Notices by Michael Downey 🇺🇳 (downey@floss.social), page 2

:mastodon_oops: #MastoAdmin FYI, setting #Threads or any server to "Limit" will not keep its posts out of the feeds of your non-consenting users:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/26301#issuecomment-1868240966

#FediPact #Meta #Facebook

@tchambers @fediversenews

So much for their "We prioritize the safety and experience of our users that are in historically underrepresented groups" policy!

It's always amazing to see how many words people have to use to rationalize betrayal of their stated values.

#Threads

🤔 Throughout our lives we will all be faced with difficult decisions to make about complex problems.

The best advice?

Read.

Read all we can, study everything there is to know about the situation. Learn all we can. Listen to other opinions.

When we've done all that, we've done all the hard work.

The last part is easy.

Do the right thing.

#morality #ethics #honor #FediPact #Threads #Facebook #Meta

Anyone who signed #FediPact @FediPact might want a badge to add to your server's about page (or wherever). Get the SVG at: https://img.shields.io/badge/signed-brightgreen?label=FediPact&labelColor=e861a0&link=https%3A%2F%2Ffedipact.online%2F

@tchambers As usual your mental gymnastics continue... 🤦♂️

@rwg @tasket

@rwg @tchambers @tasket

It's also not fully federated (not only now, but also publicly stated as a long-term policy), which is clearly stated at https://joinmastodon.org/covenant as a Covenant-incompatible policy.

Hey @mike, in your Medium® post, you stated that both your @Flipboard #Mastodon server and your proprietary webapp have "signed on to the Mastodon server covenant". But https://joinmastodon.org/covenant is very clear that limited federation, such as your new server is doing, is incompatible with the covenant.

Was this an oversight in the planning process?

#Flipboard #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin

@tchambers

Does your employer Dewey/WPP (and/or its clients) have any financial stake in or relationship with Meta or its affiliates?

"The Dewey Square Group has faced allegations over the years of conducting “astroturfed” campaigns, or the tactic of making a PR firm-directed campaign appear to be a grassroots movement."

https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/dewey-square-group/

@rwg

Everyone deserves #privacy. The United Nations even codified it as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

However, governments, corporations, and other powerful entities routinely block us from exercising our right to privacy through #surveillance, monitoring, and tracking.

Mark your calendars for PrivChat 6 on 2021-12-15 at 19:00 UTC:

https://www.torproject.org/privchat/

:gnome: 👖 Congratulations to @tbernard on receiving the 2023 #GNOME Community Appreciation Award, also known as the "Pants of Thanks"! #GUADEC

:gnome: Awesome news: #GNOME shell will be getting a 📹 webcam activity indicator next to the clock to show when an application is recording. #GUADEC #privacy

@dansup IIRC a bunch of folks are going to have an actual online unconference (no cost, registration-free) on the same day so maybe that's a tz and environmentally friendlier option for you

:fediverse: Friendly Reminder:

There is no "official Discord" for either the #Fediverse or #MastoAdmin.

Think of all the missed opportunities that never had a chance to be, because your employer didn't embrace remote work.

👋🏽 Hi #MastoArt folks. Forgive my intrusion into your hashtag. I'm hoping to find creative folks who might be interested in a commission to do a few digital illustrations for an installation of the Mastodon web UI software.

🎨 Does anyone know of some leads? Would be great if they use open source tools like Krita or Inkscape. Thanks in advance!

Important perennial and universal reminder from @torproject:

Post-lunch #FOSSY (not new) thoughts:

#FreeSoftware is generally a public good: It can be used and reused infinitely.

But #FreeSoftware communities aren't public goods; in this model they'd be a "common pool resources" & need care and feeding to last.

Just as parks lose value if not maintained, #DigitalPublicGoods lose their value in the same way.

It's not enough to make lists. We must support those making #OpenSource public goods.

Research from our past team:

https://dial.global/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Co-creating-Our-Digital-Future.pdf

If anyone at #FOSSY is looking to relocate their Fediverse home, the FLOSS.social community welcomes you.

We are a small instance (capped at 1000) of people & projects who care deeply about free & open source software. We have a strong code of conduct (modeled on Outreachy); allow advocacy; embrace humor, friendship, and hobbies; and let people post content in their native languages.

https://floss.social

🟢 All systems go for #FOSSY Day 0!

@apps toggled off to begin?