=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────── Can someone explain to me why we need instances on the fediverse? Why don't we just keep all our personal files local on our computer and communicate over the federated protocol? What's the point of having all these mini-servers that are controlled by the community? I mean, torrenting has been around forever, why don't we just use that to communicate? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4296 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1655 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever client we want? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4766 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what if instead of federating social media instances we federated users instead why not have an account on each and every mastodon instance? then just RSS feeder yourself and boom suddenly you can customize your identity on each fediverse house. maybe with a checkbox of which instances you'd like to post to on your "submit link or text post" button study encryption kids ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4892 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── what if we made a giant dictionary of every single possible pixel arrangement storable in 8 bytes and it took up like, half a gigabyte, and then we indexed into it whenever we wanted to print an arbitrary visual element to our terminals? something something not-curses https://notcurses.com/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2605 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1268 was just wondering what interesting or useful or incriminating data was found in the heritage foundation hack. because, like, they could just leave a security vulnerability open for downloading their like, contact data for customers, and like... that's not too useful for people attempting to fight them. it's the CONSUMER'S data after all, not the corporation / organization. all I saw was the headline that they downloading some gigabytes of information, I didn't check to see what it comprised ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5152 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ keep in mind... trump is not their endgame. what is he doing? sabotaging our institutions without warrant or respite prepare for foes that would benefit from degraded institutions. who's right when nobody controls the truth? were they ever truly right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1365 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: I think I'm going to like this book (abuse of CW) │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 but also it's the fediverse, it's the wild west, it's free to do however you decide to be. so don't worry too much about fitting in to anything, just be yourself ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/6438 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of it's documentation in my context window." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #10 fediverse/676 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if the Fediverse wouldn't let you post something on Mastodon unless you filled out a content warning for it. sorta like a post title on Reddit, allowing people to say "nah I don't feel like reading something from X perspective right now" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5574 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── don't forget to download your mastodon archive! why not, right? just throw it in a folder with the 19 others. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3802 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── what if we got together and adopted a new open source project every month and just collectively worked around the clock to learn and work through the important problems facing it or even like, cleared out the backlog of stupid pointless boring tasks that would allow the developers to work on something better call it the wandering parade of development could give us some experience organizing small, short-term projects to accomplish specific goals and tasks in an ad-hoc way that relied less upon procedure and more on "I think so-and-so knows something about that, they were looking into those files and posted a breakdown of how they work yesterday" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5559 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-1850 why not just reduce the number of ping checks to see if they're still connected? if nobody's talking then why bother sending nothing to nowhere? the bandwidth for silence is free. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1038 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-766 ah yes but then how will my comrades come for my things know where to look? my precious precious drives may be less safe inside of the computer case but at least then someone I can about can find them. or what you're saying is that a basic part of situational awareness is having a plan for this kind of thing with the people who care about you? Ah, well, nobody cares about me like that. Just a couple normies who want nothing but business as usual. wonder if I can open up my hard drives to "read only" SSH access? Or maybe I'll just make the important files into a torrent. Or perhaps marking them as "downloadable locations" on Soulseek? Plenty of options, all of them require someone to care enough about your junk to want to archive it. Something something ipfs? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2506 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I can't imagine having a fediverse feed comprised of more than 70 people. I fear I'd forget them, or forget what they stand for. I guess that's why ya'll put so much information in your bios. Information they can use to simulate you, alongside all of your posts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1248 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── what if we just claimed one specific institution or industry as ours, and said "you can manage your projectities somewhere over there, this here is ours because we think you're mishandling it so we're gonna do it ourselves." if we pick something (or multiple people pick from multiple things) then we can specialize and overcome all of the challenges of the socially-corporate-d institution or industry. just gotta focus on something all at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #17 fediverse/4946 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── I would trust the CIA if they gave me continual access to all surveillance of myself -- stack overflow -- what if you made a program which cycled credentials? like... "give me a random credential for Zoom" because we share all of our digital resources did you get banned for account sharing? no you didn't because you routed through the correct VPN automagically [has never had a software job] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1247 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── so wait is there any guarantee that the "releases" on github actually have the same code as that which is in the repository? Or could they just... put their own binary, with it's own strange rules and vulnerabilities, or am I just fearmongering? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3700 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── There is almost zero reason to have a messaging client (like Discord) that is anything more than a wrapper over IRC. There is almost zero reason to have a social media site that is anything more than a wrapper over HTML pages. There is almost zero reason to have forums that is anything more than a wrapper over email. and yet, we build things. and yet, we construct. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5644 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: palestine-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ people's palestine trauma is totally gonna fuck them up when it happens to their backyard. thanks, evil-run social media. It's true we wouldn't have been motivated without it, but such horrors are interminable to concieve about. "what if we just built our own websites and linked to them when we find them?" "hmmmm, interesting, this goes in my XYZ bookmark folder" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ |