Notices by Michael Downey 🧢 (downey@floss.social), page 3

@tokyo_0 Reminds me also of Google+.

@tokyo_0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SixDegrees.com

@tokyo_0 It really blows my mind that the Mastodon project has not documented these types of critical knowledge by now.

:microsoft: ➡️ :matrix: It's a Big Freaking Deal when we can move any #UnitedNations organization away from #Microsoft.

The system-wide IT shop UNICC has announced its move to #Matrix:

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security

@tokyo_0 It's arguable that most unauthorized "relay bots" are actually copyright infringing.

@darnell @hosting

#Meta going hard with "do as we say, not as we do" federation policy

#Threads

"You have to understand, we’re responsible for taxpayer money here. We can’t just make a donation to your open source project."

— a national government who relies on #Matrix when being asked to support it financially

Read more about the problem and some initiatives that are responding to it:

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/04/open-source-publicly-funded-service/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #funding #xz #sustainability

:fists_raised: 👁️ Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the equation.

📰 Read "The changing face of protest":

https://restofworld.org/2024/facial-recognition-government-protest-surveillance/

#privacy #facialRecognition #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #protest

@makdaam

That (trademarks are protected without registration) is also the case in the US, too.

@drewdevault

https://www.rocketlawyer.com/business-and-contracts/intellectual-property/trademarks/legal-guide/registered-vs-unregistered-trademark

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

@jik I don't know of any studies, but the problem with their "invisible" product is that it's only invisible if it has n inference (true or false) that the user is human. So it reverts to the same accessibility challenges as the others in a portion of visits.

Can we have any improved #MastoAdmin moderation tools now please?

We've been asking (and ignored) for years.

@sheogorath BDFL

: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