hemcken falls...
First the queers and furries build a space where they can be themselves.
Then the infosec folks find that it fits well with their values.
Then the communists flock to the first real alternative to capitalist monopoly on shortform burst communication.
Then the artists come to find new walls to paint and nobody to tell them no.
The intellectuals, the chroniclers, the priests and the prophets, singly and in droves.
Slowly, it builds. It's neat to build an oral history from inception. #mastodon
GOOD MORNING HAVE SOME #FRACTALS
You accidentally cut your hand and find a computer chip in your palm. Within minutes, you hear a voice in your ear that says "It's time we talk".
#writingprompts #writing
#swapping #bodies with a #mannequin using #VR...
I just went around and did some basic nmap-ing on the most popular Mastodon instances, and there's some seriously sketchy stuff in there. Publicly reachable Postgres servers, tons of open internal HTTP ports, SSH with password login, multiple Mastodon instances that seem to be running on mail server VMs, …
I guess if you're just running a single-user instance for yourself, sure, but those are all 2000+ user instances.
You know mastodon is good when even Dr. DOOM want to toot 😂
@Nicra I wouldn't characterise this as a freedom of speech issue. The content in question is illegal in some jurisdictions.
Not only that, but because Mastodon instances can be moderated then the Admin of the instance can be held liable for the content.
This isn't a case of "I'm not federating with you because I don't like what you say", this is a case of "If I federate with you and this sort of content is being shared I can get in serious shit"
If you distort reality too much, it will indeed weaken you by making you act in counterproductive ways. On the other hand, you cannot organize masses of people effectively without relying on some #mythology. If you stick to unalloyed reality, few people will follow you.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-13/humankind-the-post-truth-species
People... you can be so much happier when you stop confusing "personal brand," the size of your "reach," and the quantity of your received "impressions" with yourselves, and if Mastodon doesn't allow you to successfully port over your social currency, then maybe that's not a bug, maybe it's a DAMN FEATURE. #metadon
