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   Daemon Silverstein (dsilverz@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2024 06:13:59 JST Daemon Silverstein

   Hello, QOTO users, admins and mods!

   I'm a Brazilian tech-savvy developer (actually, DevOps) and I'm also a writer-in-my-spare-time with an open and highly-active mind blending STEM, philosophy and esoterical beliefs (I'm an occult practicioner).

   I was looking for Mastodon instances that:
   - Allowed for more than 500 chars
   - Welcomed writing styles such as surreal, Lovecraftian, esoteric, goth (not gore: goth/gothic) and stream-of-consciousness
   - Welcomed illustrative AI imagery
   - Had good federation with the majority of instances.

   My search led me here, qoto.org. I can see that the char limit is indeed good and large (2^16-1). However, although the "About" states that QOTO is a instance "free to talk about whatever you want, say whatever you want, as long as it is legal, follows our rules, and you engage respectfully", does the instance really allow for AI imagery (which I often properly tag as "aiart") illustrating human-written "dark" (i.e. lovecraftian, memento mori and goth) poetry/prose (also properly tagged)?

   I'm asking because generative AI arts are sometimes prohibited in places that see generative arts as "plagiarism" and "unethical" and, as much as I have a very open mind and positive views about AI, I can totally understand negative and critical opinions about them.

   Same goes for "dark texts", depicting Lovecraftian-like cosmic forces, potentially triggering and sensitive concepts to some audiences, such as stories featuring demonic/dark divine entities (e.g.: Lilith/Kali, The Dark Mother Goddess) and nihilistic, surrealist and "memento mori". While I embrace the dark aspects of the cosmos, I totally understand that there are a sensitive aspect on them (not gorey or explicit texts, tho).

   Finally, I'm asking because I want to unleash my hybrid (human texts with AI imagery) creativity while respecting the local (instance) rules.

   I already have Mastodon account across two instances, one specifically for generative AI arts (where I post short poetry/prose I wrote, followed by AI imagery I generated) and other general-purpose (where I focus to post just the text without images), but both instances default to the standard 500 chars, while some of my texts (stories and chronicles) sometimes exceed 500 characters.

   Finally, as per "about", I'm tagging admin: "Please don't hesitate to Direct Message me ( @freemo ) or tag me in Toots (what we call tweets here) if you have any questions"

   #fediverse #help #hello #introduction #question #rules #helloworld #qoto

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   dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 22:27:37 JST dansup

   in reply to

   @liaizon @pixelfed I understand where you're coming from, but the current UX is complicated and not to mention the issues people have with outdated or broken instances.

   My goal is to make Pixelfed easier to join (and allow account migrations), and having a default instance seems like the best path forward.

   That being said, if you're open to discussing alternatives to this, we should chat. I appreciate your support and would love for you to help steward a path forward!

   Pixelfed isn't just me 😉

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   maegul (maegul@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 16:04:42 JST maegul

   in reply to

   @oblomov @darnell @atomicpoet @Gargron @Mastodon

   Yea, it's a nice idea, except #gargron has little influence over other generic instances.

   My general read on #mastodon's movements lately is that it's taking it's brand and product a tad more seriously now, which involves stretching out and flexing it's muscles a bit more. It's so big though that a little push from mastodon is huge for the fediverse.

   mastodon's reality: App + mastodon.social + software stack = a brand, full product & UX.