Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@qoto.org

Mastodon social adds policy against casteism as more Indian users join

Hundreds of users opened accounts on mastodon social last week, many of them accusing Twitter of casteism.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mastodon-social-adds-policy-against-casteism-more-indian-users-join-112064

For the love of windows and reading nooks.

Interesting fact of the day: despite the moon only being 1/4th the diameter of the earth it is a whole 1/80th the mass! But in terms of volume it is 1/50th the volume.

People don't realize how the relationship between diameter and volume is non linear. So it creates these very unexpected differences, especially at large scales.

#Space #science #moon #IFOD

Confession: I'd been holding this guy Vikas hostage pending the settlement of #ayodhya in my favor. Now that my condition has been fulfilled, I'm releasing him.

If he still doesn't come, it's not my fault.

@Mastodon
I have a few doubts which I know you may not have answers for, but I'd be interested to see how (if at all) you are thinking about it
1. Gab created it's own instance which was why you were able to blacklist them. What happens if trolls infiltrate Mastodonsocial enmasse
a. How would paid toots' content play out
b. What fact checking tools are available
c. Since usernames aren't unique across instances how do we deal with new ways of phishing

Blue tick beside your name doesn't make you a celebrity or anything.
We don't need another Twitter here.
#StopCelebCulture

#NoCelebrityCulture is a dream scenario and it's good to see so many of the #Mastdoon users support that.
Almost all the topics that are debated or discussed in India revolves around some celebrity/politicians.
They never represent / care about what a commoner has to say.
For e.g.
During De-monetization almost all the celebs tweeted/posted videos praising our PM, some went further to order us that it's 'ok' to suffer for the sake of our nation. But I remember myself and so many common citizen struggling. Things spiraled out of control. But not for the so- called celebs.

As promised, mastodon.social code of conduct has been updated to add "casteism and advocation of casteism" to the list of explicitly prohibited offenses

Thirty Years Ago. The wall fell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ISFXVwMBws

This documentary, although dated, and low tech, is excellent...

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