daily basis when my channel was active.
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie Personally, I would consider using a platform that doesn't thrive economically on abuse.

I myself generally avoid YouTube/Google and other advertisement companies that make more money for every new person (including assholes) that "use" (gets used) by their disservices.

You're very welcome to publish your videos outside of the capitalists' control. If you want video hosting tips, I'm sure the !fediverse is full of helpful people. .)
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@mmn Yeah, uh... I'm not sure if you realise how much this sounds like victim blaming'? I know that I *can't* use any service I like because of some of them are hives of scum and villainy, but the solution isn't 'go elsewhere', it's 'let's fight to make ALL spaces free from scum and villainy'.
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie I actually put effort into making it not be interpreted victim blaming. .) Maybe more background on how I reason regarding internet communities would've been necessary to avoid that kind of tone.

(I believe moderation is necessary to build community - and on YouTube the only moderator other than you is Google. And that moderator obviously thinks assholes posting offensive crap is more lucrative than letting communities form on their own - like how federation works with this network).
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@mmn Yeah, YT is very problematic. The comment I shared earlier was someone I reported for also posting racial and gay slurs on other videos and YT responded that they couldn't find any community violations :/ But though there are plenty other video hosts out there, Google obviously dominates the ability to effectively monetise - there aren't many (any?) alternative options for people who host content for revenue, where the 'go elsewhere' solution isn't an option.
Show threadBob MottramApr 29, 2017
@mmn @welshpixie I think there's a real potential advantage to be had in the fediverse (from a bragging point of view) if the privacy/blocking controls are good enough. As you say, because of their business models the silos just can't compete and their logic compels them to always include assholes in all their public spaces. That doesn't necessarily have to apply here, and historically it hasn't much.
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@bob @mmn Tsu was pretty interesting - I started using it and did make some small change (I think after a few months I was at $5) but it got dominated by people gaming the system a bit. I'd love something that like Masto but that would allow people to monetise content (not necessarily via advertising) and gain followers relevant to their 'channels' but have the same privacy and moderation as here.
Show threadTim RoweApr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie @bob @mmn Did you ever try "Ello" ? They now have a means of monetising art.
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@timrowe @bob @mmn No - I'll have a look! Thanks! ^.^
Show threadTim RoweApr 29, 2017
@WelshPixie @bob @mmn Let me know what you think. I used to use it, but I prefer it here now. :)
Show threadBob MottramApr 29, 2017
@welshpixie @mmn I've recently been adding private contact icons to postActiv, and your comment suggests that maybe I should also include a button for Patreon or similar systems. Perhaps a BTC button, although I'm not much of a bitcoin fan.
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@bob @mmn I'm definitely in favour of more sites adding Patreon fields/buttons :)
Show threadMaiyannah BishopApr 29, 2017
@bob @welshpixie That would probably be helpful and not hard to do.  PP donate / BTC / patreon (in no particular order) seem to be the big three.
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@mmn Actually after reading this toot > https://social.umeahackerspace.se/notice/1082869 I'm pretty sure you meant not harm but maybe didn't think it through and equate that notion with this scenario :)
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 29, 2017
#commiewebconsulting
Show threadb9AcE (moved to @[email protected])Apr 29, 2017
@mmn That's why web addresses end in .com you know… It's all a commie conspiracy.
Show threadBob MottramApr 29, 2017
@mmn @welshpixie for video hosting there fediverse's @cwebber with Mediagoblin
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@bob @cwebber @mmn It's less about just hosting and more about the community engagement and monetisation that YT has. At the time it was a valuable source of income for me that let us pay bills easier. It's not as simple, for many people, as having the choice to host elsewhere.
Show threadTomas SA2TMSApr 29, 2017
@welshpixie I tend to respond to people like this with variants of "you must be fun at parties". But then I also don't get gendered abuse. "Nerd." is also simple yet effective

What @mmn said also, at least in the long term. In the short term double-posting to YT and say a self-hosted MediaGoblin tied to your Mastdon account (so it re-publishes the MG feed or so) could be quite effective and helps bring about the inevitable end of GOOG
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017

@tomas @mmn Nerd is something I'd approvingly call friends passionate about specific fields of interest, hehe.

