In the 90s, MIT's Athena system devised a system to handle online harrassment. One feature of the system was that the notice of reported abusive behaviour sent to the accused user began with the phrase "Someone using your account…". Users were advised to re-password their accounts, as they may have been hacked. Password resets by UYA recipients were taken in good faith by staff, but the most astonishing thing was that the offending behaviour nearly always stopped there.

https://www.metafilter.com/173881/UYA-notices-and-face-saving-in-moderation-systems#inline-7389802

I need to remember this technique in the event of anyone doing stuff that merits a warning.

**vi but slightly to the left** · May 01, 2018, 16:43

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**r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖** @cypnk@mastodon.social · May 01, 2018, 16:43

I give up

**vi but slightly to the left** · Apr 30, 2018, 14:35

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**Now is the summer of our discotheque** @Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me · Apr 30, 2018, 14:35

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**vi but slightly to the left** · May 01, 2018, 01:20

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**void state blues** @HTHR@cybre.space · May 01, 2018, 01:20

masto elephant is named florence pass it on

**vi but slightly to the left** · May 01, 2018, 04:03

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**Now with 64K RAM!** @karyl@mastodon.social · May 01, 2018, 04:03

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**vi but slightly to the left** @vi · May 01, 2018, 02:34

**vi but slightly to the left** @vi · May 01, 2018, 02:34

@chosafine@instance.business can't it do push notifications via websockets? although presumably it's just polled

**vi but slightly to the left** · Apr 20, 2018, 20:40

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**Sadiq** @staticsafe@mastodon.zombocloud.com · Apr 20, 2018, 20:40

CW your 4/20 posts, please and thank you.

**vi but slightly to the left** · Apr 20, 2018, 03:31

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**sungo** @sungo@bsd.network · Apr 20, 2018, 03:31

the end result here is that the technical deficiencies in git create a barrier to non-experts which has led us to grant an american corporation exclusive control of vast swathes of the FOSS commons. This will not end well.

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**vi but slightly to the left** · Apr 20, 2018, 03:31

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**sungo** @sungo@bsd.network · Apr 20, 2018, 03:31

(To c&p something I said over on twitter because I think y'all will appreciate it more)

When Github goes down, FOSS effectively stops right now. It's tragic that we've allowed a single company to gain such control over the open commons.

I recognize that we are in this situation mostly because the 'distributed' side of git is only usable by experts. And I recognize the niche that GH fills (ticketing and PRs in lieu of emailed patches)

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**vi but slightly to the left** · Apr 20, 2018, 15:37

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**lobster_writer** @lobster_writer@tootplanet.space · Apr 20, 2018, 15:37

Fun fact: "urchin" used to mean hedgehog, which is probably why we call them "sea urchins"

**vi but slightly to the left** @vi · Apr 20, 2018, 15:27

**vi but slightly to the left** @vi · Apr 20, 2018, 15:27

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