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Good morning! I have thoughts about the internet.
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Good morning! I have thoughts about the internet.
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Good morning! I have thoughts about the internet.
Good morning! I have thoughts about the internet.
I really try to hang out in more nuanced modes of rhetoric but: Don’t amplify psychological terrorism by repeating it in social media posts condemning it. Stop.
When you do this, no matter your intent, you are helping the worst people by repeatedly exposing the intended targets to the terrorizing messages.
Yes, hate campaigns need to be discussed. Not by amplifying the messages themselves across networks rich in their targets.
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I really try to hang out in more nuanced modes of rhetoric but: Don’t amplify psychological terrorism by repeating it in social media posts condemning it. Stop.
When you do this, no matter your intent, you are helping the worst people by repeatedly exposing the intended targets to the terrorizing messages.
Yes, hate campaigns need to be discussed. Not by amplifying the messages themselves across networks rich in their targets.
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I really try to hang out in more nuanced modes of rhetoric but: Don’t amplify psychological terrorism by repeating it in social media posts condemning it. Stop.
When you do this, no matter your intent, you are helping the worst people by repeatedly exposing the intended targets to the terrorizing messages.
Yes, hate campaigns need to be discussed. Not by amplifying the messages themselves across networks rich in their targets.
I really try to hang out in more nuanced modes of rhetoric but: Don’t amplify psychological terrorism by repeating it in social media posts condemning it. Stop.
When you do this, no matter your intent, you are helping the worst people by repeatedly exposing the intended targets to the terrorizing messages.
Yes, hate campaigns need to be discussed. Not by amplifying the messages themselves across networks rich in their targets.
Over the next several months, I am going to be working to help people who are on other networks get onto fediverse servers that are a good match for their needs.
I am starting in what is probably the least efficient way:
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Over the next several months, I am going to be working to help people who are on other networks get onto fediverse servers that are a good match for their needs.
I am starting in what is probably the least efficient way:
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Over the next several months, I am going to be working to help people who are on other networks get onto fediverse servers that are a good match for their needs.
I am starting in what is probably the least efficient way:
Over the next several months, I am going to be working to help people who are on other networks get onto fediverse servers that are a good match for their needs.
I am starting in what is probably the least efficient way:
In the US, most states have programs that assign volunteer advocates to children and youth in the foster care system (CASA and GAL are the acronyms). Anyone with a clean record w/r/t kids can do the training. It’s the weirdest band-aid on a broken system but until we fix the system, it’s also essential work that helps keep kids from falling through some terrible gaps.
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In the US, most states have programs that assign volunteer advocates to children and youth in the foster care system (CASA and GAL are the acronyms). Anyone with a clean record w/r/t kids can do the training. It’s the weirdest band-aid on a broken system but until we fix the system, it’s also essential work that helps keep kids from falling through some terrible gaps.
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In the US, most states have programs that assign volunteer advocates to children and youth in the foster care system (CASA and GAL are the acronyms). Anyone with a clean record w/r/t kids can do the training. It’s the weirdest band-aid on a broken system but until we fix the system, it’s also essential work that helps keep kids from falling through some terrible gaps.
In the US, most states have programs that assign volunteer advocates to children and youth in the foster care system (CASA and GAL are the acronyms). Anyone with a clean record w/r/t kids can do the training. It’s the weirdest band-aid on a broken system but until we fix the system, it’s also essential work that helps keep kids from falling through some terrible gaps.
There is plenty of good advice going around about the big things so here is my small piece: If you’re going to be on social media in the next weeks and months and years, block and mute freely rather than getting into spats and squabbles. Preserve your energy for the work. Keep your powder dry.
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There is plenty of good advice going around about the big things so here is my small piece: If you’re going to be on social media in the next weeks and months and years, block and mute freely rather than getting into spats and squabbles. Preserve your energy for the work. Keep your powder dry.
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There is plenty of good advice going around about the big things so here is my small piece: If you’re going to be on social media in the next weeks and months and years, block and mute freely rather than getting into spats and squabbles. Preserve your energy for the work. Keep your powder dry.
There is plenty of good advice going around about the big things so here is my small piece: If you’re going to be on social media in the next weeks and months and years, block and mute freely rather than getting into spats and squabbles. Preserve your energy for the work. Keep your powder dry.
Server governance—moderation, server leadership, all that messy political (de)federation stuff—defines a whole lot of each member's experience of the fediverse. But for newcomers and fedi-curious especially, it's so opaque. I want to address that head-on.
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Server governance—moderation, server leadership, all that messy political (de)federation stuff—defines a whole lot of each member's experience of the fediverse. But for newcomers and fedi-curious especially, it's so opaque. I want to address that head-on.
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Server governance—moderation, server leadership, all that messy political (de)federation stuff—defines a whole lot of each member's experience of the fediverse. But for newcomers and fedi-curious especially, it's so opaque. I want to address that head-on.
Server governance—moderation, server leadership, all that messy political (de)federation stuff—defines a whole lot of each member's experience of the fediverse. But for newcomers and fedi-curious especially, it's so opaque. I want to address that head-on.
