Posts by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AjcADR7snXxNlQLKQC by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-07-05T08:19:25Z
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@tyil @louis > Its not publicity but it sure is public, and "to publicize" does in fact mean "to make public. So it most definitely is publicized as you mentioned in your previous post.Well, what can I say? You caught me with that description of technical language definition, I actually AM here trying to score furry vore commissions. /sTake a breath, back up, and read the things you are saying.
(DIR) Post #AjcADS7D7X0spd2J0q by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-07-05T08:19:48Z
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@tyil @louis > Making a huge drama threat on the Fediverse isn't going to help anyone, really.Once again, I want to say this as kindly as possible. This is not a huge drama thread.
(DIR) Post #AjcB6rIJCtuKqleAi0 by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-07-05T08:22:18Z
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@tyil @louis > Similarly, there is so much more to this world than just identity politics in niche online communities. There are real threats to all sorts of communities that need actual help. Look, I am involved in broader communities obviously. I also know furries and queer people and fluffers from multiple nations, including some of the ones you're saying don't care. It is not helpful to typecast and dismiss concerns this way or to stereotype critics. It doesn't make conversations better.
(DIR) Post #AjcB6sWAeqaee38kxE by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-07-05T08:23:04Z
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@tyil @louis It is quite frankly, the mark of an extremely weak argument that you jump over to making sure that everyone is concerned enough for communities you are not a part of and that you do not understand.I can't speak for every LGBTQ+ fluffer and I have never once claimed to. But I am a part of that broader community, and I know enough people and fluffers around the world to know that you are talking bullcrap.
(DIR) Post #AjcEKxTFL85JvGB58q by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-07-05T08:12:41Z
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@jrballesteros05 @tyil @louis > there are projects which are more political andOnce again, I'm calling for some empathy here. What makes gender political? Why is it political for a project to use gender-neutral language?We are talking about communities that are regularly told that going outside in clothing that fits their gender is propaganda and should be illegal. If you've never had that concern (and you probably haven't) it's just incurious to dismiss them without trying to understand.
(DIR) Post #ApBteV3sKOLomDtP28 by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-16T23:46:36Z
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Sometimes Linux users on Mastodon can be intimidating or frustrating, so if you ever find yourself getting annoyed by one, here's my advice. Immediately reply with:"Down, puppy! Down! We don't jump up like that, it's not polite. Siit. Siiiit. Siiiiit."GOOD DOG! Who's a good puppy!? Is it you!? Are you a good puppy? You want to play?Go on, write a blogpost about Wayland! Go get it! Get the Wayland!! Link me to your blog post about Wayland!"#linux #furry #mastodon
(DIR) Post #ApTG0zXRy7S3wVCOEi by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:25:58Z
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I'm not particularly interested in Mastodon vs Bluesky as a team sport.I'll critique Bluesky's moderation all day, but Mastodon has serious moderation problems too, and we need to fix them.Critters forget that a lot of trans and Black communities left Mastodon *because* of moderation problems.Bluesky fucking up is not an opportunity for the Fediverse to say "haha, told you so", it's an opportunity for us to take a good hard look at how we're fucking up.
(DIR) Post #ApTG14yZkh7Wo4vci8 by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:27:54Z
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Better blocking controls is the best example here. Mastodon's blocking situation is *bad*. Really bad.I know there are complications involved, but I should be able to remove replies to a post that I make."It's complicated" is not a good reason for us to not figure that out, if we can't, it means our architectural approach is bad.And I don't think it would be impossible to do.Bluesky's nuclear block model is better, and even that is not as good as it *could* be.
(DIR) Post #ApTG19z787WQLCDckC by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:29:22Z
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The worry about quote posts has also gotten in the way of really useful features that would make conversations more civil: like the ability to boost a post or a picture with a content warning.Bluesky is utterly failing at handling NSFW material - I say this *as a NSFW artist*. They are letting NSFW communities down.Mastodon's content warnings are better, but they could be improved *so much*.
(DIR) Post #ApTG1FHjQKNwmNy3xQ by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:33:54Z
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One of the *biggest* problems with Mastodon that encourages reply-guy behavior and gasslighting about racism is the lack of reply visibility under threads.Floofs don't know how often a question is being asked, or they can't see racist comments being made.Here's some good news: there's work happening on at least partially solving that pawblem. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32615#mastodon #featurerequest #bluesky
(DIR) Post #ApTG1KrMhGrM4Lg5h2 by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:35:06Z
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This is (imo) one of the most promising developments happening right now to make Mastodon more pleasant to use.Yes, Bluesky moderation is falling over itself now, but over on Mastodon, we can do *better* than what we're doing right now.I want to keep hammering that point. We should *NOT* be content with where we are.
(DIR) Post #ApTG1Qzjt37h63drZw by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:37:22Z
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We can also do a better job of mitigating instance moderation side effects (the "petty tyrant" complaint), in two ways.1. We can continue work with the "severed relationships" notifications to allow users to see when their connections are being severed or even (in some specific cases) to P2P connect to other instances bypassing instance moderation (although obviously that's complicated and needs discussion).2. We can bite the bullet and support full instance migration including posts.
(DIR) Post #ApTG1WGaHqZJRkYt1s by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:38:09Z
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The biggest problem with #2 is refederating posts.It's a horribly difficult problem to solve as far as I can tell.But partial solutions are likely possible.
(DIR) Post #ApTG1bY8e0a5pdoTaK by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:39:37Z
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And we could provide better tools for managing multiple accounts and blending them together.I post both here and on gulp.cafe. Gulp.cafe mutes Mastodon.social. I agree with that decision (no offense UwU, but you all are exhausting).But I have two accounts to help with preserving relationships.They're not super-well integrated. Figuring out a better model would mean rethinking a lot of UX and coming up with new UX paradigms. It would be worthwhile.
(DIR) Post #ApTG1gnD9Obo5pu5Gy by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:41:15Z
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It might mean clients that merge feeds from multiple accounts and handle (situational) cross-posting for you, with settings and new UI flows to make it easier to control which account you're replying with at a time.(this would also help with seeing missing replies, I regularly need to log into mastodon.social to see the full context of a thread that's muted on gulp.cafe).
(DIR) Post #ApTG1mX7o7J3tgQK24 by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:42:41Z
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I'm rambly fox right now. My point is just, yes, it's cool that many smaller instances especially do a great job of blocking transphobes.I think Mastodon's moderation model is better than Bluesky's.I'm not going to get snarky at Bluesky, I want Mastodon's moderation model to be way, way, way better than it is right now.And I think it can be.
(DIR) Post #ApTG1rfSiXwjozMYDo by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:45:07Z
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The way for Mastodon to get better moderation than Bluesky is not for us to sit on our paws and say that tiny instances do a good job banning transphobes.It's for us to have a *culture* that is deeply invested in moderation and in caring for the floofs around us and taking their concerns seriously.Why did so much of the Black community leave Mastodon? Not just because of bad moderation but because of *being told the moderation was fine.*They got tired of arguing.#bluesky #mastodon
(DIR) Post #ApTG1xecSapyO70xk0 by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:46:53Z
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If people and critters believe that you are on their side, if they know that you are actually trying to make their experience better and to take their concerns seriously, and are willing to put in serious effort to fix their concerns, they will put in the work to help you and they will stick around and support you back.What they don't want is to have the social media equivalent of "you're holding it wrong" yelled at them nonstop.
(DIR) Post #ApTG22eRsefht1yOfY by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:48:37Z
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Even if they are holding it wrong (and to be clear, Black Mastodon was NOT holding it wrong) - but even if somepony does just not understand the platform or how it works, they will still notice if you are dismissing their bad experiences or if you are trying to figure out how to make the platform accessible to them.They will notice that they complain about something, get a shrug, and then are left to deal with the thing they were complaining about.
(DIR) Post #ApTG27F6oINC7t9jMm by foxyoreos@mastodon.social
2024-12-13T22:49:49Z
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So we desperately need a culture of moderation and technical improvement that looks at Mastodon moderation and says, "right direction, not there yet. Let's prototype more things, work on more things, identify the areas where we're going in the wrong direction and correct."And there are so many exciting promising things we can do with that <3