Joe Terranova

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he/him. LARPer, Nerd Organizer, Web Dev. Not the CNBC guy but I've got Nihilist Stock Market advice. I'm the admin for the leftist.network Mastodon instance
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Joe TerranovaDec 27, 2023
Leftist Network AdminDec 27, 2023
#server #servernews Hi folks! I've just updated the Mastodon server to 4.2.3 after it's been not updated for quite some time. So far seems to be running ok. If you notice issues, please let @admin and @joeterranova know
Joe TerranovaDec 5, 2023

When you setup replication for the #redis server:
Girl, you look good when you back that cache up

#techjokes #dadjokes

Joe TerranovaJul 29, 2023
At the drive-in to see barbie. Barbie and legally blonde are screen one. His Only Son and The Sound of Freedom on screen two. See if you can spot the difference.
Joe TerranovaJul 24, 2023
Wayland.socialJul 24, 2023
Welcome to Wayland.social: the successor to X.com.
Joe TerranovaJun 19, 2023
Chris TrottierJun 19, 2023
People are asking me what I think about #Meta joining the Fediverse. To review what I've said elsewhere, it's important to acknowledge five important realities:

1. Meta can use ActivityPub, and nothing can be done about it. Fediblock doesn't prevent Meta from using ActivityPub because ActivityPub is an open protocol.

2. A mass Fediblock (Gab style) is not happening. The big servers aren't doing it. And if the big servers aren't doing it, the medium and little servers don't have the power to enforce a mass Fediblock.

3. The majority of people on the Fediverse don't care -- and many of them even want to connect with Meta. I know, this might surprise you. But based on my observations, most people won't be leaving mastodon.social because it federates with Meta.

4. Even if the majority of Fediverse servers blocked Meta, that would still mean that certain unsavoury servers (which shall be unnamed) will likely connect with Meta -- and I certainly don't want those servers to be the face of the Fediverse for people who use #P92

5. Even if Meta pulled a Truth Social and didn't connect to the Fediverse, that does not prevent them from sucking up all that data from ActivityPub -- seeing how that data is, in fact, public.

Am I saying there's no value in blocking Meta? Not at all. Yes, block them if you don't want to send and receive messages to P92. Will that prevent Meta from seeing your messages? As I said, no, not at all. But at least that's data you haven't directly given to Meta (unless you're allowing RSS on your server). And it will also mean you won't receive messages from Meta -- if that's your purpose, blocking is good.

Now I've come to believe that when Meta joins the Fediverse, the Fediverse will largely be divided into three factions:

Faction 1: Servers that federate with Meta
Faction 2: Servers that don't federated with Meta, but federate with servers that federate with Meta
Faction 3: Servers that don't federate with Meta, and don't federate with any server that federates with Meta

Factions 1 and 2 will probably go on their merry way. It's Faction 3 that I believe will die because it's ultimately unfeasible.

"But Chris!" some might say, "There's that pact!"

Unless all those servers in that pact are only federating via white labeled servers who've signed that pact, the pact is useless. Such white labeling would mean that every server that federates must be manually reviewed. And it means that every new server that joins the Fediverse will be federated with Faction 1 and Faction 2 before they're federated with Faction 3.

Which ultimately means that Faction 3 gets tinier and tinier, especially as churn occurs, and those users don't get replaced by newcomers.

In the end, what will federation via white label achieve? Not a whole lot, except make certain people believe they have done something substantial to fight Meta when they haven't.

At a certain point, we have to accept reality: Meta will use ActivityPub, and most people using the Fediverse will talk to them.

So am I waving the white flag?

Not at all. What's important to acknowledge here is that it's not we, the Fediverse, who have conceded. It's Meta.

It's Meta who have given up ownership of their own corporate-owned network effect in order to join the Fediverse.

Despite this concession from Meta, I'm not happy about them joining the Fediverse.

However, there's another consideration: for people who use Meta. it's an incremental improvement over what they had before -- which was no federation. Again, less worse is better than worse. If the world is slightly better -- even if it's not ideal -- it's still better.

Do I want people to use Meta-owned social networks? Not at all.

Here's where I disagree with 99% of people panicking about Meta: I believe ActivityPub will ultimately be Meta's own undoing.

And I want to hasten this undoing 😊
Joe TerranovaJun 19, 2023

#reddit I love you, but you're bringing me down.
#reddit I love you, but you're bringing me down.
Throwing out all we've had, just to show some more ads.
#reddit I love you, but you're bringing me down.

#reddit, you're corporate and you're wasting my time.
Our little subreddits were filthy but fine
But you made us pack up, so you can sell some more stock,
So we're all checking out, and you won't get a dime.

#lcdsoundsystem

Joe TerranovaJun 15, 2023
Tristan LouisJun 15, 2023

Thinking through the Reddit crisis, I'd recommend that @ernest and @dessalines contact the creators of the most popular reddit clients and work together to piece a bridge that would take the calls that were made to #reddit and translate them into API calls that would go to #lemmy and #kbin

Having those clients run in the same way against the #fediverse equivalents would reduce friction for end-users and potentially help a lot of moderators who rely on them.

#redditblackout #redditMigration

Joe TerranovaJun 15, 2023
Dan GillmorJun 14, 2023

After Reddit's beyond-arrogant CEO dismissed the subreddit blackout as just posturing, moderators of discussions extended the blackout. This is the only sensible response to the company's contempt.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759674/reddit-mods-blackout-protest-extended-indefinitely

Please stay the course.

For my part, I'm canceling my Reddit account and looking at decentralized alternatives.

Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

Moderators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely. In response to a Tuesday post on the r/ModCoord subreddit, users are chiming in to say that their subreddits will remain dark past Wednesday.

The Verge
Show threadJoe TerranovaJun 14, 2023
This would be in addition to my public mastodon instance. I wouldn't open this lemmy/kbin to other people. If I want to make my own community I'd make a separate public lemmy/kbin instance
Joe TerranovaJun 14, 2023
With the #reddit exodus, I'm considering self hosting my own personal use #lemmy or #kbin install and just subbing to external communities. Has anyone tried this? Recommendations between the two? Is it good or bad practice?