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Notices by Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)

  1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 21:08:16 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I seem to recall there's a standard API that should be common to all the #StatusNet derivitave servers. I'm pretty sure that in its infancy Mastodon conformed to that API. But Mastodon's API expanded beyond that, and I suspect some of the common API was removed, probably around the time #OStatus was dropped from Mastodon too.

    But that's sheer speculation on my part.

    Time to upgrade my server, so I can upgrade PHP, so I can upgrade this GNUsocial instance...
    In conversation about 19 days ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
  2. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 17:54:09 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • Michael Vogel
    Twidere has stopped working for Twitter accounts. My Mastodon account still works nicely. I thought maybe the Twidere API keys for the developer had been revoked, or that something had gone wrong with my phone (It's a vanilla Samsung with Android 12, but I've refused to install any of the Samsung or Google apps). I tried to re-authenticate my Twitter account with "Basic" (userID and PW; other options are OAuth, OAuth2, XAuth), but even "Basic" didn't work.

    My Slim Social for Twitter app continues to work, tho. But Slim Social doesn't seem like it's an app, but just a browser that only goes to twitter.com.

    I think this may be the event that makes me abandon Twitter altogether. I had reduced my Twitter activity since the Musk takeover, but hadn't entirely given up on it. Fortunately, I don't have any investment in anything I've posted there. I've always put #ImportantStuff on my blog or other self-hosted services.
    In conversation about 19 days ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
  3. Michael Vogel (heluecht@pirati.ca)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 21:30:55 UTC Michael Vogel Michael Vogel
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    • Friendica Admins
    !Friendica Admins As you might have heard, there are issues with the Twitter API. Several favourite clients stopped working, while others (still) do. By now there hadn't been any word if there is some massive Problem or if this was some deliberate action.

    Whatever is causing these issues, at least my connection still works. How about yours? Is the Twitter connector on your systems still running?
    In conversation about 20 days ago from pirati.ca permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  4. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 02:20:57 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    https://500ish.com/mastodon-brought-a-protocol-to-a-product-fight-ba9fda767c6a

    #Medium link; don't be surprised if it does weird things before showing you the article.

    "Mastodon brought a protocol to a product fight"

    > Yes, yes, the network is under immense strain as people flee the Elon strain infecting Twitter. But come on, there are folks who really believe this is going to replace, or even stand alongside Twitter, as a massively scaled social network? I call bullshit. While it’s impressive that millions of users have apparently given Mastodon a try, the product is far too slapdash and clunky to keep folks engaged. A lump of coal.

    No, it isn't meant to be a #Twitter replacement. Keep your Twitter account until you no longer want it--or the company closes and the site shuts down--you can use Mastodon alongside Twitter.

    And the #Fediverse networks are much more than just #Mastodon. Don't think you have experienced the network and all it has to offer if all you've done is briefly tried to use Mastodon, because you haven't experienced it.

    > I’ve somehow avoided signing up for the service up until now. Largely because signing up was and is so comically obtuse — pick your server everyone, hope you choose wisely!

    Have you not used e-mail? It works the same way. You pick a server, such as Gmail or Outlook dot com, and sign up. Please tell me you realize that the people you communicate with are not all on the same e-mail service that you use.

    > But, but, it’s not a product, it’s a protocol. Yeah, that’s a nice thing to say. And to believe in. But I truly believe the ship has sadly sailed for such idealism in this space. Jack Dorsey can talk about how this should have been what Twitter was from the get go until he’s bluesky in the face. It’s just not going to happen. And he’s more to blame for that than most everyone else. As is he for the Elon element of this current equation. But that’s a different story.

    Okay, so how about this story: Twitter has only been profitable two or three years of its entire history. Since it started, it has existed by burning through investors' funds. Eventually, with or without Elon Musk's ownership, that runs out. Without such funding, their corporate-centralized ( #corpocentric ) model cannot exist very long. And same for their centralized competitors, such as Post.news, Gab, Parler, and so on. What is left is either #federated or #peer-to-peer approaches, where no single entity is responsible for funding and managing the entire network. So whether it is the #Fediverse ( with #ActivityPub and #OStatus and their successors ) & the Federation ( with #Diaspora ) or #Bluesky, or #Twister, or #NOSTR, the eventual future of #socnets is #decentralized, if not entirely peer-to-peer unless a national government takes over Facebook and Twitter in order to provide effectively unlimited resources. It is the protocol that makes it possible for thousands or millions of instances to displace and replace one big centralized instance.

