Notices by Michael Gisiger :mastodon: (gisiger@nerdculture.de)

This.

Written by an 18 yrs. old:

“I wish I was around when people had blogs or even myspace. This era was deeply personal and creative. Most writing on the internet was individual, not written in search of “SEO” or profit but driven by the need and want of people to share knowledge–pure curiosity.”

Great blog post re: #IndieWeb #OldWeb

https://rohan.ga/blog/early-internet/

/via @feedle

So, I've been on #Bluesky for about 36 hours now, and had another Google+ moment: I suddenly realised, why I prefer #Mastodon to that blue butterfly thing. It's the mass of people talking endlessly about things I don't care at all. It was like this when I moved from the bird site to Google+. I think I talked about this before, but Mastodon feels like a cosy home with like-minded people compared to the noisy, busy streets of mass social media. There, I said it.

Hier etwas für @igwigg

Otterfütterung heute Nachmittag im Dählhölzli, Bern

@dansup Is that feature part of the official Android app? Or is it a dedicated app?

Früher:

"Mein Hund hat die Hausaufgaben gefressen!"

Heute:

"Die #KI war's!"

Gilt offenbar auch für die Politik ... :blobcatfacepalm:

@thanius Does this apply to humans too? "It shouldn't be trained upon copyrighted data, i.e. stolen material"

We do that all the time. Permanently. Literally.

@dansup @pixelfed Speaking of collections: I like that feature and would really appreciate, if it would find its way into the mobile app soon 👍

Keep up the great work, thank you!

Excellent breakdown of the #NYT lawsuit against #OpenAI by @mmasnick here. Basically, it's another attempt of a #copyright cash grab by a big player: The lawsuit relies on a false belief that copyright can limit the right to read and process data.

“Similarly, I’ll note that even if the NY Times gets some money out of this, don’t expect the actual reporters to see any of it.”

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/the-ny-times-lawsuit-against-openai-would-open-up-the-ny-times-to-all-sorts-of-lawsuits-should-it-win/

Unknown source, received via private chat :blobcatgooglyshrug:

@dansup I have a question about the pixelfed.social instance: I noticed, that all my photos posted before Dec 3, 2022 do not show up any more. It just shows a “No Preview Available” placeholder. Why is that?

"Doch Server müssen bezahlt, Beiträge moderiert und die Technik am Laufen gehalten werden. Was kostet das eigentlich und wieviel Zeit stecken die Betreiber:innen in ihre #Mastodon Instanzen?"

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/social-media-selber-machen-wieviel-aufwand-und-kosten-entstehen-durch-eine-mastodon-instanz/