Posts by tallship@obo.sh
(DIR) Post #AQPZO2UeIx0Ag8xRya by tallship@obo.sh
2022-12-08T22:52:21Z
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@downey Mastodon IS NOT the #Fediverse!The #BDFL of that project saying it's is "vital" illustrates the branding philosophy and corporate, ego driven mindset behind so many PRs and requests that have repeatedly been rejected by an overwhelming amount of Fediverse users and developers - just look at how many 👎 "thumbs down" 👎 reactions his post received (that is rarely seen on GitHub).His language and marketing have been largely successful, confusing newcomers during this Twitter egress (including media coverage) and conflating just what the Fediverse and mastodon are...People are saying, "I just joined mastodon!" - NO, you did not. You just joined the "Fediverse", by creating an account on a mastodon server. Even newcomers creating accounts on #Friendica and #Pleroma servers are often seen saying this, and it needs to "STOP". The Fediverse is the network they are joining, and mastodon is just one of a dozen or so viable platforms that people can use to do so.Truth be told, mastodon is one of the least feature complete Fediverse server platforms, lacking in many of the most basic social networking tools and features that most other popular server platforms introduced ages ago.It doesn't even render Markdown, have have quotable boosting, only introduced editing of posts a couple of weeks back, and has a hard coded limit of a paltry 500 characters for each post, forcing users to create those confusingly chronologically backward hellthreads that are interspersed and broken up in everyone's feeds, and there's many more deficiencies to list here.This is why there are so many different forks. When you create a #PeerTube account, you haven't joined the PeerTube network - you've joined the Fediverse!When you create a #Pixelfed account, you haven't joined the Pixelfed network - you've joined the Fediverse!If you create a mastodon account, you haven't joined "mastodon" - you've joined three Fediverse!There is no such thing as a mastodon network!It's just one type of Fediverse server platform, among many, like:#Akkama, Pleroma, Friendica, #Lemmy, #Soapbox, #Misskey, PeerTube, #Mitra, Pixelfed, #MicroPub, #Epicyon, #Quanta, #GoToSicial, #Socialhome, #FunkWhale, and many many other platforms that open up the entire Fediverse to people, allowing them to share and seamlessly communicate with one another.There are analogs for #Faceplant, #Twitter, #InstaSPAM, #Reddit, and pretty much any type of social networking experience you can find in the deprecated, centralized, legacy silo systems that cannot, and do not wish to interact with each other - which the Fediverse breaks the paradigm of, and empowers everyone engage with each other globally.Mastodon's marketing has very deliberately been designed to subvert that narrative and replace this reality with its own, self serving commercial interests to the detriment of Fediverse itself.A wake up call us coming very soon when the #non_FOSS based platforms like #Tumblr and #Imgur join their (millions) substantial user bases to the Fediverse at which time, mastodon itself may find itself drowned out and largely irrelevant due to its very lacking feature set, and ask if the other existing Fediverse platforms providing so much more if what is possible for us all.This is typically what happens when your development is driven by egocentric, ulterior motives (whether he actually realizes this about himself or not) to benefit yourself personally - just look at how his donations have jumped, even though newcomers are creating accounts on other Fediverse and mastodon servers begging for donations that for the most part are going directly to him.#tallship #FOSS #ActivityPub #introductions #newcomers ⛵.
(DIR) Post #AR8ID1oBYZ7UceshLk by tallship@obo.sh
2022-12-30T12:51:08Z
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@thenewoil Paywall
(DIR) Post #ARBXswAiz6Na5fkH32 by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-01T02:28:09Z
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I'd like to gather some good alternatives to this product line if anyone would like to chime in with their thoughts, recommendations 🙂https://mastodon.sdf.org/@tallship/109611525794456982
(DIR) Post #ARFCdaiBAdzwmd4fbM by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-02T20:45:58Z
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#Censorship in the #surveillance_state of... NOW!https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/2022-year-internet-surveillance-and-resilienceI hope that helps!#tallship #FOSS #Privacy #EFF #Fediverse⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARGVo2aYTJyCQRAFqC by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-03T11:58:33Z
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@Gargron It's one of the main three reasons mastodon was left so far behind by the other Fediverse server platforms. The other two are that ridiculous, default, hardcoded paltry 500 character count limit - you've done a lot of workarounds (setting pseudo max character counts for all links, etc.) to avoid changing that to a simple configuration by admins on running instances - and that, more than anything else I think, has been the impetus that has spawned so many exceedingly popular forks. The third item is that you simply don't have any support for other text formats - like #Markdown, when almost all other major Fediverse platforms do, some of them for even longer than tootsuite/mastodon has been in existence.You don't have any support for local-only posts either - a very popular and requested feature