Rud @rmerriam@qoto.org

@Gbudd I've described myself as a highly functioning introvert.

That is only one aspect of introversion. Another, equally strong, is that interacting with other people is tiring. A portion is due to chit-chat sociability but a major portion is processing what other people say _and_ formulating the response __before speaking__. Extroverts get energy from interaction and speak to know what they are thinking.

(That's not a slam. I'm an introvert, and my wife is a flaming extrovert. That's exactly how we interact. She sometimes says to people, "Wait, Rud's getting ready to say something.)

Introverts have problems with meetings. By the time we've formulated our response, the extroverts have run away with the decision.

@antares @geekgirl397

I have wondered about "...there would be freedom of expression with all the discomfort that inevitability leads to." the applicability of the 1st Amendment to modern global spanning, speed-of-light messaging.

"..which neatly divides the users into acceptable and unacceptable..." What is acceptable? The deplorable thinks his statements should be acceptable, and others are not, which Anomielia the #DREADpirate @geekgirl397 pointed out.

@chris @BertL @Are0h

>> on the people responsible for racism to have to do something about it?

The people responsible for racism don't want to do anything about it. That is a societal problem mirrored by social networks. How do you convince those to change their behavior?

As long as I'm jumping in... reflect that moderation works both ways. The deplorable ones can report what they don't like, also. A concerted effort to do that resulted in problems for an instance that doesn't deserve the problems.

Mastodon's design puts the power of moderation into the individual's hands. You can block individuals and instances. Consider that one person's safety or trigger issues are not the same as another's. (I have a trigger issue, so I understand that problem.) How much of that individual power do you want to give to an authority?

What is the one simple, single change you would like to see? Not something big like centralization that reworks Mastodon.

@arinbasu1 @raph

Unfortunately more like an oligarchy that lets some people play in their own instances.

@freemo

Thanks. What are peers?

@inuk

Yes, they want to complete it.

Next tried to verify my website (mysticlakesoftware.com) but I used Google Sites. There doesn't appear to be a way to get my Mastodon URL into the HTML as there is with Blogger.

Now verified through my blog on Blogger.

Created a **page**, not a post, titled 'Mastodon'. Edited using the HTML editor. All it has on the page is `<a href="https://qoto.org/@rmerriam" rel="me">Mastodon Link</a>`

Pleasantly surprised by how fast the verification appeared. One site I used for the GitHub verification said every time you save profile changes, the verification is checked. Also indicated you have to leave the verification URLs in place.

@inuk

The [CppRerence](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support) indicates partial implementation.

#CPlusCplus #CPP

What exactly is the *peers* API request? Or, what are *peers*?

Could one build an instance mapping using peers? This would show the interconnection of instances. Would the absence of an instance in a peers list indicate de-federation?

Is there a tool that does this?

@ambulocetus

"You can get anything you want....excepting Alice."

@Joel

As suggested, there is a preferences option. Unfortunately, not everyone selects their posting language properly. I've been using the block if I see multiple posts from the same person.

@xssfox

How far can you throw a boomer?

(Yes, I understand. -73- K5RUD)

@lazarukb

How long on the internet?

Hard for me to say. Was dialing into Compuserve in the early 90s. Not sure when I got onto the internet. I can remember being impressed at doing multiple downloads using Win 3.1 (?) from somewhere.