Notices by chikorita157 🐰:unverified: (chikorita157@sakurajima.moe)

@lalah There has been that “Test Relay” thing that might be causing it lately… but I’m not sure what is the cause of this.

It might be coming from a server we have limited for some reason, so it might be in the filtered notifications, which is a new feature in Mastodon 4.3.

@renchap It seems that Misskey have implemented this feature in the recent release of Misskey (2024.10.1)

This is translated from their release notes

As an anti-spam measure, moderators are now automatically switched to invite-only (Control Panel -> Moderation >-> “Allow anyone to register” turned off) if they have not seen any activity for more than 7 days. ( #13437 )
Moderators will be notified when the switch is made. If you want to keep registration open, please set it up again in the control panel.

https://misskey-hub.net/en/docs/releases/

Matt Mullenweg hijacks the ACF plugin on the WordPress repository with his fork called “Secure Custom Fields." I mean, WP Engine probably can't do much since it's licensed under the GPL, but morally, it seems like a petty move that further destroys WordPress's reputation.

#WordPress #MattMullenwegResignNow #SaveWordPress

LOL, so Matt says that if you use a plugin to change update settings (e.g. repos) and such, he considers this as a "fork" of WordPress.

Matt Mullenweg: WP Engine is using a fork of WordPress since they change settings.

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means

Matt is delusional, using a plugin does not make WordPress a fork. Considering how much features Matt butchers on WordPress dot Com unless you pay for the expensive business plan, should that be called a fork and be named something else?

Under his definition, it should.

#WordPress #MattMullenwegResignNow #SaveWordPress

If you wondering about those rumors about Automattic giving a "generous" severance package if they don’t agree with his behavior, it was true.

On his blog post (https://ma.tt/2024/10/alignment/ ):

159 people took the offer, 8.4% of the company, the other 91.6% gave up $126M of potential severance to stay!

Sure a percentage of that are probably those who have a new job lined up) or on a PIP (or just a way we are going to fire you eventually or layoff). There is probably a good chunk that had enough of his antics.

Sure, Matt claims at 1892 of the remaining people support his crusade and burning WordPress to the ground. I can argue they didn't take it because they need to make a living, and there could be employees that don’t like his behavior, but don't have a choice because they need the money. Job market is kind of hard, especially in tech.

159 people is a huge chunk to loose, for a relatively small company that is probably losing a lot of money.

#WordPress #MattMullenwegResignNow #BoycottAutomattic #CancelJetpack #SaveWordPress

Apparently, a good amount of notable people left out of the 159, which includes:

Some employees who left the company include the head of WordPress.com (Automattic’s commercial WordPress hosting arm), Daniel Bachhuber, head of programs and contributor experience Naoko Takano, the Principal architect for AI, Daniel Walmsley.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/04/159-employees-are-leaving-automattic-as-ceos-fight-with-wp-engine-escalates/

That is a lot of notable talent leaving.

#WordPress #MattMullenwegResignNow #BoycottAutomattic #CancelJetpack #SaveWordPress

Cohost may be dead, but it lives on as there is a proposed PR that is being worked on to bring one feature, the following feed in Sharkey.

https://activitypub.software/TransFem-org/Sharkey/-/merge_requests/640

Automattic won't be getting anymore money from me until Matt Mullenweg reverses this dispicable decision on WP Engine.

Save WordPress, we demand Matt Mullenweg to resign now and reverse this decision.

I recommend cancelling your Jetpack subscriptions and if you are on WordPress.com, move to a self-hosted WordPress. Matt Mullenweg does not care about its users nor the community.

#wordpress #MattMullenwegResignNow #CancelJetpack

Sure, Intel has a huge fall from grace just like Boeing, but seeing Qualcomm take over Intel seems like a bad idea

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/20/qualcomm-reportedly-approached-intel-about-takeover.html

The Two Bocchis (Mamono Mamo, actress for the live stage version and Aoyama Yoshino, the Seiyuu)

Source: Bocchi the Rock

#青山吉能 #声優 #bocchitherock

Might want to think twice before handing over that drivers license to social networks for their identity verification like on the :deadbird: site.

https://www.404media.co/id-verification-service-for-tiktok-uber-x-exposed-driver-licenses-au10tix/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

DuckDuckGo outage in a nutshell (re todays outage)

Good riddance.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/65057/~/discontinuation-of-x-(formerly-twitter)-integration-and-social-media

#twitter #riptwitter #x #xcorp #nintendo

This is what true enshittification of Windows 11 is, unless you pirate the enterprise version.

This really shows that we need more competition. Linux is not seen as an alternative given the lack of commercial software support (e.g. lack of Adobe apps, which is used in the creative industry, etc, along with apps that only work on Windows and/or Mac).

This is why I use a Mac instead of Windows, because I don't like Windows, but I have a laptop that runs Windows to run a few apps that are Windows only. But only having two viable choices isn’t that great, likewise with iOS and Android.

If only BeOS, OS/2, etc. was still a thing, maybe it wouldn't be this bad.

Also, Windows 7 was the last “good" Windows OS until it basically turned to crap.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/21/24063379/windows-11-ads-bing-edge-cruft

#windows #enshittification

It seems the SPAM has stopped two hours ago. Did the script kiddies got bored and gave up?

Note: We already suspended the affected instances that are abandoned. I will clear out the temporary limits tomorrow.

#spam

Also, the ctkpaarr Discord invite link is dead. Is their Discord server finally got taken down. :bunhdthink:

CC: @cappy
#spam

Anyone wanting to reblog the post I made on Tumblr, feel free.

https://tumblr.chikorita157.com/post/743075549172400128

#tumblr #tumblrmigration

@shanie FYI, the script kiddie spammer got arrested, which is why there isn’t any more SPAM. When I woke up, the SPAM Bots stopped sending out SPAM.

https://fedi.fyralabs.com/notes/9pxjbg2f43

Looks like we got confirmation that the script kiddie finally got arrested, which may explain why the spam bots stopped working three hours ago

Now, Fedi admins and mods can have a sigh of relief now that it’s finally over. :pokemonconfetti7:

It appears that we banned the temp email domain that they are using for the attacks. I will be implementing additional measures when I wake up.

In short, they can’t create an account here, good thing I blocked all temp emails last year.

#sakurajimainfo