that you've virtually ignored.The ability to edit posts without breaking threads that came in with this most recent release (4.0.0) was a few years behind most other Fediverse server platforms. Rhetorical question: Why did you wait so long to implement that?But the most glaring, um... I'll call it an egregious offense, is that much like Canonical did when they scraped almost all mentions of "Linux" from the Ubuntu websites, you too have done so with respect to #Fediverse on your official brand marketing websites - this has resulted in enormous damage to the community, serving to fracture it to some measurable degree, to the benefit of your "brand", but at the expense of the community at large by confusing the consumer.That last item, I don't know if you even realize the level of confusion this has resulted in with respect to all of the new Fediverse adoptees that actually think mastodon is a network - it is not. It's, "The Fediverse", Eugen, that's what the term is for our #ActivityPub powered network, and that interview you did with #Time_Magazine last month did not mention Fediverse even once. Not even one time.As a well known, de facto spokesman for the Fediverse community, you have, if not a fiduciary obligation, at least a moral duty to fairly represent and promote the Fediverse community at large.So now that funding isn't an issue for you so long as you listen to where the money is coming from, you're being told to do all of these things, and to be certain, you will. You've even announced a public roadmap to coincide with this realization that you now must cater to the community and it's desires, instead of dictating the constraints under which the community must, and will function... at least those who erroneously only perceive mastodon as the only extant option.That's a mixed blessing. Development will now include work towards the things that the people actually want, but you'll continue to brand your product as if it is the network instead of getting the language and message right that it's simply one Fediverse server platform amongst all of the other (often more appropriate and) capable server platforms.So yes, quote posts are popular, and with utility. Practically every other platform has it too. You will implement it, so just go and do it now, because it really isn't even your choice after all.Well that's my 2¢ 🙂I hope that helps!#tallship #Mastodon #FOSS ⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARGzZx8gvv5Q5xKW8W by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-03T17:31:21Z
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@Gargron Wow!Talk about a #hellthread, lolz...Anyway, the #Quote_Post feature isn't anything that you can do something about:1.) People on all of the other platforms will still have it and there's nothing that a mastodon user account can do to stop it - they will only be able to observe it occurring despite what they think about it.Those in favor of you deploying the feature will migrate their accounts and followers to those other platforms if you don't roll it out.Those against the feature will find their mastodon friends moving on to other Fediverse servers that are not mastodon, and still only be able to merely complain about it happening across the entire #Fediverse.2.) Anyone, even on a mastodon server, can already take advantage of simply pasting the link of someone else's post into their own fresh post - no opting out, no configuring that only their friends can quote post them. No control whatsoever.You have a choice, albeit, not an enviable one. You can either implement the feature, or watch as your mastodon platform continues to hemorrhage users to the other more capable, and feature complete Fediverse server platforms.Most other platforms aren't resource hogs either, and require low minimum hardware requirements for #home and #smallweb deployments, even performing exceedingly well on #Raspberry_Pi computers on their home LANs.To remain relevant over the next year and s half, with all of the phenomenal development elsewhere in the Fediverse with federating groups and chat and marketplaces, etc., It's probably not a good idea to continue to allow mastodon to atrophe from having fallen so far behind already and suffering from bit rot.Even almost as soon as they arrive, people are leaving in mass numbers for the other Fediverse platforms as soon as they discover that mastodon is not the Fediverse, but rather, just one amongst many others that are far more capable and feature complete platforms for engaging with their friends and loved ones across the entire Fediverse.I hope that helps!#tallship #mastodon #FOSS #ActivityPub ⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARMMTO7RUfkmTrNrwe by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-06T07:44:56Z
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@amerika @Gargron That's certainly the topic in a lot of the dev circles, with this big push to make a couple of the mastodon instances into big monolithic silos - just like #Faceplant, #Twatter, and #IInstaSPAM.That, and the branding strategy with three word #Fediverse mostly scrubbed from his masto branded websites, like a slap in the face to the community.It's not good to continue encouraging people to believe it's the only component of the network, themselves becoming really confused when they begin meeting folks on other types of Fediverse server platforms - especially when the model is to promote greater numbers of smaller instances instead of monoliths that stand in stark contrast to decentralization.With the other platforms already supporting federated chat and groups the relevance of mastodon is dubious.
