Notices by Lohan G (lohang@mastodon.social), page 23

bit foggy in my old stomping grounds https://oulipo.social/media/jVeI5SXFFXSCWzp4exA

@mcscx

@mcscx @cypnk @bob me too. I've been using them since childhood. Getting used to ballpoint pen is difficult for me now...

A happy day. For the first time EVER I heard from a client that I should send everything in .odt format. He further stressed, 'send everything in Libre Office! Libre, Libre... you know, that's easier'. And then he emailed me an #odt file. \o/ #FreeSoftware #FreeFormats #foss #opendocument

I can now understand why some #Mastodon users keep saying that "I see his posts and I cannot stand him", "he is an idiot", "please put CW when you post about politics" and so on. People can still see a user (more often than on other platforms) without following him. Old fashioned fediverse people like me might find it difficult to understand. We tend to focus on our "Home" timeline. I still do that. That is why I kept saying that "why don't you simply unfollow him and mind your own business"...

#Mastodon adds another layer of complications to the blacklisting / shadow-banning problem because it gives prominence to the "Local timeline" and "Federate timeline". By design, both timelines *can* appear in the same window alongside the "Home" timeline. This might trigger more requests for banning users. On other platforms such as #GNUSocial or #Friendica, you tend to have little interaction with the "public" timeline unless you decide to load a separate page.

#ThinkingAloud #fediverse

Indian and US officials discuss Chinese influence in Maldives and Sri Lanka https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/16/usin-n16.html #India #SriLanka #lka #China