After about twelve hours, the same post had received more than 300 shares and likes on Mastodon, while it had only been shared three times and liked four times on BlueSky.
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@benroyce @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
Reminds me of the 90s when a big tech firm, IBM maybe, revealed a secure PC system. They claimed that the information on it was inaccessible by anyone but the user. Then a reporter began to take photos of the information on the monitor. The pool of reporters had a good laugh at the unveiling.
@MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
yeah there are these odd voices i hear sometimes on the topic of privacy saying arguments that can be distilled down to "i want to post in public, but i don't want anyone i don't like to see my posts"
so privacy defilements must be fought
but there is nothing, nothing in the world, in the most privacy respecting technological system possibly devised by humanity, that can protect you if *you* choose to say something in public
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@MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
yeah there are these odd voices i hear sometimes on the topic of privacy saying arguments that can be distilled down to "i want to post in public, but i don't want anyone i don't like to see my posts"
so privacy defilements must be fought
but there is nothing, nothing in the world, in the most privacy respecting technological system possibly devised by humanity, that can protect you if *you* choose to say something in public
@benroyce @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137 there is no such thing as privacy on the internet. I guess there never was, we were all posting publicly since 2005 without giving it a second thought.
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@benroyce @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137 there is no such thing as privacy on the internet. I guess there never was, we were all posting publicly since 2005 without giving it a second thought.
@macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
well there is a difference between something like mastodon, where what is public, is public (and always will be)
but in the back there's no slurping your DMs, and linking your private sign up info to your larger identity elsewhere in life, etc
that matters
and there's privacy controls, on what you post, instead of "post it for everyone or fuck you"
there's improvements to be made of course
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After about twelve hours, the same post had received more than 300 shares and likes on Mastodon, while it had only been shared three times and liked four times on BlueSky.
I'm no social media expert, but it's amazing how reluctant people are to use Mastodon because of its lack of reach and interaction.
If we bring more people here, the Fediverse could become the de facto public square.
https://mastodon.social/@leavex/116127855796326212
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@everton137 Never make the mistake of interpreting metrics as reach rather than pillory.
@growfediverse why can I make this mistake? What if after the mistake I learn the subject as deep as you do?
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@macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
well there is a difference between something like mastodon, where what is public, is public (and always will be)
but in the back there's no slurping your DMs, and linking your private sign up info to your larger identity elsewhere in life, etc
that matters
and there's privacy controls, on what you post, instead of "post it for everyone or fuck you"
there's improvements to be made of course
@benroyce @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137 I liked the concept of G+'s Circles. You can post publicly, or to a Circle, and the members of the Circle can see that post, but no one else - and you can't forward a post if it's to a limited audience.
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@benroyce @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137 I liked the concept of G+'s Circles. You can post publicly, or to a Circle, and the members of the Circle can see that post, but no one else - and you can't forward a post if it's to a limited audience.
@Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
yeah i don't want to imply mastodon is perfect at all
there's lots of areas for improvement, and for good ideas like yours, to take hold
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I was on only one social medium. And they threw me out
(I seem not to have been the only one - not liking Trump seems to be an offend). Mastodon was the first European alternative I could find, with some people on it. But I still have to find out how to use it. It is much less intuitive.@CarineMissiaen@mastodon-belgium.be
Might I suggest following @FediTips@social.growyourown.services and https://fedi.tips for some great destructions on how to use Mastodon and other parts of the #fediverse -
@Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
yeah i don't want to imply mastodon is perfect at all
there's lots of areas for improvement, and for good ideas like yours, to take hold
why are you speaking of mastodon specifically?, I wonder. since it's all interconnected with various other Fediverse servers, any privacy guarantees necessarily depend on what other servers guarantee as well.
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why are you speaking of mastodon specifically?, I wonder. since it's all interconnected with various other Fediverse servers, any privacy guarantees necessarily depend on what other servers guarantee as well.
