Paul ✅ @shapiro@mastodon.social
Want to #embed your mastodon/witches/awoo timeline on your blog, tumblr et cetera?
I just launched https://www.mastofeed.com/ today for this purpose, check it out.
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science has confirmed, feeling like shit correlates strongly with making shitposts (p < 0.05)
I haven't tooted in a while. What's happening?
What is your favorite non-American show?
This article points to some of the real risks of federated social media. You need to trust your admin and be aware that, if they decide to stop hosting a node, you lose your account and all your posts.
I still think it's better than the alternative. Decentralization has always been the strength of the open web. And, if anything, this speaks to the need for having lots of small or medium-sized instances, rather than a few huge ones.
I think there's a market for lower-calorie matzah. Some how they need to press it even thinner, but it will be worth it.
I'm pretty excited for MST3K revival on Friday. Anyone else pumped?
This sex trafficking law could ruin the internet as we know it. New legislation would hold websites liable for third-party content, undermining the protection of free speech online. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/647x3l/this_sex_trafficking_law_could_ruin_the_internet/
I have to choose Nikka Pure Malt or Nikka Coffee Malt. Which one?
How much of Mastodon's user base is bots? Seems to be a large portion if you base it off of the federated feed.
MetaFilter has been my homepage for around 15 years.
Assuming one instance comfortably maxes out around 40,000 users Mastodon would need about 3,000 instances to cross the 100 million user line. But since not everyone will be able to afford the same server power it might be better to look for 6,000 instances. At that scale, Mastodon will need some network tools.
Having moderated a large online community for about a decade now, I'm finding the collective arguing about CW protocol and kindness vs. freedom interesting and familiar and tiring and valuable all in a mix.
Community self-identification is a weird process, and I think I am mostly glad that mastodon doesn't by its very structure require the answer to be monolithic and universal.
But I will tip my hand a little and say that erring on the side of kindness is pretty much always defensible.
So many enticing book recommendations. Thanks everyone! I'm throwing a ton into Goodreads. If you have recommendations still, I'll gladly still take them.
Anyone got a good book recommendation?
Oh gosh! Ask.com is leaking its server logs. Look at what people are searching: http://ask.com/server-status
YSK About The Intelligence Trap
