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SavvyWolf

@ savvywolf @pawb.social

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  • What is the most important unanswered question about the Fediverse?

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  • There are a number of features that make them different, but the major one that makes me favour ATProto is that it gets around the centralization problems of the Fediverse.

    I'm @savvywolf@pawb.social on ActivityPub, this means:

    • My identity is linked to pawb.social. That means that if someone falls out with my admin over something, I get blocked as fallout.
    • Likewise, if my admin falls out with someone else and blocks them, I have to follow those decisions.
    • My data is stored on pawb.social. That means that if the server gets shut down, even with warning, poof! My data is gone.

    In addition, there isn't any way to transfer data between ActivityPub instances. Sure you can set up redirects in Mastodon, but there's no way to actually transfer information or history.

    There's really no reason these three things all need to be managed by the same entity (pawb.social in my case).

    Under ATProto:

    • My identity is handled by DNS. I control my domain name, so I control my identity and reputation.
    • While this isn't battle tested yet, ATProto (or at least Bluesky) has much better support for blocklists. Individual users can create their own blocklist and share them with others. So Bluesky itself doesn't need to ban other instances unless they start doing really illegal things.
    • My data is stored on Bluesky's servers, but I can easily move it to another server if I need to without breaking anything (I think? ATProto nerds, is this true?).

    If I don't like the way Bluesky is going I can just... Leave. I can move my data to another platform and log in to another frontend. All without my followers even noticing a difference or losing any content.

    It also has some cool features. For example, there's this thing which allows you to just set up pronouns so that they are visible on your own profile to other people that use the list. https://bsky.app/profile/pronouns.adorable.mom All implemented without any protocol extensions.

  • What is the most important unanswered question about the Fediverse?

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  • I don't think so - there's already a project that bridges between AT and AP, so in theory it's possible for that to just be pulled into Mastodon proper.

    However, that's not to say it'll be easy. It'll be a years of work with lots of challenges and drama.

  • What is the most important unanswered question about the Fediverse?

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  • Will the Fediverse switch away from ActivityPub to ATProto?

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    That you feel comfortable sharing/compiling, what are your various identities or roles in your life?

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  • This is actually something I've been thinking about a lot as of late...

    I broadly have three "identities":

    • My "IRL" identity, for work and family life and stuff.
    • My "online" identity where I pretend to be a wolf-thing.
    • My "spicy online" identity which... Well, it'd be rude to share. :P

    I've been wondering how isolated to keep them... But as part of my recent plan to stop worrying about everything so much, I'm trying to not get too stressed about ways people could figure out how to "link them together". I highly doubt that anyone is going to take the time to run my reputation through the mud. And even if they tried, I like to think we live in modern times where the fact that I look at werewolf boobs isn't going to be that morally objectionable.

    Or at least, I hope so.

  • Are you in duplicate communities?

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  • Aye.

  • What is your favourite/ most used FOSS android apps?

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  • I was struggling to remember which I used, and then I remembered that Firefox (or Fennec, to be precise) is open source.

    Also, Jerboa. Hi.

    HeliBoard is also pretty good. As is Tusky.

  • A question about how we are living

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  • Yeah, I'm predicting more issues next election as well, whoever wins...

    Still, I think it's a complicated issue that isn't as simple just "people aren't spending more time with their neighbours".

  • A question about how we are living

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  • This ultimately will undoubtedly lead to major disruptions and social unrest.

    Will it? And if it does, I've seen a lot of unrest being in favour of social progress, which I think is at least part due to marginalized groups being able to find and advocate for each other. Is that a problem?

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  • Make your content good enough and be a good enough person so that people are willing to give you money voluntarily or for token rewards. Let those with the means subsidize those without.

    Occasionally you see something and the comments are full of "let me throw money at you". Maybe at least partially try that as a goal rather than searching for infinite growth at the expense of anyone who isn't an executive.

  • Was Trumps "booming economy" proof that "trickle down" policy actually works??

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  • People with different political ideologies to you snuck into your bank account and stole it.

  • What's an aspect of life that's currently done privately that you think should be communalized?

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  • However, if talking and partaking in sexual acts is less stigmatised, people will hopefully feel a lot more comfortable about getting tested and talking about it.

    And honestly, if it does turn out to be that big a problem, vetting and requiring regular testing seems a reasonable thing to require before people are allowed in.

  • What's an aspect of life that's currently done privately that you think should be communalized?

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  • ... Why should private internet be banned or discouraged? What benefits would that being?

    It's a bit of a cop out, but maybe talking about and dealing with feelings. At best people usually only talk privately with a professional for money. Normalise just having regular group therapy for everyone that they can just drop in and out of.

    Or if we want to really push boundaries: Orgies and kink parties. Sex is a natural part of life, no need to keep it secret.

  • Why doesn't autistic identity follow the same format as LGBT identity?

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  • This has the problem of being both overly simplified and overly complicated.

    On the simplification front, it has the same issues as aspergers/autism or the three levels system that the US uses. By simplifying it to several axises you lose a lot of nuance. Someone could have a lot of difficulties, but not even appear autistic if they happen to miss whatever is being measured. Every autistic person is different and has specific needs and desires. Making a simple "political compass" style thing is going to miss that.

    As a comparison to lgbt people, consider a woman who doesn't feel sexual attraction to anyone, but derives sexual satisfaction from a big burly guy choking her. Where does she lie on the lgbt spectrum?

    However, you're also overcomplicating things. Instead of people just saying that they're autistic, they have to list all the symptoms they have in some kind of grid decided by some person who is never getting a consensus.

    We should normalise "hey, could you stop whistling? I'm a bit sensitive to high pitched noises". Rather than pushing for "Hey, I'm diagnosed as a high-sensitive-hearer, here's my diagnosis".

    And as well as all that, people are almost certainly use this as a way to gatekeep. Happens a lot in lgbt circles; gay people saying bisexuality isn't a thing, bi people saying homosexuality isn't a thing, people denying the existence of ace, trans or intersex people. If you create a criteria for liking routine, then there's going to be people that say only autistic people that meet that criteria are REALY autistic.

    Honestly, this whole idea feels like it comes fron the academic desire to categorize and study rather than a desire to help.

  • What do we call communities in Lemmy?

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  • The "official" word is "community", which you can see in various parts of the UI.

  • Lemmy super communities?

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  • In terms of community (rather than instance) moderation I could see it going one of two ways:

    • Communities all share the same moderator list, when a post gets removed by a mod, it gets removed from all "mirrors".
    • Each "mirror" gets its own mod list and post list. Posts can be removed from one mirror by a mod on that mirror and remain visible on other mirrors.

  • Lemmy visit time: What percentage are you on Subscribed / Local / All?

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  • Basically 100% subscribed. Being exposed to the unfiltered hivemind of lemmy seems like I'd see a lot of stuff that I don't want to see. :P Especially since I have nsfw turned on.

  • How often do you have to correct the spell checker?

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  • Depends on whether it thinks I'm living in America or not.

  • What would you replace the "pledge of allegiance" with?

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  • Give them 5 minutes with fidget spinners or other fidget toys.

    Only half joking, stimming be good for you.

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    M*sturbators of Lemmy, when & how did you break the cycle?

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  • Master locked me in a cage for locktober. ;_; (/s)

    On a serious note. Nothing wrong with fapping. It doesn't hurt anyone.