erincandescent
@erincandescent.net
I wrote the initial draft of ActivityPub; I’m here to watch how these things turn out
"In a way, it’s a bit harder for me to talk about the values and design goals of ActivityPub. It happened in a larger standards group and involved a lot of passing of hands. I think if I were to be robust about it, I would also ask Evan Prodromou, Erin Shepherd, and Amy Guy to weigh in..." (1/n)
Three weeks ago I wrote "How decentralized is Bluesky really?" dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
Shortly thereafter, @bnewbold.net wrote his response: whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
I have written my (final) response blogpost: dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-b...
And as last time, 🧵. Buckle up.
Shortly thereafter, @bnewbold.net wrote his response: whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
I have written my (final) response blogpost: dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-b...
And as last time, 🧵. Buckle up.
Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
dustycloud.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:34 PM
"In a way, it’s a bit harder for me to talk about the values and design goals of ActivityPub. It happened in a larger standards group and involved a lot of passing of hands. I think if I were to be robust about it, I would also ask Evan Prodromou, Erin Shepherd, and Amy Guy to weigh in..." (1/n)
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BREAKING: PHP: it's been used by Facebook, but could it be used for good? Click here for the story.
August 7, 2023 at 9:09 PM
BREAKING: PHP: it's been used by Facebook, but could it be used for good? Click here for the story.
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BREAKING: Criminalising witch hats "on table" according to UK's home secretary. The country's dramatic u-turn on traditional programmer clothing is taking many by surprise, they're now mandatory in most EU countries.
May 10, 2023 at 1:36 AM
BREAKING: Criminalising witch hats "on table" according to UK's home secretary. The country's dramatic u-turn on traditional programmer clothing is taking many by surprise, they're now mandatory in most EU countries.
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Facts. Deny lists can and will be abused. They've been abused on every platform that has them.
But, the solution for that is "build guardrails to prevent that abuse" not "let's never have deny lists."
But, the solution for that is "build guardrails to prevent that abuse" not "let's never have deny lists."
mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])
This isn't an exhaustive list, but these 3 are fairly straightforward ones. And they're not new. You can seriously find Black users asking for these going back to 2017.
Even trying to discuss these often results in:
* You just don't know how the Fediverse works!
* Shared deny lists can be abused, so let's never have them!
* You just love Twitter! You want quote tweets! You want Elon to hurt you again!
hachyderm.io
May 12, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Facts. Deny lists can and will be abused. They've been abused on every platform that has them.
But, the solution for that is "build guardrails to prevent that abuse" not "let's never have deny lists."
But, the solution for that is "build guardrails to prevent that abuse" not "let's never have deny lists."
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MNNH News is proud to reiterate its continued place at the forefront of online breaking news, with a new presence on the future of federated social networking – Bluesky. Follow @mnnhnewsenglish.bsky.social for coverage on Bluesky
May 6, 2023 at 5:31 PM
MNNH News is proud to reiterate its continued place at the forefront of online breaking news, with a new presence on the future of federated social networking – Bluesky. Follow @mnnhnewsenglish.bsky.social for coverage on Bluesky
The truth is that the only way to have a nice, friendly community is to cultivate it; norms and culture are easily destroyed, and though how this is done varies based upon political leaning, the capacity for both intentional and accidental destruction is universal
recalling the great mastodon migration of a couple years back: the initial giddy euphoria of new platform and a better community. and how within a couple months it all fell to shit in a cacophony of lefty infighting and recriminations
May 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM
The truth is that the only way to have a nice, friendly community is to cultivate it; norms and culture are easily destroyed, and though how this is done varies based upon political leaning, the capacity for both intentional and accidental destruction is universal
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Technical interview question:
On a hypothetical social network blocks and likes are public.
Here's a list of IDs for transphobic politicians and journalists [list] and a social graph [graph].
Design a system to generate a list of trans folk and their supporters for targeted harassment.
(45 mins)
On a hypothetical social network blocks and likes are public.
