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Hey folks. Everyone–EVERYONE–can get got by a scammer at some point.

When we blame folks who get socially engineered for their carelessness or lack of vigilance, we’re making it less likely that people will self-report when they got got, and perpetuating the myth that all we need is vigilance to avoid scams.

The narrative that only fools get scammed helps scammers. Don’t fall for it.

—@Annalee

I am a very happy #Microblog customer – and if you look on #FediDb, they are one of the top Fediverse-enabled platforms (in the top 6) and just launched the ability to post to both Mastodon/Fedi and #Bluesky.

They are having a virtual yearly event online #MicroCamp and it's about to kick off. And @Onmyom will be one of the keynote speakers.

cc: @manton

Go see it here: https://micro.camp/

—@tchambers

#Barcelona, #Meta‘s Twitter competitor, will be ready by summer.

And lest you believe #ActivityPub integration was just some rumour, think again. In a slide, Meta confirms that Barcelona will indeed be decentralized and will be compatible with Mastodon.

Everyone who thought that AT protocol would easily win over ActivityPub, and that #Bluesky would kill Mastodon just because a few influencers joined doesn’t understand the sheer marketing power and pull that Meta has at its disposal.

But believe me, I’m not exactly cheering on Meta here. Generally, where Meta goes, shenanigans happen. I simply don’t think Meta is capable of releasing a product without dark patterns.

Nevertheless, I don’t think the Fediverse is even close to preparing for what will happen once Barcelona starts federating.

We should all be taking Barcelona very seriously.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23730070/instagram-twitter-app-competitor-leak

@socialmedianews@venera.social

—@atomicpoet

Public Notice

Lots of reports of crypto spam attacks coming in from multiple instances today.

Seems like the bad guys are getting kinda worried about Mastodon.

Instance admins are taking this very seriously and working hard to fend off the attacks.

What can you do? If you see a crypto scam post, don’t engage with it. It’s just a bot anyway. If you block and report the post it will help administrators isolate the attacker account.

We got this!

#CryptoSpamAttack #CryptoSpam

—@mastodonmigration

So you missed last night’s fantastic webinar on Audio gaming? that’s okay. The archive is now available on Youtube! https://youtu.be/Pjk8YI_4kkw

—@liamerven

On this #GAAD of 2023, spare a though for all the accessibility specialists at large companies who have spent the day doing the same basic exercises as they did last year, mostly for the same people at a stand in the company lobby. Because nothing ever changes. 🥴

—@philsherry

In an exclusive interview, I sat down with Libo Cao Meyers, a top engineering executive at Apple, and talked with her all about her having polio, immigrating to America from China, working in tech, her new memoir, and giving back to the disability community.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2023/05/18/how-a-disabled-chinese-immigrant-turned-polio-and-ableism-into-becoming-an-apple-executive-and-author/

—@steven_aquino

Closing the email subscription pop up

so I can dismiss the browser cookie settings

so I can close the autoplaying video

so I can hide the social media sharing widget

so I can see that the page

doesn’t have any of the information the search engine said it would.

—@troublewithwords

#Google just announced that going forward, any account not logged into for two years gets deleted.

This means huge amounts of rare or unique #video is about to disappear from #YouTube as accounts get flagged as inactive, such as when the user dies. Families’ #HomeMovies (often posted by an older relative for their family’s benefit), historical footage, rare #television clips, etc. What an incalculable loss to human #history and culture!

If there are videos important to you on someone else’s video channel, find a way to download them. And if you have rare #media of historical importance, consider leaving it to institutional #archives or lending it to archives for digital preservation.

—@StevenCapsuto

If anyone wanted to try #MicroBlog they are hosting a sale! A fabulous discount on their managed hosting. $1 monthly! http://micro.blog/summer #Blog small #Podcasts

—@weirdwriter

Hugops to every other #mastoadmin having to deal with this spam wave. We have been fighting is on mastodon.social for days, and were forced to close registrations yesterday until we could emergency-deploy countermeasures.
Unfortunately, this made them realise they are other servers in the Fediverse to target.
If any admin needs help fighting this, please ping me either on the server admin discord, or directly here, and I will gladly help.

—@renchap

Great NPR article over the weekend on Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, the blind chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I highly recommend you read it! Key sentence, “How do you define disability?
It is not the presence of the impairment, but it is the social and attitudinal barriers that are hindering our performance.”
Link: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/05/13/1174089463/when-getty-began-losing-her-vision-as-a-girl-she-was-told-her-life-was-over-wron
#blind #NFB #LowVision #disability

—@NothingLeftOfMe

maybe for GAAD you could hire a disabled person to do something other than tell you how your product can’t work for them and then resent them for it

—@eric

CMS and accessibility people: Is there a CMS that was created with accessibility from the start? #Accessibility #a11y #CMS #WordPress #Drupal #Joomla #WooCommerce #Magento

—@DianaThompson

I was just notified of the @AppleVis hall of fame vote having reopened for another round. I was disappointed to find that @MonaApp was not included with the nominees. However, there is a selection “Other” in the list that then allows you to enter an app name of your choosing. So if you think Mona for Mastodon should be inducted into the hall of fame for outstanding VoiceOver accessibility, and you are a #VoiceOver user on #iOS, I encourage you to cast your vote accordingly. The page is here: https://www.applevis.com/blog/cast-your-vote-now-2023-applevis-ios-app-hall-fame-inductees

—@Marco

Those who boast of their “brutal honesty” are often more invested in the pain inflicted than the truths conveyed. Such people will seldom hesitate to inflict harm via falsehoods, either. A true warrior knows how to be honest in ways that build up rather than tear down.

—@coachgowron

I’m a grown-ass man who’s been doing what I do for 33 years, but when someone takes the time to send an email and give me positive feedback about my work, it’s still meaningful and is a welcome boost to my spirits.

Thank someone and let them know they did a good job. You’ll like the results.

—@adhdeanasl

Y’all, I am preparing to read a complete avalanche–nay, a collapsing star–of bullshit.

—@oliphant

I don’t care if outsiders do full-text indexing on my toots. I am a public figure, and this is my public face.

I do VERY MUCH care if outsiders do full-text indexing on fedi nodes that have their “do not index/data mine” flags set. That’s a violation of consent.

The universodon folks say that fedi folks are creating cool content and should be discoverable. I absolutely agree that fedi folks are creating cool content!

Some folks DO NOT WANT TO BE DISCOVERED. Period. Their reasons are their own and best discussed over a drink. The fedi’s poor discoverability is a feature, not a bug.

The intent behind full text search might be good, but intent is irrelevant. Only impact matters.¹

And I’m saying that as a creator who depends on social media to survive.

Consent, and understanding consent, is important. I’ll be defederating from universodon.com this week, unless they stop this.

¹ No, I’m not quoting my orc stories. My stories are quoting me, who is in turn quoting any number of smart people.

—@mwl

Boss: Why is your work only 80% complete?

Me: Oh, yes! There’s a very good explanation for that.

In my last performance review, you noted that I was exceeding all expectations, but that you were only giving me a 4 out of 5 because you “never give 5s” because “there’s always room for improvement.”

As a result, I’ve taken the initiative to deliver at 4/5 capacity to ensure I’m performing according to your expectations.

As we’ve already established, I’m easily capable of performing at and above 100%, so please let me know once you’ve adjusted my performance rating to a 5 and I will adjust my performance accordingly.

—@Alice