Dearest #neuromatchstodon, @jonny has opened a set of #proposal s to update our instance rules here regarding:

• conspiracy theories,
• grifts,
• violent/sexual content & content warnings, and
• synchronizing the code of conduct with the instance rules

https://loomio.neuromatch.social/d/dNgZ4mWI/-proposal-instance-rules-grifts-conspiracies-content-warnings-etc-

The full text of the proposals are available here: https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Code_of_Conduct/2024-09-12_draft_rules

This vote will be open until next Wednesday, December 11th at 23:59 (pacific)

Prior discussion can be found here: https://neuromatch.social/@socialwg/113138325492890041

For our new members who have joined since the last vote (it has been awhile), see your announcements for an invitation to the loomio, where you can cast a vote and discuss the proposals. If you have trouble accessing the loomio, please tag/DM @jonny here or on the discord (invite also in your announcements)

For more information about the proposal process, see: https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Governance

Incredible essay about the importance and challenges of digital archival by Maxwell Neely-Cohen, as well as the various imperfect strategies to achieve “century-scale” digital archives.

https://lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scale-storage/

"We picked a century scale because most physical objects can survive 100 years in good care. It is attainable, and yet we selected it because the design of mainstream digital storage mediums are nowhere close to even considering this mark."

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#archival

Hivemind! Some random questions for which I would appreciate links/pointers/study cases and books:

1-any examples of large corp/cooperatives/groups that rely on #opensoftware for things like #cloud services, #email, instant messaging and video conferences?

2-based on 1 any place with numbers on if they save money with that and the gains they get from other advantages of using #opensource?

Thanks a bunch!