Notices by Lohan Gunaweera (lohang@mastodon.social), page 3

@Gargron Congratulations Eugen! :)

@Gargron Congratulations! \o/

My single user instance at @lohang@social.alochana.net continues to receive posts from mastodon.social. But mastodon.social has stopped receiving my posts from there. What can I do to fix it?

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Good #tzag and happy weekend dear fedizens! \o/

As the war in #Ukraine reaches its anniversary, the international ruling class is pushing the world toward nuclear catastrophe. Join the online meeting tomorrow (Saturday February 25) at 1 pm EST to discuss the socialist strategy for ending the war.

The war in Ukraine and how to stop it: An online discussion of socialist anti-war strategy https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/how-to-stop-war-ukraine-socialist-strategy.html

#Ukraine #Russia #NATO #RussiaUkraineWar #NoWar

Roger Waters delivers impassioned speech at the UN demanding an end to the war in Ukraine https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/02/10/ygex-f10.html

#NoWar #Ukraine #Russia #NATO

@simsa04 I have seen it, and similar articles. It's been a while since Albanese last said "enough is enough".

Contrary to these claims, "prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus have not corresponded with the US about Julian Assange for more than six months, according to a freedom of information request, that is." Please see https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/01/25/julian-assange-foi-pm-attorney-general/

See also: Australian PM says “legal action” against Assange should end https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/01/ztsp-d01.html

#FreeAssange

@Gargron Happy holidays! :)

Good morning and #tzag dear fedizens! \o/

@administrator @simsa04 Hope you saw the updates by @bashrc https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon/-/issues/51#note_1195533627

@administrator @simsa04 I just reported this issue to Epicyon developer : https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon/-/issues/51

Hope it gets resolved as soon as practical.

Please don't campaign for instance-blocking because a particular post appeared in your timeline. There are better and healthier ways to deal with objectionable posts : report the particular post and the account to the instance admin, block the user from your account. Instance-blocking without reasonable grounds (just because you can) harms the #fediverse.

I am a bit shaken by the aggressive nature of those who campaign for instance-blocking right now.

Context :

https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109441617731363268

@simsa04 As far as I can see, there are no such restrictions on mastodon.social . Posts from other instances usually appear among search results.

How does a newly started #fediverse instance grow its network? I have noticed that even when I follow my own #Epicyon account at @lohang@social.alochana.net from here (mastodon.social) and boost posts coming from that account when I think it is relevant, those hashtagged posts don't appear among search results on mastodon.social.

@keith A slightly modified version started playing in my head :

Thinking that the #fediverse needs to copy choices made by #Mastodon is like thinking your local pizza joint needs to copy choices made by Dominos.

@mako Don't you have your office in that building? :)

@administrator @simsa04 Thanks very much!

@simsa04 Yes, I will continue to use this account for a while. What I share on the self-hosted instance will be slightly different from what I post here.

Good idea, I will file an issue about the federation problem with GS.

Went server-shopping for the Mastodon instance and ended up shocked. This doesn't look sustainable. The economic crisis has made my money worthless.

I am happy to report that I found an affordable, small server and the software that fits it better. I now have my own self-hosted fedi instance at @lohang@social.alochana.net , powered by #epicyon . Please feel free to follow me there as well. I don't intend to bulk migrate my follows. I will instead continue to use this account as well, while making a soft transition by subscribing to people that I actively engage with. I am concerned about not being able to follow GNUSocial users. Let us see how this evolves :)