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gh repo fork MelodiousFork/mac-mini-old
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I see a lot of this, where it's become a mix of
- bots
- real people that comment like bots
It comes up on the Reddit moderation side where I look into an account assuming it's a spam bot but it's not. There is a certain voice or style that's similar between the two groups of accounts
Looking forward to the sublinks migration, I know a lot of people were looking into it for when it becomes ready!
Core idea is to create a frontend for simple users who do not want to learn about servers and navigation to use a product. So we are starting with curated feed, once we have traffic, we can add features for advanced users to let users pick any community from any server.
Well rather, how will you pick which communities go in that feed? It's not a bad plan, but transparency would encourage your users to use that feed
Understood. Not everyone has to or will agree with what others are doing. I am trying something different. I am only asking for not enforcing undocumented rules too hard until we have some minimum traffic like let's say 100 active users in a month
With how new fediverse tech is, a lot of new rules will be "written" based on what people try. Obfuscating or misleading people on where content is coming from (which is the concern people are expressing here), seems like something people will push back against.
A simple toggle would fix this issue
- show the instances (default)
- simplify my feed (removes the instances)
Again, while others may disagree, but are there rules on what not to do?
Nope, no rules on what not to do. Users and other instances are free to decide which ideas to support.
What I see is that donation approach alone has not generated enough money for any server to be a real competitor. So are others free to try other things?
I don't think any one instance is trying to be the replacement alone? That seems to be a big misunderstanding on what people want from the threadiverse. Despite network effects that limit growth, these instances continue to grow, self sustain from donations and grants, and prove how easy it can be to break away from the model big tech companies have adopted.
My view is that most people chose to use Lemmy/Mbin/PieFed/Sublinks over the established alternatives (ex. Reddit) because they didn't like how those alrernatives were being run.
As such, you might find it easier to build a userbase by avoiding what Reddit has done rather than try to emulate it
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Hi everyone!
Last year lemmy.ca ran a census for our instance, and this year we wanted to solicit feedback ahead of time. Since other instances expressed interest in running similar censuses, having some agreed upon questions would make it easier to do comparisons. (previous: lemmy.ca results, lemmy.nz results).
Timeline wise, for our instance, we are thinking of gathering feedback for the rest of the month and then running the census early in the new year. We are open to adjusting when we run it, to align with other instances.
General areas of feedback:
Self Identification / Categorization
With some questions, it is difficult to have a predetermined list of options. Last year we included a free form entry option, and then created word clouds with the full list. However, that is not as insightful, and it takes a lot of time to process. For this year, do you prefer:
- A set of options + a free form option (same as last year)
- A set of options only
Please share if you know of a resource that has a good/inclusive set of options for the question types. Even if a free form option is included, a better set of options as a base will lead to better data.
For context, these were the questions where this happened:
- What is your ethnicity?
- How do you identify? (sexual orientation)
- What is your occupation / field of Work?
Data collection & Results
Last year we used Google forms for collection, and a spreadsheet for calculations and analysis. Visualization was done with google sheets, an open source word cloud generator (github link), and DataWrapper (link) for an interactive display on our website.
This year the plan is similar, although we’re interested to try chart.js for the visualizations. We had some issues with DataWrapper displays, and having the code be open source would make it easier for others to replicate. One consideration is data privacy (do we commit anonymized data to the repo, host it elsewhere and import it, etc.).
Sometime in the future, it might be nice to have a template and/or pipeline that everyone can use, for consistency and to minimize work. In the meantime, do you have any thoughts or recommendations?
Fun Question
Last year we asked about people's favourite dessert. It would be cool to do something similar this year. Do you have any suggestions for a fun question? Some ideas:
- Favourite comfort food
- Favourite fruit
- Favourite color (with a hex code input)
Proposed Questions
Where applicable, I’ve included changes from last year. Depending on the type of instance you run (ex. regional or not), you may want to skip, add, or modify questions.
