Mastodon manages to do it on ActivityPub

I just can’t take all this free speech that’s happening right now

I would argue that there should be a block feature and also a mute feature. What we currently call “block” is actually just a mute.

Imagine finding out one day that someone you’ve blocked for harassment has been following you around and making nasty comments on every single post you made for months, or even leaking personal information. You just didn’t know it.

It happens, and even on Lemmy you will have people who will do this (doxing will get a ban but other behaviors may slide under the radar, especiallyif the target doesn’t see and report it).

When I’ve brought this up with the devs, they have shot it down immediately. Basically, their attitude is that posts are public by default. So hiding them from a blocked user doesn’t really do anything.

Of course, that’s nonsense. Mastodon does it. It has an incredible chilling effect on harassment.

What does this mean? Does this mean they’re trying to do something like Yelp and hold those reviews hostage?

True, but most orgs and devs would take the reliable monthly income rather than an unpredictable infusion every two years. If it’s a massive donor base, maybe those things even out. For smaller, active projects, I don’t mind giving a percentage to the bank knowing that they can rely on my donations every month. The larger annual gifts are usually reserved for orgs like clinics, food banks, and community institutions that can handle the fluctuations.

Don’t worry, deceptive sales are still allowed everywhere else…

Not specifically software, but I divide my donations into three categories - for my budget, that’s basically the $10-20 range, the $20-500 range, and $500-2000. I track the donations I make over the year, with a target in mind. For me, the target is 10% of income.

I decide which organizations are doing the most important work, and prioritize those. I try to donate monthly to those that I make use of regularly, then I give the rest as what comes up from day to day.

I consider free software to be a social good, so I don’t separate it from other giving.

Not orange enough

The data is not centralized in the same way, making it slightly better, but yeah. A lot of the same pitfalls of centralization happen there. The whole system doesn’t operate without the corporate servers in the middle, even though they don’t see or store the data. They have total access to Metadata. The organization could be sold for profit, shut down, change terms, etc.

If security is important, you’re better off with something decentralized like matrix. I’m not an expert, so hopefully, a lot of people here who are smarter than me will fact check these statements, but at least those are my impressions.

Maybe the fifth one is Jesus?

Meirl

Wait, the centralized service that security experts warned for years could be easily compromised because a centralized messaging service is inherently insecure has now been compromised? Surprised Pikachu face

Related: https://youtu.be/HdozqSVF-VM

Fusion energy is still a distant pipe dream at this point. Don’t believe the hype.

I went to MIT.

It was snowy that day.

https://fosstodon.org/@organicmaps/112976308191001762

I think the “good people” are the ones who get raptured, but I’m really not sure.

Okay, you got me, I’m still stuck here with all of you heretics