RealityTC ✅ @RealityTC@mastodon.social

watching my son try to decide which instance to join made me realise that we need a way to preview instances local/federated streams. So I made one: http://www.unmung.com/mastoview?url=mastodon.social&view=local

http://www.unmung.com/mastoview?url=toot.cafe&view=local

ADVICE FOR WHEN YOU'VE HAD A TERRIFYING VISION OF THE FUTURE
1) Take a deep breath. Remember that the future event hasn't happened yet and when it does, it won't be that terrifying because it will have context
2) Double-check your augery for accuracy: Any chance your crow feather is actually a raven feather? Spots on the ol' crystal ball actually from lunch?
3) Project your mind forward a millennia and realize everything will change and vanish. Makes you think.
4) Tea. Tea is nice.
5) Sleep.

With Mastodon built using React, whats the situation with the 'don't compete with Facebook' clause?
http://react-etc.net/entry/your-license-to-use-react-js-can-be-revoked-if-you-compete-with-facebook

How Algorithms and Authoritarianism Created a Corporate Nightmare at United

This is a really worthwhile read about what happened with United Airlines the other day. It holds some important lessons for building human safeguards into our increasingly algorithmic management.

http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2017/04/algorithmic-dystopia.html

This is a classic example of well-intentioned tunnel-vision imo. When you are a public person and fairly popular and a lot of people interact with you on a daily basis it's real easy to get stuck in your own bubble and not see how this might be a cause for concern. But people interact differently with people with large follower-counts than they do with people with low ones, and there are good, reasoned explanations for that besides just elite posturing.

"Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle.”
--Unofficial #Mastodon Creedo

I honestly love the speed and enthusiasm with which people chip in here. It feels like a genuine open conversation/community. Not like the "fire off a tweet and rack in RTs/replies, maybe get a RT from someone with >1k followers" methodology of Twitter. It feels so cosy and interactive here.