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   That Would Be Telling (thatwouldbetelling@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 13-Sep-2026 02:13:10 JST That Would Be Telling

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   @Red_Hat @matty @soapone :cirnolaughing:

   It's old net jargon, but well documented.

   Back in the day USENET was a if not the thing, it was a discussion forum kinda like Reddit but much, much better for a long time because of the sort of person you had to be to get access to a UNIX(TM) system.

   It uses a flooding algorithm, meaning every site got every posting (later a cancel system was set up, plus the "USENET Death Penalty" which almost never happened but would remove a site from the net). Was the origin of "spam" as we use it today for unwanted emails etc.

   So front ends for individual users got a "kill file" feature, muting/blocking people you didn't want to see any more. "Plonk" is fair notice you're adding someone to your's.

   Note to @pyrate you're still following me because the latest generation of Pleroma's front end is buggy. :ms_pleroma:

   https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plonk

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   Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Thursday, 03-Sep-2026 00:18:17 JST Artemis

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   How are you going to motivate people to take on tasks that you have TOLD them are pointlessly insignificant?

   You know they need doing! If you're feeding people, someone has to *literally* do the dishes & take out the trash, etc.

   So if it's necessary work, why the fuck would we belittle the people who do it? Why the fuck would we EVER let them get the idea that what they are doing is anything less than vital?

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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Aug-2026 02:49:00 JST Rich Felker

   @alwayscurious @chris @jangray For (2), you don't even put up a crash reporting dialog unless the user previously, explicitly, opted into crash reporting in the preferences.

   Doing so risks misclicks, child/partner/guest at computer not knowing what to click and clicking submit, etc.

   So there is no need to temporarily hold crash reporting data unless the user has already opted in to reporting.

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   LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Jul-2026 06:42:24 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

   I am a tech bro.
   I understand cooming over technical advancements. I coom over jet engines, modern radars, computers, photography etc.

   So, when I say, that movie snobs cooming over the term "Imax" are fucking retarded, I mean it.

   I get, that it's a bigger resolution, but there is literally no reason in this age to film movies in that format. The cameras cannot even handle more then 3 minutes at a time, they are loud, and in the end, you get a format, that is neither going to fit the 16/9 form, or the 4/3 screens either.

   It is custom made to be useless and the end product will end up with cut corners, because the smug asshole thought the 4 letters are more importand then the experience of the customer.

   And that's before you look into how much this retarded joke costs.

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   🇮🇪 Web guy (handi@mastodon.ie)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jun-2026 04:58:58 JST 🇮🇪 Web guy

   Sanity check pls? 🤪🫡😱

   🚩🚩🚩 A local sexual health clinic uses a free Squarespace / Acuity ad-supported online form. To take details from users booking Rapid HIV testing.

   The users submit details such as sexual health, lifestyle, criminal history, HIV status, sexual identity etc.

   So far i've been told that i should be wearing a tin foil helmut. The DPC has not replied to my complaint.

   Can i get a sanity check pls? Am i the crazy one? Is this outrageous or not?

   #corkcity #sexual #dataprivacy

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   Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2026 02:35:08 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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   And of course issues with moderation and all of the things that plague huge instances.

   On the other hand, small instances come and go but they can also have moderation issues if the instance owner has anything like a life. (I still need to get myself one of those.)

   I'd consider starting my own instance, but that entail even more issue with federation etc.

   So now I'm stuck. I can either stay on the bloated instance that doesn't work 100%, or I can try to find a smaller instance...

   (p2)