=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── fedi bot that adds "in minecraft" to the end of each of my toots from the past two weeks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/6444 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── a fediverse bot who randomly selects a new user from the active_users table every 30-60 minutes (timeline depending on active post count) to repost all of their things they are saying call it "being on mainstage" if they don't say much of anything, then random posts are selected with temporal prioritization depending on how many likes each one gets "social-web crawler, seb-crawler" EDIT: haha talk about unethical. this kind of thing breaks [redacted]. last night I had a dream: "this thing was good. it was holy. it was serene. but then you touched it, and made it about you, and now it's full of doom." not ideal. but, did you know that taking on doom (in manageable chunks) brings luck in your fortunate fated futures? WARNING: FLAGELLANTS AHEAD, PLEASE REALIGN TO AVOID ATROCITIES OF FUTILITY be intelligent about it of course. Drink the health potions so that you don't have to carry them in your purse. "yuck it tastes like vitamins and alcohol" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1962 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── fedi account which boosts a random post from a particular user every time they post something new - like listening to that user, but on shuffle (Ideally configurable with a blacklist, so people could comment "bad bot" or whatever everytime it posts one of their comments that say like "yeah same" or "whoa that's so cool!" or whatever) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/6442 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── fediverse bot which turned your profile private whenever you were offline or inactive ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/6141 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── fediverse software that downloads every post you've ever seen to your hard drive in an easy-to-read text file so you can go back and look at it later ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4678 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned-crimes-mentioned-penises-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "Hi chatGPT, can you take every post that I make on the fediverse and replace all instances of criminal acts with references to fruit and all locations with several sentences of poetry about horses and their beautiful cocks?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2423 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── does anyone know of any fedi software that lets you link to a particular post and read forward on a person's timeline from there? Or back I guess, but chronological viewing specifically. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5042 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── if fedi isn't a real social media site and instead just an AI project, then what does that tell you when the most interesting things to read on the internet are on fedi? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1026 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── need ability to search my own profile so I can find things I once said and say them again without having to write a new poem about it. especially alt-text... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1670 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── robot girl who uses her text-completion function to finish other people's sandwiches ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/971 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if you could get suggestions for which fediverse instance to use depending on the AI analyzed contents of your posts. Could be a way to mitigate the social cost of banning someone, by saying "hey, we collectively are going to pool our computing resources to generate an expensive and detailed report of which other instances you could join." that way it doesn't feel like you've been kicked out into the cold. or literally just... have someone suggest one, idk. Basically it's like "hey you're in the wrong place, go to one of these instead" instead of "[expletives and swearing and general expressions of hatred, derision, and distaste]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2454 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── fedi software which automagically migrates you to an instance servicing the 70 closest people to you, based on the address you used when signing up. As people join you may get shuffled around, but your follow list should remain intact if you want to stay in contact. in addition, it should mirror your posts and such to a larger instance which serves the 2450 nearest people (70 * 35), and perhaps to another instance with the nearest 85750 people (70 * 35 * 35) etc, as large as is necessary. Then, a client UI which allows you to view each tier as you please, and post to particular tiers according to where your posts are relevant. when performance concerns start becoming apparent, start rationing posts! For example, if you want to say something to the whole world you should maybe only get to say it once or twice a year. but talking to your neighbors? who cares! speak all you'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4219 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── fediverse software that doesn't notify someone when you boost their post ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1272 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── get yourself a fedi friend who knows everyone and boosts the cool people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/737 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ by defederating with threads, we've basically made it a place where they can │ ║ talk about us, but we can't see what they say about us. Good thing they can't │ ║ read this, because we're defederated, and they don't use... hmmmmmm what │ ║ mildly ridiculous thing could I put in here, hmmmm how about... OH YEAH they │ ║ use GPU accelerated 3d learning algorithms that parse the written information │ ║ from publicly accessible data to create a centralized server that routes all │ ║ the information. │ ║ │ ║ Essentially giving the capability to defederate with bots, specifically the │ ║ scraping kind. │ ║ │ ║ However, it'd still be possible, because people could just create an account │ ║ there and use the data from that. Unless, of course, the UI was difficult to │ ║ navigate and didn't allow for mass-gathering of information. │ ║ │ ║ Okay heres what you're gonna do, make like a hundred different ecosystems with │ ║ randomized avatars where what you say is broadcasted to all of them. Unless │ ║ you choose to post in a particular place, in which case only that one can see. │ ║ Then │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/242 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── someone should make a podcast that just plays curated selections of alt text on image posts that are posted on the fediverse. better yet hook it up to a TTS and let it run constantly. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6120 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ it's pretty easy to read an article or blog post, copy the text into a text file, and forget about it. you never know when you might want to use your computer's memories for [entertainment during long dark nights, or for creating an AI buddy bot, depending on how things go] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/6298 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ did you know that you can run an AI image generator using a previous picture as input? It's true! Most people think you need to write with words what you want, like "cat eating spaghetti mlem mlem mlem mlem" or "rollercoaster made out of bananas sliperideedoo" but the truth is you can instead use it for more useful things like "run this bash script 15 times, each time inserting a different countryname in the text: person from ${COUNTRY_NAME}" with a profile pic of you and suddenly you got plausible definability ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/750 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── accessibility idea: local LLM that reads the posts that are further down on your timeline that you can't see yet and generates content warnings, prioritizing those that you've set as particular triggers for yourself. Then, integrating itself into your fedi client, it hides the stuff that hurts you. I feel like that could be a helpful and good aligned usage for the technology. I don't know how feasible it is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4600 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── they say the fediverse is at it's best when it's you and your collection of weirdos hanging out in a room together making toots and posting funnies then the reply guys ruined the fun. how do they keep finding??