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> That's because you didn't install Linux to save time. You entered the world of Linux (or WordPress, Node, Python etc.) because you got the sense that somethin

> That's because you didn't install Linux to save time. You entered the world of Linux (or WordPress, Node, Python etc.) because you got the sense that something is happening over there. People who are as annoying as they are clever never seem to shut up about it. I use Linux because it is just better than the alternatives, not because it is a super special secret club for the smart. It isn't. Using it doesn't make you special. Going on about it constantly doesn't attract people, it turns them off, especially when framed like this. > It used to be that you had to use Twitter because of its network power and consequent reach. No, you didn't. Most people have never had an account and have never even been to it. Facebook is something that was nearly universal. Twitter has always been that weird esoteric platform for journalists and celebrities and their (pretty pathetic) groupies. It is certainly not necessary for open source software developers to have an account. > You'll also be sharing the space with an increasing amount of far-right influencers and a diminishing number of reputable scientists. Where "far right" presumably means you aren't a communist and don't believe in gender ideology. >I will argue that the 10+ million people already on the fediverse are actually the exact group of nerdy open culture enthusiasts you wanna be reaching out to. I cannot imagine a group of people I would want to "reach out to" LESS than the people I see on Mastodon when I look at it. Yes I really want to go to a social network where I will get verbally abused for not putting alt text on images. Yes I really want to share a social network with people that will ban me for using the "wrong" pronouns. No. >Diverse leadership and community. >Tech-leaning but open to all. >Highly safety-minded, as most recently evidenced by their Federation Safety Enhancement Project. Reminder: when these people say "safety" they mean safety from ideas and sentiments that challenge them. They do not mean "safety from pedophiles" (fediverse is full of them, including people advocating for children to go to burlesque and drag performances). They do not mean "safety to express ideas without fear of censorship". They mean "safety from anything that might challenge leftist orthodoxy".

zzo38computer 3y ago
> Reminder: when these people say "safety" they mean ... If so, then that means that they are using FSEP for bad things (many things can be used for bad things). FSEP itself seems to be more neutral, and most of it seems to be OK although there are a few problems (although it also (fortunately) seems to avoid some of the possible problems with such a thing); one problem I can see is that it does not say that reasons are specified for being blocked (which might be helpful in case you wanted to filter them). The other thing that FSEP does not seems to say is if you want to only partially block another instance (item 3.1 seems to suggest that it is all or nothing, although Fig. 07 makes that less clear).

zzo38computer 3y ago

> Reminder: when these people say "safety" they mean ... If so, then that means that they are using FSEP for bad things (many things can be used for bad things). FSEP itself seems to be more neutral, and most of it seems to be OK although there are a few problems (although it also (fortunately) seems to avoid some of the possible problems with such a thing); one problem I can see is that it does not say that reasons are specified for being blocked (which might be helpful in case you wanted to filter them). The other thing that FSEP does not seems to say is if you want to only partially block another instance (item 3.1 seems to suggest that it is all or nothing, although Fig. 07 makes that less clear).