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@summersun704 @ThatMermaid_J My overall point is that safe/unsafe isn't quite the correct wording for the situation of direct messages on social.
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@summersun704 @ThatMermaid_J It's not that it's any less safe than big social, both Mastodon and big social don't encrypt their messages. What I would say is be aware of the kind of things you're sending via DM on any service except one that encrypts its messages like Signal or Telegram. Note: I like Signal better but that's just me.
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New post: 43% of the Web Can No Longer (Easily) Auto-Share to Twitter – https://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2023/05/43-of-the-web-can-no-longer-easily-auto-share-to-twitter.html
… wherein I write about how Twitter’s decision to impose huge prices on API access has caused Automattic to discontinue auto-sharing from their hosted #WordPress .com site and also through the #Jetpack plugin used by people (like me) who host their own WP sites.
The good news is that Automattic says they’ll soon enable auto-sharing to #Mastodon , which will be a great help!
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Nostr: Verify your name on your WordPress site
Another day, another social network. In my continued quest to try new decentralized networks, I had to create a small WordPress plugin to verify myself with Nostr.
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@summersun704 @ThatMermaid_J I'm not sure that's true. I think it depends more on the quality of your moderators, specifically whether or not they're proactive and/or whether or not they're diligent about responding to reports and when necessary dealing with people causing trouble for people on their server.
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@Lynessence @ThatMermaid_J There's some work being done on this, for now a third-party tool, but I'm hoping Mastodon itself works on this. The archive is a mess though so I think that'll be part of the work.
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@coasterfreak88 Morning John.
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Folks have been talking a lot about QT’s lately. I’ll just relay my personal experience:
I can’t count how many times I’ve come across a post, thought “that post is stupid, let me show my followers so I can make fun of it,” then remember that quote tweets aren’t a thing. I then go: “Oh. Well. Hm. Probably for the best TBH”… and then I move on with my life!
F*cking glorious.
Not everyone uses QT’s this way, but I absolutely did.
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@bruce_toews Morning Bruce.
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I’m glad to see reporting looking into the data theft behind “AI”. But it’s super frustrating to be misquoted like this. I was not talking about “current laws”, nor about “AIs”. Collections of linear algebra are not the kind of things that can have accountability, period.
I’ve sent email to @mimsical asking for a correction, but haven’t heard back. (It is a Saturday, but also the piece went live today.) Hopefully he can get the WSJ to correct the article.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-ai-artificial-intelligence-openai-personal-writing-5328339a
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Hello everyone, just moved the account to this new instance!
I think it’s time for a new #introduction then!
Ice Cubes is available on the App Store for iOS, iPadOS and macOS, it’s a fast, customisable, easy to use client.
– Pin any local timeline from any instance!
– Quote toot!
– Easy access to your lists and followed tags!
– Proper direct messages interface.
– It’s 100% free and Open source!Feel free to boost so the whole Fediverse can know about it!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ice-cubes-for-mastodon/id6444915884
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Doctor: Are you sexually active?
Me: I don’t just lay there if that’s what you’re implying.
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@jakobrosin Oh man I'm so glad your hand healed and that the burnout demon has been vanquished for now.
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Still haven’t heard a good reason as to why we don’t fight wars with dirty diaper cannons instead of live ammunition.
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Count Dracula was 412 when he moved to England in search of new blood.
Sauron was 54,000 years old when he forged the One Ring.
Cthulhu had seen galaxies flare into life and fade into darkness before he put madness in the minds of men.
See, it’s never too late to follow your dreams!