Post 1141379 by rick_777@cybre.space
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(DIR) Post #1140425 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-12T05:09:37Z
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Tried to get my partner into Mastodon, but the cybre.space admins threatened to delete most of her posts because she didn't cite the original author of the random memes that were obviously impossible to determine the original source of. Pretty disappointed in the way it was handled TBH. More motivated than ever to start my own server.
(DIR) Post #1140430 by rick_777@cybre.space
2018-11-12T05:10:07Z
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@finn aww :(
(DIR) Post #1140480 by dansup@mastodon.social
2018-11-12T05:13:31Z
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@finn Wow. Let me know when its up, might join. #heckOffMemePolice
(DIR) Post #1140537 by deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org
2018-11-12T05:17:27Z
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@finn honestly, the attitude that absolutely everything has to be cited or OC is profoundly annoying. Some people like to point at infamous Twitter accounts (Archillect) that just repost content found from somewhere else, as if it were a terrible crime, and the only way to have sanctity is to either be absolutely original or be exhaustive in one's references.I thought the sentiment of the Web was that copying isn't theft?
(DIR) Post #1140755 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-12T05:28:13Z
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Especially bad because she only joined in the first place after I begged her to for weeks.
(DIR) Post #1141202 by rick_777@cybre.space
2018-11-12T05:14:21Z
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@chr, this is sad. What happened? :blobsad:
(DIR) Post #1141203 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-12T05:54:58Z
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@rick_777 they reached out to me privately and gave me more details (which they didn't bother giving her). It's clear that it was a misunderstanding. Not to say what happened was acceptable, but they are talking about it in private with me.
(DIR) Post #1141379 by rick_777@cybre.space
2018-11-12T06:05:13Z
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@finn Well, I'm glad there's an effort. Hate to see misunderstandings grow into breakups.Hope everything goes well, and if you still decide to make your own instance, go ahead! There's nothing wrong with federating :)
(DIR) Post #1141708 by greenjon@hub.spaz.org
2018-11-12T06:17:41.966550Z
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@deadsuperhero @finn I'm sure you can find a server that doesn't care, or just spin one up yourself.Me, I *never* cite sources for random pictures I find on the internet. IDGAF who made it, and if someone does they can do that research themselves.
(DIR) Post #1141709 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-12T06:39:09Z
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@greenjon she's not going to find a new server, she feels hurt by the whole thing. Basically good reminder why people suck, and why she didn't interact in public forums in the first place.
(DIR) Post #1141826 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-12T05:59:05Z
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@dansup hi dan, happy to talk about this more offline (i.e. on discord lol) but putting in the modicum of effort needed to properly source content that people put their time into creating (even if it's "just jokes") has been a fundamental principle of cybre.space since the very beginningI deeply regret how this particular interaction went down, and I would do it differently if I had the chance, but there's not a lot of room for us to budge on this one.
(DIR) Post #1141827 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-12T06:04:21Z
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@dansup that being said, there were a lot more factors that went into this then just unsourced content, and if it was just a matter of unsourced content alone, it would be a different discussion.
(DIR) Post #1141828 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-12T06:53:58Z
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@nightpool @dansup you should be clear that you didn't tell her there were any other factors. You told her that impossible to source memes are unacceptable and that if she didn't get a source for them you would start deleting her posts, and when she asked to be given a few days because were on vacation and roaming and was told no.It was basically a blanket rejection of the content that she (and her followers) enjoyed.
(DIR) Post #1142077 by greenjon@hub.spaz.org
2018-11-12T07:15:48.776043Z
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@finn I hear you. And that's a shame.I never thought about it before, but at the moment I don't recall anyone *ever* citing the source for their pix on the fediverse. Maybe folks do and I don't notice it because I don't care, but I kinda think it's seldom done.
(DIR) Post #1142312 by kaniini@pleroma.site
2018-11-12T07:44:12.629907Z
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@dansup @finn I got you fam
(DIR) Post #1144152 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-12T10:22:30Z
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@nightpool Honesty on why you banned my dear friend (who I didn't even realize was on Mastodon) would be appreciated. She isn't super technical, and I think you likely permanently scared her back to Facebook.@dansup @finn #heckOffMemePolice is appropriate in this context IMO.
(DIR) Post #1158622 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-12T23:50:37Z
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@finn Like you said, miscommunications all up and down the line. I talked about the memes because those were the things that were in direct violation of our guidelines, but i would have approached the situation completely differently if it looked like there was an actual person behind the account. It's my fault for making the assumption that the account was automated and we're going to work harder to be more compassionate as moderators going forward.
(DIR) Post #1159544 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-12T23:40:15Z
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@bikecurious hey, we've been discussing the situation with finn over DM but just to clear some stuff up:1) we didn't ban anybody2) there were a lot of different things going on here, but the biggest one is that we were acting on multiple user complaints based on a lack of profile information, a lack of sources, and the framing of the content (anonymous reposts) that made it seem possibly automated or at the very least decidedly uninterested in interacting in the community.
(DIR) Post #1159545 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-12T23:45:50Z
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@bikecurious Like finn said, there were a lot of miscommunications along the way, and going forward we're going to work harder to approach these situations much more compassionately as moderators. But we also want to be very strict about crediting people who create content, because it's a value that's important to us.
(DIR) Post #1159546 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-13T00:19:17Z
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@nightpool Citing memes with dozens of people who have modified and edited said meme, mostly anonymously is an impossible task. I don't know how cybre.space expects people to cite sources for that content format considering how those that create and modify memes don't publicly acknowledge their modification of an existing meme or creation of a new meme in most cases.
(DIR) Post #1159547 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:21:34Z
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@bikecurious sure, lots of things are derivative works. but "if you repost somebody's shit verbatim, you need to credit the person who created it" is a pretty far cry from "cite the entire genealogy of every image"
(DIR) Post #1159548 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-13T00:25:49Z
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@nightpool Finding who "created" most memes is not an easy task. There is no git history, memes are often created on mediums other than the one people repost from (often private chat groups), and most of the popular memes are repeatedly reposted.No one claims authorship for the vast majority of memes, and linking to the user who posted it on say Reddit or Twitter is not consistently the author or last modifier of said meme.
(DIR) Post #1159549 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:29:02Z
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@bikecurious in practice, for most of the memes people post on here, it takes me 5 minutes with google reverse image search.The way it normally goes down is that a new users posts something, i let them know that they can't post unsourced content, they tell me they don't know who made it, and then I find out who made it and send them the link. They then delete the post and remake it with the source link. In practice this works pretty well for most users, and it's rare i have to talk to the same user twice
(DIR) Post #1159550 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-13T00:30:46Z
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@nightpool So your outsourcing original authorship to whatever Google Images or TinEye says? That is a solid way to get an incorrect citation!
(DIR) Post #1159551 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:32:43Z
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@bikecurious are you trying to argue in bad faith now? Of course not. I use google images to do my own research, and then 9 times out of 10 I find 1) the earliest post is also 2) by someone who is pretty clearly the creator (asks for feedback, mentions what inspired it, etc etc)
(DIR) Post #1159552 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:39:17Z
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@bikecurious for example, the first meme at random on my dash is this one: google reverse image search turns up https://rebrn.com/re/bowsette-likes-bowsette-5489543/, which is a common reddit aggregator. searching for one of the quoted comments turns up the original reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/9ikto8/bowsette_likes_bowsette/ which also has a link to all of the images used in the compilation (which are much better to source):https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=70845918https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=70825561https://twitter.com/MariTheLilim/status/1043244204380450816https://twitter.com/AirisuBaka/status/1043607894548082688https://twitter.com/ermame26/status/1043917479452409856
(DIR) Post #1159553 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:39:27Z
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@bikecurious that took me maybe 3 minutes.
(DIR) Post #1159574 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:42:39Z
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@finn @bikecurious yeah, just saying "i got this from reddit" isn't..... citing anything at all.
(DIR) Post #1159620 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-13T00:44:12Z
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@nightpool @finn This appears to be a context free thread, I am assuming that is an error on your part. What are you replying to?
(DIR) Post #1159621 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:44:40Z
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@bikecurious @finn finn deleted the original post after I replied to it.
(DIR) Post #1159622 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:45:11Z
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@nightpool @bikecurious sorry, reread what you said and deleted my post. I didn't see your reply until I deleted the comment
(DIR) Post #1159627 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:45:31Z
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@finn @bikecurious no worries at all
(DIR) Post #1159635 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:45:54Z
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@nightpool @bikecurious this is still bullshit and your citation rule is still wrong. Btw when are you going to start deleting my posts for not having proper sourcing?
(DIR) Post #1159659 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-13T00:47:20Z
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@finn Once again, migrate to a better server. Most of your followers will migrate along within a few days, I would not stick with a server run by @nightpool seeing as they've broken trust.
(DIR) Post #1159674 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:48:12Z
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@bikecurious yeah, Ill deal when I'm back in the fucking country and not roaming.
(DIR) Post #1159680 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:48:48Z
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@bikecurious but @nightpool made it very clear that that's too long and unsourced memes up for that long are unacceptable
(DIR) Post #1159733 by bikecurious@whomst.dog
2018-11-13T00:52:06Z
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@finn Yeah, @nightpool issued a vauge, handwavey apology not acknowledging the root issue, or the inconsistent enforcement of this policy. No new policy or timelines for compliance have been stated publicly, leaving cybre.space admins to do whatever they want for each case :P
(DIR) Post #1159762 by nightpool@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:52:58Z
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@finn @bikecurious do you want me to? i mean, i think it's much more important that we try to resolve the issue at hand in a way that everyone is happy with. we're not here trying to be hard-asses about every single post, we're just trying to let people know what the norms are and step in when people seem to be blatantly disregarding them
(DIR) Post #1159867 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:56:27Z
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@nightpool @bikecurious no, I want that absurd rule removed
(DIR) Post #1159881 by finn@cybre.space
2018-11-13T00:57:19Z
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@nightpool @bikecurious or at least an acknowledgement that a lot of content violates that rule, and an explanation of why it's left up