Post B2jEZsvmZis9dbVwQK by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
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(DIR) Post #B2jE1Sy8awlrGwCgoy by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
2026-01-28T01:36:22Z
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ohh non-tech friends are beginning to send me links to #monett app store pages, jeez how do they even find this Scheisse
(DIR) Post #B2jEZsvmZis9dbVwQK by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
2026-01-28T01:42:35Z
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@nobody I hate myself for saying this, but uhh we need to make governments host national Fediverse instances. That's probably the quickest way to stop this shit flood and cool peoples' heads, so we can focus on making the next thing actually suck a little less#monett #bluesky #blacksky #x #twitter #ssb #nostr #eu #digitalsovereignty
(DIR) Post #B2jF680W3bQhfA6Rpg by gobsmacked@mas.to
2026-01-28T01:48:23Z
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@nobodyIs there any government in the world right now, you trust enough to do it right and with your benefits in mind? From my point of view, when it comes to make the fediverse more popular, we're sadly on our own.
(DIR) Post #B2jFPoNkjUv4aWMEQi by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
2026-01-28T01:51:58Z
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@gobsmacked there's no trust involved, I just want these people hearing about "sovereignty" for the first time because Trump to become aware that there are existing solutions which also win given the extra considerations that are not obvious to non tech people (specifically bootstrapability and foss stuff). That they will give their data to the insane French government instead of insane Zuckerberg is honestly a no-op for my person
(DIR) Post #B2jIdmDprNf3o14NFI by rameshgupta@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T02:28:04Z
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⬆️ @nobody>> we need to make governments host national #Fediverse instances…Cool idea, but #Mastodon is broken because of its flawed #block feature.Already some very high profile accounts with large numbers of followers are abusing this feature.But imagine if millions of accounts start following a "national" account, it becomes so easy for the government to block some account and thereby deprive its own millions of followers from the blocked account.Mastodon blocking is badly fucked up.
(DIR) Post #B2jJ7LxG5O8F1hQ21w by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
2026-01-28T02:33:28Z
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@rameshgupta I think you're talking about instance-level blocking, which yes it sucks, but it's _good-enough_ for now
(DIR) Post #B2jJjuVy2dzZDS2Uwi by rameshgupta@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T02:40:24Z
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⬆️ @nobody>>>> imagine if millions of accounts start following a national account, it becomes so easy for the government owning that to block another account and thereby deprive its own millions of followers from the blocked account.>> I think you're talking about instance-level blocking…My understanding is that if a user blocks another, then followers of the first user no longer see posts from the second user unless they follow the second one too.Blocking is transitive at account level.
(DIR) Post #B2jK85jbyeaMxqx3pI by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
2026-01-28T02:44:45Z
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@rameshgupta I have not heard of any implementation doing that (although I'd not be too surprised to see mastodon specifically to come up with slop like that)
(DIR) Post #B2jgeZMZYLfL764DVg by gobsmacked@mas.to
2026-01-28T06:57:08Z
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@nobodyValid argument. Better to give data to the people who want to cause less harm. Yet I'd say it's still the better way to give it to people who don't want to harm at all and make it so vastly decentralized, that compromising one instance has next to no effect, cause there's another clean one just waiting around the corner. We should always strive for the best option, instead of the less worse option.