Notices tagged with blockwars
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Nov-2020 17:13:32 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
See, for example, #fediblock on an AP-enabled instance. In fact, the whole #blockwars thing is really fascistic. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 07-Sep-2020 23:49:58 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
It is hard to believe #blockwars is still a thing. Why not stay on Twitter if you're coming to the Fediverse looking to build lists of instances to block? -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2019 02:52:12 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@1iceloops123 Not just Niu people are sad. Leo's gotten a bad rap by the blockers almost from the beginning, so it isn't a surprise. #Blockwars -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Aug-2018 00:47:23 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@delores (1) Because it makes the site's users dependent and helpless, despite having moderation controls available (they won't learn to use them, because someone else does the work); (2) Because it gives the site's admins (already rulers of their site) even more power over their users; (3) Because we already know how useless "somebody else's opinion" of whom to block is. That's the biggest lesson of #blockwars; and (4) Because the admin's blocks may keep the site's users from seeing posts by people they would otherwise enjoy communicating with.
Site-wide blocklists are unfortunately sometimes necessary, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, individual blocking and filtering is a better and more effective option. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Jun-2018 00:12:12 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@delores If the purchase leads to work on federating users & issues between repo hosts, then you won't have to care about that. An account on one interacts with any others (modulo blocklists, don't think you've escaped #blockwars). -
Linux Walt (@lnxw37b1) (lnxw37b1@plateia.org)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2018 05:10:39 UTC Linux Walt (@lnxw37b1)
@hobbithabit
#WrongThink: wrongthink.net was once a GNU Social instance, but they replaced that with a home-grown non-federated site long ago. If you've seen them on some blocklist, that's just because those lists are poorly-researched at best. ( #BlockWars is the usual context in which wrongthink is raised. )
#postActiv protocols: As I understand it, #OStatus. #Diaspora is under development. Implementing #ActivityPub is a way off. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw37b1) (lnxw37b1@plateia.org)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2018 05:09:49 UTC Linux Walt (@lnxw37b1)
@hobbithabit@mastodon.host
#WrongThink: wrongthink.net was once a GNU Social instance, but they replaced that with a home-grown non-federated site long ago. If you've seen them on some blocklist, that's just because those lists are poorly-researched at best. ( #BlockWars is the usual context in which wrongthink is raised. )
#postActiv protocols: As I understand it, #OStatus. #Diaspora is under development. Implementing #ActivityPub is a way off.
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Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2017 17:24:55 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@rysiek Could be some configuration error, or maybe cloud's code is older. Or maybe more #blockwars. -
🇩 🇪 🇼 🇴 🇴 〰️ (dwmatiz@sealion.club)'s status on Sunday, 10-Dec-2017 18:10:57 UTC 🇩 🇪 🇼 🇴 🇴 〰️
@bryanlunduke #Blockwars. Instance admins block each other's servers left and right over the slightest disagreements. -
Zordon (Linux Walt) (zordon@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2017 15:14:35 UTC Zordon (Linux Walt)
-- "... much more secure ActivityPub."
Security between #OStatus and #ActivityPub is exactly the same. If that's the sole advantage you're looking for, you'll be soundly disappointed on an AP-only network.
As for the #blockwars problem that Roy @schestowitz mentioned, the only possible solutions are (1) to put better blocking and filtering tools in the hands of the users instead of concentrating more power into admins' hands; and (2) smaller instances instead of larger ones.
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🇩 🇪 🇼 🇴 🇴 〰️ (dwmatiz@sealion.club)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2017 21:01:13 UTC 🇩 🇪 🇼 🇴 🇴 〰️
@hyper the #blockwars never end -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2017 13:38:55 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@sulman @moonman @zaitcev See https://is.gd/3DJmhr and https://is.gd/6ORpgi and you'll know why he won't launch his own instance. (In a word, #blockwars.) -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 24-Nov-2017 00:58:57 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@awg @veg05 @maiyannah It is unfortunate that Roy Schestowitz was part of an instance that actively participates in #blockwars and its ban lists.
I've seen his posts all over for years. He's opinionated (relatively leftish) and prolific. But I've never known him to post something that deserves closing of his account. -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 30-Oct-2017 06:12:48 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
@strypey Modulo #blockwars. If your instance is blocked by the admin of the other instance, the statement will not be true. But otherwise, you are correct. CC: @randomascii -
Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)] (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2017 01:09:33 UTC Nobody [LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1)]
I get the impression that $USER's contacts over on masto.soc did not know that they could no longer receive $USER's notices. #Blockwars continues to stir up messes long after most people have lost their taste for the topic.
The solution is simple: keep accounts on a couple of instances with different admins and different moderation policies, so you don't unknowingly lose contact with your contacts. Even better if you can self-host one of those accounts.