Casey Rollins 🔵 @realcaseyrollins@qoto.org

Hey @CNN@twitter.com.

Why don't you just start calling it what it is. The Debate Pre-Game.

#debatepregame

are there any features you'd like to see implemented in OCRbot? not things like "be able to tell if it's a twitter post" or better text reading, because i can't really do that

more like, usability improvements

hey yo it's your boy Pizza Godwin here doing another text to speech post on my way home from work. I hope this is understandable because I ain't going to stop ain't going to change I ain't going to do no spell checking on this b****. Hope everyone's having a great day and I hope you took a fat s*** today

The final debate before the Iowa caucuses brings new challenges for the Democratic presidential field. Here nine things to watch for tonight. #DemDebate https://cnn.it/2tl4tpD 

2020-01-15, 00:34:38
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1217243660183638016

I wrote a poem.

Bed so comfy,
comfy bed,
bed so comfy,
rest my head.

@realcaseyrollins @freemo
And after reading all of these articles I had linked above (some read in previous days, and now collating into a better understanding), I went back to scanning the hashtag, and came across what's got to be the most out of control block list I have seen so far.

Really, I mean.

Who else is Blocking mastodon.social --- and accusing its admin of not doing a proper job of controlling access and posts from the instance? Yep, she is, this girl

Queen Bee's full list is at : https://stardew.city/about/more#unavailable-content

@realcaseyrollins @freemo One good thing came out of this (which I felt at first really spoiled my day). We got a good conversation started here, which will be on record for others to find and read later too.

And I did some extensive reading -- finding again the The Verge article that I had enjoyed (being really well written and rich), plus other articles that I branched into from links and add to my understanding of the whole Mastodon project, it's history and how things are.

Got another really interesting one that I finished just now - and that touches on the important questions regarding the way the project is lead. This one: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-fediverse-eugen-rochko/

This article references two pieces I had read previously (and are important in the historical comprehension aspect), published on Medium.com. These were written by Allie Hart.

https://medium.com/@alliethehart/gameingers-are-dead-and-so-is-mastodon-705b535ed616

and a later one: https://medium.com/@alliethehart/mourning-what-now-10964cce22a8

@freemo It's an interesting idea, but point 4 would disqualify FSE. I don't like punitive blocks, even if it's to punish blocking.

Opal's been collecting a list of instances that are completely transparent about their blocklists and policies, I like this effort: https://wowana.me/fediverse.xht

@p The issue that needs addressing is that a policy where others block you as punishment for not blocking others will proliferate. If you silence other instance you cant hear them but they can hear you. so if your interest is having a voice there is no downside to silencing other instances but incentive to do so (as to prevent yourself from being blocked).

The end result of this is that instances that otherwise might not care will get ont he block train just so they themselves dont get blocked.

So unless I dont feel that simply being transparent will resolve the issue. We need to use the same tactic in return.

@freemo

Yeah, We can be biased sometimes

I posted this as a main post here, going to repeat it here because it is relevant:

https://qoto.org/@freemo/102720620029876902

I had an idea and a proposal for an anti-censorship cooperative among the free speech instances. It is just an idea, not sure if i support it yet. but would be curious to hear any feedback.. the idea goes something like this.

Any instance can get into the cooperative so long as they pledge to a few rules

1) personal suspensions and silencing is permitted.

2) Ban circumvention will not be allowed and enforced. If a person from one instance blocks someone and makes it clear they do not wish to be contacted, and a user creates another account to circumvent this personal block then that user will be banned.

3) no instance is allowed to suspend any other instance within the cooperative.

4) any server that suspends/blocks any instance inside the cooperative must be blocked/suspended by all other members of the cooperative in response.

5) any instance not following these rules will be kicked out of the cooperative.

The purpose here would be to ensure that any instance which has a policy of frivolously blocking other instances without due process or cause will be punished by loosing their voice throughout the larger federated community.

#fediverse #mastodon #mastoadmin