Robin Janssens @robinjanssens@octodon.social
British tech guy living in #HongKong.
Talk to me securely: http://keybase.io/janssens
Homepage: https://robin.pm/
The Corporation behind and the Admins of Twitter can see your “Private Messages”
The Corporation behind and the Admins of Facebook can see your “Private Messages.”
The Admins of Mastodon can see your Direct Messages. They aren’t private.
With Mastodon, you can spin up your own instance and be your own Admin.
Ultimately, don’t use any of these tools for actual private messages. Use Signal, Matrix/Riot or another end to end encrypted messaging tool.
@ajeremias you're preaching to the converted 😉
@anw @nocleverhandle not that I am aware of. To be honest, there isn't a huge difference in features between the apps. The main difference is that some apps allow you to post to both #twitter and Mastodon at the same time. If that's a feature that you want then I would recommend Twidere
@nocleverhandle I use Tusky
@skirts there's still plenty of time for it to devolve into jokes, memes and racism
@zigg what's your use case for running IntelliJ in a VM?
#introductions #deletefacebook #needhelp
Tip for new people: If you see a toot you like, follow the person that made it to bring more variety into your Home timeline.
You can always unfollow them later if you have to!
@smashtie welcome to the party!
@schestowitz I think Facebook going bankrupt could cause serious damage to the wider economy. So many large-cap ETFs and pension funds are heavily invested in $FB
@NeuroWinter are you on Firefox 58+? Since Quantum went out, I have found it to be much faster than Chrome but a little slower than Safari
@sir hey, how much traffic are you seeing on your instance with just a few users? Is there any significant resource usage or do you reckon that it would be possible to run Mastodon on a cheap cheap VM?
"Unfortunately, of the 6.3bn tonnes of plastic waste produced since the 1950s only 9% has been recycled and another 12% incinerated."
@lopsigon @KthulhuKat welcome to the club
Oh really... Thanks @observatoryhk #hk
New experience: being congratulated and thanked by a stranger for putting the recycling in the recycling bin #hk
@boots what happened?
Due to the "echo chamber algorithm" that most social media and search outlets employ, I now have absolutely no idea as to what the political situation is back home in the UK #ge2017
@gigav your test was a success!
@soaklord like a Linear Induction Motor?
@NinahMarie you boosted me so I am afraid that in this case I am going to have to defy your request
