Smodo @smodo@qoto.org
(B)I Consultant, casual programmer and lifelong tech-enthousiast
@ner one thing Mastodon has quickly reminded me of is that most of the world speaks a language I don't. Pretty interesting. I hadn't even considered that one of the first thing any algo must do is filter out content in languages I probably don't understand.
It would be kind of cool to dip into local timelines of random instances.
I keep seeing people say Mastodon is nothing like Twitter. And they’re right.
Mastodon is an echo of the old internet, it’s decentralised, chaotic. What you get depends on your sysadmin. You can’t search, everything has to be shared to you by a human. Networks split apart and rejoin. What you see is your unique connection to it.
Is this good? Maybe. But for me that’s the internet I grew up with. No algorithms, no targeted adverts, just human interaction, and it was glorious.
If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏
About cryptography-based identifiers:
DEMON: Human, I shall grant thee a name that none may imitate!
HUMAN: Wow, that’s so cool. What a gift! Okay, what’s my name?
DEMON: Known thee shall be as 1e4bed50500036e8e2 —
HUMAN: *walks away*
And a lot of other reflections on designing social networks: https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/specifying-spring-83/#summer
(B)I Consultant, casual programmer and lifelong tech-enthousiast