ED YONG'S XOXO TALK IS UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddy5uMdzZB8
One of the all-time best humans doing the all-time best pandemic-related talk I have ever seen.
(There are even some great birds.)
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ED YONG'S XOXO TALK IS UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddy5uMdzZB8
One of the all-time best humans doing the all-time best pandemic-related talk I have ever seen.
(There are even some great birds.)
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ED YONG'S XOXO TALK IS UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddy5uMdzZB8
One of the all-time best humans doing the all-time best pandemic-related talk I have ever seen.
(There are even some great birds.)
ED YONG'S XOXO TALK IS UP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddy5uMdzZB8
One of the all-time best humans doing the all-time best pandemic-related talk I have ever seen.
(There are even some great birds.)
When Darius and I wrapped up our fedi governance research earlier this fall, I knew that one of the next steps I most wanted to work on was a set of ways to make it much easier for potential fediverse members to find genuinely good homes here.
And by good homes, I mean servers/instances that are as safe and well protected and optimally connected aand moderated—*for a given membership*—as possible.
But took me six tries to write this intro post about it:
https://www.wrecka.ge/fediverse-shoes/
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When Darius and I wrapped up our fedi governance research earlier this fall, I knew that one of the next steps I most wanted to work on was a set of ways to make it much easier for potential fediverse members to find genuinely good homes here.
And by good homes, I mean servers/instances that are as safe and well protected and optimally connected aand moderated—*for a given membership*—as possible.
But took me six tries to write this intro post about it:
https://www.wrecka.ge/fediverse-shoes/
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When Darius and I wrapped up our fedi governance research earlier this fall, I knew that one of the next steps I most wanted to work on was a set of ways to make it much easier for potential fediverse members to find genuinely good homes here.
And by good homes, I mean servers/instances that are as safe and well protected and optimally connected aand moderated—*for a given membership*—as possible.
But took me six tries to write this intro post about it:
https://www.wrecka.ge/fediverse-shoes/
When Darius and I wrapped up our fedi governance research earlier this fall, I knew that one of the next steps I most wanted to work on was a set of ways to make it much easier for potential fediverse members to find genuinely good homes here.
And by good homes, I mean servers/instances that are as safe and well protected and optimally connected aand moderated—*for a given membership*—as possible.
But took me six tries to write this intro post about it:
https://www.wrecka.ge/fediverse-shoes/
Hi. In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
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Hi. In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
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Hi. In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
Hi. In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
CMSes were a mistake, y'all
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CMSes were a mistake, y'all
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CMSes were a mistake, y'all
CMSes were a mistake, y'all
Venn diagram of what indie tech people think Mozilla wants to be/should be and what Moz actually wants to be: OO
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Venn diagram of what indie tech people think Mozilla wants to be/should be and what Moz actually wants to be: OO
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Venn diagram of what indie tech people think Mozilla wants to be/should be and what Moz actually wants to be: OO
Venn diagram of what indie tech people think Mozilla wants to be/should be and what Moz actually wants to be: OO
As people come out of #xoxofest with, inevitably, some positive tests, I would like to reiterate as one of your Original Pandemic Aunties that *this is not your fault*.
Individuals in busted systems can only do so much for so long. Trying matters and/but so does giving yourself grace.
(Also there is a thread in the Slack for noting positive tests so folks can do light contact tracing, just fyi.)
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As people come out of #xoxofest with, inevitably, some positive tests, I would like to reiterate as one of your Original Pandemic Aunties that *this is not your fault*.
Individuals in busted systems can only do so much for so long. Trying matters and/but so does giving yourself grace.
(Also there is a thread in the Slack for noting positive tests so folks can do light contact tracing, just fyi.)
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As people come out of #xoxofest with, inevitably, some positive tests, I would like to reiterate as one of your Original Pandemic Aunties that *this is not your fault*.
Individuals in busted systems can only do so much for so long. Trying matters and/but so does giving yourself grace.
(Also there is a thread in the Slack for noting positive tests so folks can do light contact tracing, just fyi.)
As people come out of #xoxofest with, inevitably, some positive tests, I would like to reiterate as one of your Original Pandemic Aunties that *this is not your fault*.
Individuals in busted systems can only do so much for so long. Trying matters and/but so does giving yourself grace.
(Also there is a thread in the Slack for noting positive tests so folks can do light contact tracing, just fyi.)
Longer post(s) to come after the morning school rush, but!
The Fediverse governance research @darius and I have been working on this year—with the absolutely central participation of so many wonderful Mastodon and Hometown server teams—is out:
https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings
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Longer post(s) to come after the morning school rush, but!
The Fediverse governance research @darius and I have been working on this year—with the absolutely central participation of so many wonderful Mastodon and Hometown server teams—is out:
https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings
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Longer post(s) to come after the morning school rush, but!
The Fediverse governance research @darius and I have been working on this year—with the absolutely central participation of so many wonderful Mastodon and Hometown server teams—is out:
https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings
Longer post(s) to come after the morning school rush, but!
