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It's the last few hours of crowdfunding for #Mobilizon, a free open federated alternative to Facebook Events:
You can follow it here:
It's already achieved its funding goals for events, groups and ActivityPub federation.
Further funds will go to mobile apps, UI development and advanced maps.
It's backed by @Framasoft , the free software organisation that backed PeerTube and many other alternatives.
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Many people have good critical thinking and recognise con artists, but many don't. Many fall for them, I know some who have done so.
Whatever your message, the more people you reach, the more responses you get including the responses you want.
Even if a smaller percentage of a wider audience respond, the absolute number is much larger, and that's what matters in elections, primaries, fundraisers etc.
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Their goal is to recruit more Nazis.
All they have to do is reach as many people as possible, because they know a certain percentage will respond to their propaganda.
Allowing them in WILL tear us apart, not just online but in the real world.
We know what happened last time people thought they could be appeased or debated.
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Again, it's not just about what users find objectionable.
The problem is recruitment: if someone is swayed by neo-Nazi propaganda, they won't *want* to block it, they will go back for more.
And the consequences of that would be felt in the real world.
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What *they* want you to think is that federation with them is an acceptable idea, because the marketplace of ideas will defeat them in the end.
But it won't.
Nazis don't operate on an intellectual level. They operate on an emotional level where they tell any lie to try to provoke an irrational response.
They try to get people to think their families are in danger if the "outsiders" aren't stopped (i.e. PoC, muslims, LGBTs etc).
Debating Nazis doesn't work.
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The week is almost over, thank goodness, so it's time for #FollowFriday πΉ
π» @elementary Elementary OS: Linux version aimed at non-technical users
π @gcluley Graham Cluley: privacy and info security journalist
π± @fdroidorg F-Droid: Free open alternative to Google Play (installation instructions: https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-google-play/ )
πΌοΈ @pixelfed PixelFed: Federated alternative to Instagram
π«π· @TV5Monde TV5 Monde: Largest global French-language TV network
Previous #FF:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102348624818329004
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π¨ β οΈ Instace owners,
Gab seems to be using the "exited.eu" domain name. Please block this ASAP.
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#Anfora is an upcoming Flickr-style federated photo sharing platform for the Fediverse. You can follow it at:
The developer took a break for a while but is now back, so it's a good time to help them if you can.
There's also a website at:
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#Funkwhale is a free open federated music storage and sharing platform:
You can follow it on here at:
If you want to see an instance in action, open.audio is a good example. It consists entirely of Creative Commons tracks that people have shared:
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Last week, @staltz published an article looking at the funding of open source projects.
It's a long-form article full of nuance:
https://staltz.com/software-below-the-poverty-line.html
Tl/dr: More needs to be done to fund open development, including more pressure on companies to donate to projects they benefit from, unionising, alternative licences and more donations in general.
This made me wonder, should there be a day on the Fediverse where we promote donations to a particular project? For example a #SupportSunday?
Mastodon
#Mastodon v2.9.1 is out π
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.9.1
A new moderation API, audio uploads, and domain blocks that extend to subdomains automatically
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You can also follow SwitchingSocial.de on the Fediverse:
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Oh my goodness, it's #FollowFriday π₯
π @privacyint Privacy International: Campaign group fighting to defend privacy
βοΈ @Jami Jami: Easy-to-use free open alternative to Skype
π @cloud Lollipop Cloud: Making it easier to self-host
:android: @gdroid G-Droid: Alternative app for accessing F-Droid
πΎ @dosnostalgic Anatoly Shashkin: MS-DOS gaming nostalgia
Previous #FF:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102229934883855699
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You are morally responsible for the effect you have on the world through your actions and choices.
This remains true even if you deny it.
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I'm talking about moral responsibility here.
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It's your site, I'd encourage you to do it how you think is best π You're free to alter anything you want.
Also, if you do a list of instances, I'd encourage you to list instances in your own language if possible.
The other forks have taken different approaches to fonts, themes etc.
As long as the text is clear and the site is easy to navigate, it should work fine with the contents.
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p.s. Just checked with my instance admin, they had already blocked gab.com and gab.ai preemptively, and now they've blocked develop.gab.com
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@xj9 @rugk @mastalab @dublinux
That kind of statement might be a comforting way of shirking moral responsibility, but it's just not true.
The makers of tools cannot disown the effects of what they make, especially if the effects are clearly predictable.
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@vanecx @rugk @dublinux @mastalab
A social network can be a weapon if it encourages mass murder (which Gab does, and the Pittsburgh Synagogue mass murderer was a Gab member).
Slippery slope goes both ways: if you allow promotion of mass murder, why not allow spam?
No network operates with zero censorship, there's always some kind of abuse that needs to be blocked (e.g. denial of service).
I don't run mastodon.at, I'm just an end user. I have no control over what the admin does.
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@evergreen @dosnostalgic @cloud @gdroid @Jami @privacyint
Well, it depends on how you define "ethical", but I would say yes.
Jami lets you communicate with people encrypted and peer-to-peer, so it's difficult for outsiders to spy on you.
Privacy International campaign to defend people's privacy.
G-Droid helps people find free open apps on F-Droid
Lollipop Cloud is helping people to self-host, which gives them more control over their data.
The DOS one is mainly for fun :blobsmile:
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