To be fair, money would still be going to Rowling. She is probably the most vocal advocate against trans rights and she has been cited in policies that endanger the lives of trans people. I think that is a much more reasonable boycott than being upset about pronouns

Don’t forget about payment processors like visa that can enforce restrictions on NSFW content

How can we call our system a democracy when one unelected man can hold so much power?

You’ve gone back too far! I meant mid to late aughts (2005-2010)

It’s because a lot of people here are people who miss the earlier days of the internet and are trying to recreate that feeling. I’m not that old but it’s got me feeling nostalgic so I enjoy it

Insanely relatable. I, too, have been burnt out from full stack dev and addicted to baldurs gate.

I agree with you but I’m just gonna say with basic regex (hell, even without regex) you can easily find bad words without the problem you mentioned above.

Word filters tend to suck in online games and stuff because they have to navigate players trying to avoid the filter, which I think could still be improved with a little effort

Good. Make room for a real dem

You’re 100% right. The people who are already on these platforms are the ones that don’t like any algorithm at all, so they tend to be combative about its implementation. I don’t think there will be mainstream appeal until it is easy and fun to use for the average person

That’s not really how most recommendation algorithms work. A good basic algorithm would be showing you content that the people you follow are following or showing popular posts from a certain category that you tend to like

Considering that the right-wing memed Trump into office, I think it is only fitting that memes are what destroy them

So the president can just do whatever they want with no consequences at all?

I love it solely for the LWA reference

I was literally just thinking about this and I think you’re right

Of course! I’m more referring to instances specially made for this kind of stuff. It’s so easy for anyone to boot up their own server, but I guess places like discord And telegram have similar issues

This is something I have worried about for a while. The core concept of the fediverse makes stuff like this really easy to do and there’s not really a solution. I guess government agencies just need to be on the lookout for it?

lmao

I think it might be good to create specific protocols in the ActivityPub documentation for the various types of social media to ensure interoperability.

No hard rules, but a guideline for how to ensure you are maximizing compatibility, maybe.

This was a good read and it’s something I’ve wondered about. The fediverse is sorta built on this promise that everyone will be able to interact across any implementation of ActivityPub.

But that’s not really true. The different types of social media have wildly different implementations, where we have to rely on developers communicating and cooperating with other implementations for everything to work even a little bit

No worries about the slowdown. It’s inevitable as the app gets bigger and the problems become more complicated. Loving the work that goes into the app so far!