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zero argument
the solution to that as far as i see is a server pact that specifically excludes those servers running software that does not respect a baseline of privacy safeguards that we all agree are mandatory
i mean: truth social is mastodon software
we can't do anything about disrespectful servers except wall them off
we ideally look for technical solutions
but sometimes the only solution is a social choice
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@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
zero argument
the solution to that as far as i see is a server pact that specifically excludes those servers running software that does not respect a baseline of privacy safeguards that we all agree are mandatory
i mean: truth social is mastodon software
we can't do anything about disrespectful servers except wall them off
we ideally look for technical solutions
but sometimes the only solution is a social choice
I'm not speaking of disrespectful or deviant servers, just pointing out that there may be diversity in the Fediverse, and it's offensive to me to make it all a mastodon-centered thing. I've been burned by mastodon's jerk moves before. Fediverse shouldn't bow to mastodon. mastodon doesn't make the rules. there's a standard that we all adhere to (except where mastodon doesn't)
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I'm not speaking of disrespectful or deviant servers, just pointing out that there may be diversity in the Fediverse, and it's offensive to me to make it all a mastodon-centered thing. I've been burned by mastodon's jerk moves before. Fediverse shouldn't bow to mastodon. mastodon doesn't make the rules. there's a standard that we all adhere to (except where mastodon doesn't)
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apologies but i really don't care if you dislike mastodon
mastodon is just mastodon, the good and the bad, i recognize both
the real topic here is a baseline of respect for privacy between servers
right?
could be running any software
the question of mastodon or not is immaterial to the essential topic here
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@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
apologies but i really don't care if you dislike mastodon
mastodon is just mastodon, the good and the bad, i recognize both
the real topic here is a baseline of respect for privacy between servers
right?
could be running any software
the question of mastodon or not is immaterial to the essential topic here
it's not about mastodon, it's about the Fediverse. mastodon is just one of many servers that make it up.
when you speak of mastodon as if it was the Fediverse, you mislead people who might mistake them for the same thing.
when you speak of privacy features, you mislead people into believing only mastodon's features matter.
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it's not about mastodon, it's about the Fediverse. mastodon is just one of many servers that make it up.
when you speak of mastodon as if it was the Fediverse, you mislead people who might mistake them for the same thing.
when you speak of privacy features, you mislead people into believing only mastodon's features matter.
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that's fair
the fediverse is not mastodon
and i am using "mastodon" as shorthand for the fediverse
that is an error on my part
i accept your criticism, and i stand corrected
thank you
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@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
apologies but i really don't care if you dislike mastodon
mastodon is just mastodon, the good and the bad, i recognize both
the real topic here is a baseline of respect for privacy between servers
right?
could be running any software
the question of mastodon or not is immaterial to the essential topic here
furthermore, we should stop conflating protocols and programs. that's been a disservice that has made exploitation easier even when back when people had choices but just didn't realize they existed. we should value and cherish the fact that there's an underlying protocol that many different programs can interoperate with. we don't want mastodon (or anyone) to be another microsoft, another google, any other entity that gains power over people by dictating under what terms they can communicate with others, and that can enshittify services to its own advantage whenever it sees fit. that's harder for mastodon to do because it's free software, but the centralization of power that mislabeling it all as mastodon sets things up for such bad outcomes. please don't do that.
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@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
that's fair
the fediverse is not mastodon
and i am using "mastodon" as shorthand for the fediverse
that is an error on my part
i accept your criticism, and i stand corrected
thank you
that's a weird kind of shorthand, that isn't actually shorter
not that I haven't seen such things before. some people claim Linux is a shorthand for GNU
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furthermore, we should stop conflating protocols and programs. that's been a disservice that has made exploitation easier even when back when people had choices but just didn't realize they existed. we should value and cherish the fact that there's an underlying protocol that many different programs can interoperate with. we don't want mastodon (or anyone) to be another microsoft, another google, any other entity that gains power over people by dictating under what terms they can communicate with others, and that can enshittify services to its own advantage whenever it sees fit. that's harder for mastodon to do because it's free software, but the centralization of power that mislabeling it all as mastodon sets things up for such bad outcomes. please don't do that.
