Notices by Justin ⏚ (justinh@twit.social)

Very excited to see that #NYTimes podcasters @kevin and @Casey created a Mastodon instance, the #forkiverse!

Mastodon is often presented in media as weird and scary, having familiar names behind an instance can give fans a degree of comfort when making the change. More fanbases should do it!

https://theforkiverse.com

Just discovered a @ublockorigin list that blocks AI-slop pages from your Google (and DuckDuckGo) search results:

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

https://imginn.com/p/DNI4VI2oV0q/

The future tech bros want

#ai #aislop

@mattl No but I hope to one day destroy it...

@mattl airmethod.net ☝️ clout please

@tchambers I imagine it would need some centralized database which means Masto is probably out unless enough people contribute to a Wiki?

@rolle

@404mediaco and @jasonkoebler continuing to just fucking get it:

https://www.404media.co/decentralized-social-media-is-the-only-alternative-to-the-tech-oligarchy/

@jwildeboer Does the Hue Bridge not require Internet access? Or are you using something else?

@evan Is there a choice? I don't see how federation works without it.

@rscottjones @evan I meant that those are not encrypted and anyone with an admin account could read them if they really wanted. I realize now that you are talking about something different!

@jwildeboer @bryanruby @jautero Right exactly, but I've seen no evidence that BlueSky is actually taking on (or is capable of taking on) any of the burden of moderating. Threads is good example of a quadrillion dollar company that *still* can't moderate as effectively as fediverse volunteers.

@jwildeboer @bryanruby @jautero Eh, if every individual has to do the work of moderating every single little thing that comes their way it becomes exhausting really fast.

Putting the onus on the people being harassed to stop the harassment is a surefire way to discourage those people from participating (which knowing Dorsey & co I suspect might be part of the point!).

@jwildeboer @jautero Yes exactly, Mastodon has mechanisms that prevent it from turning into a cesspool.

@bryanruby @jwildeboer @jautero How does moderation on BlueSky work?

I agree Threads shouldn't even be in the discussion but for the same reasons BlueSky shouldn't.

@ele I made the switch to Linux a few months ago and so far I haven't looked back. I think that for most people it's more than ready for prime time. I'm here if you want any guidance/advice on what I've learned!

@ele Honestly I haven't needed any. One thing I recommend is an "immutable" distro like Fedora Silverblue or Kinote (or the upcoming KDE distro). With an "immutable" distro the system files can't be edited so it's very difficult to break. Also this is anecdotal, but a GNOME interface *seems* to be more familiar for Mac users, and KDE for Windows but in my experience both are very easy to "get".

Other newbie friendly distros are Ubuntu, Zorin, or Mint. It's all free so I say just try them out!

@ajsadauskas @bsky.brid.gy This is just centralized, for profit social media with extra steps!

@FediTips @jwz This won't shock anyone who's been paying attention. Their CEO Jay Graber comes from crypto.

@_elena This is the route I plan on going as well with my newsletter! I haven't looked into it fully yet but was surprised how seamelss and simple it appears to be.