I strongly dislike that the go-to suggestion is for the people suffering abuse to leave the community and not for more pressure to be put on the community's leaders/owners/whatever to take more action. Things like YT and Twitch are important sources of revenue for a lot of people who'd otherwise struggle, and moving isn't feasible.

Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@tomas @mmn So saying 'move to blah instead' is fine if you're only after a host and not a community of engagement and opportunity to monetise because you're broke and being able to get some extra money through ad revenue and sponsorships literally helps pay your bills every month. It's not a solution, it's an opt-out for people who have the luxury of choosing that.
Show threadTomas SA2TMSApr 29, 2017
@welshpixie Yes and no. Keeping oneself housed and fed will always take priority of course, so opting out entirely is likely not possible (yet). But GOOG and the rest of the centralized Web have shown unwilling to defend basic human decency in favor of blind liberalism and greed. Perhaps I'm too pessimistic though, having been in the trenches for quite some time by this point

As a huge nerd myself I think "nerd" can fill many useful roles, depending on context :) Calling sexists "sexists" doesn't seem to work very well, but "nerd" sure as hell does. At the same time there's less stigma associated with the word compared to the 90's - young people don't seem to get ostracized as much these days for having passion for narrow interests
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@tomas yeah, it's definitely a huge and ongoing struggle fighting back against that whole thing. :(
Show threadTomas SA2TMSApr 29, 2017
@welshpixie makes me wonder if it would be possible to run a video site as a non-profit
Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@tomas Yeah, I think there's definitely a space for something like that to exist but (obviously among many other issues) for it to be worthwhile for those people who help earn a living through YT, it'd probably need to have a significant reach, and that'd take a while to get :(
Show threadTomas SA2TMSApr 29, 2017
@welshpixie my only thought is I have more followers on here than YT
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 29, 2017
@tomas Disk space and bandwidth is essentially gratis. What is needed is that we all quit our dayjobs and start hacking on the software!
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 29, 2017
@tomas PS. Buy all the disks and network cabling before you quit your job.
Show threadTomas SA2TMSApr 29, 2017
@mmn must pay rent, for now. But: disk costs maintainance. Need to seed things even if webtorrents. Ask @mikael
Show threadMikaelApr 30, 2017
In sweden a gigabit costs around €70-80 for personal use (some have server restrictions), around €300-€500 for company customers (restrictions on reselleling bandwidth). Transit costs around €300-30000 for gigabit and only available only on certain locations( PoP, direct fiber to transit providers), there are also extra costs, like €150 for colocation at pop site, €50 for cable to the next room, RIPE is €1500 per year. (Needed to get own ips)

So I would claim that slow internet is really cheap and fast internet is expensive/bothersome. Torrent is a great solution for that. Ceph my favourite storage system has an automatic torrent generator for all files shared via their amazon s3 clone, rgw. All that is needed is to mark the file public and add ?torrent to the url.
Show threadTomas SA2TMSApr 30, 2017
@mikael so in essence the real limit is storage, for seeding. But perhaps that responsibility can be put on the content creators. Want to have a channel? Seed!
Show threadMikaelApr 30, 2017
@tomas yes, some easy tools for transcoding and analytics is needed. S3 might be a good api to standardise on as it makes it simple to scale up and there are lots of existing tools for it. I am not aware of a simple rpi class S3 implementation though.
Show threadcharlag test accountMay 2, 2017
. @tomas @mikael so, that's why Spotify is so expensive
Show thread🌈 A. Wilcox delicatelyApr 29, 2017

@WelshPixie Shame on that dickhead for saying those things. I don't know how much this means or helps, but having followed you some weeks:

1) You seem genuinely intelligent on a wide variety of subjects ranging from art to photography to nature (plants/birds/animals);
2) You are definitely not ugly, in fact, you are beautiful;
3) I hope you get hugged and snuggled by the person you love the most in this world.

Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@awilfox awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww <3 <3 <3 <3 Thank you so much!!
Show threadBjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏Apr 29, 2017

@WelshPixie Wow, I'm sorry, that is absolutely awful.

For whatever it's worth, I'm glad to have made your acquaintance, you seem great. And punny.

Show threadDelApr 29, 2017
@HerraBRE Thank you!! So many puns 😎