Nick Doty @npd@octodon.social
@cwebber @frabrunelle @garbados @nolan I think it might be totally right that algorithmic analysis and blocklists can only ever be partial or "helper" tools, but also that we should absolutely develop those helper tools, in parallel with other options
@rowan /me clicks Fork, clicks Clone 😄
@cwebber @frabrunelle @garbados @nolan yes! if there are notes, I would love to hear more ideas on harassment/abuse mitigation.
I hope the federated social web can stay ahead of the game on that front, rather than waiting to see how big the problem becomes.
@rowan I have this vague inkling to work on an ActivityPub server implementation in Python, and see that smilodon has already started this using Flask. Could I help hack on it?
Q: what to do about the blog?
A: just fucking post on whatever infrastructure you've got
http://bcc.npdoty.name/what-to-do-about-the-blog
@xor I've been working off and on on a pywikibot that archives external links referenced in Semantic MediaWiki. It was fun to get started, but working with private wikis has been buggy and hard to troubleshoot.
Hey y'all. Are you reading this right now while logged into octodon.social?
Do you have a dollar a month to spare?
If this is you, SUPPORT YOUR ADMIN by funding this instance:
https://www.patreon.com/CobaltVelvet
Running servers COSTS ACTUAL MONEY and doing it right is not simple.
We've got a good home here, let's help ensure the costs are, at minimum, sustainable. Beyond that there's still a lot of work to do, but you can help out right now, and your help WILL MATTER.
@aparrish what if migration didn't suck, though?
Perhaps it's a pipe dream of coordination to imagine seamless toot redirects, cryptographically verifiable account ownership, comprehensive import/export tools, but it seems like the end goal of our decentralizing social Web.
Boost if you think trains are the best method of transit.
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@schlink I think it's risky, for some of the reasons suggested in that article, but I also think it's a considered, proactive approach to test, addressing a challenging and serious problem.
I hope we can pursue other hash-based approaches: local hashing, using a trusted third party as in child pornography detection database.
@aparrish ahhhhh that happened to me too. Eventually I convinced it not to use TeX Live and on whatever internal ordered list, it next chose Mendeley as the unhelpful app to handle that protocol.
@torgo check out https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/ which I hear is recently out of beta and has some options.
@awilfox @starbreaker there is much work to be done and improvements to be made, but I think progressive enhancement and accessibility are seriously considered and addressed in browsers and the Web.
@aparrish I think some people react against what they see as snobbish behavior on the person explaining the subtle differences of an alternative system -- that you care and understand something they don't understand and don't wish to care about. I suspect using big latinate words like "federation" feeds that perception.
Talking about how the federated social web can intrinsically resist abuse, hate speech and attacks.
@cwebber is Social Web meeting at TPAC? I didn't see any of that on the schedule.
Also, if you'd have some time to meet and talk more in person re: privacy and ActivityPub/Mastodon, let me know.
@torgo looks like Social Web CG is meeting on Monday afternoon. I was disappointed that there wasn't a WG meeting scheduled, but maybe there will be relevant breakout sessions on Wednesday.
When did I last visit __?
A fun exercise, using Google location history data, some code from @amac@twitter.com and some manual calendar reviewing.
https://octodon.social/media/45mq-DgSp50dYe7ymfA
@pzmyers okay, I guess I'll stop reading/following links then :'(
