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
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Alternate universe where the '90s trend for calling things "bad", "sick" or "rude" never ended and now we compliment each other's shoes by calling them "catastrophic" and "fundamentally misaligned with my values"
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Welcome to the #Fediverse @Tupp_ed ;)
Over here in the greater #Fediverse, of which mastodon is just a part, things like Quoted posts, virtually unlimited length posts and even things like Text Formatting (using markup) are completely normal things to use naturally.
It's sadly just mastodon who wants to do things differently. 🙁
Over here in the greater #Fediverse, of which mastodon is just a part, things like Quoted posts, virtually unlimited length posts and even things like Text Formatting (using markup) are completely normal things to use naturally.
It's sadly just mastodon who wants to do things differently. 🙁
Well this is just smart
(this being the thing I'm quote posting, for platforms that won't show it)
Hmmm, it appears that when an instance like #qoto posts a #quotepost using its custom feature for that, the quote isn't rendered on #Mastodon .
I was wondering how Mastodon would handle that.
Well, better to avoid that feature for now, I suppose.
(Or, ugh, #quotetoot I suppose. I hate the term toot.)
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From the outside, Twitter's content moderation decisions look haphazard at best. From the inside, they look worse, especially because government officials play an unseemly and arguably unconstitutional role in shaping those decisions.
Read more: https://reason.pub/3uVFIga
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This is a good night in the #Fediverse all thanks to #Mediaite and of course our demigod of the wind and sea #JohnMastodon
"In other words, based on what we know about fentanyl exposure, it is extremely unlikely that what we saw was Bannick overdosing from inhaling #fentanyl in a gust of wind."
Police say a Florida officer overdosed by being close to fentanyl. Local media bought it. "Something as simple as the wind could expose you and jus...
Today's headlines about #Musk banning journalists from #Twitter strike me as a great illustration of the behavior that has so many people losing faith in #journalism over the years.
Whether one agrees with the twitter policies on doxing or not, for reports to not put the alleged violations front and center is to misinform readers.
Anyone with more knowledge of the event will know those journalistic institutions are presenting a misleading story, and that's just going to reinforce distrust in journalism.
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The FBI frequently flagged joke tweets, asked for moderation. #twitterfiles https://reason.com/2022/12/16/fbi-reported-jokes-tweets-twitter-files-censorship/
Not hesitating to tag @freemo , as per the about :)
One feature I don't see in the #qoto instance that I see in other instances is a quick follow button in the header of hashtag search results, to let you follow that hashtag easily.
I see the "Following hashtags" list in preferences, and I see different options for buttons in the options screen, but I don't see this one.
Am I missing that setting, or is this a feature request?
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