CC: @Jirikiha@raphus.social @macacator@mastodon.social @MyWoolyMastadon@toot.community @oblomov@sociale.network @john@vyrse.social @engel@mastodon.social @everton137@vivaldi.net@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
the discussion is about respecting a baseline of privacy, and i made the error of conflating the fediverse with mastodon, and i admit it
but what you're talking about now about monopolies is bullshit
even if it was a software/ protocol monoculture, server A does not control server B, and vice versa
and you are wrong: you DO want to impose standards
not from a centralized authority, but via servers cooperating
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that's a weird kind of shorthand, that isn't actually shorter
not that I haven't seen such things before. some people claim Linux is a shorthand for GNU
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no you completely got me. my "shorthand" is a straight error, i admit it. mea culpa. and thank you for the correction. sincerely
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@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
the discussion is about respecting a baseline of privacy, and i made the error of conflating the fediverse with mastodon, and i admit it
but what you're talking about now about monopolies is bullshit
even if it was a software/ protocol monoculture, server A does not control server B, and vice versa
and you are wrong: you DO want to impose standards
not from a centralized authority, but via servers cooperating
the problem of this sort of monoculture is not about one server controlling another, but of the software provider that dominates the network to have control over servers and users
when mastodon unilaterally broke compatibility with the protocol with which the Fediverse was born, to cut GNU social off before it caught up with ActivityPub, mastodon servers that upgraded stopped being able to talk to GNU social survivors
GNU social users had already endured the transition of identi.ca, then the central node of the Fediverse, from the Status.Net protocol to pump.io.
both moves created very significant disruption in the Fediverse, and broke connections between servers and, more importantly, between people.
both of them followed from centralization of power, in one case around a server instance, in another case around server software. both have been traumatic, but also value lessons to learn about things to avoid in a decent(ralized) network.
but I wouldn't say that I wish to impose standards. I'd be happy with voluntary adhesion. I welcome diversity, including the bridges and the other incompatible protocols that make up the broad Fediverse. but I disapprove of jerk, anti-competitive and anti-interoperation moves that sabotaged and cut off significant chunks of the Fediverse. may that be a lesson that we learn, remember, and don't forget, so that it doesn't happen again.
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the problem of this sort of monoculture is not about one server controlling another, but of the software provider that dominates the network to have control over servers and users
when mastodon unilaterally broke compatibility with the protocol with which the Fediverse was born, to cut GNU social off before it caught up with ActivityPub, mastodon servers that upgraded stopped being able to talk to GNU social survivors
GNU social users had already endured the transition of identi.ca, then the central node of the Fediverse, from the Status.Net protocol to pump.io.
both moves created very significant disruption in the Fediverse, and broke connections between servers and, more importantly, between people.
both of them followed from centralization of power, in one case around a server instance, in another case around server software. both have been traumatic, but also value lessons to learn about things to avoid in a decent(ralized) network.
but I wouldn't say that I wish to impose standards. I'd be happy with voluntary adhesion. I welcome diversity, including the bridges and the other incompatible protocols that make up the broad Fediverse. but I disapprove of jerk, anti-competitive and anti-interoperation moves that sabotaged and cut off significant chunks of the Fediverse. may that be a lesson that we learn, remember, and don't forget, so that it doesn't happen again.
CC: @Jirikiha@raphus.social @macacator@mastodon.social @MyWoolyMastadon@toot.community @oblomov@sociale.network @john@vyrse.social @engel@mastodon.social @everton137@vivaldi.net@lxo @Jirikiha @macacator @MyWoolyMastadon @oblomov @john @engel @everton137
"but of the software provider that dominates the network to have control over servers and users"
why does mastodon.social have to write it. it's open source. anyone can. someone should have
"but I wouldn't say that I wish to impose standards"
you are though: complete compatibility is your demand
"I welcome diversity"
i don't if it means truth social
i welcome collaboration. there's no centralization in that
