Post ApsoOlPmsnuBhpfing by colo_lee@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #ApsfmEdjUaG3Q0JOue by Gargron@mastodon.social
2025-01-08T18:41:36Z
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The moderation policy changes at Meta are deeply troubling and should be a concern to anyone with a conscience. While the fediverse is a decentralized platform where different service providers have different moderation policies, at mastodon.social, hate speech is prohibited, and we will take action on any Threads account found violating our policies. I would strongly urge anyone with a Threads account to reconsider their alignment with the new direction at Meta and move to Mastodon instead.
(DIR) Post #Apsg3Ja8N5cPfVlypU by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-01-08T18:42:49Z
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@Gargron A move to Mastodon is the only way 👏 :blobcatmeltlove:
(DIR) Post #Apsg3KKZaQlVzXV4DI by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-08T18:45:29Z
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@ErikUden @Gargron (Gone be picky here but replacing mastodon with fediverse could be more welcoming and allow people to replace facebook with plenora and so on)
(DIR) Post #ApslwFWDgASclTxL0K by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2025-01-08T19:01:09Z
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@Gargron it's with a heavy heart, but I am planning to suspend their federation in two weeks, unless they can explain the wording of their policy.I simply cannot allow a service to federate which explicitly says targeting minority groups is allowed. It reads like Kiwi Farms.I am generally extremely into open federation - my server has almost no blocks - but by far the largest ActivityPub service having these policies is - my opinion - not acceptable. And really sad. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113792479397874522
(DIR) Post #ApsmMXOnp52rkV1QkC by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-08T19:56:04Z
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@Gargron We really tried and gave them very much the benefit of the doubt to begin withUnfortunately they threw it all away with that one change so all we can do now is act I guess
(DIR) Post #ApsnmUjETSSqwxWF9c by FallsMom@mastodon.coffee
2025-01-08T20:10:59Z
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@stux As the administrator, do you know how many people has blocked threads on their own, before your decision?
(DIR) Post #ApsnpN8Z9gUeH4jzM0 by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-08T20:12:25Z
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@FallsMom Nop, that data is not public 😉
(DIR) Post #Apsnr4o0Hb1pzzw41I by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-08T20:12:40Z
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@FallsMom **or for admins in this case :blobcatgiggle:
(DIR) Post #ApsntQhJrKQsTXvms4 by FallsMom@mastodon.coffee
2025-01-08T20:13:14Z
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@stux Thanks, I was just wondering!
(DIR) Post #ApsoOlPmsnuBhpfing by colo_lee@mstdn.social
2025-01-08T20:18:59Z
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@stux @Gargron Much as I didn't want to see Threads preemptively blocked and as I enjoy following a handful of federated Threads accounts, I have no problem with blocking the domain following this latest.
(DIR) Post #Apsq3GGzfjtuwrQvtA by raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest
2025-01-08T20:37:34.004Z
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@Gargron@mastodon.social Homie, just block threads as a whole instance.
(DIR) Post #ApsrfDNeyUNkw5DG8e by Davi_Dblees@mastodon.world
2025-01-08T20:55:28Z
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@stux @Gargron I've been curious as to whether admins pay attention to how many of their individual accounts have blocked [a given domain]...?
(DIR) Post #Apt0V90vFplK5HqnC4 by tasket@infosec.exchange
2025-01-08T22:34:37Z
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@shalien @ErikUden @Gargron Fedi is still too rough around the edges.For one, people start to gain traction and then it flops because why? Ans: Popular posts become super annoying, recurring in TL dozens or hundreds of times per day..... so people react by muting those users and conversations.Little if any chance you'll see replies (to other users' threads) show up in your TL. Great candidate for a simple "algorithm"; as it stands its just poor engagement.Picture-only posts where most people can't view the thread, because the only place to click on such posts is a 1px tall line about 3px under the poster's avatar.Its very sad. Years back I donated money to Mastodon, but there are still UX holes you can drive a truck through and nothing is done about it. UX isn't taken seriously here, so its mainly techies that stick around.
(DIR) Post #Apt1P3H3mW6iV23cY4 by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-08T22:44:45Z
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@tasket @ErikUden @Gargron Because Facebook, Twitter etc had excellent UI/UX from day one ? Regarding the fav / repost and the lack of seeing outside your local timeline ... Yeah that's the design of ActivityPub. It's designed to work differently than a twitter timeline , and in fact, it's designed to work in an infinite way by using simple concept on which you can slap your favorite way to display data . I don't say everyone will stay, but at least let them try to learn it .
(DIR) Post #Apt2ppLHmtrt40MiHY by tasket@infosec.exchange
2025-01-08T22:44:51Z
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@shalien @ErikUden @Gargron Another huge problem:The only kind of URLs fedi has are web links, https. That means links to fedi content from wherever (even from fedi posts/UIs) will keep leading users to strange instances where they are told they aren't logged in. They will experience this over and over (and over) and it is➡️ confusing!⬅️ Bluesky handles this by centralizing link references, pointing them all to bsky.app. That is a decen failure, obviously.The correct way not to drive non-techies away would be what that other decen protocol, email, did: Define a protocol prefix so that the user's computer knows which app (or URL) should handle the request. (Imagine if there was no "sendto:" for email, and each time a user clicked on an email address to send a message, they were brought to the recipient's email server. That's how crazy fedi UX looks right now.) Hint: Arguably this is W3C's purview, so @w3c please stop the madness. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #Apt2pqMjyycsEo3OBk by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-08T23:00:47Z
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@tasket @ErikUden @Gargron @w3c Funny because it was one of the first thing I had to learn while starting to use mastodon. and again Bluesky is only partially decen. I wonder how people did back in time when a link from a forum running phpbb send them over to a forum running something else ... Oh, I know. They adapted, They learnt .As always the key here is to teach, to help, to show newcomer how things works .And why creating a new proto when http is quite enough ?
(DIR) Post #AptYqaUFhbAToTxw4e by larsmb@mastodon.online
2025-01-08T19:08:45Z
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@Gargron Eugen, the OWNER OF THREADS and the entire platform guidelines violate "our policies". It's not about a single account.Do they still meet the federation requirements? .online and .social already don't federate with many instances that explicitly allow and/or even target certain audiences and content.
(DIR) Post #AptrJzTRCAmBfYa7gP by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-09T07:59:55Z
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@dalias @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron You mean that UX https://web.archive.org/web/20050812003201/http://www.facebook.com/ ? Because I wouldn't call it better but simplier, no javascript, no shit ton of ads, a true 2005 website. Oh, and I think I saw an open position for a front end dev for the mastodon project, maybe you know someone who may fill in and improve that horrendous UX ?
(DIR) Post #AptrNp0c2t8ON4vSnQ by usako@chaos.social
2025-01-09T08:27:09Z
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@shalien Can you take a hint?"others don't do it better" - not only is that false at this point - is not the great take you seem to think it is (or try to sell it as). The constructive reaction to criticism is not being butthurt.The tendency of techies is one of the vibe killers that make even some people that migrated here go away again.No one is perfect and so no platform ever can be. There's always room for improvement. @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron
(DIR) Post #AptrivEK6vIBkNOslM by usako@chaos.social
2025-01-09T08:30:59Z
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@shalien You're not an island, only because you think sth is perfect, that might not be the case for others. @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron
(DIR) Post #AptszW8ok9L6oRInDs by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-09T08:45:12Z
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@usako @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron I never meant to say it's perfect. Everyone is free and should tell if something displease them. I wanted to say that we must let's everyone choose by themselves.
(DIR) Post #ApttrFbiQqg3AfRPE0 by usako@chaos.social
2025-01-09T08:54:53Z
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@shalien which they do, and if fedi isn't more welcoming in attitude and UX, that won't change... which makes it a big problem, bc they're giving bad platforms momentum, which gives those platforms power, and capitalists and other fascists use it. @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron
(DIR) Post #Apu00tRwGgP34Sqi5w by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-09T10:03:15Z
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@usako @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron Then why did we all stay ? I mean those who started on masto 3.0, old akkoma and misskey. Why did they stay, and not all of them are tech savvy
(DIR) Post #Apu0J13giWrjsk9DLU by usako@chaos.social
2025-01-09T10:07:08Z
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@shalien all? Please do check the numbers... @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron
(DIR) Post #Apu0MZNTZlPlBp67jU by shalien@mastodon.projetretro.io
2025-01-09T10:07:48Z
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@usako @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron Don't play on the semantics, I meant "all" like "those present today"
(DIR) Post #Apu0bG0FtN8lRcEwW8 by usako@chaos.social
2025-01-09T10:10:22Z
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@shalien you don't want to listen at all, ok fine, stay (whatever), bye @tasket @ErikUden @Gargron
(DIR) Post #B0mxivtTWwPAfXnzNI by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-12-01T01:08:17Z
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@earth_walker > I think Mastodon is actually a fairly viable alternative but we really, really need 'groups'Have you checked out Bonfire Social?https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/social/