Posts by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
(DIR) Post #AHlqT2agQbd9ErjrLk by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-03-25T01:10:07Z
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"But Crash," you might ask, "Why not just have students make their OWN music?"I have. I do. I will again.But making good music takes time, and my curriculum is heavily geared towards video production. Hard to finish a 2 week video project if 1.5 weeks are spent making a hit soundtrack.
(DIR) Post #AIRXJShlMSqrXCjfiy by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-04-14T14:49:38Z
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That moment where you delete/redraft because of a typo, only to find another typo.
(DIR) Post #AIt4zedO7NMmPucBF2 by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-04-27T21:43:29Z
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Shout-out to @socrates and Scholar.social in general.It might not have ended up being /my/ instance, but it's one of the better ones out there.If you're looking for a home among academics, chances are it's a good fit for you.
(DIR) Post #AOLDpDI52Yip0fVZCq by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-10-08T00:54:54Z
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Reminder that smaller and/or more focused Mastodon instances tend to be better instances..social is OK as a starting point, but consider the following:For academics: scholar.socialFor artists: mastodon.artLike IT, old computers, and breaking things? hackers.townLike talking about games? elekk.xyzThese are well-moderated instances that will make your experience on here significantly less like Twitter.
(DIR) Post #AOivKaU5ismDFD7UZM by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-10-19T10:32:59Z
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Poster on an Official Forum: "Do programs work differently under Cinnamon vs. Xfce?"Response Variations: 1.Opinion of which desktop environment "feels" better.2. Suggestion to try out everything in VM, because surely everyone understands VM.3. Bragging about personal setup.Only the forum mod actually addressed the question asked....Please support better funding for public education. The reading comprehension of FOSSbros is rapidly declining.
(DIR) Post #AP5Ru2ZfSSTcA64gkq by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-10-30T01:48:06Z
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Hey, new/returning people...Not every instance on here is a general discussion anything goes instance.Scholar.social is for academics.Elekk.xyz is for gamers.Etc. etc. etc./Please/, when you sign up for an instance, read the rules to understand the community you're joining.I'm seeing people complaining about instances for enforcing rules that have been in place for years.This /does/ make someone look bad, but it's not the instance admin.
(DIR) Post #AP5Ru4HJ7gyjRjV3Pk by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-10-30T01:55:07Z
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The instances I respect have very hard working admin who make sure to keep their communities strong and thriving.Don't make it harder on those admin because you just want a place to archive your tweets.Or you want to fill the local timeline with content unrelated to the theme of your instance.Or you want to make Mastodon into the numbers game that corporate social media has become.Many instances that encourage that get defederated from the ones with respectable admin.
(DIR) Post #APJ02zT7Fz7OAUkJnc by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-11-05T20:54:38Z
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If you're an instance admin, you can upload custom emoji.No one can stop you.:sockethead: :blobpi: :blobcoffeegrump: :blobd20: :moxkobold: :rpi: :spaceshark: :blobpats:
(DIR) Post #APJ031JyMwzbuiU2pE by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-11-05T20:57:21Z
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And if you're not an instance admin, but also you're not on .social or .online, there's still a chance your instance admin will be willing to upload custom emoji.It couldn't hurt to ask, but please be understanding if they say no. :blobpurpleheart:
(DIR) Post #APocXkgwUZSgSAgUXw by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-11-21T01:50:51Z
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A good instance will occasionally close its registration for new members to settle in. To do otherwise can lead to runaway growth making it too hard to moderate.But some interests have historically only had one instance - scholar.social for academics, for example.Which is to say: If you feel able to manage a server mentally and financially, don't be afraid to do it. You aren't competing, you're providing more space and less pressure for specialized servers.
(DIR) Post #APzzC3XE9V3j8H9VKa by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-11-26T14:32:15Z
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Super large instances are a mistake.If your instance has 1,000+ active accounts, is your local timeline even usable?Is expedient and proactive moderation even a thing?
(DIR) Post #AQ3D48RM0p7krUOzhY by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-11-28T03:52:28Z
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If Twitter had to die, it deserved a quick death.Not like this.
(DIR) Post #AQ8r1DBWsn3UfJxckC by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-11-30T11:37:42Z
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Spinster markets itself as a feminist instance, but it's a TERF instance; One of the older ones, co-started by Alex Gleason, defederated by so many of us so long ago that I rarely see it brought up any more.If you're an admin of a new instance, and you value keeping the trans people on your platform safe, #FediBlock spinster.xyz.Receipt: This is one of their mods. Check the pinned toot. https://spinster.xyz/@Vaishax
(DIR) Post #AQOjWVufbyoIceqgVs by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-12-08T12:31:48Z
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Fediverse: There are no good companies on here.RPi Foundation: *joins*Fediverse: There is one good company on here.RPi Foundation: Hires cop whose job was surveillance.Fediverse: There are no good companies on here.
(DIR) Post #AQOjWYt0YcGNqN5tq4 by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-12-08T12:35:33Z
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Morals of the story:1. You're free to do what you want.2. You are not free from how people choose to respond.3. Reading the room is usually a good strategy to avoid problems with # 2 on this list.There are respectable instances that would have been unhappy irregardless with the choices RPi made, but they way they chose to announce/spin this were so blatantly tone-deaf that they probably made the fallout be worse for them.
(DIR) Post #AQaGEInH5Htlwns9dA by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-12-14T00:51:42Z
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For those of you that dislike cryptocurrencies, I just learned about https://public.mitra.social which declares itself to be a "Federated social network with monetization features."The monetization is with Monero, which apparently is a cryptocurrency? Admin has an alt on poa.st so that's another (unnecessary) strike against it in my opinion.Don't forget to block mitra.social to make sure you get all future subdomains.#FediBlock
(DIR) Post #AQaGgY6HlgWFWpEYrY by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-12-14T02:53:56Z
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@fcktheworld587 Even if true (I've no desire to research it, as every other crypto I've learned about has soured me to any new crypto), everything else about this instance makes me want to avoid it.
(DIR) Post #AR7uq54gwswF98gtM0 by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-12-29T23:08:04Z
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#FediBlock @cloy@techhub.social is building an instance scraper to implement full-text search, two things that most admin I interact with on here don't want.Current plan is to have an opt-out option, but it still looks like a pathway to abuse at worst and additional drains on servers as the tool indexes every toot on an instance.Excuse is "The API will let me do it."Reciept: https://techhub.social/@cloy/109598814392511612
(DIR) Post #AR8DjmMBWiJqUAa7m4 by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2022-12-30T10:42:09Z
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@fristi He said it was going to, but a lot of Mastodon admin don't have access to their robots.text file - or any part of their file structure, to be honest.So it's "opt out but not for you."
(DIR) Post #AVOb46IuJ3RTfBitLU by crash@is.aaronbsmith.com
2023-05-07T00:24:58Z
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From the people who brought you "This meeting could have been an email," we bring you..."This Discord server could have been a FAQ."