Francesco Yoshi Gobbo @frayoshi@qoto.org

@War_Kittens

We did federate with them when they existed, but it was at the explicit request of our LGBTQ community and for their safety, it is important to know why.

Many of the LGBTQ were monitoring accounts there for the purpose of warning their community of calls to violence and doxxing. Other options (like signing up directly on the server) for them would have put them at more risk so they were here with the purpose of safely monitoring while keeping their ip and other information private.

In fact the subscription feature we now have was specifically added to their server for their benefit, so they could follow those accounts without being identified as a follower, further protecting them.

It was discussed on multiple occasions if we could find some alternative and potentially block the servers but for many reasons discussed we decided it was best to keep federation. In the end being able to see bad-actors, and therefore be informed was a far better choice than being blind to their violence and crippling the victims in some vain attempt to spite the bad actors.

@trinsec @DecaturNature @frayoshi

Every time I see 20+ users sign up in a matter of a few minutes I instantly think "What dumbass shit did Musk do now..."

#twitter

Thanks to our friends from @FreeCAD to make us realize there is a GIMP emoji on Mastodon:

How fun and cool is that?! 😎

@DecaturNature

Its either a lack of understanding or intentional misinformation. But its a common trope.

Basically many instances are under the false misconception that if they block a server, and a server they dontn block boosts content from it, then it can be seen by their server (or vice versa)...

The reality is that is false (we have tested it a few times and verified it is untrue)... you can only see a boosted post if you can see the original post. This is clear because boosting doesnt replicate the content, it just links it. Plus like i said we tested it.

@frayoshi @trinsec

Twitter refugees: if you are leaving Twitter for good, do NOT deactivate your account, just set it to private and leave it.

Otherwise you risk squatters taking your name and exploiting your reputation, manipulating your followers, or coercing you into buying it back from them.

Bots smell the blood in the water; let's not leave them chum.

Perspectives.

100 years ago yesterday, Albert and Elsa Einstein arrived in Japan for a 6-week visit. Here’s a really interesting account of his trip, with several excerpts from his diary. #japan https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/when-albert-einstein-formulated-his-japanese-cultural-equation

A 30-Minute Introduction to Japanese Jazz from the 1970s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6oob45faU #Japan #Jazz