Mastodawn

Reflection is now actually local-first, and almost the entire code base doesn't care whether you have network, or whether your device can't establish a connection to other devices via p2panda.

Still not merged nor fully polished but we are getting there :)

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅7h ago

I'm really looking forward to the proposed GDPR/ePrivacy directive simplification, but I'm still worried that they might just weaken the latter intentionally to try and allow for chat control

Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅7h ago

I'm adjusting the privacy policy for my services based on the new Codeberg one, and damn, it turns out that the additional boilerplate needed is quite annoying

Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅13h ago

Interesting vibes on Mount Pleasant tonight

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅14h ago

Anyways, the JS community has always had ... strong personalities leading development of things, and it's probably long overdue that these people open up about their actual beliefs. These days if I see a project link a Twitter account on their website, I honestly just don't use it because a) it's probably going to be enshittified in record speed as they take more and more VC money and b) because you just can't trust these folks with governance. Projects like this should be boring!

Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅14h ago

> Everyone but the people that agree with you leaves the platform you're on
> "Oh wow, in the past people would not have agreed with this!"

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅20h ago

If you want age verification, use ZKPs. If that's not an option in the jurisdiction, geoblock it. Outsourcing it to Epic is the worst possible way to do this

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅20h ago

https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/blob/7f4e3091f792963114dc8f11e246744b51127bf1/src/locale/locales/bn/messages.po#L1579

Looks like this also ties your email to your government ID? Wild

social-app/src/locale/locales/bn/messages.po at 7f4e3091f792963114dc8f11e246744b51127bf1 · bluesky-social/social-app

The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android - bluesky-social/social-app

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅21h ago

Outsourcing it to a private provider is the most VC way of doing it, too. Pathetic

Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅21h ago

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/bluesky-rolls-out-age-verification-for-users-in-ohio/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

> Open social media network

> Require ID to use it in the way that it's intended to be used

Pick one

Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio | TechCrunch

Users in Ohio will have to verify their age to use Bluesky's social network as of Monday.

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