Notices by Mark Stoneman (markstoneman@zirk.us), page 2

I am wondering how Threads can really federate given what Meta is doing with user content and so-called AI. There's opt-out in Europe and no choice whatsoever in the United States. While both situations are bad, they are becoming known. But what about people on other Fediverse instances who casually interact with a Threads account? (1/2) 🧵

I'm not on Flipboard, but this is another example of how commercial platforms joining the #fediverse is happening and could be a good thing. "Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse" https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006062/flipboard-fediverse-mastodon-activitypub-profiles-social

@ivory The new hashtag features in #Ivory would be much more useful if the app did not make all the #hashtags lowercase. That was common on the old bird place, but #CamelCase is more accessible to people using screen readers and the like. I'm not asking you to convert everything to camel case, but it would be helpful if the app paid attention to the actual hashtags I'm using.

@inquiline A #fascism-related quotation that grabbed my attention eight years ago:

@rikefranke It might make sense if you bring third parties into the story. If Saudi Arabia and Israel were working toward a normalization of relations, Iran would be unhappy. Since Iran supports Hamas financially and militarily, it must have some influence over Hamas that it could use that to try and isolate Israel. Israel's reaction could very well create an outcome Iran wants: Israeli isolation. But I've been wondering the same thing: how does this help the Palestinian cause as such? Does it?