Untitled attachment

Notices where this attachment appears

1. Embed this notice
   Anuj Ahooja (quillmatiq@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Feb-2026 02:23:47 JST Anuj Ahooja

   in reply to

   @dansup Thanks, Dan - I apologize if my responses came out the wrong way in a heated moment as well. We can all do better.

   There are a lot of folks in that community who are excited to collab and make the open social web wider, more diverse, and understandable for average users. We're stronger together.

   As I said in private, I appreciate you, I respect and am astounded by the work you put in, and you're a core part of the OSW.

   Thank you, and I hope we can build bigger than we already are.

2. Embed this notice
   Kristoffer Lawson (setok@attractive.space)'s status on Monday, 01-Sep-2025 07:20:00 JST Kristoffer Lawson

   in reply to

   @mkoek @dalias @codinghorror tell that to the thousands of startups desperately trying to balance with a billion other things they're trying to do. That's just not a practical suggestion when the third party analytics are much faster to set up, better understood, and generally superior too than some self-hosted thing cobbled together.

   As mentioned, the reality we are in today with cookie popups everywhere was 100% predictable and the regulation was thus poorly considered.

3. Embed this notice
   Micr0byte (micr0@fuzzies.wtf)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 05:05:59 JST Micr0byte
   📣 Announcing Altbot 2.0: The Privacy & Green Update 🔒💚

   Exciting news! After months of development, Altbot 2.0 is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.

   What's new in Altbot 2.0:

   • 100% local AI processing for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains ZERO information about you or your images using the powerful Ovis2:8B model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs
   • Full GDPR compliance with clear informed consent - I've implemented comprehensive privacy measures including transparent data handling policies, user rights protection, and minimal data collection practices that exceed GDPR requirements
   • Better quality descriptions across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models
   • Significantly more energy efficient with a new feature that shows you exactly how much energy was used for each request! This efficiency comes from using a server-grade GPU optimized for lower power consumption, and 36% of the energy consumed is from clean sources mainly nuclear power (thanks to being based in Georgia)

   The only data Altbot 2.0 records:

   • That a request happened
   • How long it took to complete
   • What type of media it was (image, video, or audio)
   • What language was used

   No images, no content, no personal data saved - ever.

   For those who don't know, Altbot has been helping make the Fediverse more accessible by automatically generating alt-text descriptions for images. The project has grown beyond anything I imagined, now serving thousands of users across the network.

   Support Altbot's Future 💝

   To bring these privacy and efficiency improvements to life, I had to invest in a more powerful server than initially planned. The server costs exceeded my budget by around $900, which I've covered out of pocket. Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.

   I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal to help recover these costs and support ongoing development: Ko-fi.com/micr0byte

   Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:

   • Free for everyone
   • Continuously improved
   • Sustainably maintained

   Even small donations make a huge difference and motivate me to keep enhancing accessibility across the Fediverse!

   This milestone represents a commitment to ensuring accessibility doesn't come at the cost of privacy or environmental impact. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together.

   As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects.

   For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.dev

   Feel free to boost or reach out!

   #Accessibility #Fediverse #AltText #EthicalAI #OpenSource #Privacy #Altbot