Section 1: Where is everyone from?
Where are you from?
- Canada? (yes / no)
- If in Canada, which province or territory?
- If not, which continent?
What is the size of your community? (rural / urban / suburban / other)
suburbanandotherare new options
In your opinion, what is the quality of your internet connection? (poor, reasonable, excellent)
What is your internet speed?
- new question inspired by lemmy.nz
- we may include a link to a speed test site for convenience, and have a free form entry
Section 2: Who are you?
What age range do you fall into? (0-9, 10-19, etc.)
Ethnicity? (options uncertain, see above)
Gender Identity? (Man, Woman, Non-binary person, Genderfluid)
- Optionally, we could include a free form entry 'other' option, and list the input in a separate list.
Are you someone with trans experience (yes / no)
How do you identify? (options uncertain, see above)
Disability Status (yes / no)
- New separate question inspired by lemmy.nz
Disability Status (free form entry)
- Last year we manually processed the text inputs and displayed them in a list. We're open to hearing suggestions on better ways to run this question!
Educational Background
- Last year we had multi-select, which didn't make sense. This year we can split it into a few questions:
- Are you currently in school? (yes / no)
- What are you studying? (single selection, see list below)
- Highest level of education completed (single selection, see list below)
- All past education (multi-select, see list below)
- List of options:
- No formal education
- Some secondary school (high school)
- Secondary school (high school) diploma
- GED
- Trade / technical / vocational training
- Some Post-secondary (college, university, CÉGEP)
- College diploma
- Associate degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
- Professional degree (MD, JD, MBA, etc.)
- Doctorate (PhD, etc.)
- Other
- Are you currently in school? (yes / no)
Employment Status (full-time, part-time, self-employed, student, retired, unemployed, other)
- Last year we also got responses for 'homemaker', 'disabled', 'active duty military'. We could add these as options, or include a free form 'other' entry for them.
Field of Work (options uncertain, see above)
- This question was a free form entry last year, and it was very difficult to process. Having a solid list of options would be ideal in this case.
- We could include an 'other' option with a free form entry, with a note that any response will not be included in the main results and will be displayed as-is in a separate list.
Section 3: Instance Usage
How many {instance name} communities do you participate in? (0, 1-9, 10-19, 20+)
If you moderate any communities, how many? (number input)
- Last year this was a multi-select, but a number input would be more straightforward
What community do you want to see on {instance name}? (free form entry)
What existing community do you want to see more people using? (free form entry)
- This is a new question.
On average, how much time do you spend on Lemmy each day? (<1 hour, 1-2 hours, 2-3, 3-5, 5-8, 8-13, 13-21, 21+)
How often do you visit {instance name}? (multiple times a day, daily, weekly, monthly, rarely)
- This is a new question.
How do you access Lemmy most often? (desktop, mobile (including tablet), both about equally)
(including tablet)is a new additionboth about equallyis a new option
If you use desktop, what operating system do you use? (Windows, MacOS, Linux, I don't use desktop, other)
- New question
On desktop, which interfaces do you use? (default, Mlymym, Photon, Voyager, Alexandrite, I don't use desktop)
I don't use desktopis a new option, and will be separate from the 'skip this question' option
Is there another interface you would like us to add? (free form entry)
- New question
If you use mobile, what operating system do you use? (Android, iOS, I don't use mobile, other)
I don't use mobileandotherare new options
On mobile, how do you access Lemmy?
- We will include an updated list of apps, and a free form entry for any new ones
- We will include an option for
I don't use mobile,web browser, andother, in addition to theskip this questionoption
If you primarily access lemmy.ca through different Lemmy/Kbin instance, please list it below (optional) (free form entry)
What other decentralized / federated platforms do you use?
- Some potential options: none, Mbin, Kbin, PieFed, Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, Peertube, Loop, Bookwyrm, WriteFreely, Pleroma, Friendica, Misskey, Writefreely, + free form entry
Fun Question (yet to be determined)
Feedback (free form entry)
General Changes:
- All questions will have a 'skip this question' option
- Fewer random comments from me when reporting the results. I looked back at them afterwards and thought they might be a bit much.
