Mastodawn

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@sixcolors/116252133812557058

Thanks for writing this up, @dmoren! My full writeup, with many samples of Apple Photos getting automatic concert event tagging very, very wrong, can be found here:

https://cdevers.github.io/2026/03/17/Where-Is-My-Mind.html

What bugs me isn't that such mistakes happen, because mistakes are always going to happen. The fact that we can't edit or remove these broken tags is what makes this so exasperating. Improving the AI behavior would be nice, but what we really need is a way for us humans to validate that the tags are correct.

cdevers Nov 4, 2022

Howdy.

cdevers Apr 25, 2022

I forgot about this site.

I know the cool kids prefer this site to Facebook, but, well, yeah.

But I sure am glad I’ve weaned myself off Twitter for the most part.

Anyway.

Hi!

cdevers Nov 14, 2021

I keep forgetting this site exists.

I’ve given up on Twitter, and a lot of people are suggesting giving up on Facebook.

Guess this is the last alternative standing?

Toot.

cdevers Feb 16, 2019

Hey look Mastodon still exists. Hi!

cdevers Nov 13, 2017

I keep forgetting that Mastondon exists. From what I can see, it looks like most of the others I’ve followed all forgot about it, too.

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cdevers Apr 28, 2017

…that or everyone I was following abandoned the Mastodon expriment?

cdevers Apr 28, 2017

“You aren't following anyone yet.”

“Follows: 14. Followers: 9.”

Okay so I guess bugs exist.

https://mastodon.social/media/czFfqyAOTmUwhJWr8xU

cdevers Apr 7, 2017

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awkward Apr 7, 2017

@cdevers @you
I think she's right about the messaging surrounding it, but I think some activities need to be discouraged - like taking you email handle on every email server would be considered nuts.

I think the thing that's going to come through is that what instance you're on is going to rapidly become an important part of context, and that will need to be surfaced to the users. Even something as simple as theming instances differently would be good messaging.

cdevers Apr 7, 2017

Twitter thread on drawbacks of Mastodon's federated approach:

https://twitter.com/adrienneleigh/status/850243710973493248

TL;DR— Federation is great, but it kills privacy. If you want private posts, or want to delete posts, all you can do is request a deletion, but other Mastondon/GNUSocial instances don't have to honor that.

Moreover, it kills identity: anyway can be “@you” on some new Mastodon instance.

These problems are intrinsic to Federation, and will not necessarily be easy to fix.