Here's a list of IDs for transphobic politicians and journalists [list] and a social graph [graph].
Design a system to generate a list of trans folk and their supporters for targeted harassment.
(45 mins)
April 29, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Technical interview question:
On a hypothetical social network blocks and likes are public.
Here's a list of IDs for transphobic politicians and journalists [list] and a social graph [graph].
Design a system to generate a list of trans folk and their supporters for targeted harassment.
(45 mins)
On a hypothetical social network blocks and likes are public.
Here's a list of IDs for transphobic politicians and journalists [list] and a social graph [graph].
Design a system to generate a list of trans folk and their supporters for targeted harassment.
(45 mins)
So like, if I block (say) Trump, a bunch of his fanbase who monitor the list of people who block him turn up in my mentions to call me slurs?
Inadvertently, this makes blocking someone a very public statement; a statement you may not wish to be published
Inadvertently, this makes blocking someone a very public statement; a statement you may not wish to be published
April 29, 2023 at 9:54 AM
So like, if I block (say) Trump, a bunch of his fanbase who monitor the list of people who block him turn up in my mentions to call me slurs?
Inadvertently, this makes blocking someone a very public statement; a statement you may not wish to be published
Inadvertently, this makes blocking someone a very public statement; a statement you may not wish to be published
New blog post: Right of Reply, or: who should be able to reply to your posts on a social network, and how do we technically enforce that?
blog.erinshepherd.net
April 27, 2023 at 5:27 PM
New blog post: Right of Reply, or: who should be able to reply to your posts on a social network, and how do we technically enforce that?
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CONSERVATIVES WERE RIGHT.
I moved to California and within WEEKS, this guy set up a tent IN MY HOME and REFUSED to leave.
He won’t pay rent and authorities won’t help AT ALL. This country is in shambles.
I moved to California and within WEEKS, this guy set up a tent IN MY HOME and REFUSED to leave.
He won’t pay rent and authorities won’t help AT ALL. This country is in shambles.
April 14, 2023 at 5:08 PM
CONSERVATIVES WERE RIGHT.
I moved to California and within WEEKS, this guy set up a tent IN MY HOME and REFUSED to leave.
He won’t pay rent and authorities won’t help AT ALL. This country is in shambles.
I moved to California and within WEEKS, this guy set up a tent IN MY HOME and REFUSED to leave.
He won’t pay rent and authorities won’t help AT ALL. This country is in shambles.
i was musing with a friend about how i hadn't figured out a good way to teach coworkers how to write code defensively (i work in payments! it's really important!!) and
their comment was like "i don't know if it's teachable, i think it's called having (had) anxiety" and damn checks out
their comment was like "i don't know if it's teachable, i think it's called having (had) anxiety" and damn checks out
April 13, 2023 at 11:09 AM
i was musing with a friend about how i hadn't figured out a good way to teach coworkers how to write code defensively (i work in payments! it's really important!!) and
their comment was like "i don't know if it's teachable, i think it's called having (had) anxiety" and damn checks out
their comment was like "i don't know if it's teachable, i think it's called having (had) anxiety" and damn checks out
Interesing to observe that of the Distributed IDs supported by ATProto today:
* `did:plc` (https://atproto.com/specs/did-plc) centralises identity
* `did:web` decentralises it, but makes it nonportable (ActivityPub style)
* `did:plc` (https://atproto.com/specs/did-plc) centralises identity
* `did:web` decentralises it, but makes it nonportable (ActivityPub style)
DID Placeholder (did:plc) | AT Protocol
A hosted, secure registry of user DIDs.
atproto.com
April 12, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Interesing to observe that of the Distributed IDs supported by ATProto today:
* `did:plc` (https://atproto.com/specs/did-plc) centralises identity
* `did:web` decentralises it, but makes it nonportable (ActivityPub style)
* `did:plc` (https://atproto.com/specs/did-plc) centralises identity
* `did:web` decentralises it, but makes it nonportable (ActivityPub style)