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@lauren @heliomass

Guess another thing that should be mentioned in this can of worms is the ability to edit a quoted post. 🤔

@lauren @heliomass

"...since anyone who really wanted to quote a public post could do so with a screen grab of the post of interest, creating the potential for new battles."

As happens now.

@ApostateEnglishman @heliomass

Curious if you think the ability to deny the ability to quote your posts, changes this power balance?

@ApostateEnglishman @heliomass

That makes sense. Seems like the implementation would per.it you to block posts from ever being quoted too. Perhaps opting out entirely is the safest thing to do unless you are prepared for the potential abuse.

@heliomass

☝️ Very interesting and informative article on Quote Posting. Really appreciate that the Mastodon dev team is talking to the community and thinking this through...

"In order to mitigate these issues, we plan to include several features in our implementation:
-You will be able to choose whether your posts can be quoted at all.
-You will be notified when someone quotes you.
-You will be able to withdraw your post from the quoted context at any time."

#QuotePost

@ozoned

This is a great point. One way to look at this is the technical vulnerability that derives from centralization, but the other, and much more problematic vulnerability is to censorship and marginalization by whomever owns the platform.

Corporate Social Media Go Bag

If you use #Bluesky or #Substack have an #enshittification escape plan!

These corporate platforms are vulnerable. Will you be ready when they inevitably bend to data exploitation, political manipulation and censorship. Has it already started?

Have a plan to escape to Public Social Media. Create backup accounts on #Mastodon and #Ghost and use them as secondaries. Be prepared. Begin building your online presence free from corporate overlords.

Guess if you want AI free social media you'll need to move to Public Social Media after all.

#Bluesky is now going to use AI to solve their moderation problems. Users are not very happy about it.

https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3lhtnlq2lv22h

Don't usually link Bsky, but this thread is 🔥

"Well, this is one of the worst things you could have done"

"Are y'all out of your fucking minds"

"We don't need it. We don't want it. Fuck AI"

h/t https://spookygirl.boo/notes/a44cf2cfh85ii71v

@lolgop

Link to Jason's post here on Mastodon: https://journa.host/@lolgop/113974504856455005

Jason Sattler who you might know here as @lolgop has a brilliant guest article on FrameLab today:

How Democrats Can Counter Musk's Coup...: https://www.theframelab.org/elon-musk-doge-theft/

Botton line, Democrats need to hammer home and keep repeating messages that resonate. Words like "theft" and "stealing from you" work.

"The core message remains: the wealthiest man in the country is trying to steal what belongs to every American. He doesn't need anything, yet he's still pilfering from those who need it most."

@lolgop

The two most important takeaways from this great piece are:

1) Frame what they are doing as theft.

2) Do not be shy about repeating yourself, even using the exact same words.

Again..

1) Frame what they are doing as theft.

2) Do not be shy about repeating yourself, even using the exact same words.

@skinnylatte

One of the best for years and years. Their clam chowder is superb!

Another week goes by with no idea who owns #Bluesky.

A month ago they announced they were finalizing a deal lead by Bain Capital (yes that Bain Capital) valuing the company at $700M.

No information on who the investors are was been shared

Since then crickets.

So, who now owns Bluesky?

Maybe if you are over there, ask them. See what you can find out. Why is it being kept a secret?

Tech media, do your job.

Pretty much everyone here follows ProPublica @ProPublica, but if you don't, it might be a good idea. Particularly now.

And consider making a donation:

https://www.propublica.org/

They are doing courageous work to save our democracy.

What are Democrats doing?

Well you won't find much of this on mainstream media, but last night Democrats held the floor for all night in opposition to OMB nominee Russell Vought.

Some of the speeches were spellbinding. Listen particularly to Adam Schiff and few of the other Democratic Senators who do not pull any punches.

https://www.c-span.org/event/us-senate/us-senate/430724

Elizabeth Warren: -21:53:00
Rafael Warren: -23:40
Sheldon Whitehouse: -18:01:00
Adam Schiff: -16:27:00

For an excellent compendium on #Bluesky, what we know about who owns the company (spoiler blochchain tech bros), and in depth discussion about this centralized platform masquerading as a distributed network, check out this thread from @ErikUden:

https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/113955910895724333

Seriously folks, these things matter. We don't want the luxury of getting suckered into another trap.

@kims @mekkaokereke

Believe you just add them like any image...

Edit: But you need to click on it for it to animate.

Who The Heck Owns Bluesky?

Anyone figure out yet the investors in the latest $700M #Bluesky funding round led by VC hedge fund superpower Bain Capital?

This was news three weeks ago, and since then nothing...🤔

https://www.businessinsider.com/x-competitor-bluesky-valuation-new-funding-round-2025-1

Would think it might matter to all the liberal diaspora flocking there which VCs and tech bros own their network. 🤷

Important post by @heidilifeldman detailing a lawsuit filed today against Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to enjoin him from continuing to provide illegal access to personal and financial information about millions of Americans.

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/113942580212048752

We are very fortunate to have Heidi Feldman here on Mastodon. She is an essential person to follow in these challenging times.

@Lazarou @FullyAutomatedRPG

Can you post a screen shot?