Notices by Ben Werdmuller (ben@werd.social), page 6

@Gargron @KevinMarks @davew Thanks for expanding. I think understanding your position on this is really important. I definitely agree that DRM is not the objective; sitting in the US, I don't know that I trust the courts to get to the right place. There's a strong possibility that the EU will do better.

@Gargron @KevinMarks @davew In offering Glaze they do seek to prevent artists’ work from being ingested. But beyond Cara, do you see the wider point about consent and author control in the fediverse?

I have a few thoughts about the upcoming British general election. None of them particularly polite. https://werd.io/2024/a-jab-back-at-brexit-or-a-kick-in-the

"The pervasive nature of modern technology makes surveillance easier than ever before, while each successive generation of the public is accustomed to the privacy status quo of their youth." #Technology https://werd.io/2024/online-privacy-and-overfishing

There's no good way to prevent AI models from being trained on art published on the fediverse. But there's work we can do to prevent it and protect the artists who post there. #fediverse https://werd.io/2024/protecting-artists-on-the-fediverse

"The key to effective engineering leadership lies in figuring out which scenarios are worth deliberately defying conventional logic, and when to simply follow the rules." Lots of food for thought here. #Technology https://werd.io/2024/unexpected-anti-patterns-for-engineering-leaders

On answering programming questions: "We found that 52 percent of ChatGPT answers contain misinformation, 77 percent of the answers are more verbose than human answers, and 78 percent of the answers suffer from different degrees of inconsistency to human answers." #AI https://werd.io/view/6654cee735684fb99a004842

This week’s #DoctorWho had a lot of good things to say and was gripping from start to finish. Really appreciated the anti-war, who-really-benefits message. Still the best show ever.

A lovely blog post by Jon Hicks on his process for creating the ShareOpenly icon. Characteristically, lots of care and attention went into this. #Technology https://werd.io/view/66478c57e052fabafd0db252

"Aggregate Facebook traffic to a group of 792 news and media sites that have been tracked by Chartbeat since 2018 shows that referrals to the sites have plunged by 58%." Establish direct relationships with your audience. #Media https://werd.io/view/66422eae8d950c23e9030e32

Who wants to build the fediverse equivalent of Upcoming.org?

God. The juxtaposition of Palestinians cheering at the news that Hamas agreed to Egypt's ceasefire terms and the news that Israel won't agree and will continue the operation in Rafah is heartbreaking.

The newsroom I work for just won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism. Neat! https://werd.io/2024/my-employer-won-a-pulitzer

Some thoughts on student protesters. https://werd.io/2024/the-kids-are-alright

Mastodon has established itself as a US 501(c)(3) with a really exciting new board. I'm a long-term fan of Esra’a Al Shafei in particular - but the whole group is quite something. #Technology https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

Buried here: "Vox Media’s technology news publication The Verge says it also has plans to federate its own site to have more ownership over its content and audience." #Media https://digiday.com/marketing/as-tiktok-ban-threatens-stability-in-social-media-ecosystem-some-brands-settle-into-the-fediverse/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

“The FTC’s final rule to ban noncompetes will ensure Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.” This is genuinely wonderful. #Business https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

This. Is. Awesome. https://activitypub.ghost.org/

"A recent MIT study indicated that “the cloud” now has a larger carbon footprint than the airline industry, and that “a single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes.”" #Climate https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/04/the-internet-and-climate-change/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

I am convinced that ActivityPub is going to change the entire web.