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

In reply to @oliphant.

@oliphant Yeah they were doing their best to firewall her off from Elon and reassure us all that no really she's not Elon we swear it'll be better. Except she's headed for the glass cliff, and that's assuming she's not, in fact, going to do all the crazy shit Elon's been doing. Then when people raise criticisms about her leadership/decisions we'll all be told by his fans "That's sexist how dare you!" Yep, calling it now.

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