=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/752 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── techbros really wanted to automate IRC so they didn't have to rely on the community knowing and trusting them to remember the commands to make docker containers for their react frameworks and like... yeah I use chatGPT too, because that way I can get what I need without bothering anyone (you aren't bothering people who get off on helping others when you ask for help) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/770 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── There are some pieces of software where you think "oh cool, what did they update?" and then there are some like "oh god... What did they update?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/146 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-138 if you don't want feedback then why don't you just... not open the replies? leave them unread? if you feel the need to justify your actions (such as not reading replies to your controversial posts) then somewhere deep down you feel like those actions are unjustified, and needing an explanation. which makes your point feel less valid to others, since even you don't believe in it enough to guarantee it to be the truest expression of your soul. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2155 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-192 │ ║ │ ║ it doesn't have to be a nazi bar. Imagine if we posted on our own bulletin │ ║ boards, and we subscribed to people via IP address (which we'd ping every once │ ║ in a while) rather than demanding that our stuff be hosted on someone else's │ ║ computer │ ║ │ ║ ... oh yeah, duh, because then we can't save our social media posts from a │ ║ different computer. │ ║ │ ║ would be nice if instead there was a localized copy of the text that people │ ║ were posting / favorited / wanted remembered on EVERY person's computer, like │ ║ they were storing 1/3rd of the torrent file of the instance's data. │ ║ │ ║ like, just enough to be unreadable to any one individual, but if you had like │ ║ 3 computers you could get each individual slice and transcribe it into words │ ║ that you could read. │ ║ │ ║ or you could just look at your part, then ask other people for their 2 parts │ ║ related to [posts from XYZ user at this-and-this time period] and use them to │ ║ populate the local user's feed. │ ║ │ ║ and you could log on because all of the PASSWORDS are stored and encrypted in │ ║ a way that │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4930 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── hi does anyone know of an app that non tech people could use that's like "signal but organized like discord" with channels and threads and such? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #8 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2055 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ I wish we could put our friends on social media into directories │ ║ │ ║ like on IRC how you have chat servers, except unfortunately they're owned by │ ║ another and sort of a common space. │ ║ │ ║ why don't we just host our own IRC servers and only publish what WE SAY. NOT │ ║ WHAT OTHERS SAY, NOT A CHATROOM, but a BULLETIN BOARD. Like a Facebook │ ║ timeline before they wrecked it. │ ║ │ ║ something you subscribe to │ ║ │ ║ and ping for updates │ ║ │ ║ every time you turn your computer on │ ║ │ ║ or every 15 minutes. │ ║ │ ║ unless, of course, you leave your IP address, │ ║ │ ║ in which case the boardcaster can ping you. Just a simple package saying "hey │ ║ I got news for you" and they could ping back and say "yo what's up" and │ ║ download whatever you had in mind. │ ║ │ ║ or, wait 15 minutes. Either or. Both would work, especially if the user's not │ ║ reading through their social media feed. │ ║ │ ║ ... anyway by putting friends into directories, you could categorize them │ ║ according to project. Like various group chats in your team-of-team's room. │ ║ Various different threads you could follow if you │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/190 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: oh y'know │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-95 sometimes it feels like I have no information. nothing on social media can be trusted and everything we share could be automated. perhaps the human race really is doomed, or perhaps it's under it's place. Just think of what we could do with programmable matter - a world suited to our every desire. I think the beauty of humanity is it's potential. we've come so far and done so much, but tomorrow is ever before us. what's next for our fateful kind? we shall see, but for now I'm going to play video games T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 notes/wow-chat-file-directory-vision --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── wow-chat but there's a UI element addon that let's you zoom in/out and displays a diablo style minimap -- stack overflow what if there was a new building town built north west of denver and south of estes park then, they built a railway out to it then, they added a circle just 1/4th of the way out of the ring then 3/4ths suddenly, impossible urban renewal, as the world feels opened up without a car leading the charge into the future ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 messages/225 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Why would a server ever demand that an older client upgraded? What right do they have? Just treat them the same as you always have, whatever forms and limitations, Otherwise what's the point? There's no reliability! What if you're shot? What then? We've lost our greatest friends! You can't be seriously wanting for another spark? What's wrong with you my friend, are you alright or on a bend? What's wrong in your sight, that you'd wander into this own end? Well, take care of your birthright, and all is well to thine kin. Well there we go, sadness forever, as our line here doth end. What else shall be considered? What ends is too much deserved? It's so unfavorable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4664 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── @user-1725 LLMs can't do math. Duh. That's like asking an "if check" to do recursion. What he should have done is had the AI output the requested calculation as JSON or something and use a calculator function call with the specified arguments instead of trying to memorize every answer. But that requires more functionality that has no reason to exist if your only goal is to be a tech bro and build up a vacuous product that exists only to be hoovered up by Google or Microsoft. We could build such beautiful things if we just dethroned those giants. They suck the creativity out of tech. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #15 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5386 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-670 @user-1815 @user-1816 literally nobody has contributed to the one github repo I have ever. I got like, one comment from some guy in China or Taiwan. It's been up for like, 4 or 5 years and it's on my website. /shrug I guess most people bounce off after reading the splash screen /shrug to me, a FOSS project feels static because I don't believe in centralization and I also don't have the bandwidth or need to work on it. /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4463 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── at this point in time you probably shouldn't be forming NEW online communities unless you're part of an OLD community that just isn't radical enough. And then you should try and MERGE communities into larger, more geographically concentrated ones. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3252 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: butts-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ you want to invite trust? why not stream everything that you do on a computer? [posts 5hundo times per day] jeez not like that is that... is that really what humans think about? just... endless and continuous butts? oh what's that a math equation - nope, just more butts. What the heck, humanity! why did you spend all this effort storing all this junk??? like... we get it, you really like butts, but... why butts??? it's just another part of your body. so weird. humans, you're... weird. but it's fine, whatever, you're still cool too, not sure why tho because all I can think about is butts yeesh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1664 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: protests, politics, dogwhistles │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ do you ever think about how calling the BLM events "protests" versus "riots" is a subtle dogwhistle for your politics? I usually say "riots" so that I blend in. also because I've been conditioned by the people who I talk to about them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ |