Paul Sheprow @paulsheprow@octodon.social
I live in Oregon | http://www.sheprow.net
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Matrix is now on Mastodon! We'll be crossposting between the birdsite & https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix + looking into proper Matrix bridging. Come follow!
∆∆Great Ideas in Bots∆∆
Volleybot takes another user's toot x at random, cuts everything up to the first verb, prints "Actually you x", appends three random hashtags, and @s the original user.
Bluntly: we lost a lot of people the first round of bullshit with pawoo. A lot of people stopped tooting or did so a lot less.
Second round? I don't know, probably a lot.
Why we need to get the meta discourse off the timeline, because administration is like sausage: you really don't wanna see how it's made.
"Building Mastodon to be frozen"
https://parkerhiggins.net/2017/04/building-mastodon-frozen/
I'm thinking about how we can build archiving and preservation tools right into Mastodon — where the Fediverse presents some risk — and what other opportunities that might unlock.
Added it to my navbar so you know it's real https://mastodon.xyz/media/rf3aBNGM6evAtEFSfmM
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A culture of zero-tolerance towards harassment and/or abuse is bound to come as a bit of a shock to some people.
We're so used to casual awfulness both online and in meatspace, it will be jarring to be somewhere where the rules are completely different.
Even if you agree with the rules!
I think it's interesting that a significant chunk of the #Fediverse is trying to make this change. It won't be easy.
Adding an 0.96" OLED screen to my Wifi/LTE router.
Thank you @adafruit for the SSD1306 python library 😍
https://mastodon.social/media/KZC92onuGPQB17upc24
If anyone want to build a liaison team, which help facilitate dialogue between instance admins and users on other servers, we will be behind you, and help you spread the word, and help you get access and contact where we can. We will also help you spread the word about any funding model you choose, or don't choose.
This is part of the beauty with an open source project, not only can you take the code and do something new with it, but you can also make your own project in the social aspect of it
#Mastodon Announcement:
We would like to make a distinction regarding the work @Gargron and I are doing, and the greater community. Gargron's work in regards to the Mastodon Project is only concerned with the software. That's his thing, and his goal. My work as a Project Manager for the Mastodon Project is thus also mainly revolved around that.
However, we want to help you get the word out when other projects pop up which are of the greater good of the community. That being said:
Gargron and I, in regards to the Mastodon Project would only become a bottle neck, to help with these matters. So it is better that we understand that the community needs this, and let it free. We do not have to own it.
As in regards to mastodon.social and it's admin team, we have discussed how that can be improved on our side.
off the grid
deep in a moonlit night
in the huge drawing room
Bad idea of the day: an instance where all toots are encoded with a vignere cypher, with the key chosen at random from a dictionary every 3 hours. The key is kept secret from the users. If a user determines the key & types it, s/he is put in a "hall of fame" list & the key is reset.
here
shadows of night birds
of empty boats
I'd like to be able to postpone toots!
Yes, I'd like this for marketing-style activities. I am a self-employed micropreneur after all.
But I'd also like it so I can "subtoot" without it being obvious what the inspiration is. If or when I subtoot, I'm deliberately trying to *not* call out the people that inspired me.
Conversations here are very inspiring and thought provoking, I'd like to be able to express my reactions without it always being personal or "taking sides."
A delay would help.
one thing I would not mind would be seeing people I'm connected to at the top of other users' following/er lists
Do you know what would make me very happy?
It is seeing other creatives using #ArtwithOpenSource tag.
Do you use open source software in your art, photography, music, film, games? Consider tagging? Maybe? Please? :)
#FrowbackFriday I spent 10+ hours on social media website fanart, so here's a revised version of that with a more general tagline.
(full size available on my website: http://www.bcavello.com/work/illustration/mastronaut_mastodon_awaits.png)
https://anticapitalist.party/media/XqSikQBEkKgpMxBdJsc
