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Auster

@ Auster @thebrainbin.org

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  • Would this be possible with the fediverse?

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  • GOG's site has no ties to ActivityPub, but one element from there may facilitate building on that idea.

    There, they have a review system, but it's not locked to only buyers. As long as the page for a game, DLC, etc. is up, you can leave a review. And as a way to mitigate voting manipulation, you as an user can filter by owner reviews specifically (and iirc, filters are saved in the browser's session so you don't need to change all the time).

    Now, into ActivityPub, two store projects exist that I know, Bandwagon and Flohtmarkt, respectively trying to mimic Bandcamp and Facebook Marketplace's experiences. Unsure how they federate their contents or how they work internally as I haven't tested them yet, but if a product listing gets propagated as a post to other social medias, people could comment on them. But if internally they can check who owns the product of the given listing, they could do so to filter out all non-owner comments.

    And furthermore, borrowing ideas from yet another store, the smut manga store Fakku allows people to comment on product listings, and optionally leave a rating along with the comment. Again, if either Bandwagon and Flohtmarkt have a way to check ownership, or if another ActivityPub-compatible store engine is released which then could have such check, maybe the store/engine could make the rating part locked out from non-buyers.

    And lastly, engine-specific functions don't seem far-fetched. From what I read, PieFed has things like community migration and Reddit-like flairs, Misskey has pretty powerful client-sided CSS capabilities, Mbin mixes microblogging and threads pretty organically, Minds, Wafrn and to an extent Friendica connect to multiple protocols, and Peertube feels like its own thing. So such proposed ideas, if not already applied, should be within the realm of possibility.

  • Instances for Portuguese and / or Italian speakers?

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  • Esperanto isn't really useful for what I needed back when I made the post.

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    I built an AI app that helps people choose what to watch in seconds

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  • I'm not its target audience (not much of movies fan), but considering I made sheets for similar uses for music and games, it makes me think:

    • couldn't it be fully offline? More reassurance of no data collection and it should keep being useful virtually forever, specially if physical media and DRM-free movies and series get traction.
    • instead of an LLM, why not a local database with a tag or like/dislike system, with the system having a bit of randomness for suggestions to have an algorithm?
    • in line with the first point, if an LLM is a must, why not have a local one trained specifically on movies and series?

  • Made a graph of the "wider" fediverse - is this correct?

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  • Didn't know Friendica and Hubzilla are other protocols. 👀

  • Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger

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  • So... What about autistic people sounding like LLMs before LLMs were a thing?

  • Wafrn, a tumblr inspired federated social media that connects with fedi, lemmy and bluesky (optional)

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  • @gabboman@gabboman.xyz AT Protocol (Bluesky's) integration is usually done through Bridgy, and as I get concerned too many people depending on a single service is depending on a single fail point, went to check WAFRN's docs.

    https://wafrn.net/faq/user.html 👀

    Bluesky Integration

    Wafrn has native Bluesky Integration.

    Other Fediverse software has to rely on Bridgy to interact with Bluesky. Wafrn's native suppot means that we have major advantages over Bridgy(...)

  • New to calckey.world. Can someone give me a few hints/directions?

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  • First time I hear about the instance and hadn't looked into the engine before, but it seems awfully like Misskey. And as I don't use Misskey much, I can't draw comparisons to what I see.

    But at least from a quick glance for point 7, it does support tags:

  • EU fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act

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  • Just read the article. The arguments given feel like they could easily be used to push more anti-privacy laws, and considering how pushy they are, I feel inclined to think that's the case. Also using Twitter as the target, they can induce people to cause noise for the subject.

  • Made a graph of the "wider" fediverse - is this correct?

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  • Wasn't quite sure how to fit WordPress, as well as either Minds and Threads, as all 3 end up being, from what I could tell, hybrids.

    But interesting. Now that you mention it, I remembered NodeBB also implemented ActivityPub compatibility, though can't remember if it's through optional plugins or if it became an ActivityPub platform altogether. Gonna look up what other softwares are in this situation too.

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  • Besides Mbin, from what I tested, Misskey also has some level of integration between threads and microblogging, further than Mastodon ⇄ Lemmy at least. Also from what I read, apparently Friendica tries to be hybrid like Mbin too.

  • Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters?

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  • Besides what the article brings up, such AI adoption feels like an artificial move. And from what I can observe, any artificial changes come crashing down at some point, damaging everything that grew dependent on it, and what remains of it is but a fraction of what it once was, and very unlikely to increase much again.

  • Federated wiki software?

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  • I see the last update was in may. Should it be source of concern?

  • Trying to learn Linux, coming from windows

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  • Something I noticed early on is that a lot of explanations for Linux can be used, at least partially, for multiple subjects/programs/situations. Also stress can hinder perception. So when I would reach a roadblock, I left the project in the corner and came back to it a few days later. For the first year, it helped a bunch.

    Also taking the time to read terminal logs when something breaks helps a bunch, either to figure out by yourself, or to search in your search engine of choice.

    And like with learning a new language, the learning curve requires patience. Besides, having had the opportunity to test multiple systems, some popular and some highly specific, each was quirky even when close to a system I already knew, so maybe testing around in a virtual machine or a spare laptop to find the Linux distro that best fits you might help?

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    Required move to ease onboarding?

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  • @fuat2mb@theres.life Personally, I like the idea of instances exclusive for testing out.

    Also Mastodon allows the user to point to his/her new account, so migrating, for outsiders, doesn't too far fetched to implement elsewhere if desired. And Mastodon and Lemmy (at least) allow exporting the user's data, so also not reinventing the wheel there. And the idea of an instance made for testing out could be set up just like that, on an instance basis, so no need to change fundamental functionalities of a given forum engine.

    Two things I'd propose, though, first to not allow new magazines/communities to be created by non-admin/moderators as to not have derelict ones once the allowed usage period ends, and to have some level of control on people subscribing to avoid bots.

    And regarding the usage period, I wonder if a moderator bot could be set up to automatically lock a given account after it, only allowing to log in to get the aforementioned export data (if that is to be implemented).

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  • Sounds quite dystopian, setting a precedent for either (or both) the host being considered accomplice for any wrongdoings of any third parties, and/or inducing hosting companies to become informal polices. And it comes in quite a curious time, when the EU is trying to push for chat control, some US states are trying to push for AI surveillance cameras, Brazil passed a law that requires apps to do facial recognition, GrapheneOS is being targeted by French news media, and all those using potential crimes and cherry-picking cases to justify.

  • Switch to a Fully free Operating System

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  • Didn't see the original analysis that is used to make that claim, so I can only argue about more general problems, specifically to what scopes one can keep using only software he/she can audity and is free to use. For example, work may require tunelling tools or email/messaging programs which you have no control over. Also the majority of games have at least closed source elements. You also can't guarantee the sites you access are FOSS or the hardware you have available makes its blueprints or firmwares available and auditable. Also if your setup grows, e.g. using a game controller, USB stick, another screen, etc., drivers needed and/or installed could be a "black box" too as you say.

    Such an end is still utopic, too far to reach, so my suggestion would be trimming what can be replaced or ignored while rising awareness (and possible solutions¹) to specific problem, and through that step by step move closer to such a fully FOSS objective.

    ¹pointing problems without proposing solutions, that I can observe, is a great way to make the listener lose his/her will to tackle a given problem

  • Looks like now Mbin, at least on mobile, mixes threads and microblog posts

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  • Photos appear fine though? And I rarely see threads with videos attached so don't think those would appear on a quick check anyways.

  • Looks like now Mbin, at least on mobile, mixes threads and microblog posts

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  • I see. Thanks. Asked because I needed it to test something, but luckily it appeared in a magazine's page. =)

  • Looks like now Mbin, at least on mobile, mixes threads and microblog posts

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  • Like this in the respective tab of the dashboard (the menu the 3 gears icon from UbO open):

  • Looks like now Mbin, at least on mobile, mixes threads and microblog posts

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  • On a magazine it appeared, so using it as basis:

    Threads appear as articles in the page's source code. Microblog posts appear as blockquote.So you should be able to hide them, at least with Ublock Origin, with domain_from_the_instance##blockquote, e.g. for mine, thebrainbin.org##blockquote.