Katherine Druckman @katherined@librem.one

My thread here yesterday about this cycle between open and closed protocols inspired me to write a longer-form piece on the subject:

https://puri.sm/posts/swinging-back-to-open-standards/

#fediverse #foss

if you hack a mastodon server does that mean you’re rootin’ tootin’?

Hmmm… Mastodon makes me think of social media from 10+ years ago. Let’s do #WriterWednesday

Writers I follow who are here, off the top of my head: @JacquiCastle @Ken_McConnell @johngreen @stephenfry @scalzi @kevinhearne @neilhimself

I’m sure I missed people, my apologies. I’ll do better next time. :)

Tune in to our new episode! @katherined, @dsearls, @shawnp0wers, and @kyle discuss the ups, downs, and how-tos of using Mastodon amid Twitter's recent instability.
Visit the following link for full episode - https://www.reality2cast.com/132

#Mastodon #socialMedia #Technology #Privacy #Podcast #newEpisode

After the dotcom bust 20 years ago, there was a shift away from attempts to turn the Internet into a portal owned by a single company (AOL, Yahoo, etc) using incompatible and proprietary tech, in favor of open standards.

This spawned a heydey for things like self-hosted blogs, RSS and XMPP powered by Linux. People rejected lock-in and embraced the benefits and freedom open standards brought. Even Big Tech embraced these standards.

#federation #decentralization #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

It’s time. Delete your Twitter DMs

https://grahamcluley.com/its-time-delete-your-twitter-dms/

(If you have friends on Mastodon who have come from Twitter please boost to increase their chance of seeing this. Likes, although appreciated, won't increase this post's visibility)

Can we get eco sister http://www.twitter.com/hiitaylorblake on here? Emmanuel the Emu's bird flu recovery is really the only reason I need to check Twitter anymore.

Who keeps you checking Twitter?

When your spouse asks you to pick up a white ceramic whale menorah at Target and you have to actually ask whether it’s for Hanukkah or Twitter social commentary.

But why not both?

“There were only enough microservices to last for one night, but they lasted for eight nights.”

From Twitter - looks like one of the microservices that "isn't needed to run the site" that Elon wanted to turn off got turned off... They killed the code that sends you your 2FA codes.

https://twitter.com/zachsilberberg/status/1592228112770924544

I really like the green checkmark system in Mastodon, but when relying on them for trust it's important to keep in mind *what* you are trusting:

* The security of the remote site (hacked site could vouch for an attacker)
* The security of the Mastodon instance (same)
* The integrity of the Mastodon instance (a modified version could let the owner disable the remote check)

This is one reason why I like self-owned instances on the account owner's domain.
#security #trust #GreenCheckmark

I’ll say it again, because I broke my own rule and I’m reaping what I sowed:

Do not automate what you don’t know how to do manually.

Do. Not. Automate, what you don’t know how to do manually.

When a comedian doubles and triples down on making transphobic and antisemitic jokes, it doesn't say, "I'm a philosopher king, and no subject is off limits," so much as, "Punching down to please the mob is my only shot at success."

I am getting schooled by @shawnp0wers @katherined @kyle on @reality2cast about how to use Mastodon. Like, just learned that on searls.com I can put the rel="me" tag in a link back to my handle here. Unless I misunderstood, which happens.

We (the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University, plus me and my wife, both visiting scholars there) are putting on this salon at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA this coming Monday at 11am Pacific: https://events.iu.edu/ostromworkshop/event/644997-ostrom-workshop-beyond-the-web-salon-series-roger It's free, and online as well as in person. Registration is required for t he online side (it'll be zoomed). Sign up at that link. The speaker is Roger McNamee, former advisor to Mark Zuckerberg, and then the author of the bestseller, Zucked.

So this is when one starts Rabbits of Mastodon.

#rabbitsofmastodon