News on the #Birdsite from Casey Newton
Some more news on what the Musk and the Birdsite are doing going forward by Casey Newton who always has an informative session on his blog.
https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-goes-hardcore
#CodePink suspended on Mastodon instance 🐦 link
Mastodon server suspended #CodePink Not good!
Birdsite link
https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1595765894382223360?s=20&t=VNx3KMqeRi4mZKFBGhg9vQ
This isn't email and we're not talking about spam per se but blocking on political and/or moral grounds. It's a slippery slope!
Ernie Lazar, Who Trawled for Secret Government Documents, Dies at 77 - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/obituaries/ernie-lazar-dead.html
Hi Mastodon 🙋🏼♀️ I guess it‘s time for an introduction!
I’m Stina and currently working on my #PhD in #Neuroscience at Gothenburg University in Sweden. My focus: gut-brain communication in eating behavior and emotionality, specifically investigating the influence of #SexSteroids and potential #SexDifferences.
Besides, I have been communicating science on social media since 6 years now and became a docent in #ScienceCommunication about a year ago.
Looking forward to connecting with you!
Once you as an instance start any blocking yourself, then by definition you're not Federated. This is the weak point of the entire ecosystem in my mind. If an instance is posting illegal content, let the law deal with it.
OK I haven't checked so I'll take your word for that. Regardless the point stands - It's not that people want an anything goes instance, but want to be able to censor for themselves. Funny how people that beleive in 'Free Speech' like to moderate what others see with minimal oversight and/or transparency.
Well, when I get my instance up, any other that uses blocklists will not be federated by moi. The entire purpose of this ecosystem is to federate and NOT to be a single entity or walled garden. It dissapoints me to see admins that don't get this. Let users have the editorial power, we're supposed to be adults here. I'm on a much larger instance than yours and if I can keep up with the spam alone, then perhaps your volunteers aren't all they're cut out to be. LOL
That's part and parcel of being a user. Mastodon allows an individual to block individuals and/or instances. That's the way it should be done. I've spent the time to rid my timeline of the "trash" I don't wish to see. Took a bit of time, but it was worth it. This isn't the Birdsite were people need decisions made for them by the God entity.
admin stuff
Some people just don't want to be found too easily.
#fediblock ed fedisearch.skorpil.cz, yet another customised crawler that adds our users to his search engine without prior consent, even when they opted out of indexing or had #nobot on the bio. He seems like a nice dude who means we'll, and he did fix most of this stuff already, but after 2 days there are still problems.
I've had it with profile search engines that don't respect the need for obscurity, with no opt-in policy.
Watch out #MastoAdmins this account is going around pretending it's a malware scanner.
'More than 1.3mn people in China were under medical observation this week as close contacts of cases of Covid-19, the highest level since the pandemic erupted out of Wuhan, and an increase of more than 300,000 in just a few days.
The soaring number of close contacts, driven by a rise in cases to near record levels, is putting immense strain on a Covid-19 policy that in contrast with the rest of the world aims to eliminate rather than live with the virus.'
https://www.ft.com/content/63c34374-d89c-41d4-a797-9804b5cb58d9
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