Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org
Grinnin' Ferret
Joined Nov 2022
@joaopinheiro @freemo If one must engage in the tactics of lies and deceit, if one conspires in the dark policy that should be public, transparent, and clear, if one promotes the spread of hate over love of facts and truth, one has become the monster. That isn't "Anti-Fascist," it's "Sparkling Rainbow Nazi." They can own it.
@arh@mstdn.io @freemo If Mastodon as a project is going to be built on lies, deception, and hate, the reality of those choices will "occur" and reality doesn't much give a damn about our feelings or respect our assumptions of control over it. Reality just "happens."
And hoping to use lies and deception to strangle an instance into quiet death and submission isn't very realistic.
If that hurts the Mastodon project as a whole, so be it. There were other honest, clear, and open paths to take. Those paths were not chosen. So be it.
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So I decided to post the article I wrote (linked below) on twitter and am going to dump some money into promoting it there. Gotta get some attention to this. Go boost over on twitter if you'd like.
Eugen Rochko, CEO of Mastodon, Caves to Nazi's Agenda
https://jeffreyfreeman.me/eugen-rochko-ceo-of-mastodon-found-to-support-nazis-agenda/
#fediblock #mastoadmin #mastodon @Gargron
@freemo @cooplogic Yup... I'll have to wait until I jump on the PC. Simply not possible to read on my phone at the moment.
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Interested or know someone who is interested in playing #Minecraft but not started yet?
Prowl8413 started his new Bedrock Guide series today and it can really help you get started.
STARTING A NEW WORLD | Minecraft Bedrock Guide S3 EPISODE 1 https://youtu.be/2q4zgpiFU94
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In 2021, I started teaching myself #Java Programming for #Minecraft plugins using YouTube videos and whatever answers/explanations to things I could find in Google.
In 2022, I rewrote two of my server's core plugins entirely, making them better, more efficient, and have extra features.
My goal for 2023 is to create a brand new minigame plugin from scratch that will work just the way I want it to and give the players years of fun.
Before starting my server in 2013, I was a web developer working with PHP, which kinda prepared me but also really didn't prepare me. So having gotten this far without a teacher is something I'm really proud of and I hope to continue making progress in an effort to make my server even better.
I'm sharing my goal publicly because as they say... that adds accountability. Now I have to see it through or everyone will ask me about. lol
So... do you happen to have any good resources for learning Java at home?
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#introduction I am Razz! I'm a game developer currently working at my own indie studio. I enjoy making cute models for my Minecraft mod Decocraft.
I've been a Minecraft Marketplace Partner for 5 years (since launch).
Married to @profmobius & mom to a dog called Pixel 🐕 and 2 cats named Dot and Midna. 🐈🐈
I adore plants & collect Sylvanian Families as well as retro video games and consoles. I'm an avid video game player that especially enjoys shooting zombies in the face. Thx for reading!
CatsOfMastodon
Wonderful to see you here! I will be sure to direct my wife @mikmaqpeek to the cat photos. You may enjoy following #CatsOfMastodon for more cat goodness. :) And #Minecraft of course. ;-)
Here's a picture of "Da Boyz" before Frisco (on the left) died in 2020. Gone, but not forgotten.
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Cats of Mastodon
@AmandaHilden Yes. Very. Our "Old Man Freddy" used to do this from on top of the cupboards in the kitchen until he became too frail to do that.
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Surveillance Cat || ViralHog https://m.youtube.com/shorts/cCJd1jCwUGQ
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re: meta mastodon moderation / blocking
@ombremad No worries - I'm perfectly fine to agree to disagree :) I consider this exchange to be a perfect example of what I was pointing out in the original thread.
I'm what others call a feminist, an LGBTQ-ally, don't consider free speech to mean anyone has to listen to it etc. Yet you ended up implying I was the opposite of all that just because my opinions here bothered you.
Ducks into the nether, sees a Piglin, ducks right back to the Overworld...
"Yes, yes, I'm putting on pants. I know you guys REALLY hate it when I'm not wearing pants."
I was lucky to find gold pants ready in a nearby chest, more by accident than design.
re: meta mastodon moderation / blocking
With @ombremad proving beyond a shadow of a doubt exactly what it is you are talking about.
It's amazing how people tend to act like... you know... people, on social systems.
Hey happy as hell to see you here!
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meta mastodon moderation / blocking
Instances can get defederated by other instances for the following reasons:
1) Not moderating "well enough"
2) Peering with other instances that aren't moderated "well enough"
3) Hosting accounts of a type others don't want to have in their federation
... and no two instances are in complete agreement what's covered in 1, 2 or 3.
Now let's be clear - I don't consider anything here to be wrong. I'm pondering the wider effects.
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meta mastodon moderation / blocking
Wow - this is awesome. Now, I'm old enough to have been a moderator on Fidonet. And on IRC. Both the regular IRC and the one that ran as a backend to a huge social network (Sweden only) that was a bit like Facebook but long before Facebook. And some other things.
But the discussions on #fediblock regarding defederation are definitely bringing up a completely new aspect to network moderation I haven't really seen in this light before.
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It is proven! I am romaq on Keybase: https://keybase.io/romaq/sigchain#f909df1fcbdf15879ef8eea51bdf143efe00811e327d6e5fde75e463f140ef440f
@mikmaqpeek: "What'cha thinkin' about honey?"
Me... regurgitating stream-of-consciousness brain vomit while her eyes roll into the back of her head and she goes into convulsions...
@mikmaqpeek: "Ok you can shut up now."
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Disturbed by reports of Black Mastodon users—Black women in particular—having negative experiences on this app, including being randomly banned for discussions of racism. Some of these users will not come back. All will share their experiences. The answer is not to condescendingly lecture them on “how the fediverse works,” as if their experiences are inevitable, nor to swear to do better next time. (There may not be one.) It’s to do better now lest the reputation of this app be cemented.
Grinnin' Ferret
Joined Nov 2022
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