Notices by Jon (jdp23@neuromatch.social)

Another update on relay size - https://bsky.app/profile/bnewbold.net/post/3lkpdjgj5pk2i

@_elena @cwebber @laurenshof

I'm interested too! I thought that article was interesting but it didn't particularly change my views on decentralization.

@_elena for relay storage sie, somebody in the Discord chat estimated 10 GB per hour of replay for an archival relay. (Non-archival relays are smaller,. but as I understand it there's still some work in progress related to how thes are used, and I don't know what the tradeoffs are).

@cwebber @laurenshof

Advocates for Trans Equality has an excellent page for submiting comments on the proposed passport changes. And, comments can be submitted anonymously! (ACLU has links to the pages to submit comments in their article, but I personally found A4TE's page much more helpful.)

https://transequality.org/news/freedom-fly-passport-access-action

> Our strategy? Our community and supporters should submit as many comments as possible to all three portals. This will show massive public resistance, potentially leading to media attention and increased public awareness, making it harder for them to push these changes through. Each step is critical, and once you complete one, we’ll direct you to the next.
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> Remember, the more comments we submit, the more difficult it will be for the government to deny us our rights. Your voice matters, and together, we can make a significant impact!

@alice

@are0h yeah I was just saying to somebody how fedi's collective focus on imitations of centralized tools has just been a huge missed opportunity. Yes, alternatives can be useful (DAIR-tube's a great example) but so much more is possible!

Here's what I said in Social threat modeling and quote boosts on Mastodon about approaches like an option about whether or not a post can be quoted in

"These limitations could have potential downsides as well. If a politician or some other public figure says something racist or anti-LGBTQ, should they be able to prevent people from quoting it? Mastodon's content warning (CW) norms are often racialized, with people of color getting told they need to put CWs on their personal experiences to avoid making white people uncomfortable. I could certainly picture similar things happening with requiring consent to quote.. For that matter, unless there are limits on who can ask for consent to quote, it's possible that bombarding somebody with consent requests could become a harassment technique in its own right. To be clear, though, these aren't necessarily reasons not to do these things, just factors that need to be considered in any design.

Of course, if people can't use quote boosts to do this kind of quoting, they'll fall back on screenshot-and-link or (if they have access) a media quote. There's no obvious way to prevent these. Norms about consent to be quoted could be somewhat helpful even if attackers ignored them ... once again, though, there are potential downsides. Still, as Leigh Honeywell disucsses in Another Six Weeks: Muting vs. Blocking and the Wolf Whistles of the Internet, a lot of harassment is low-grade, opportunistic, and not terribly persistent. Screenshot-and-link is more effort than a quote boost, so even if it remains an option, reducing abuse possibilities for quote boosts has value."

And I discussed the differences between screenshot-and-link and Twitter's QTs at length in the appendix of Black Twitter, quoting, and white views of toxicity on Mastodon

In general it's complex because directing attention to a post without pinging the author is useful for calling out problematic posts but also a vector for abuse. Given quote tweets importance to Black digital practices, and the racialized history of quote boost discourse on Mastodon, this is why I keep emphasizing the importance of ensuring that Black perspectives are heard and listened to during the design process. Of course those aren't the only perspectives that matter but they're critical and likely to be overlooked!

@hipsterelectron @dalias @hildabast @UlrikeHahn @javi

Right. Indivisible's largely focusing on getting D's to use their powe, although on the call also said there are at least a few R's who are very nervous right now about the overreach so potentially influencable.

@kissane @blaise