Phairnix @Phairnix@qoto.org

@wa1a @kuketzblog Dem kann ich nur zustimmen. Außerdem : die fehlende Verfügbarkeit der Softwarealternativen für alle Modelle ist das eigentliche Problem. Ich habe Freunde, die liebend gerne von Google umsteigen würden, wenn es nur ginge. Es kann nicht sein, dass man deswegen unnötigerweise ein neues, oder auch nur ein gebrauchtes, Handy kaufen muss. Im Generellen ist die ganze Industrie ja schon hirnrissig und unnachhaltig.

@kuketzblog Das kann man auch im /e/OS machen. Danke für den Tipp!

Oh, by the way, I am not an #retrovert, but an introvert who likes progression. As far as I can see, homo sapiens is recently retrogressive enough.

#retroduction
Well, I have been mostly lurking around for a while and I did not bother to make an introductory #toot to start with.

The reason is that I did not know what I would like to toot about, since my observations about mainstream social media made me think that I am definitely not interested in the sometimes quite toxic communicative dynamics experienced therein. Now, is Mastodon different? Well, at least it respects privacy, so I might share narcissistically some details of my rather insignificant existence without giving away valuable data to greedy multinational corporations. Also, I might start flooding the timeline with the information I deem necessary to avert the society from the dooming civilisatory collapse. Generally, I could propagate scientific skepticism.

As for input, a funny meme can make me smile and a witty comment might elevate my mind a bit, but ultimately I ask myself whether such virtual life is worth the effort. As such, I question the sociability of it all. I prefer real life and real contacts. It is probable that I will never travel to the country of your residence in my life and we will never meet and share meaningful experiences.

As far as I know, none of my real life contacts uses Mastodon. Consequently, is there any good reason to be here, apart from the altruistic resoluteness to contribute to social change?

@SeanGeil @papabjoern@mastodonten.de @kuketzblog @Bubu Danke! Gut zu wissen, dass Google lediglich an den Daten interessiert ist, was ja bei seinem datenschutzfeindlichem Geschäftsmodell keine Überraschung ist.

@nipos @kuketzblog Ja, ich scheue eigentlich auch unfreie Software wie das Coronavirus. Gibt es denn ein heldenhaftes Entwicklerteam, das an den erwähnten Qualitätsmängeln arbeitet und irgendwann eine freie Softwarealternative zur Verfügung stellen wird? Dann könnte ich mich durchaus noch in Geduld üben und die Finger von Google lassen. Ansonsten komme ich mit freier Software gut, und manchmal sogar besser, im Leben zurecht.

@papabjoern@mastodonten.de @kuketzblog @Bubu Im Großen und Ganzem bin ich auch zufrieden mit Open Camera, aber ich wäre auch interessiert Alternativen auszuprobieren, sofern dies datenschutzfreundlich geschehen kann.

Ich hatte bereits darüber gelesen, dass so ein Port durchaus etwas zur Qualität und Funktionalität beitragen kann. So stört mich doch etwas, dass das Fokussieren bei Open Camera nicht so richtig klappen will.

Habe ich das richtig verstanden, dass der Port gar nicht auf das Internet zugreift? Kann man das auf /e/ ohne Root sonst irgendwie unterbinden?

I toot the private message that I redacted for an user who disappeared mysteriously. Obviously, the message could not be delivered. I do not know how real the incident actually was, as social media is a weird place in this regard, but I choose to intervene. Better safe than sorry:

Good to know that you are still around. As I said, as far as I can see, your communicational 'accident' just reflects exactly what you are saying: the lack of a personal coping strategy and, for now, capacity. I think that is why people signal their need to get help. In this regard, if you feel that things are getting out of hand, I recommend contacting a professional. In some countries there are even specialized hotlines to attend people who struggle with coping with the actual crisis. If you wish to talk to someone in order to sort out the emotional mess, that might be a good starting point. Anyway, I just want to recommend you to try finding out what options you actually have at your disposal. I understand that the global situation is scary. Things need to change quite radically in order to get all sort of social issues fixed. That is why it can seem so overwhelming. I try to be full of hope, as I see no point in getting desperate. At least we can try to do our best to contribute to the changes, and I assure you that there initiatives where we can take action on a collective level and on an individual level. However, you need to be somewhat stable emotionally to start with, so that you don't choose the wrong option out of fear.

To sum up: don't be a spectator in this drama, become an actor instead. That is what you are already, although inconsciously. May I suggest that the first act be about working on a personal coping strategy? I am sure things will get better when you advance to make some tactical changes accordingly and you start to find solutions. You will realize that there is more to existence than drama and tragedy. Maybe you can be part of an epic change where things start to heal for real?

@Lyudmila 😭

@rgx@muensterland.social @joaopinheiro @design_RG @vibhi És molt interessant utilitzar altres paraules també. Doncs, es pot veure millor la proximitat que tenen alguns mots amb el francès. De fet, inicialment podia entendre millor el català que el castellà, com que ja parlava francès.

@rgx@muensterland.social @joaopinheiro @design_RG @vibhi En aquest cas, la frase "tertulia semanal" és castellà. La traducció al català seria "tertúlia setmanal", és a dir, seria quasi igual. Si parles alguna llengua romànica (per exemple francès, italià, castellà) es pot entendre bastant bé.
Igualment, no parlo portuguès, però puc comprendre intuitivament un poc.

@design_RG @vibhi Ok, thanks for the clarification. What I meant though, is that Tusky used to open those tags automatically, whereas the link redirects to a browser. It changed the behaviour a week ago, see screenshot.

@design_RG @vibhi Hi! Is that the reason why this catalan bot @tendencia stopped providing hashtags and now gives links instead? Or is that an unrelated issue?

@kravietz @freemo That is a sound question.

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4} Is the indifference not a negation of the rights themselves?
5} From what do you create those properties to start with?
6} Is it healthy to have money?
7} You mean that we rely on the same system?
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@Phaedrus Marketing is a disease. I wish people started realizing that it is psychological manipulation for the sake of profit.

The article being almost five years old already, I think that Wikipedia has made progress. Depending on the topic, there are high quality articles. Also, there are initiatives that try to include Wikipedia editing into the public education systems. I think that is the way to go in order to work on the academic rigour.

@gawrsh Nice find. I am observing a splendid backsplash. Thanks.