Notices by Stefan Bohacek (stefan@stefanbohacek.online)

I vaguely remember reading that reply controls on Mastodon are on the to-do list, after quote boosts are finished.

Does anyone recall any official statements on this?

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565

#mastodon #fediverse #ReplyControls

"Multiple experts drew comparisons between Meta's recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate."

https://www.404media.co/meta-is-laying-the-narrative-groundwork-for-trumps-mass-deportations-2/

@kissane has an excellent, well-researched series on this topic:

https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-part-i-the-setup

#meta #facebook #immigration #immigrants #genocide #myanmar

@_elena Very cool, you had a busy year!

We should be making more internet forums. Like with Discourse. Or more old school ones.

We need to invest in our communities and build new ones. That's how we get through the difficult times. Together.

#indieweb #community #internet #TheWeb #forum #discourse

Creator here!

I know I'm a few years late, and this has been done already, *but*, --

1. This account will only post on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, not sure I've seen this exact setup yet, and, --
2. This is a good project template for possible future (and hopefully better) ideas.

Either way, be sure to check out the rest of what I've made!

https://stefans-creative-bots.glitch.me

#TIL about the 1977 Panasonic Do-Re-Mi turntable/keyboard.

"I recently got my hands on a pretty neat vintage item: the Panasonic Do-Re-Mi. It’s essentially a little analog synth / organ with a built in record player. Panasonic also sold a version with a built-in tape deck, and another even rarer unit that just contained the synth portion on its own. All three versions were released in 1977, along with the Panapic multimedia system."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u1hUy--pGs

And you can get it as a free sample library and play with it!

https://www.decentsamples.com/product/panasonic-do-re-mi/

#music #MusicGear #vintage #MusicProduction

I'm feeling pretty hopeful about the momentum around Pixelfed.

And I don't really care about how many people are in the fediverse all that much, I really just want to see more diversity.

#pixelfed #fediverse #SocialMedia

@djsumdog Ah, well, someone already helped.

Anyone good with CSS animation interested in helping improve the Join the Fediverse website?

https://github.com/jointhefediverse-net/jointhefediverse.net/issues/95

#fediverse #CSS #CSSAnimation #WebAnimation #webdev #opensource #HelpWanted

@BeAware Definitely feeling a bit cynical about some of the recent "organizations" that have been popping up claiming to want to improve the social web, but as for Mastodon -- and I've disagreed with some of the project's decisions in the past, I wouldn't put them all in the same category.

@BeAware The bottom line is, the project is now 8 years old and there's very little indication that the users would be sold out through ads and data collection. Or maybe you have other concerns, I don't know.

Either way, we'll have to wait and see how all of this plays out in the near future!

Love it when journalists provide context when reporting news.

"Mastodon’s announcement comes at a time when the WordPress open-source project and its cofounder have been embroiled in a months-long legal feud, and Meta’s Zuckerberg has made headlines for stripping back Facebook and Instagram’s fact-checking and content moderation before lying about it to Joe Rogan."

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko

#mastodon #news #TechNews #MastodonNonprofit

Oh, hah, for a second I completely forgot that Meta is part of the Social Web Foundation, hm.

https://socialwebfoundation.org

#meta #threads #SWF #SocialWebFoundation

@tchambers Great to see you taking action!

"What if we didn’t think of a website as one thing that answers to a million people? What if instead, there were millions of websites, each one handmade by a single person?"

https://www.figma.com/blog/making-space-for-a-handmade-web/

#indieweb #PersonalWebsite

On the recent Amazon strike:

"How extensive was the impact on production? In my reporting for In These Times, I was able to answer the question: some dips in volume, but not enough to exact a cost on Amazon’s promise of timely delivery. These walkouts did reveal new leaders and stiffen the spines of existing ones, though."

https://labornotes.org/2025/01/amazon-strike-numbers

#labor #workers #WorkersRights #amazon #AmazonStrike

@radiophobicsherkpop Yeah, I've had Threads blocked for a while now. The company has absolutely not earned any sort of benefit of doubt, and the stance to "wait and see" completely ignores the documented history of their actions.

Still, the beauty of the fediverse is that we can organize in communities based on what's important to us, and what trade-offs we're all willing to make.

Applauding decisions of moderators like @stux and @jerry to stand up for their communities. ✊

"The new Meta policy goes against much we stand for and we will not allow to let it spill over to the Fediverse"

https://mstdn.social/@stux/113793895110300721

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/113793573385421061

#meta #threads #fediverse #community

"Trump was asked about Meta’s announcement at an unrelated news conference he was hosting at Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he watched Joel Kaplan’s interview on Fox and found it “impressive,” adding that the company had “come a long way.” A beat later, though, Trump conceded that the change was “probably” due to threats that he has made against the company and its leader, Mark Zuckerberg."

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/business/meta-fact-checking?unlocked_article_code=1.nU4.XpY8.MAzH15cs3D5S&smid=url-share

#news #meta #threads #SocialMedia #FactChecking

On this day in 1927, the president of the AT&T called the secretary of the General Post Office of Great Britain to test the first commercial telephone line across the Atlantic Ocean.

"Today is the result of many years of research and experimentation. [...] No one can foresee the ultimate significance of this latest achievement of science and organization."

https://www.history.com/speeches/first-transatlantic-telephone-call

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone

#OnThisDay #OTD #history #technology #phone