volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
@shrikant ha, I wonder if by creators you mean the programmers of the platform or the people creating content they post on the platform.
At first I read it the first way, but now I read it the second.
Anyway, my next move would be to study exactly how that might happen, because it seems unlikely, but even if true, such study would likely show ways that I could adjust to partner WITH the new reality, finding doors through which my own output would be improved by it.
If an AI can replace me in the role I do now with its downsides, I'd aim for a better role in the future, one without those downsides.
In other words, I'm happy to have been replaced by a dishwashing robot. I'm happy to use that new free time to go do better things while the dishwasher hums away in the kitchen.
@argv_minus_one@mstdn.party
But that severe enshittification means you have plenty of room to outcompete and offer a better alternative.
It might be explained by the way ActivityPub was designed with content coming from Actors, which explicitly don't have to be individual humans.
So it's sort of like your Mastodon presence is one Actor while your blog is a separate Actor.
This kind of thing makes sense when you remember that ActivityPub was designed to be centered around instances and not users. Actors are basically how instances are crediting the sources of what they're publishing.
Hey, an awful lot of Mastodon instances have tweaked the character limit to remove the low bar.
This one, qoto, is effectively unlimited in my experience.
You might want to consider joining one of those instances. After all, that helps signal to Mastodon devs that users want longer form capabilities.
@JesseStone I've really not seen much evidence that Trump's endorsement carried much weight at all.
Landry has been a high profile Republican in a state that's pretty Republican-leaning these days, so while the win is larger than may be expected by a few points, it's not all that surprising, regardless of Trump.
I think it's a bad idea to overinflate the role Trump has among even Republicans, as his influence is even less among non-Republicans.
@hirad it's a little more complicated than that.
As one of the major #Fediverse players, it's more like Fediverse is the social network while #Mastodon is the interface or app to access it.
So one could say that Mastodon is a microblogging interface to a social network with diverse content.
How to bridge that gap is a constant question for any program interfacing with Fediverse: say you expand Mastodon to fully support longform content... then what happens when a video comes down the wire?
There's no single answer to that question, so if Mastodon wants to maintain strict focus on microblogging that makes sense. But it also makes sense to expand.
It's whatever the devs prefer.
@Sprite oh sure, I was talking in terms of ideals.
In theory, by design, moderation is about me making sure my users get the experiences they want.
But yep, in reality that often translates to power tripping and admins putting their personal views first.
I think we're in agreement on this. It's something I criticize the design of Fediverse over, but it was design decision from long ago, and nobody asked me :)
But yeah, because blocking is done on the receiving instance side it wasn't necessary to involve the sending instance, and a feature to unnecessarily involve the banned person would be controversial.
@Sprite I could imagine two schools of thought on that.
(and I'm not saying one is right or not)
The other side is I imagine a ban represents an intention to disconnect, including the connection that would be required to let the person know they're banned.
That also avoids drama that a misbehaving user might stir up in response to the ban.
Technically, in this distributed system, banning is more about ignoring someone. Instances can't trust each other, so by keeping banning on the receiver side instead of the sender side, the ban-er has more control over the banning.
Moderation in the Fediverse is about making sure MY users on MY instance get the experience they want, regardless of what any other instance does.
It all comes down to the distributed structure here.
@adrianmorales I'd object to equating worth to a paycheck.
I'd say a person is worth more than their job, than their bank account, or how much they're paid for what they contribute to a business.
I think we should really watch out for promoting that connection.
Well, what did they post that was flagged, did it actually violate Community Guidelines, and why?
Sometimes even reputable organizations make mistakes with employees posting something that go against even the organizations' own policies.
@Sprite I don't think this is really possible in a distributed system like Fediverse since there isn't a centralized list of bans.
You'd have to go to every instance one by one asking if you're on their ban list, and since that list of instances is huge and changing by the day it's just not practical under the design of this system.
@Sprite I don't know if it would be a HUGE leap forward, but it's a case of might as well.
AFAIK, ActivityPub allows arbitrary fields to be added to the Profile object, so sites might as well add some sort of adult/nonadult tag (maybe not 18+ as ages of majority differ internationally).
It would be as useful as alcohol sites putting up splash screens checking users' ages before they access the website: No, not trustworthy, but checks the box for legal compliance.
And yes, some users might want to have their interactions skewed toward older folks, again yes, not trustworthy, but it would help some.
@sflorg being on the site isn't supporting it, though.
It's using it.
And adding more good content for other users of the site, which is a good thing.
It's about building up instead of tearing down.
@antares but then, an awful lot of electricity is generated using oil and gas.
What in the world?
It's not up to Republicans as to whether there is constitutional democracy or not. That's not their call, fortunately.
Ha, I wouldn't use the word anticlimactic to describe season 1 :)
I guess it really is long enough now to talk about the ending without worrying about spoilers, but I'll stay spoiler free anyway and just say they sure ended it throwing giant bombs.
It was quite the climax, but not in a good way.
@watson@freeatlantis.com yeah Gaetz partnered with Democrats to remove McCarthy, and thanks to this stunt Democrats will probably take back control of the House.
Hope he's really happy with himself.
@freemo season 1 was so bad that between it and discovery and lower decks I just gave up.
I'm just out.
I'm not even interested in giving it another shot at this point. It was too much ridiculously horrible content that I'm just done with the whole franchise that was such an important part of my growing up.
There's a huge difference between suggesting that the child deserves the outcome vs deciding that maybe a slicktalking politician serving in an institution which has lost the confidence of the public might not actually deserve support for his programs.
The two are really incomparable.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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