@lxo Let's say I have created a cool BigNumber library that performs math functions really well.
So I take my library and generate a lot of small object code blobs. Labels are the function and parameter calls associated with the object code blobs (fft, cosine, lambda, etc).
I train a model with a feed forward neural network so that the function call labels can be used to predict blobs.
My free software programs replace GNU's big number library with this AI model.
Soooo....I'm doing a thing...🤭😏
As a lot of you know, Tooters shut down recently and the way it was handled in the end is regrettable.
However, I felt for longest time while it was up, that it was consistently one of the BEST run instances on Fedi with how they protected their users from some of the insanity that happens here.
That being said, with Tooters being gone, it leaves a bit of a hole in my Fedi heart and I know a lot of others as well.
So, I'm creating a new, very limited for now, politically-light (as little politics as possible locally), AI friendly (AI art welcome), Sharkey instance for some folks within my circle that I've grown to consider my friends.
The Social Zone is meant to be a place to escape the very political society we currently all live in and just be social with one another about our hobbies, interests, and day to day lives.
I'm still working out all the details but when I launch it, it's going to be invite only because I'm new to something like this and I want to get it right. Especially because those I will invite are people that are close to me and I don't want to disappoint them.
Depending on how things go for the next few months, including if I can even get this thing started correctly, I MIGHT be open to allowing more members in, down the line.
But, this is just getting started. I registered the domain yesterday and just started researching Sharkey today and how hard it would be to spin something up. Then, of course, there's configuration settings and administration with Sharkey that I have to familiarize myself with.
All in all, I'm very nervous, but excited that I decided to take this next step in my Fedi adventure and hope to eventually "give back" to the entire community, the same positive energy that you've all given me over the past wonderful year of being on this amazing platform.
Please do not ask for invites. I will not be handing them out anytime soon. I've already asked about 5 of you along with some IRL folks and I feel I would like some time to get this right for them first.
Thanks for reading. I hope you understand why I'm choosing to do this and hope you're as excited as me to see where things can go and understand why I feel it's important to have these types of "politically-light" spaces so people can escape such topics from time to time.
Keep on keeping on, Fedi. The future is bright and I'm ready to learn along with you. More info about TheSocial.Zone coming soon!
Your friend,
B.A.
Followers first.
I started the month with 115 followers on Pixelfed and 424 followers on Instagram. I begin April with 123 followers on Pixelfed and 447 on Insta.
Both went up as I kept posting regularly throughout the week. Which is good!
On both accounts I'm also responding to comments I receive to keep the interactions up as well.
So, let's shift over to comments.
Basically, year to date I'm getting about 2.5 comments on average on Insta. On Pixelfed? About 0.7 on average. Neither get a lot of comments, to be honest.
#Pixelfed #Instagram #Fediverse #Meta #SocialMedia #Statistics #ActivityPub
That said. There are also cultural considerations. I'm not sure about your culture, so I don't know why it became a habit to apologise.
In our culture, we're a “thank you” culture. We often say “thank you” even in cases where it's inappropriate (which makes it funny, usually).
We also have fewer things we consider “rude”. For example, in other cultures, it is rude to ask anyone's age, especially from women. In our culture, we don't have such a social rule. But at the same time, it is not required to know and ask someone's age, compared to Korea where asking someone's age is important so they can use proper language.
However, it is strongly practised in our culture to use the proper language, just like in Korea! ^_^ Confusing? Not exactly. The difference is, in Korea, proper language is strictly based on age and hierarchy; while for us Filipinos, it's based on how you look and hierarchy. So, if you look older (even if you're not), it's expected you'll use proper language, otherwise, you're rude.
But, the person will immediately “correct” you while laughing and tell that you're practically the same age.
In that example, it's better to play safe with using the proper language than to be considered rude. Otherwise, you will indeed need to apologise.
But, do you need to apologise if you incorrectly guessed a person's age and used language meant for people older than you?
Nope. You don't have to and no one expects you to. As I mentioned earlier, that person will more likely be laughing and making a joke about it. You can still choose to apologise if you want, the good thing is, you can apologise while making a joke about it, and laugh too. (It's so hard to explain, our expression is “sorry naman, muka ka kasing lolo/lola ko” (hey, I'm sorry, you look like my grandpa/grandma, I thought you're older) while you're all laughing).
Last, but not the least, in our culture, it's rare to hear someone telling others they were rude. It only happens with family members, or if the other party is way older than you or higher in hierarchy.
If it happens that you don't know them, and someone informs you they're this and that (say a politician), then you can apologise casually. Yep, casually only. Just say, you didn't recognise them, or you're bad with remembering names and/or faces. If you apologise seriously, it will make the other party look bad; and it might come back at you as well.
So, yep, cultural considerations.
Just as how it is in our culture to say “thank you” a lot, it probably was in your culture where people apologise a lot, or tell people “they're rude” a lot?
In that case, it will indeed be hard to adjust. There are social expectations, and you've grown into it.
But, yeah, if you can practice, just think “was it my fault?” I believe, most of us autistics, we know when we're at fault and we do apologise in those situations. ^_^
Watching the decentralized content moderation process play out, I am struck by the social pressures between admins.
People don't want their content showing up on an unwelcome instance, and they don't want to see content from that instance.
Because we exist in a distributed network, simply blocking another interest isn't enough to prevent this issue; mods want their distributed network to follow suit, as well.
So, decisions to federate are social. Admins put pressure on each other.
My two cents on the #Threads situation:
1) Yes, people are right to be wary of Meta, but 2) their adaption of #ActivityPub is still a net positive for the #Fediverse .
We know of Meta's blatant data mining, their abominable moderation, and their misuse of their algorithms to fan the flames of hatred. Thus, it's perfectly reasonable to defederate them.
However, plenty of large news and other organizations are in a bind - they need large social media reach for their influence, subscribers, and customer base. And the Fediverse itself is basically a rounding error when it comes to worldwide social media reach.
Threads, on the other hand, is significantly bigger. Thus, it's worth for these organizations to invest some effort into it. But it is by no means guaranteed that Threads will survive - right now, it's one of the bigger players in the fight for the Twitter successors, but we don't know if this will last.
But if Threads ends up fully compatible with ActivityPub, these organizations can set up their own ActivityPub servers and get the best of both world - gain reach and followers on Threads, while remaining independent enough to remain standing if Threads folds.
And other large organizations adapting ActivityPub - such as the recent #Flipboard announcement - should likewise be seen in that vein. They are building an ActivityPub-based network that allows them to remain independent - yet be connected to large platforms such as Threads who are compatible with it as well.
So if you want to defederate Threads, do so - there's certainly enough reason to be leery of them. But there _are_ use cases where federating with Threads makes sense. And these will help make the Fediverse grow.
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