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The incoming director for the BC NDP, Dan Coulter, has died after a medical emergency last week
(vancouver.citynews.ca)
Since this was originally a Mastodon post, here it is :)
https://mathstodon.xyz/@sc_griffith/110749575739905416
It's fun that it went: Mastodon (fediverse) --> Tumblr (non-fedi) --> Lemmy (Fedi)
What I hate to see, even in this thread, is people turning on each other in this "us vs. them", "you're either a part of the pact or you're against us" nonsense
Let's all remember why WE ALL CHOSE to get on the fediverse and build it. The strength of the fediverse comes from the freedom for each instance to choose how to run things. My understanding is that no one in an instance is harmed if some other instance chooses to federate or defederate from Threads.
I hate Meta. I also know that Meta doesn't need to do anything to take down the fediverse if we do it ourselves.
About time
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
ActivityPub is a standard for the Internet in the Social Web Networking Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The standard was co-authored by Evan Prodromou, creator of StatusNet (now known as GNU social). At an earlier stage, the name of the protocol was "ActivityPump", but it was felt that ActivityPub better indicated the cross-publishing purpose of the protocol. It is the most widely supported standard (by some margin) in the Fediverse.
Full force fediverse
It's a little ironic that they protect SOME copyright and artistic styles (from giant corporations producing media) but not other copyright and artistic styles (independent artists and creators)
So all the reasons they listed here, it's ok to do that to everyone else just not Disney 😒
Time to switch to the open source / self hosted / jailbroken creation tools instead
Sounds like a really spammy and annoying way to promote an app. I assume someone else who has your phone number signed up on their app and gave access to all their contacts. Then the app sends out spam texts to get you to sign up.
Depending on where you are located, you might be able to report it. Otherwise just drop them a bad review, or name and shame them here
edit, I assume it's this: https://slickapp.co/
This sounds like it's going to further erode people's trust in the health systems and the advice of doctors.
I thought they were just adding activitypub to some products / making their own accounts but
However, the company is aiming to tackle some of the obstacles that have prevented users from joining and participating in the fediverse so far, including the technical hurdles around onboarding, finding people to follow and discovering interesting content to discuss.
What Mozilla wants to accomplish, then, is to help reconfigure the Mastodon onboarding process so that when someone — including a publisher or creator — joins its instance (or the fediverse in general) they’re able to build their audience with more ease.
Now THAT would be cool. If the browser had a built in way to handle some of this stuff, it would be a lot simpler to deal with some of the issues. I'd love to learn more
Relevant bit for those that don't click through:
Daniel Bernstein at the University of Illinois Chicago says that the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is deliberately obscuring the level of involvement the US National Security Agency (NSA) has in developing new encryption standards for “post-quantum cryptography” (PQC). He also believes that NIST has made errors – either accidental or deliberate – in calculations describing the security of the new standards. NIST denies the claims.
“NIST isn’t following procedures designed to stop NSA from weakening PQC,” says Bernstein. “People choosing cryptographic standards should be transparently and verifiably following clear public rules so that we don’t need to worry about their motivations. NIST promised transparency and then claimed it had shown all its work, but that claim simply isn’t true.”
Also, is this the same Daniel Bernstein from the 95' ruling?
The export of cryptography from the United States was controlled as a munition starting from the Cold War until recategorization in 1996, with further relaxation in the late 1990s.[6] In 1995, Bernstein brought the court case Bernstein v. United States. The ruling in the case declared that software was protected speech under the First Amendment, which contributed to regulatory changes reducing controls on encryption.[7] Bernstein was originally represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.[8] He later represented himself.[9]
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I found the screenshot order confusing at first, and it's not OPs fault since the original article got the screenshots backwards too
From the article: