Mastodawn

Damon Outlaw Dec 24, 2023

Jess👾Dec 21, 2023

If your platform bans consenting adults posting pictures of their own bodies and their interactions with other consenting adults bodies but does not ban Nazis, you can't tell me that you don't censor content. You do censor content, you're just okay with Nazis.

Damon Outlaw Dec 17, 2023

Evan Prodromou Jul 9, 2023

I am not open to your ahistorical take on Google Chat and XMPP.

Google didn't do anything wrong by using an open standard.

They didn't do anything wrong by building a good interface that people liked to use.

And they didn't do anything wrong by disconnecting from the network when the spam and harassment outweighed the benefit to their users.

We, the XMPP community, failed to capitalize on success by diversifying the network. It's our own fault not enough nodes were there.

Damon Outlaw Dec 17, 2023

Evan Prodromou Dec 16, 2023

The right to decide who you connect with and who you don't on the fediverse is fundamental.

You don't have to justify your decisions to anyone.

Damon Outlaw Dec 16, 2023

One of the beautiful things about issues such as Bluesky, Threads, Gaza etc is that you see people's true nature. People are often saying how much better Mastodon is than other platforms yet you see the same tactics, word choices and behaviours you see from the worse users on Twitter/X. What makes it worse is that through sheer numbers it makes more sense on Big Social platforms. Mastodon & the Fediverse is significantly smaller. People will be people no matter the platform, so i'd never say how much the Fedi is better when people can easily see things that turned them off to Big Social. The good thing about this is people can see the truth and it makes it easy to block certain type of users #Bluesky #Threads #Meta #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Fediverse

Damon Outlaw Dec 16, 2023

Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦Dec 16, 2023

I'm sure everyone is tired of discussing Threads and Meta (I know I am), but I just want to say I find any predictions of what Meta is going to do in the future that don't include discussion of the effects of the EU's Digital Markets Act unpersuasive. All of these companies are under intense scrutiny now, and not just by the EU, so I think that a prediction of what they're going to do based on the crap they got away with 10-15 years ago is not the slam dunk folks think it is.

Damon Outlaw Dec 16, 2023

Joseph Cox Dec 15, 2023

New: we’ve found second company that says it is using microphone data to target ads. Tiny 3 man outfit in New Hampshire. They’re deleting product descriptions but we got Google caches.

When it comes to using voice to target ads “we’re the guys,” they say https://www.404media.co/mindsift-brags-about-using-smart-device-microphone-audio-to-target-ads-on-their-podcast/

Company Brags About Using Smart Device Microphone Audio to Target Ads on Their Podcast

MindSift is the tiny company that says it’s using device microphone data to target ads.

404 Media

Damon Outlaw Dec 13, 2023

Big news
https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== #Fediverse #Mastodon #Threads #Meta

Damon Outlaw Dec 13, 2023

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye Dec 12, 2023

The "pro-life" thing was bullshit all along, but this doesn't even qualify under that paper-thin umbrella. This is pure cruelty. Fuck the Texas Supreme Court, fuck everyone who supports this into the sun.
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/12/11/texas-supreme-court-rules-against-woman-seeking-court-approved-abortion/71886066007/

Texas Supreme Court rules against first woman to seek court-approved abortion in 50 years

The high court's ruling comes just hours after Cox's attorneys stated that she had left the state to terminate her pregnancy.

Austin American-Statesman

Damon Outlaw Dec 13, 2023

Nitish Pahwa Dec 12, 2023

honored to have contributed to this important new Slate series on a little-understood segment of the tech industry—the way it operates for people behind bars. I wrote about exploitative nature of high-cost prison phone calls and messages, word to Mac Dre and Drakeo the Ruler: https://slate.com/technology/2023/12/prison-telecom-gtl-viapath-jpay-securus-private-equity.html

The Shadowy Industry Dedicated to Squeezing Every Last Penny Out of People in Prison

Two companies shape what it’s like to be in prison in most of America. Their opacity gives them power.

Slate

Damon Outlaw Dec 13, 2023

Jaz (IFTAS)Dec 12, 2023

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