Notices by neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop), page 47

@mayel I swear I remember reading on Mastodon once (ironically I can't remember where!) that old toots were intentionally not searchable, as it's potentially an easy way for trolls to search for people discussing particular topics and harass them. I might have dreamed it or perhaps it only certain types of posts e.g. unlisted.

@kristinHenry Interested to hear more!

@mayel Oh interesting. You know for some reason I'd always thought fediverse stuff wasn't indexed.

@mayel My own personal 'knowledge workflow' that I've been thinking about is that microblogging would be my more ephemeral stream of consciousness, and when something good comes out of it, that I'd turn that into a permanently archived blog post.

That said, it takes time and discipline to go back and turn things into a blog post!

@mayel
Good point also in terms of losing knowledge from the commons.

That said, I don't think microblog content at least is the best format for common knowledge. A lot of good content that is in microblog format is already lost once it scrolls off the timeline. It could be better curated/archived perhaps.

I've thought a few times that I'd like a bunch of wikis that more permanently solidifies some of the great thoughts that come out of threads on Mastodon.

@mayel Good point - you could definitely argue that anything you don't want public, don't post publicly.

That said, while I might want it public now (e.g. to facilitate discovery and discussion) I might not want it all public 6 months from now, to prevent there being a big old bulk stream of my thoughts that could be used as a means to profile me.

Deleting things doesn't guarantee they've not been federated or archived somewhere of course.

@adz Not sure, I've never checked. But I'm sure I've seen it mentioned on Mastodon, so if it's not a setting, possibly an app that will do it via the API.

Does anyone do the automatically delete/private your old toots/tweets/microblogs thing? Thoughts about it?

Someone made the point to me recently that the only people trawling through random thoughts you had two years ago are not going to be the ones that have your best interests at heart.

Gotta say, it's making more and more sense as I sit with that.

@stragu Hmm.. I think anonymity can make it easier to be less civil. But also anonymity is very important for some people, so I don't think it should be removed as an option.

But yeah I think that for me at least, I only feel a genuine connection if it moves beyond just text on a screen.

I guess it could just be that it's not a problem to solve with code or tech. Like if I want to meet people IRL from online, perhaps I should just be a bit more proactive about that and make it happen..

What I currently get out of social media:

- giving me a space to write down my own thoughts
- getting clarity and dialogue on them from others
- learning about interesting things

What is missing for me:

- feeling part of a community
- forming solid, long-lasting friendships

I have a bit of a tendency towards isolation so I could do with changing my own patterns of behaviour, but I also think social media platforms could do a better job of nudging you towards actual social bonds.

There's also an online chat space which is open 24/7, and you can participate in it via IRC, Slack, Matrix, or just via a website.

It's separated out into different rooms so you don't drop into it and get turned off by hardcore developer speak when all you're wondering is what this thing is.

Not trying to 'sell' the indieweb to anyone... just reflecting that I really like the cut of its jib when it comes to community building.

#indieweb

One of the things I really like about indieweb is how it fosters meeting in real life. Local meetings once or twice every month, IndieWebCamps dotted throughout the year, and an IndieWebSummit once a year. Everyone is welcome to attend any of these, whether you founded the movement, or have never had your own website before.

Without counterbalances I find social media is weirdly and paradoxically alienating, so it's cool to have community baked in.

#indieweb

@paulfree14 @mooncake
Haven't read it yet, but looks pretty good: The End of Policing https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing

@J12t Spread of democratic confederalism? https://towardfreedom.org/archives/americas/from-rojava-to-the-mapuche-struggle-the-kurdish-revolutionary-seed-spreads-in-latin-america/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjWkUnjom4

Blue Tomb by Comets on Fire

#nowplaying

Really good article by @ntnsndr: https://hackernoon.com/decentralizing-everything-never-seems-to-work-2bb0461bd168.

I'm intrigued by the idea of where centralisation arises in decentralised systems. Is the protocol by which decentralised apps communicate a point of centralisation? Maybe you need some things centralised to facilitate decentralisation. Is that then a single point of failure?

Personally think it's healthy to see a plurality of decentralised protocols, and it's even better to see them bridging to each other. All about the bridges.