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   Silversalty (silversalty@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:11:45 JST Silversalty

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   • Extremely Jordan

   @extremelyuncanny @thomasfuchs
   Thanks for the reply but I saw that with a search and didn't think it applied to Mastodon and how some servers are controlled.

   In a metaphoric sense? Similar to the varied social media sites?

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     Extremely Jordan (extremelyuncanny@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:11:45 JST Extremely Jordan

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     @Silversalty @thomasfuchs kinda. It’s a common complaint about mastodon are the rules about how to post, when to post, what to post about, etc that many compare to HOA

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     Silversalty (silversalty@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:11:46 JST Silversalty

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs
     HOA?

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     Extremely Jordan (extremelyuncanny@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:11:46 JST Extremely Jordan

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     @Silversalty @thomasfuchs homeowner associations. They are in the US and often can have draconian rules for the neighborhood about stuff like mowing times, grass height, house color etc

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     Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​ (mainframed767@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:20:13 JST Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​

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     @thomasfuchs oh cool, the neighborhood I left with lousy neighbors have decided to move in to my cool ass neighborhood, yay, suoer psyched.

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     Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​ (mainframed767@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:20:14 JST Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs maybe I left Facebook for a reason and I'm not super excited to have those types of post show up in my feed?

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:27:50 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs hard disagree, on like... every possible angle here.

     why do we need "more normal people"? what does that even mean? who the fuck even wants to be "normal"?

     why does the fediverse corporate sponsorship in the first place, let alone from a company known for its invasiveness?

     why would we chase a growth rate that outstrips the natural increase in organisational maturity and moderation ability of the people running instances?

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     [object Object] (zzt@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:52:19 JST [object Object]

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​

     @thomasfuchs @mainframed767 thomas, please reconsider making this comparison

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 09:55:48 JST Rich Felker

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs That's not what "walled garden" means. Arguing by misusing a term with a different than usual meaning to get the emotional response the normal meaning evokes is bad-faith.

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     Krupo (krupo@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 10:24:49 JST Krupo

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     • Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​

     @mainframed767 @thomasfuchs it's not a racist desire to keep racists out of your community, Tommy.

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     Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​ (mainframed767@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 10:24:50 JST Soldier of FORTRAN :ReBoot:​

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs is this really the argument you have for someone leaving a platform rife with cyber bullying and psychiatric manipulation not being excited about them coming here?

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     Ziggy the Hamster :whyfox:🐹🌻 (ziggythehamster@ruby.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 10:26:51 JST Ziggy the Hamster :whyfox:🐹🌻

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     @thomasfuchs theoretically a Bayesian filter on content on Threads would be sufficient, if Mastodon-the-software had a way for users to provide such feedback to the instance.

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     Ziggy the Hamster :whyfox:🐹🌻 (ziggythehamster@ruby.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 10:26:54 JST Ziggy the Hamster :whyfox:🐹🌻

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I’ll admit that the response to Meta here has made me less optimistic about implementing ActivityPub on the Amazon subsidiary I work for… but I also recognize that if my racist relatives end up here talking about their recipes involving horse paste or 5G neurotransmitters, that’s a big problem.

     Idk enough about Mastodon the software to know if the problem is really just inadequate moderation tools. The protocol would allow you to drop messages without banning the instance.

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     Greg Glockner (gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 13:54:38 JST Greg Glockner

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     • Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     @mlanger @thomasfuchs Blocking users makes sense to me. Blocking an entire site due to a small fraction of users seems overkill.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 13:54:39 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Greg Glockner

     @thomasfuchs @gglockner

     I will personally block the instance the first time I see an ad or get hassled by a lowlife from there.

     Otherwise, I’m willing to see what happens.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 22:06:57 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     • Greg Glockner

     @gglockner @thomasfuchs

     Okay, this is a good point. Why didn't I see that? Not enough coffee? Or am I just so ad-adverse that I see threats everywhere?

     And this scraping thing that people are worried about. They need to follow me to scrape content?

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     Greg Glockner (gglockner@social.seattle.wa.us)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 22:06:58 JST Greg Glockner

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     • Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     @mlanger @thomasfuchs To do so would require actual accounts, and you would need to follow those accounts. Mastodon software does not promote content that you don’t follow.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 22:06:59 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     • Greg Glockner

     @gglockner @thomasfuchs

     Even if that instance starts throwing ads at us?

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 22:12:21 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Greg Glockner

     @thomasfuchs @gglockner

     Yes, that's what I thought.

     Right now, I'm interested in some kind of plugin for #WordPress that will prevent automated systems like bots from accessing my blogs. Is that even possible? Does anyone know?

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     Ed W8EMV (w8emv@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 02:49:44 JST Ed W8EMV

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     AOL is the biggest opportunity yet to introduce more "normal" people to Usenet.