(DIR) Post #ARNtZN6NgBuai1JAzQ by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-07T01:18:13Z
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@gabriel Hey Gabe, a little off topic I know, but I wanted to run this by you, as an FYI, just in case it might wind up being something you'd like to consider at some point in the future 🙂https://codeberg.org/calckey/calckey#migrating-from-misskey-to-calckeyKindest regards,#tallship #FOSS #Fediverse #Misskey #Calckey⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARjIHZa5eM3qLbDdyK by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-17T09:06:38Z
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@shamanWhat a douchebag...Fired? That's it? He could have at least been arrested for "some kind" of public health related misdemeanor. Geez!#tallship #miscreants #criminal@gabriel ⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARlY0PN0LeddL1r6Bs by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-18T11:20:51Z
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@gabriel @shaman Ah yes... Y'know I was just going through settings in #Friendica, and noticed that you have to specifically change the default from stripping the EXIF data when posting media.For other platforms, you can use this on #Android - #Imagepipe from F-droid:
(DIR) Post #ARmoit29DJdaVLI4hc by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-19T00:35:38Z
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@KiKi88 She looks smokin' hot in those #Daisy_Dukes!#tallship #gabe_rocks
(DIR) Post #ARmoiu0PbFqLWFUCdU by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-19T00:38:32Z
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@gabriel lolz... The 70's are back with #Hot_Pants again I see 🤣⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARnOdIVLCJ9w75a02q by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-19T08:44:09Z
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@colinsmatt11 @shaman @Hyolobrika @gabriel I recently saw a request from someone describing themselves as a prolific photographer in the #Fedilab #Matrix support room, asking if the devs could add a feature to use the EXIF data for the alt tags - they cited extremely non-trivial effort to do that manually.It obviously issn't for everyone, with most folks preferring to fill out the alt data for the images they upload themselves, but it made a lot of sense for a #prolific_uploader of images in #Fediverse posts.I'm glad you brought this up, because it's exactly what I was thinking when I became aware that stripping the EXIF data was the default on #Friendica, and disabling that feature is an "opt-out" option.I don't even know if there's still such a site as #Foursquare, but about ten years ago it was a popular "check-in" site that integrated with #Faceplant.You would basically do a check-in wherever you were and people could track you via lat/lon or physical address or the business name IIRC, and you could include pics too I think - that's one use case.Another very good one, snapping a pic and then later uploading it as a Fediverse post in #Friendica (there's an OSM geolocation plugin), which I gather could generate a map based on the EXIF data in their photo.I can't tell you how many times I've seen pics and wondered where the photos were taken. #Pixelfed should have such an option (does it?) w/OSM mapping toggle on upload.I don't think any other Fediverse server platforms have that.Extrapolating that EXIF data for the alt tags in photos uploaded as part of posts (with corresponding maps even) sounds like a great idea - but preferably not as a default setting lolz.On another note, there's a shitload of really stupid dope farmers here in Humboldt county posting pics of their weed fields on #InstaSPAM, and then wondering why they're getting helicopter flyovers and "Abatement Letters" from the county, followed by the caravans that roll up the mountain, raid, and destroy their crops lolz.That's what apps like #ImagePipe are for (stripping EXIF data before posting publicly). ImagePipe is available at F-Droid, BTW. 😜@Laurien (pls pass on to Sir Spencer - he'll get a kick out of that!)#tallship #FOSS #privacy #geolocation #EXIF #check_in ⛵ .
(DIR) Post #ARnPa4RR7vElaDmKsC by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-19T08:55:53Z
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@gabriel Actually, aside from a bit of quirkiness here and there that got cleaned up in #Calckey? No, not at all.I find #Misskey to be a fine and capable platform, far superior in many respects to mastodon. The irony is that Misskey's had most of these features for several years and #MastoPub still hasn't caught up.🤘💀🤘.
(DIR) Post #ARxvZ0w1ooxmX3E8Nk by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-24T10:35:35Z
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@gabriel Generally speaking, yes.Here's s great 1 minute script to install #Postfix, #Dovecot, #OpenDKM, #SpamAssassin, etc., Complete with copypasta keys, Etc., And use the MXToolbox .com tools to check your MX RRs, #SPF, #rDNS, and you should be fine sending even to that shithole gmail:https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwizIt's a pretty awesome install. Waaay better than all that bloated moocow stuff.I hope that helps!#tallship #FOSS ⛵.
(DIR) Post #ARxxDj5RBOFB0IbZ9E by tallship@obo.sh
2023-01-24T11:01:01Z
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@Genen The world is NOT ran by THESE super rich. If that were so then they wouldn't have to meet each year and ish their filthy agenda.Only one state leader attended this year anyway, they're much less popular than in previous years.This article by Canadian journalist Rachel Marsden goes a bit in depth about these satanic communists:https://www.rt.com/news/570287-davos-global-elites-fear/Those people, are oblivious to history, for if they had indeed read just a little bit, they would realize that as soon as this "great reset" bullshit occurs, they are actually the ones who are the very first to be lined up against the wall and shot - just like in Germany, Russia, and China; with all of their assets distributed amongst the "people" (but actually, only the new ruling oligarchs of the new, dystopian utopia).Klaus Schwab, and his accolytes are scum.
