Notices by Mayel - ghost account (mayel@social.coop), page 33

Is there a federated/decentralized working alternative service to Dropbox?

Just posted my two cents on the #SocialCoop moderation thread.

https://www.loomio.org/d/QdE02gzt/federation-policy/93

people should be allowed to be wrong without being sacrificed to the altar of Discourse.

Ah FFS!!! Waking up this morning to a 'straw poll' to create a board of directors for social.coop which could "make some decisions without having to run through the working group"

So not only a year in and we have a push for centralisation and representation rather than direct participation. Under the guise of 'convenience' and 'efficiency' this move will create a two-tier system where some members will have more power than others.

No fucking way.

Here's the poll: https://www.loomio.org/p/Cd0yJlMe/straw-poll-opinion-on-a-social-coop-board-steering-committee-coordinating-committee

"blockchains" are very vaguely defined, and cover ground with a lot of useful ideas and a lot of serious costs and tradeoffs. Weighing costs and tradeoffs for your use case: great. Thinking "blockchains will solve everything" without doing analysis on "what do you mean by blockchain" and once you do that "what are the ramifications to the these choices" is... erm...

Nothing is a magic cure-all, not even blockchains.

the greatest minds of my generation were lost to the blockchain hype train

@paralithode Hard agree. I think the Activity Pub model is brilliant because it defines how we can communicate with each other no matter what experience we all have individually.

The next big challenge is migration, but like you said, it's not wholly awful without any formalization of that process.

That is very encouraging. It means we're figuring it out on a micro level. That's the future. A nomadic social media experience that is in the complete control of the user? That's magic.

Don't even think of engaging in #CivilDisobedience, #DirectAction, or any other form of #activism until you understand operational security, or #OpSec.

If you aren't careful, you not only endanger yourself but anybody working with you.

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/opsec-everyone-not-just-people-something-hide/

Can anyone recommend a _good_ explanation of #e2e #crypto that even a 5-year-old could understand? Ideally with clear pictures and diagrams.

Of course the website shouldn't throw popups in your face or track you up the wazoo. Bonus points if it renders well with javascript disabled.