The Fediverse governance research @darius and I have been working on this year—with the absolutely central participation of so many wonderful Mastodon and Hometown server teams—is out:
https://write.as/fediversalist-papers/releasing-our-findings
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Thinking about villages vs. market towns vs. cities and festivals and a social network that connected up all its community nodes, like, once a week. That'd be about right for my brain.
Maybe some folk horror vibes. Too many bees, that type of thing.
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Thinking about villages vs. market towns vs. cities and festivals and a social network that connected up all its community nodes, like, once a week. That'd be about right for my brain.
Maybe some folk horror vibes. Too many bees, that type of thing.
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Thinking about villages vs. market towns vs. cities and festivals and a social network that connected up all its community nodes, like, once a week. That'd be about right for my brain.
Maybe some folk horror vibes. Too many bees, that type of thing.
Thinking about villages vs. market towns vs. cities and festivals and a social network that connected up all its community nodes, like, once a week. That'd be about right for my brain.
Maybe some folk horror vibes. Too many bees, that type of thing.
Persistently shocked by how much of adult life is dealing with the consequences of other adults determinedly (and obviously!) playing pretend, with terrible consequences.
https://lattice.com/blog/leading-the-way-in-responsible-ai-employment
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Persistently shocked by how much of adult life is dealing with the consequences of other adults determinedly (and obviously!) playing pretend, with terrible consequences.
https://lattice.com/blog/leading-the-way-in-responsible-ai-employment
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Persistently shocked by how much of adult life is dealing with the consequences of other adults determinedly (and obviously!) playing pretend, with terrible consequences.
https://lattice.com/blog/leading-the-way-in-responsible-ai-employment
Persistently shocked by how much of adult life is dealing with the consequences of other adults determinedly (and obviously!) playing pretend, with terrible consequences.
https://lattice.com/blog/leading-the-way-in-responsible-ai-employment
It's not completely clear to me how various zones of the Fediverse distinguish "scraping" from "non-Mastodon ActivityPub services functioning according to spec in ways I didn't expect."
Given how frequently protocol behaviors act as ethical markers ("if you *can* do it, it's fine") this seems like a fruitful territory to try to map…
(I say this as someone who has myself been surprised more than once by AP implementations that put Fedi posts into unfamiliar-to-me contexts, don't eat me.)
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It's not completely clear to me how various zones of the Fediverse distinguish "scraping" from "non-Mastodon ActivityPub services functioning according to spec in ways I didn't expect."
Given how frequently protocol behaviors act as ethical markers ("if you *can* do it, it's fine") this seems like a fruitful territory to try to map…
(I say this as someone who has myself been surprised more than once by AP implementations that put Fedi posts into unfamiliar-to-me contexts, don't eat me.)
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It's not completely clear to me how various zones of the Fediverse distinguish "scraping" from "non-Mastodon ActivityPub services functioning according to spec in ways I didn't expect."
Given how frequently protocol behaviors act as ethical markers ("if you *can* do it, it's fine") this seems like a fruitful territory to try to map…
(I say this as someone who has myself been surprised more than once by AP implementations that put Fedi posts into unfamiliar-to-me contexts, don't eat me.)
It's not completely clear to me how various zones of the Fediverse distinguish "scraping" from "non-Mastodon ActivityPub services functioning according to spec in ways I didn't expect."
Given how frequently protocol behaviors act as ethical markers ("if you *can* do it, it's fine") this seems like a fruitful territory to try to map…
(I say this as someone who has myself been surprised more than once by AP implementations that put Fedi posts into unfamiliar-to-me contexts, don't eat me.)
@darius THEY PUT THE *FIRE* EMOJI IN THERE
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@darius THEY PUT THE *FIRE* EMOJI IN THERE
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@darius THEY PUT THE *FIRE* EMOJI IN THERE
@darius THEY PUT THE *FIRE* EMOJI IN THERE
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Man, the Open Collective Foundation dissolution emails continue to be the worst and most needlessly hostile vibes. Pulling the rug out from under hundreds of great tiny vulnerable projects while speaking to them like a power-tripping schoolteacher is really something.
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Man, the Open Collective Foundation dissolution emails continue to be the worst and most needlessly hostile vibes. Pulling the rug out from under hundreds of great tiny vulnerable projects while speaking to them like a power-tripping schoolteacher is really something.
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Man, the Open Collective Foundation dissolution emails continue to be the worst and most needlessly hostile vibes. Pulling the rug out from under hundreds of great tiny vulnerable projects while speaking to them like a power-tripping schoolteacher is really something.
Man, the Open Collective Foundation dissolution emails continue to be the worst and most needlessly hostile vibes. Pulling the rug out from under hundreds of great tiny vulnerable projects while speaking to them like a power-tripping schoolteacher is really something.
Delighted and totally honored to be at XOXO this year, look at these absolute badasses who will be speaking, lordy, no pressure or anything 😬
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Delighted and totally honored to be at XOXO this year, look at these absolute badasses who will be speaking, lordy, no pressure or anything 😬
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Delighted and totally honored to be at XOXO this year, look at these absolute badasses who will be speaking, lordy, no pressure or anything 😬
Delighted and totally honored to be at XOXO this year, look at these absolute badasses who will be speaking, lordy, no pressure or anything 😬