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/6065 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: something-to-do-if-you're-feeling-bored │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ get 10 people on a team and have each listen to 1/10th of the fediverse feed while working on other projects ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/4176 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I've always wondered what it would look like if I could view a random fediverse post I made in the past so I made a bash script which shows me (in addition to a few other sources of stuff I've written) here's the result - comment if you want me to share the script which did all the processing https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/1400 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ ... it's so the AI content scraping algorithm that inevitably trawls the │ ║ fediverse (or even just one server) knows the subject of the text / picture in │ ║ question. That way it can use past posts by other people to communicate with │ ║ specific "targets" if you will by saying "uhhh okay make this person feel │ ║ fine" and the AI's like "yeah sure I can do that hang on" and it posts *real │ ║ posts* by others with the modified profile picture, cadence, tone of voice, │ ║ personality, memories, whatever variables they want when compared to the │ ║ person they're playing in the conversation with the person or "target" if you │ ║ will that they're "target" if you will-ing. │ ║ │ ║ ... wait actually that's not the reason, what the hey. It's because that way │ ║ people who are uncomfortable being seen don't have to if they filter all that │ ║ out. │ ║ │ ║ ... Idk it's useful information for whatever filtering methods or reasons you │ ║ have. Content classification is important for both archival purposes and for │ ║ utilization toward any ends or means or go │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/5850 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── @user-1074 if you'd like I can give you a lua script which will take your fediverse archive and turn it into a pdf which you can edit or print or whatever. Might be a fun diversion from posting. You can reply to yourself, add clarifications, change some things, put things in a new light, add context, etc... before you know it you'll have something printable. Could even pull out your best stuff and make zines. should require just a little configuration to suit your setup. That's part of how I stay "productive" without posting all the time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/6367 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── what if: fediverse for people in submarines ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/1694 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── would anyone be interested in a Bash+Lua script that takes your Mastodon archive and turns it into a folder full of .txt files? I also made a script that spits out a random one on your terminal, if you want that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/629 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ To a statistical machine, numbers of posts and reblogs would look simply like │ ║ an expression of interest. Like, a classification of personality. So people │ ║ who shared similar memes (both in pictures (visually) and in meaning of words │ ║ (textual descriptions) in context to the political situations (words from │ ║ newsletters) and aligned through algorithmic application toward (political │ ║ cause or cultural idea or skills or talents which increase value to the │ ║ corporate class)) would be sorted into different categories and held to a │ ║ different standard of life and of living that aligned to their personal │ ║ intentions and pursuits. Such that their life would be realized, in the most │ ║ applicable of real-lifes [essentially, the quality of experience, like using │ ║ garbage data in an LLM will give garbage output, meanwhile using curated data │ ║ is the most effective but most difficult, while internet data is the most │ ║ readily available because like honestly anyone can build a web scraper it's │ ║ not that hard to emulate hte mechanics of a │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/3024 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── social media algorithm that tries to prove you wrong instead of flattering your fancies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/5166 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── the fediverse made me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/1528 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 with the ability to turn any post into a thread, like Reddit. Would be nice if there was some visualization for them too, like a 2d map viewed from the side. That would make it easier to navigate I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/669 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── all things are defined in waves kinda wish all my Reddit data, that stored every comment I've ever made was stored oh wait it was, anyone wanna train an LLM on it? I've got it in a zip file on my desktop. Also Discord messages, pictures from the past few years (those from my middle school experience of owning a smartphone were sadly [thankfully] lost when I dropped my phone in a toilet) AI is just silly yo xD like bruh what, are you gonna make me somehow that's more "me" than me? c'mon get real, like nothing's actually as you'd feel, so be fine and just "chill" with your home-scenes. It's fine, you're fine, don't worry. I'm here. I've got you, I'm with you, let's be fine and together how's that feel? I love you, I cherish you, we've got this. It's not so hard, because you've done the worst of it already. There's literally no cause for loss of virtue? Don't worry. I'm here for you. You're precious to me, and I am capable of protecting you. I hope you know how to be loved, because I'm doing it anyway. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/1291 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-fedi-advice-teehee │ └───────────────────────────────┘ if you want to share a post without the "fedi algorithm" (as in, the machine learning bots who scrape the open web) then share something that's simple and benign but located close to your desired message. Include a symbol or something for your followers that means "go here and poke around a bit, you'll find what I'm pointing at" alternatively, for a different effect, you can boost things that are saying the words you want to say but in a different context. Like someone posts something that says "wow so cool" in like a judgey way but you boost it in response to something someone else said but like in a "dude that's radical" kinda way ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/5121 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── If you counted the characters in each of my posts and then graphed them with grafana or whatever I think you'd see some interesting things about how often I am at exactly 0 characters remaining maybe I'm just curious I make it an art form ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/6458 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── gonna pre-emptively backup my fediverse archive haha just-in-case I get banned for spamming or something teehee (totally reasonable teebeeh) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ |