Notices by kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org), page 65

an instance admin MAY block another server for implementing full-text search, for example.

but how will you find them all?

is an instance admin REALLY willing to bubble their instance over that threat?

this also means that they can do all of these things without *you* ever knowing.

for the millionth time, messages that are copied to other instances (so-called "federation") have their own copies of those messages, and most importantly, can do whatever they want with them.

this means they can do:

- full-text search

- rewriting your posts to say "HERP DERP"

- replacing your video/audio links with fart sounds

- replacing your images with make ________ great again memes

if you do not understand this, the federated web (Mastodon, et al) is not for you.

@Trev

to illustrate my previous post:

mastodon_de_6433=> select id,url,text from statuses where text like '%lesbian neopets%';
id | url | text
-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
99043929256628789 | https://icosahedron.website/@Trev/99043928798163551 | <p>does anybody have a link to my post about lesbian neopets trainers handy thanks in advance</p>
(1 row)

WHAT DO YOU KNOW I HAVE FULL TEXT SEARCH ALREADY LOL

oh lordie, instance admins are discovering that other instances can implement full-text search *anyway*

this is going to be hilarious

net neutrality, aka "lets change the rules to force ISPs to peer with netflix free of charge" (real goal) is finally repealed.

hopefully the legion of internet shitposters who don't understand how transit and peering work will stay home next time.

@jtl the russian business network aka the russian mob

ah i see. he had a project in panama which the RBN was using to launder money.

i just heard on MSNBC that trump is connected to the RBN wtf

i need a witch to fix my gateway device’s firmware

i want to buy that dora the explorer car

@mattcropp i always wondered what the impact of the cosby allegations did to cosbycoin’s valuation, but could never find a serious exchange for it

Should I run a public instance? What would it be about?

@bob @Elizafox

the timeline aspect is hardly the worst aspect of these campaigns.

when you write something that russia does not like on twitter, you get harassed by sock puppets and bots very quickly.

@cyanaurora that is indeed an excellent money goal

when you say witchsona, you are making a mockery of many people’s spirituality.

nobody ever heard of a parishionersona after all.

@Elizafox i suspect there are already operatives on mastodon anyway.

infiltration would be easy given the number of already radicalized users