Notices by Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters (dsfgs@activism.openworlds.info)

Is #Mastodon really viable for the small to medium-sized operator?

We assert, "NO!"

We did something simple. With a Mastodon tab open we hit Ctrl+Shift+E to get the Network Tab. With an inactive thread open in Mastodon, we went to *another website* to read an article.

An hour passes and what we discovered shocked us. Mastodon somehow justified sending us 55MB of data. The #NetworkTab said 55MB over 1500 requests (53MB transferred).

#makeJavascriptOptional #fireFish @gabriel @witchescauldron

What Mastodon is doing is #environmentalVandalism, and an excoriating #waste of internet resources and bandwidth.

We really did not expect this.

It's also socially irresponsible as smaller operators struggle to cope with M'don's demands. Our instance for example is being forced to shutdown due to being unable to handle the $40/month cost.

It means more #centralisation. We're back at square one, because most users tolerated M'don bringing anti-features to #Fediverse.

@gabriel @witchescauldron

It gets worse.

In 29 minutes, while typing the above, 62MB sent over 1200 requests (61 MB transferred).

Mastodon is a problem.

In an announcement our admin team did say that with a donation they may be able to shift to a different type of server, and we think that that is probably the most sensible thing to do. Ideally a type of server that respects the planet. Here's hoping that some funds appear.

One cannot say they care about #climateChange and run #MastodonFE.

@witchescauldron

@lsn

Hi Gabe, we are skimming over your brilliant work.

One little tidbit you might like to know. It's https://libreboot.at and not #librebootOrg that accords to fully #FOSS boot firmware for ones device. The latter allows #proprietaryBlobs and we know they are bad.

People are having to go to some pains to inform others about this, so don't feel bad that you didn't know.

@gabriel
Excellent, do tell us when you've done it.

On a related note, and (see next)…

…You might already know about this, but https://h-node.org is a project by the @fsf that helps people to identify #computers that they can use.

It can be pretty tricky to find #hardware that is #ethical but by running a basic command and checking the peripherals listed by their Vendor and Product IDs (that look like "[3fc2:001b]") one can often quickly identify if a device will be suited to them, as #FreedomSoftware Enjoyers.

@gabriel #hNode #ethicalHardware #computing #ethicalComputing

This is sad. The #activism instance we've shared quality, important moments on is shutting down in early Oct due to no #donations. Years of collaboration soon lost.

We've not been able to donate $250 anonymously, so we're going to try a last #workingBee now.

If you NEED 10 HOURS VISUAL DESIGN done, we're taking offers ASAP for donations AUD$250+ to our instance. No email pls, DM only!

Pls BOOST. Help keep activism + get design(s) made.

@witchescauldron

HELP! This instance will close down in one month without funds.

*WORKING BEE*

We're donating 10 SOLID HOURS of VISUAL DESIGN WORK as pro-designers ready to work for a AUD$250+ donation for this great instance. No email pls, DMs only! *some work pictured

Help 'activism' open-worlds to those who need it.

BOOST to help a miracle happen. Maybe such miracles are only reserved for those with (#MITM) "connections"?

#testFediverse @witchescauldron

@mhoye
In #Australia, Goo' advertise #Chrome with #legacyMedia commercials.

What is remarkable is just how much these #technoFascists must spend on #advertising, to stop the press from reporting on thr abuses. A regular person will never hear about these abuses because of this #bribery.

If only we were organised with fun leaflets to print and share.

@nick@bath.social @amszmidt
CAGEMAFIA are an arm and in many ways facilitators of the #totalitarianism.

Eg. in #Australia all our banks with the exception of a couple, are now #CAGEMAFIA. Almost every single one, including #creditUnions.

Nice to hear your country has some sense, where is it.

@lain
Tillony = Serious crime.

#cantillionEffect #tillony #criminals #cantillonists #moneyPrinterGoDrr #samBankmanFried #celebrity #volodymyrZelensky #weaponsIndustry #larryFink #algorithmicTrading #janetYellon #imprisonList

Imagine if during times of high network traffic, #fediverse instances only needed to send a hash of the content, basically a #torrent file, to the viewer with a maximum of three, random I2P users who have interacted with the content?

Now those I2P users would serve the image to the user and not the instance itself.

This *truely* democratises fediverse.

The I2P peer-to-peer network is the best fit for this because I2P is designed to move content via #torrenting — Tor is not.

Good idea?

@CandyDumDub
Low probability though. They were just online and interacted with it. Its better than no content at all.

If there's any trouble, client requests another three. At random the server may check to see if those previous 3 are really unavailable, randomly dismissing a user for repeated false reporting.

The instance then provides people who interacted with it and who are online.

This can happen seamlessly because content can be fetched that is yet to come into view.

@CandyDumDub
We could call this type of thing a #GlutPlug, haha. ^^^

@icedquinn @matera @lain @aktivismoEstasMiaLuo @melissabeartrix

What is a good site, with a short URL where a layperson can go from no understanding of #Google's nasty #WebIntegrity proposal to full or functional understanding of how it threatens the #openWeb and which suggests Firefox-based browsers but **not** Firefox, eg. #Librewolf, IceCat, #TorBrowser, Pale Moon etc?

We will boost good responses, but not CloudFlare, Amazon or other #CAGEMAFIA websites.

This is a legit challenge.

#askFedi

Wondering if this is something that @fsf or @eff might be interested in?

This page is good but the url is too long to put on a Letter to the Editor, we think it needs to list more ethical browsers too:
https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet

What about:
defectivebydesign.org/chrome

A complete #explainer is important to get the message across. Even for technical people.

#chrome #webIntegrity #googleAbuse #advertising #DRM

@funkwhale
Thanks for the prompt response, we are interested in funkwhale's development and seeing more toots from Funkwhale servers. What is your funkwhale, and hopefully non-cloudFlare (fosstodon is regrettably cloudFlare) alt.

@funkwhale
Hi,

Why is Funkwhale on fosstodon, and not a funkwhale instance?

@fuat2mb

> "from where did you get that Yandex was open source?"

The massive #torrent people are sharing over #I2P. 😉

We've been waiting a time for a wonderful person like yourself to ask so we could offer that line.

The (-) minus sign is heavily underrated for #webSearching.

You can eliminate results from sites you don't like by simply prepending a #minusSign to the site descriptor.

The following removes common cloudFlare and #amazon results from a #CSS search:

> css mask vs clip -site:css-tricks.com -site:mozilla.org

#webDev