Notices by Bruce Davie (drbruced@aus.social)

@tchambers I think you want Applebot-Extended as well. This repo might be of interest https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt

More good analysis of the Substack situation from @mmasnick
As a fan of decentralised systems, I like this part:
"Running a private website is all about tradeoffs. You have to make lots of choices, and those choices are difficult and are guaranteed to piss off many, many people (no matter what you do). For what it’s worth, this is still why I think a protocol-based solution should beat a centralized solution every time, because with protocols you can setup a variety of approaches and let people figure out what works best, rather than relying on one centralized system."

Feeling good about moving my newsletter off Substack this week.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/10/substack-realizes-maybe-it-doesnt-want-to-help-literal-nazis-make-money-after-all/

Do I know anyone here who is willing to share their experience deploying an institutional Mastodon server? A contact of mine is looking for someone to discuss the experience as he works on getting a government agency to deploy their own instance. Boosts appreciated #fediverse #mastodon

Current status: enjoying the Scottish sunshine (!) with a local pint after a morning’s walking #beer #hillwalking #scotland