Notices by DavidB (davidbhimself@firefish.city)

Something I find strange is that people who are instantly falling in love with #Bluesky there or people who just have decided to hate Bluesky here or elsewhere have one thing in common: no interest in trying to understand the reality of what Bluesky is. 🤷♂️

@minorusaba@toad.social So wait, China is complaining that it can't fish illegally in other countries' waters in peace? Or am I missing something?

This bullshit China has been doing with Fukushima's waters for years now is some serious disinformation aiming at undermining people's trust in Japan.

Even if Fukushima's waters are contaminated (and that's a big if) ocean currents are such that none of it goes anywhere near China.

#China #Japan #disinformation

RE: https://famichiki.jp/users/mainichi/statuses/113467042195202471

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online I use it.

C'est la rentrée...

Bon j'étais pas en vacances, mais les cours reprennent aujourd'hui.

Toujours ce sentiment partagé entre : chouette, je ne vais plus passer mes journées seul dans mon bureau et je vais parler avec des gens et... Pfff.... Je ne peux plus passer mes journées seul dans mon bureau et je vais devoir parler avec des gens...

@evan@cosocial.ca Face for an individual? Logo for an organization? Not sure if "trust" is part of the balance for me as far as logos and faces are concerned.

@davey_cakes@mastodon.ie You seem to know something I don't.
Can you refer me to these laws?

(on a side note, please don't assume my experiences about this or that)

The West doesn't pay enough attention to what's happening in East Asia and with China.


https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240912/p2g/00m/0in/052000c

#China #Japan #Taiwan

@ducky@ap.zio.sh The problem is that the Mastodon Taliban don't care about the Fediverse (they don't even understand the Fediverse) and they definitely don't want it to grow and become more widely adopted.
They want the exact opposite. They want it to remain a small closed environment where they can dictate the rules to everyone else here.

And so far they've succeeded with that BS, and the FediBlock nonsense and more, as well as the bad reputation Mastodon is getting in the mainstream. That's why I think more and more that the Fediverse really needs to be rebranded in a way that it doesn't "rely" on Mastodon to become more known and more adopted.

Mastodon, in parts because of the HOA and the Taliban is now a hurdle more than anything else.

The Bridge to Bluesky should be opt-out and the Mastodon Taliban who hate the idea of an open web can go f' themselves.


There, I said it.

#Fediverse #BlueSky #Federation #OpenWeb

Alright, I try to talk less and less about US politics online for a bunch of reasons. Mostly: I'm not American and this shouldn't be a part of my life, and I'm doing my best so that it doesn't become a bigger part of my online life than it should. (because of that, I have muted a bunch of related keywords and I may or may not see your replies, so that you know.)


So...

Here is how I think things are going to go with this US election. It's a feeling I had since the day Harris became Trump's opponent, and it only becomes stronger and stronger every day, even more so after this debate.

Trump and his team (or at least his team, it's unclear how much he's aware of his surroundings) have given up on trying to win the election. Just given up.
They know they've already lost.

What they're going to do is deny that the results are legit, just like in 2020, but with more force and more planning, and they're going to attempt a coup. An actual coup. Much better prepared and planned than what they tried on January 6th.

And today's debate was a part of this. What every sane person saw was a guy who's totally crazy rambling nonsense, but never forget that when he does that regardless of whether he realizes it or no, he's not talking to you. He's not talking to the mysterious and elusive undecided voters. He's talking to his base.
He's not trying to convince anyone with his ramblings. He's trying to energize his base. He's trying to make them angrier than ever. He's firing them up for the after the election.

#UnitedStates #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #Harris

@gulfkiwi@mastodon.social @BeAware@social.beaware.live There are a few judgmental idiots here. The "HOA" that tries to dictate how Mastodon and the Fediverse should be used, the Leftist Taliban, and a few more groups who are easy to avoid when you know how to use the place, but who give the place a bad name from the outside. The worst part being that they like it gives the place a bad name. The last thing they want is for the Fediverse to grow and thrive. They want it to remain a small thing just for them. And they're succeeding I'm afraid seeing the adaption rate of these past few months.

@gulfkiwi@mastodon.social @BeAware@social.beaware.live Oh, I've seen a lot of gatekeeping, a lot...

And the problem is that it is the perception non-users have of Mastodon now. Seriously, I even think the Fediverse has a Mastodon problem more and more and that Mastodon is the main thing preventing the Fediverse from being more widely adopted.

@BeAware@social.beaware.live
You're doing it too, right here. 🙃
I have zero trust in the company either, but don't diss the tool without using it. It is a great tool, really.
And it doesn't have to be one OR the other.

@paninid@mastodon.world @gulfkiwi@mastodon.social

@BeAware@social.beaware.live Just block (or at least mute). Trainwrecks are entertaining but not good for our mental health.

@BeAware@social.beaware.live This Fediblock thing is such nonsense.

"I hate this person/instance so the whole Fediverse should block them and if you don't do it, I'll block you too and call for everyone to block you."

@BeAware@social.beaware.live @batuhan@m.yyilmaz.com.tr
"Now, if only everyone would set their language correctly....🤦♂️😬"

We talked about this before, but there's no easy way to do it on Mastodon (I assume you're talking about Mastodon).

Nobody thinks about clicking on a tiny button you barely see when posting.
Firefish had implemented a great way to do it (it did actually ask me when I didn't seem to be posting in the language that was set)

Is it such a big deal to just ignore a post that's in a language you can't read? There aren't that many people who post in many languages, are there? Just don't follow people who post predominantly in a language you don't know. 🤷♂️

Does anyone know if Bridgy works with PixelFed?

I mean, I can follow my bridged PixelFed account on BlueSky, but it's empty.

Anyone? @dansup@mastodon.social ? @snarfed.org@fed.brid.gy ?

#Fediverse #BlueSky #PixelFed #Bridgy

I missed the Paralympic Opening Ceremony. What conservative group was offended because they have no culture this time?

#ParisParalympics

The open source community has great developers, but it still lacks enough UI designers and just... Designers overall.

While things are getting better (and we're seeing better and better UIs and logos on the Fediverse: Pixelfed's, the MissKey forks' and Akkomane come to mind - it's a shame people who limit themselves to Mastodon are unaware of that) there are still some issues.
And yes, I'm referring to the Fediverse logo debate.

Yes, the old one is not so great, but the replacement proposal that's making ground is terrible.

#Fediverse #logo #design #UI #UX