Posts by panos@calckey.social
(DIR) Post #AVLhrCi5IHW7yJPvd2 by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-05T15:37:45.503Z
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@marleybits39@mastodon.world @KFuentesGeorge@universeodon.com You know, it's interesting to me that many people worry that "if everyone had enough to survive, they wouldn't want to work, so we can't let that happen", but you don't hear often that we should abolish the rich. If someone who has the necessities won't contribute to society, then what about someone who has a million bucks? Why is it ok if they don't need to work? Because work under #capitalism is inequality and exploitation. Because some people need to be forced to work, under the threat of being denied of even what's necessary to live, so that others can have a million or a billion dollars.Basically what you said is in support of a system that literally threatens a part of the population's lives, so that they are forced to work and make wealth for another part of the population, who aren't under the same threat.
(DIR) Post #AVLi7M4MGR6vdGXLou by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-05T15:40:59.585Z
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@marleybits39@mastodon.world @KFuentesGeorge@universeodon.com OK, I just thought you said "What's the motivation to work if everyone gets free homes, or free food and medical care?".
(DIR) Post #AVO3HRi2dUezNFfgga by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-06T17:16:01.822Z
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@ArtBear @dana Yep! Check out Account Migration in settings. If you need any help just ask. This way you can automatically transfer your followers too, without them having to follow you again! But your old account will be locked (and redirecting to your new one).
(DIR) Post #AVO3HSnOb4XMk9BTfc by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-06T17:43:45.963Z
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@ArtBear I see, ok one dirty fix i guess would be to maybe migrate to another instance first? 🥴 @dana
(DIR) Post #AVSThTUtz9RbtCRArw by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-07T22:17:05.605Z
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OK, let me try something.Hello @Gargron@mastodon.social! It’s the first time I’m addressing you, so let me first of all say a big THANK YOU for your contribution to the #Fediverse! The reason I’m writing this is that I saw that @mastodon recently announced quote posts - I think that’s a great decision! As you probably know, #Misskey and #Calckey already have an implementation for quotes, where the quote appears under the original post (like a comment, but flagged as a quote), and where the original poster is notified when quoted.I don’t know how you intend to implement this feature in Mastodon, but since our users interact with each other, I thought it would be a good idea to suggest some direct communication with @syuilo@misskey.io (who originally implemented this in #Misskey) and @kainoa (our lead dev at #calkey), to make sure our implementations will be compatible. Even if there are concerns and things that you’d prefer to be done differently, I think that they should be discussed, and #Misskey and #Calckey should consider adjusting their implementations, so that they interoperate seamlessly with yours. The idea is, let’s see if it’s possible to find a common way to do this, so that users have a smoother, safer and more consistent experience, on such a sensitive issue!I think that the widest possible interoperability in the #Fediverse is to everyone’s benefit, and it gives a better experience for every #fedizen, no matter what platform they’re on. Let’s try to work closer together on common features or problems and find common solutions - we’ve got this. ​:blobbonedealwithit:​Posting this publicly because I think that more cooperation between fedi platforms is something many people in here would love to see – myself included! Hoping this is received positively and in good faith. United fedi is best fedi =) ​:fediverse:​
(DIR) Post #AVXVpbDGq2MeOtHU6i by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-11T01:05:15.679Z
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The best thing about Chris leaving mastodon.social is that I can now read his posts in their entirety, as they're meant to be read, instead of in ten parts 😅RE: https://calckey.social/notes/9elygxu0cv
(DIR) Post #AVaAiZRzThGhLMqxsW by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-12T14:15:17.346Z
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These will be remembered as the early days of calckey.social. I think that most people who make an account for "testing #Calckey" reasons, mostly know what's going on, so they are ensuring they can participate in discussions like this in the future:- Remember when calckey.social first started?- Oh sure, I was a member back when it had less than 2000 users. Many people back then didn't even know other #Fediverse platforms existed, can you imagine? But we knew better. Heheh.You should know that we're onto your plan and you're not fooling anybody! "Testing Calckey"... yeah right. ​:blobbonesmoke:​
(DIR) Post #AVaEFVO5u7aKA5QWLg by panos@calckey.social
2023-05-12T12:30:46.624Z
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Alright, this is priceless - this is why we say that the #Fediverse is magical!So, @kraft who works at Automattic (creator of WordPress) pops in to check out #Calckey. We start a chat about how they have a "Share to Mastodon" button, but that doesn't cover the richness of platforms in the Fediverse. Bam, less than 12 hours later, Automattic are officially discussing how they could implement a "Share to the Fediverse" button, connecting the rest of the platforms potentially to hundreds of millions of websites using WordPress.Is that something, or what?RE: https://calckey.social/notes/9eo1cd3vxj
(DIR) Post #AWq5cf9QavhjqXlZq4 by panos@calckey.social
2023-06-19T04:07:00.112Z
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There is another reason I find the discussion about blocking #Meta's #ActivityPub project #Threads interesting:I've been saying for a while now that the #Fediverse is a new and different beast, and whoever tries to understand it simply as a direct social media replacement misses the whole picture. We're also federated communities, just as much.Today we see a lot of concern about "what will the #Fediverse do" with #Meta. Wanna know what we will do? Everything and nothing. Because the Fediverse is not one entity. This is the essence of its decentralized nature - and that's cool. If your server intends to block Meta servers completely - cool. If not, cool again.But if you expect a unified response on something like that, you're in for a disappointment.This is not a "schism", a "problem", something to "solve". This is just decentralization in practice. We don't need to have the same blocklists, and that's ok. Open protocols are not something you can control, so chill. When the time comes for this subject, choose a server with a policy that you agree with. But if you're worried that we won't all have one unified stance... are you sure you actually like #decentralization?
(DIR) Post #AWuCpWXHPiuzCcqHoW by panos@calckey.social
2023-06-20T21:42:22.846Z
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There's much talk about "Embrace - Extend - Extinguish" regarding #Meta, and I agree, it's a very real threat and something they will try to do sooner or later. However, I don't think that fediblocking their servers will stop that from happening - it could actually help them. Let me explain.We can't stop Meta from using #ActivityPub. We knew that when we adopted an open protocol. Even if every single server blocks them, they can still use ActivityPub if they want. They already have a huge userbase from Instagram, and they will also pay celebrities to use their service. They don't rely on content from the rest of the Fediverse for their plan to work. They're not aiming for the anti-centralization crowd.So, one way this could play out is: Everyone blocks them, and then they have another reason to lock their users in. Those who use their platform and have friends and accounts they follow there, won't have anywhere to go if the rest of the #Fediverse blocks them. So they will instantly be the biggest ActivityPub platform, and they can do whatever they want without any competition or alternatives.Or - their users could see in practice that they don't have to view their ads, they don't have to rely on them, they don't have to eat their sketchy algorithms and give them their data, because they can follow the same accounts from any fedi server. Of course they have the money and power to lock users in with various ways. But this way users will see they have choices.I'm worried that the discussion these days revolves around the pattern: "Are you against Meta? Then you have to block them!". And if you don't intend to necessarily block them, then that means you are not so much against them, that you are willing to give them a chance to prove they have good intentions etc. That you think that, if Meta is on fedi, then they'll be cool.I have absolutely no second thoughts about what Meta is. They are capitalist snakes and they will shit on everything you love for profit. I am not giving them any chance to prove otherwise, I know what they are. And I intend to keep saying that. If they use ActivityPub, I will be saying that directly to their users, on their platform, but from my server - not giving them anything. I will probably be saying to a lot of people "What the hell are you still doing there? Come over here!". The fact that I'll be able to tell them from another platform, will be proof that there is indeed no reason for them to stay on Meta. I've tried converting facebook users, most of them were never really interested because they want to stay in touch with certain people that are on Meta's platform. Let's see how it will be when they will actually be able to do just that.The war for Meta's userbase is just around the corner. I do not intend to avoid it by blocking them. I won't move to Meta's platform anyway - I didn't leave facebook to go back to them on fedi. I hope you won't either.We might lose. But we will fight. Screw Meta. Let's show their users they have options. Don't forget that most of us had or still have accounts on mainstream social. I can't wait to show what we've been building here to even more people. Bring it on!