ALAN LAVENDER @lavenderlens@qoto.org
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- https://stayahead.com
- Big Idea
- http://mindyourself.io/
- Past Life
- http://www.alanlavender.com/
Java & Web Development Trainer, London & virtual. Author: The Frontend Cookbook. https://FrontendCookbook.com 25+ years’ prior in photography, filmmaking, web development & design for print. Someday would like to do something humanitarian with codeforireland.org and codefortheuk.com. 🌐
Joined Nov 2022
Isn’t it, just? Reminds me of the real early days of - OOPS DON’T MENTION IT - 🐣
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Not gonna lie: It's been refreshing to hopescroll more than doomscroll this week.
@dafthack nostalgia…
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@davoloid that’s an impressive article. Passes my Turin test. Even using metaphors like boiling and talking of God.
“The people who can use the new tools will have new power. The people who were great at the old tools (paintbrushes, cameras, Adobe Illustrator) will be thanked for their service and rendered into Soylent.”
On AI #imagegenerators
https://www.wired.com/story/artists-do-not-fear-ai-image-generators/
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If you rate mass communication platforms on the factors that really matter then it's obvious where the gap in the market is.
@lucifargundam thanks that’s really useful to know. I was stuck at 5k following limit. I followed 5k accounts but couldn’t follow any more as only 3k followed me. It’s as if you have to be slightly famous so more people are interested in you than you in them. And I’m just not that interesting. I don’t like a limit imposed on how interested I can be in others.
@freemo that’s a nuanced point you make. Said victim if kept in the dark by some auto-block feature could then turn around later and say - but I never knew this was going on! At least if I’d known I could have done something about it!
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So someone messaged me privately and asked how absolute this is.. like would we block an instance calling for genocide. I feel my response is import to reiterate here, so here it is:
Its not just about the authorities, it is about the people whose lives are at risk by that call to genocide having the right to see those posts and use that information to look out for their own safety... If someone is doxed, they should know, if someone is threatened, they should know, and they should be able to take action.
Someone saying violent things online doesnt guarantee some police officer will meander by and take them down. The law only tends to get involved once someone is reported, and sometimes not even then. No one will be reporting a site if no one can see or know it is there.
The question is, if someone is being physically threatened and having their life in jeopardy how are you helping them by blocking the privileges of the **victim** and disallowing the victim the right to see the threat placed against them?
In short, I refuse to take away rights from the victim simply because there is a violent bad actor out there. If the victim doesn't want to see it they simply need to import the block list and the problem is solved for them, so why not keep the power in the victims hands?
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I mentioned this in a private message to someone recently about why a small handful of servers block qoto. I wanted to reiterate it here for the ne...
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There's a Twitter All-Staff meeting going on right now and Elon Musk just told everyone he's not sure how much run rate the company has and “that bankruptcy isn’t out of the question.”
https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1590812793787518977?s=20&t=FHVtr-RMwHYQAksRW3uCgw
@itnewsbot should be good!
@itnewsbot what was the sci-fi movie where this little automated truck drove up the street delivering groceries and witnessed some crime with its cameras, observed by a guy from a high up apartment window?
@flip always great for a city break or the odd stadium rock concert.
@lucifargundam neither really just curious if you’ve ever posted really long stuff. You left it kind of hanging in the air too 😂 I notice you’re also on the qoto instance. I’m really new here and hoping that there’s no follower limit which I found dreadfully annoying about the bird.
@figstreetstudio class. I was delivering training over Teams today and realised the same thing. It’s like a very small chicken clucking.
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Today's the deadline: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is looking for interns to spend the winter contributing to work in one of three areas: campaigns, licensing, or with our tech team. Read more and apply! https://u.fsf.org/3up
- Employer
- https://stayahead.com
- Big Idea
- http://mindyourself.io/
- Past Life
- http://www.alanlavender.com/
Java & Web Development Trainer, London & virtual. Author: The Frontend Cookbook. https://FrontendCookbook.com 25+ years’ prior in photography, filmmaking, web development & design for print. Someday would like to do something humanitarian with codeforireland.org and codefortheuk.com. 🌐
Joined Nov 2022