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    In conversation about a month ago from web permalink Repeated by bobjonkman

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    1. Mastodon Brought a Protocol to a Product Fight
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      Mastodon vs. Twitter? Come on…
  5. a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-2023 07:24:47 UTC a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
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    NZ PM Jacinda Ardern called ACT leader David Seymour a prick on a hot mike in parliament.

    She apologized, he accepted, they had a laugh, and now together they've framed and signed a transcript of the exchange, selling it to the highest bidder, currently at 100 kNZD. The proceeds will go prostate cancer research, "to help pricks everywhere".

    www.newshub.co.nz/home/politic…
    In conversation about a month ago from libranet.de permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  6. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 11:22:12 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    @lnxw48a1 "Pop" is also the Canadian word for carbonated soft drinks...
    In conversation about 2 months ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
  7. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 14:04:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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    • GNU Too
    @gnu2 "soda pop", but in the Western US, it is usually just "soda". I usually only hear "pop" if I am in the Southern States.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from mustard permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  8. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 01:58:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109498060348615260

    @evan@prodromou.pub @evan@identi.ca ( and formerly @evan@e14n.com ) has said this a few times, but here it is again.

    "Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers.

    You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave.

    You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you.

    You know you're going to be ashamed of it later.

    Just stop posting.

    Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there.

    Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet.

    Stop feeding your life into the machine."

    This was true before Elon #Musk bought #Twitter, but I guess it wasn't as important before.

    I don't fully agree, simply because there may be some advantages to many people who continue to use Twitter instead of moving to the #Fediverse (e.g., #GNU_Social, #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, #PixelFed, #Lenny / #Lemmy, etc) or they would have moved over already.

    Also, because unless one self-hosts one's own presence, an angry instance admin is all it takes to lose all posts and connections and have to start over. Or, if one has contacts on a different instance, then irate instance admins participating in #blockwars (including #fediblock) can separate the person from some portion of their contacts.

    So remember, everything that Twitter is or can do to you, your Fediverse instance can also do. Most instances will never do most of those things, but pretending that one is safe here could result in disappointment in the future.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from web permalink Repeated by bobjonkman

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    1. Evan Prodromou (@evan@prodromou.pub)
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      Every time you post on Twitter, you produce value for the advertisers. You tell everyone in your network there that it's OK to stay. That you're all helpless to leave. You tell the people who've lost their jobs, the people who are being hounded and harassed, that they are not important to you. You know you're going to be ashamed of it later. Just stop posting. Do it here, not there. Connect here, not there. Don't reply, don't like, don't retweet. Stop feeding your life into the machine.
  9. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 23:21:03 UTC GeniusMusing GeniusMusing
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    • simsa04
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    I have found that when I work, usually code or design stuff, I can't listen to podcasts because they take too much attention to what I am working on. Music is no problem.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from web permalink Repeated by bobjonkman
  10. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 22:07:45 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    That means my computers are at least four years old and way under-powered compared to new stuff.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
  11. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 22:05:57 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    @lnxw48a1 I tried SSB a few years ago after they presented at LibrePlanet. Even then I found the client too resource intensive. I'm usually running other people's discarded computers that I've refurbished, but that means my como
    In conversation about 2 months ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
  12. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 17:12:46 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛
    @clacke Our #KWNPSA user group chatted with the #GetTogether developer a few months ago. He said demand for self-hosted G2G instances was minimal, and event interchange even more minimal. So #ActivityPub support on G2G has stalled, and he considers G2G more or less stable and mature.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
  13. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 14:10:35 UTC Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
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    • Bob Jonkman
    @lnxw48a1 ...then to Debian with a MATE desktop in 2020. Far less faffing about, finally being productive. Sometimes...
    In conversation about 2 months ago from gs.jonkman.ca permalink
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