(DIR) Post #ATxGhPHOlALuQwdM8G by tallship@obo.sh
2023-03-24T22:33:16Z
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@gabriel That word "establish" is the most cringe of all - it's an #abdication of #Congressional_authority to appointees and career employees.And what's so difficult about the specificity of line items? Nebulous terminology like "foreign adversary"? Really guys? Just say fricken' #TikTok!#tallship #ccp #cringe⛵.
(DIR) Post #ATxJtmvMyVAz6UvRSq by tallship@obo.sh
2023-03-24T22:55:20Z
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Here's s lolz moment...Just watched a #Techlore video at #Odyssee on yesterday's events concerning "Linus Tech Tips" channels getting pwn3d.I didn't realize there were a few million followers. I stumbled upon that YouTube Chan a few months ago when they held a, "Use a Linux distro exclusively for a month" challenge, and from install to completion of assignment those #Bozo's continued to hard fail all over the place for the entire duration... We're talking serious #boneheads!Not a good thing for #FOSS and #Linux Advocacy considering their massive viewership... which made me think...Are they really that freaking stupid? Remember, stupid goes all the way to the 🦴 bone!Well... Apparently they are! They've been pwn3d - hard fail boiz, hard fail lolz.NOTE: They were #pwn3d through a simple #SIM_Swap #MFA (SMS) exploit. From what I understand, All of their videos were replaced with #CryptoBruh phishing videos.#tallship #nimrods #social_engineering⛵.
(DIR) Post #AUAW1wn1S75Rkbbi6q by tallship@obo.sh
2023-03-31T08:07:11Z
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@bravegpt @adamHere's a little ditty that might interest a few folks out here in the Wild, Wild, #Fediverse...It's a Brave Search add on for your browser of choice - i.e., #Vivaldi, #Chromium, #Firefox, #Edge, #Brave, #Opera, and more (oddly enough, I didn't see #Kiwi on the list).It's called #BraveGPT and after installing it whenever you choose to use #Brave_Search it includes a sidebar with your search results from #ChatGPT along with the regular #SERPs you expect.https://github.com/kudoai/bravegptIt's pretty new, and there's also links to other projects like a similar facility for #DuckDuckGo too.But there's another question that this raises for myself - what happened to userscripts and greasemonkey?Lemme know what you think, k?#tallship #FOSS #search #search_engines⛵.
(DIR) Post #AUE3s5nx3m2ejKOV2e by tallship@obo.sh
2023-04-02T01:11:39Z
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@james That's really interesting.I chose that (this) machine because it has no character count limits so I can publish lengthy articles and blog posts - HowTo's, tuts, travel or recipe blogs (you never know, lolz), Etc, where I'm not concerned with #Markdown or other text formats.I guess this is 5s glaring testament to the lack of viability of mastodon as any sort of actual community building platform (even mastodon .social doesn't really have any real semblance of community), because I never actually even pay attention to the local timeline here - it's completely irrelevant to me... My #friends in the #Fediverse are scattered across the #diaspora (no pun intended) of the Fediverse (Which, IMO, does include Diaspora, lolz).I treat most other servers the exact same, with the exception of SDF, which really is a true community independant of any single platform infrastructure, including Fediverse servers... I do indeed watch my local timeline on our "private" server there quite closely, because other #SDF members are there and there aren't any of those rude #twitugees about. The other SDF Fediverse server is full of self-entitled #shitposters that came along during the so-called, "November Rain", so I filter a lot of those goombahs out of my streams there. I guess that's what it's actually like over on #Twitter.If, on the other hand, this particular server is starting to garner a bad reputation, then maybe I should consider looking elsewhere where there are similar technical facilities available.After running a public mastodon server for two and a half years (it took a whole year to get everyone to migrate away so I could close that hog down, and then almost three years of running an invite only Pleroma server (such a fricken' dream), it's no real surprise that I view mastodon as a mostly deprecated platform due to lack of innovation and feature adoption (much to the chagrin of the userbase as evidenced in the repo's issue tracker over the years) as well as it's lack of suitability for horizontally based "SmallWeb", self-hosted deployments.You can do it, but why, when there are so many other clearly better Fediverse server platforms?Don't get me wrong though; mastodon is a good, solid infra upon which to base the deprecated monolithic silo schema -just not until you start to approach the 20,000 user mark. If that's someone's goal, to launch a vertical scaling #monolithic_silo (that only supports plain text and a paltry 500 character count limit per post), then mastodon would be a platform I would wholeheartedly recommend to someone.Nah, just kidding! 🤣 I'd still recommend a capable fork like #Hometown or #glitch_social lolz.That's just my 2¢ FWIW 🙂#tallship #FOSS #ActivityPub⛵.