Mastodawn

Jon Jul 22, 2023

Manuela Malasaña Jul 22, 2023

i was just locking down the office when in comes this dame. she looks desperate. husband's dead and coroner calls it an accident. his estranged brother was just made successor on his github she says. i take a drag. little did i know my life was about to git reset -- hard

Jon Jul 22, 2023

@kainoa the quoted post looks fantastic using Firefish! The multiple link previews are really useful ... and it's very colorful which really brings out the much more vibrant feel of the Firefish user interface.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/users/thenexusofprivacy/statuses/110754630848313101

The Nexus of Privacy (@[email protected])

#followfriday for #digitalrights -- and #BadInternetBills campaign! This post is US-focused, see the reply for European digital rights advocates. @[email protected] - their page at https://badinternetbills.com/ has links to take action! @[email protected] -- their page on [You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills) also has links to take action! @[email protected] -- [Digital Rights Groups Launch Week of Action Against 'Bad Internet Bills' ](https://www.commondreams.org/news/badinternetbills) has quotes from Evan on #KOSA @[email protected] -- EFF's Director of Cybersecurity @[email protected], Cory Doctorow's linkblog. @[email protected] , whose [Lemmy post](https://lemmy.world/post/1783401) put the Bad Internet Bills on a lot of people's radar. @[email protected] and @[email protected], for news and actions. [Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills? ](https://wedistribute.org/2023/07/can-the-fediverse-help-stop-bad-internet-bills/) has more on why #KOSA, #EARNIT, #STOPCSAM, and the other bad internet bills are so bad -- including the threats to encryption and the harms they'll cause to LGBTQIA2S+ people -- and how #fediverse activism can help make a difference. Here's four easy ways to help: 1. Upvote and boost posts in @[email protected] -- and cross-post them to other communities and magazines where they're on-topic 2. On Mastodon, boost posts on the #BadInternetBills and #KOSA hashtags 3. Get the word out on other social networks too 4. If you live in the US, contact your legislators using Fight for the Future’s https://www.badinternetbills.com/ [Edited to add Cory Doctorow's linkblog, and to highlith that this i the US version] (3/N)

Infosec Exchange

Jon Jul 22, 2023

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The Nexus of Privacy Jul 21, 2023

#followfriday for #digitalrights -- and #BadInternetBills campaign!

This post is US-focused, see the reply for European digital rights advocates.

@fight - their page at https://badinternetbills.com/ has links to take action!

@eff -- their page on You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills also has links to take action!

@evangreer -- Digital Rights Groups Launch Week of Action Against 'Bad Internet Bills' has quotes from Evan on #KOSA

@evacide -- EFF's Director of Cybersecurity

@pluralistic, Cory Doctorow's linkblog.

@KelsonV , whose Lemmy post put the Bad Internet Bills on a lot of people's radar.

@bad_internet_bills and @BadInternetBills, for news and actions.

Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills? has more on why #KOSA, #EARNIT, #STOPCSAM, and the other bad internet bills are so bad -- including the threats to encryption and the harms they'll cause to LGBTQIA2S+ people -- and how #fediverse activism can help make a difference.

Here's four easy ways to help:

Upvote and boost posts in @bad_internet_bills -- and cross-post them to other communities and magazines where they're on-topic

On Mastodon, boost posts on the #BadInternetBills and #KOSA hashtags

Get the word out on other social networks too

If you live in the US, contact your legislators using Fight for the Future’s https://www.badinternetbills.com/

[Edited to add Cory Doctorow's linkblog, and to highlith that this i the US version]

(3/N)

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

Fight for the Future

Jon Jul 16, 2023

Erin Kissane Jul 16, 2023

Bluesky had a bad week as a company in relation to its community of users but a thing that is totally alive there rn and really not here is Black journalists and writers and internet people having non-101 conversations about rhetoric and networks at full speed without being hit with hundreds of identical replies about not seeing race or being asked to prove the existence of racism.

I hope fedi people who care about this stuff are paying attention and not just smugly writing them off.

Jon Jul 6, 2023

Jo (she/they)Jul 6, 2023

Cis male #fediverse influencers & mega-instance admins: "This! This is the glorious future of #ActivityPub !!"

Everyone else:

#Meta #BlockMeta #ThreadsApp #Threads #Instagram #FediblockMeta

RE: https://blahaj.zone/notes/9gu7nefip0

Jo (she/her) (@jo)

5 million users already. The feed is garbage. GaysAgainstGroomers and LibsOfTikTok are already using quote posts to pile on. No fucking way that shit should be coming here. #fediverse #Meta #BlockMeta #ThreadsApp #Threads #Instagram #FediblockMeta (📎2)

Blåhaj Zone

Jon Jul 1, 2023

dansup Jun 30, 2023

While it's impossible to get an accurate user count across the fediverse due to several factors like spam signups, downtime and inflated metrics, it is possible to filter out inaccurate results using std dev and other metrics.

https://fedidb.org aims to be the most accurate source of fediverse network statistics and data, and I think we're on the right path! #fediDB

FediDB - Fediverse Network Statistics

Fediverse Network Statistics

Jon Jun 10, 2023

Jeff Jun 10, 2023

Finishing up my Calckey Plugins week with a fun one. MFM (Misskey Flavoured Markdown) is quite an expressive art form and a great entry to coding, math, and styling (but having fun and not realizing your'e learning something) 🤫

Here I've created a plugin generator, which writes the AiScript code based on a few pieces of information provided by a user in a form.

https://box464.com/posts/calckey-snippets/

#Calckey #CalckeyPlugins #AiScript

Calckey Plugin - Snippets

Introducing - Snippets! A Calckey Plugin generator for easily sharing your favorite MFM and plain text snippets in your posts, right from the action items menu.

Jeff Sikes

Jon Jun 9, 2023

Don't tell people "it's easy", and six more things /KBin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (DRAFT)

Reddit's strategy of antagonizing app writters, moderators, and millions of redditors is good news for reddit alternatives like /KBin and Lemmy. And not just them! The fediverse has always grown in waves and we're at the start of one.

Previous waves have led to innovation but also major challenges and limited growth. It's worth looking at what tactics worked well in the past, to use them again or adapt them and build on them. It's also valuable to look at what went wrong or didn't work out as well in the past, to see if there are ways to do better.

Here's the current table of contents:

* I'm flashing!!!!!
* But first, some background

1. Don't tell people "it's easy"
2. Improve the "getting-started experience"
3. Keep scalability and sustainability in mind
4. Prioritize accessibility
5. Get ready for trolls, hate speech, harassment, spam, porn, and disinformation
6. Invest in moderation tools
7. Values matter

* This is a great opportunity – and it won't be the last great opportunity

It's also got quotes from @ada, @jayeless, @wild1145 and @rodti (in the section on scalability and sustainability), and @sarahgilbert (in the section on moderation tools) as well as reddit perspectives including r/Blind and r/AskHistorians.

Like I say, this is still a draft, so feedback is welcome! I plan to take another pass at it and then share it on kbin, lemmy, hashtags, etc.

https://privacy.thenexus.today/dont-tell-people-its-easy-draft/