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Good morning! #FediMTL is getting started! Follow along in this thread for live posting about what's happening on stage.
I believe you may still be able to purchase a live streaming ticket, too so check that out.
If you'd rather not see this thread, you can mute me for a few hours. :)
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Good morning! #FediMTL is getting started! Follow along in this thread for live posting about what's happening on stage.
I believe you may still be able to purchase a live streaming ticket, too so check that out.
If you'd rather not see this thread, you can mute me for a few hours. :)
To Mute for a few hours, in the default Mastodon UI, click my profile, and in the options menu, choose "Mute" - there is an advanced options section there, and that gives you the ability to mute me for a few hours - 6 should suffice!
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To Mute for a few hours, in the default Mastodon UI, click my profile, and in the options menu, choose "Mute" - there is an advanced options section there, and that gives you the ability to mute me for a few hours - 6 should suffice!
Silly, but I didn't make the connection that MTL was Montreal. Duh. We're starting! Getting a dual French/English introduction to the event as it should be.
@FediHost was behind this get together. If you have some fediverse hosting needs (GoToSocial, too!) check them out.
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Silly, but I didn't make the connection that MTL was Montreal. Duh. We're starting! Getting a dual French/English introduction to the event as it should be.
@FediHost was behind this get together. If you have some fediverse hosting needs (GoToSocial, too!) check them out.
It was also sponsored by @socialwebfdn and @qlub , the latter of which I am not familiar with! Note to self, check them out later.
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It was also sponsored by @socialwebfdn and @qlub , the latter of which I am not familiar with! Note to self, check them out later.
@pluralistic up first, talking Canada's 💩 attempts at regulating USA's tech industry.
Literal shit heads. I love it.
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@pluralistic up first, talking Canada's 💩 attempts at regulating USA's tech industry.
Literal shit heads. I love it.
If you want to see the schedule for today, check this out, about halfway down.
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If you want to see the schedule for today, check this out, about halfway down.
Cory's visuals are a real treat. Loving it.
We must start moving away from enshittified social networks now. Let's hack out emergency exits from those networks to open social alternatives.
Meaning, ways to make some interoperability (bridging) to ease the transition.
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Cory's visuals are a real treat. Loving it.
We must start moving away from enshittified social networks now. Let's hack out emergency exits from those networks to open social alternatives.
Meaning, ways to make some interoperability (bridging) to ease the transition.
Interesting ideas. Instead of asking users to move over completely, leaving behind friends and family, we should creep into existing platform's timelines.
Create plugins that show open social content INSIDE the 💩 platforms. Attempts have hit barriers, of course, from those platforms trying to control their content. This existed at one time with an app called OG App.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/phones/the-og-app-instagram-alternative-ad-free/
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Interesting ideas. Instead of asking users to move over completely, leaving behind friends and family, we should creep into existing platform's timelines.
Create plugins that show open social content INSIDE the 💩 platforms. Attempts have hit barriers, of course, from those platforms trying to control their content. This existed at one time with an app called OG App.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/phones/the-og-app-instagram-alternative-ad-free/
Cory's not holding back. Talking about creating de-shittifying apps in Canada. Making better technology.
Even if (and most likely will) Trump and American socials get mad and ban these apps in U.S. app stores, Americans will figure out how to get them anyway.
True!
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Cory's not holding back. Talking about creating de-shittifying apps in Canada. Making better technology.
Even if (and most likely will) Trump and American socials get mad and ban these apps in U.S. app stores, Americans will figure out how to get them anyway.
True!
This is not the first time I've heard about the idea of tech unions popping up. It's a good idea, especially with AI creeping into every crevice.
The Actor's Guid (SAG) was fairly early in this fight against AI, perhaps we should look to them for ideas.
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This is not the first time I've heard about the idea of tech unions popping up. It's a good idea, especially with AI creeping into every crevice.
The Actor's Guid (SAG) was fairly early in this fight against AI, perhaps we should look to them for ideas.
Just another visual treat for you from Cory's slides.
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Just another visual treat for you from Cory's slides.
Hmm thinking about this option to alter user's experiences with Facebook and Instagram. I mean, official apps are going to be difficult if not impossible without alternate app stores.
But...with the advent of things like the Arc browser, could developers create experiences on Facebook that exclude ads, extreme reaction content, and move open social content into their timeline as well?
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Hmm thinking about this option to alter user's experiences with Facebook and Instagram. I mean, official apps are going to be difficult if not impossible without alternate app stores.
