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
@wjmaggos based on what do you say ATProto is inherently centralized?
It seems to me to be the exact opposite, with a ton of functionality specifically to avoid all sources of centralization.
Well, if you knew more about the underlying technologies it might be more understandable that BlueSky was technologically more effective in reaching their goals than Fediverse is.
Fediverse has some real issues with it, some design choices that were seriously questionable.
You can't just donate to Fediverse instead because those design choices are so firmly in place here that they can't really be changed without making a whole new system.
@wjmaggos the two aren't equivalent, though.
#Bluesky / #ATProto and #ActivityPub / #Fediverse are based on fundamentally different designs particularly with regard to the role of instances, not to even mention details of protocol signaling.
It's not the case that they could simply invest here rather than there. This place has its own issues that arguably make Bluesky the more attractive path to develop.
Just because people have dedicated their lives to one particular path doesn't mean it was the right path to take.
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@RememberUsAlways aaaah, I see.
Elsewhere I mostly see Democrats crying about the courts not stepping in, so that's why I interpreted it that way.
But yeah, both sides are barking up the wrong tree there.
I don't know why you went on at length about the courts in response to my pointing out that the courts aren't relevant to this in the US system.
@AkaSci well, that's a hateful and divisive comment...
@friendly BlueSky and ActivityPub operate in fundamentally different ways.
Each has pros and cons, but considering the motivations of this project, the more decentralized structure of BlueSky is probably the better choice for their effort.
@fell I imagine that's right, interface will simply ignore the comments even as they're posted. It's largely a UI tweak.
And yep, it's important that users realize how these privacy related features actually work, as there are a lot of users out there not realizing how insecure this platform is.
@CharlieMcHenry anyone who finds this unexpected or surprising has been getting information from misleading sources.
This was entirely predictable and consistent with current events.
The delay to sentencing was always a longshot. The justices have been consistently skeptical of such arguments.
@RememberUsAlways Well right, because it's not the role of the SCOTUS to address that in the US system.
Folks worried about this should have elected different representatives to Congress. THAT's where this could have been addressed properly.
@eddeeMN the problem is that creating such a third platform undermines the need for both of those to reach critical mass.
It sort of splits the vote, to use an analogy.
Bluesky and Fediverse need to learn from each other and improve themselves, taking the best ideas from each other.
@openrightsgroup @JamesBaker @jim
Often it may be a matter of your instance being administered in ways that block things you actually want to see.
Talk to your instance operator about the issue.
Yes.
Because it shows skin so thin that the person would buy into that conspiracy theory as the analog of a salve.
@RememberUsAlways @stux
He wasn't talking to them, though. Trump was virtue signaling to his own base.
This gets lost in quibbling.
Yes, terms like conservative and liberal have changed over the years.
What of it?
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
@David to grind my ax...
So many on this platform have a philosophy that's not focused on users but on instances. The underlying protocol puts instances above users, and that filters on down.
So I'd say the whole attitude around here promotes the idea that users should just defer to instance admins.
I'm not surprised.
@robchapman the guy on the platform that promotes distributed media with no effective moderation calls it troubling when Facebook moves toward better, more distributed moderation?
He's not the brightest of chaps...
@robchapman the guy on the platform that promotes distributed media with no effective moderation calls it troubling when Facebook moves toward better, more distributed moderation?
He's not the brightest of chaps...
@Nerde That's the opposite of what the Supreme Court ruling said.
Its specifically called on the prosecution of former presidents who might have done things illegal that would have led to dictatorship.
No, that's not what the ruling said at all, you can go read it for yourself, whoever told you that is lying to you and you should not trust them anymore.
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