But...with the advent of things like the Arc browser, could developers create experiences on Facebook that exclude ads, extreme reaction content, and move open social content into their timeline as well?
Next up, @cwebber discusses the @spritely and the challenges of moving the fediverse forward. And, what it's doing RIGHT today.
(From Jeff: Yes, y'all there are plenty of positive things to discuss about Fedi too, try it someday.)
She is delightful to listen to, and truly excited about her work, I love listening even tho much of it goes over my head. :)
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Next up, @cwebber discusses the @spritely and the challenges of moving the fediverse forward. And, what it's doing RIGHT today.
(From Jeff: Yes, y'all there are plenty of positive things to discuss about Fedi too, try it someday.)
She is delightful to listen to, and truly excited about her work, I love listening even tho much of it goes over my head. :)
@cwebber discusses account portability (it's possible in the fediverse, some examples in the wild) and digital surveillance (age verification).
Digital surveillance is easy to implement in centralized systems with little pushback from end users. When we own our social timeline, we have more freedom to choose what's best for us, and highlights that choice is possible. A scary thought for big social.
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@cwebber discusses account portability (it's possible in the fediverse, some examples in the wild) and digital surveillance (age verification).
Digital surveillance is easy to implement in centralized systems with little pushback from end users. When we own our social timeline, we have more freedom to choose what's best for us, and highlights that choice is possible. A scary thought for big social.
Check out Spritely, where they are experimenting with all kinds of new possibilities with ActivityPub and beyond.
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Check out Spritely, where they are experimenting with all kinds of new possibilities with ActivityPub and beyond.
Age verification may seem like a small deal, but it's a crack in our personal privacy shield, "just this one small thing" balloons into other demands, like verification by driver's license, having your real identity labelled on every post, etc.
(I am trying to consolidate Christine's comments into 500 chars or less...please view the session in total when you can - very worthwhile discussion)
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Age verification may seem like a small deal, but it's a crack in our personal privacy shield, "just this one small thing" balloons into other demands, like verification by driver's license, having your real identity labelled on every post, etc.
(I am trying to consolidate Christine's comments into 500 chars or less...please view the session in total when you can - very worthwhile discussion)
Fifteen minute break! Up next, @julian discusses Forums in the Fediverse.
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Fifteen minute break! Up next, @julian discusses Forums in the Fediverse.
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"There's too much uniformity in spaces today" - Let's bring back personal expression to profiles, MySpace, GeoCities, etc. for everyone.
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Amazon preferisce dare la colpa ai propri ingegneri piuttosto che alla sua intelligenza artificiale
"La cosa più comune che fanno i computer è rompersi, ed essere sinceri e trasparenti su questa realtà senza far sembrare la propria piattaforma un mucchio di mattoni incoerenti che barcollano su un dirupo sopra un parco giochi è un delicato gioco di equilibri. L'affidabilità di AWS è leggendaria e, nelle rare occasioni in cui fallisce, camminano sul filo del rasoio e comunicano molto bene. Quindi sono rimasto sorpreso nello scoprire che tutto ciò che bisogna fare per spazzare via vent'anni di eccellenza e farli sembrare dei fanatici insicuri e spumeggianti è cospargerli di un po' di narrativa del tipo "forse AWS è pessima nell'intelligenza artificiale". Poi, perdono la testa."
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/amazon_blame_human_not_ai/
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@marcoboh @ju @matz @lysander @thatgiga ah si, il famoso italiano corretto dei fiorentini, «sta lí a dusgento metri».
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@G3rt come potrei non scegliere le opzioni 1 e 3 oppure la 2 e la 4?!?
DIMMI TU COME? 😝
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@fdroidorg no issues so far, thanks. The big question is how will the 148 update be handled. I don't want an “AI kill switch”, I want a browser without AI features in the first place. Will Fennec patch that shit out at the source level?
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Current* conditions near Toledo, OH:
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@glitchypixel I'm very interested to see where you go with this. I got really excited about VALA about ~15 years ago, and the unportability of glib to even things like wasm was one of the reasons I eventually fell off of it. I'd been hoping someone might come along and produce a middle ground between gobject and glib. It seems like that never shaked out, but patching over the deficits with a few choice libraries might actually work out really well.
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@50Percent_Cooler LibreWolf Is a bit too opinionated for my taste
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@manto ma è un pezzo di storia! Telefono salvavita per anziani, più anni '90 dei Crash Test Dummies!
