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Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 51

  1. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 20:08:53 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Ted
    Libranet is the biggest Friendica node and as such has been hammered with the recent Musk/Twitter news. Its admin is traveling so they have limited access to the server, so this condition is likely to persist over the next few days.

    In the meantime please pick another node from the directory: dir.friendica.social/servers
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 20:08:53 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  2. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 18:08:52 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    Oh, and I fixed a typo in this post, because I could.
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 18:08:52 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  3. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 18:01:20 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Because I could

    I keep thinking about a couple #Twitter threads criticizing #Mastodon (the #Fediverse, really) for being inherently different than closed commercial platforms using far-fetched hypotheticals and extraordinary occurrences; while I do not want to make a useless point-by-point response, instead I'll tell you what I like about federated social media and #Friendica in particular.

    After #Facebook froze my account for using a pseudonym (a spottily enforced rule), I started hosting my own #Diaspora pod because I could.

    I didn't know anyone so I initially made contacts with other podmins and progressively extended my circle through shared posts. This is how I learned about #Friendica, a platform that was compatible with both #Diaspora and #OStatus (#GNUSocial, #StatusNet ) because it could.

    Written in #PHP, liked both the multi-protocol approach and that I could contribute code to it. So I started hosting my #Friendica node and I kept following the same Diaspora accounts, because I could.

    When #Mastodon was first released based on OStatus, I started following several accounts on there because I could. When #ActivityPub was released and supported by Mastodon, we followed suite a few months later, because we could.

    With popularity came the right-wing trolls and free speech extremists who organized their own federated instances, but they never bothered me much as I blocked their entire instance domains because I could.

    None of these are currently possible with commercial platforms. Not all people will end up hosting their own node and it's fine, but the breadth of possibility is what makes federated social network attractive.
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 18:01:20 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  4. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 16:41:35 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I feel like I should say something smart to engage with my new followers but all I can come up is

    Ugh Twitter.
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 16:41:35 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  5. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 12:38:58 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Spencer
    Oh, I felt this one in my bones.
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 12:38:58 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  6. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 12:29:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brian Ó
    Yeah, I'm still thoroughly confungused by your activity, @Brian Ó .
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 12:29:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  7. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 11:25:50 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    What's something that's seamless to you but would take time explaining to a neophyte?
    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Apr-2022 11:25:50 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  8. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 16:43:02 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    friendica.mrpetovan.com/photo/…
    In conversation Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 16:43:02 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  9. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 15:44:09 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • grin
    I don't usually condone its use but Threader has a condensed version: threadreaderapp.com/thread/151…
    In conversation Monday, 25-Apr-2022 15:44:09 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  10. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 15:17:55 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Isaac Kuo
    And people on the right feel the same thing. We necessarily have a partial view of the platform because of the limited number of people we follow (for good reasons!) and because we will more easily defend the behavior of people we are ideological closer to.

    In the end, both sides of the political see-saw accuse platforms of bias, and both have receipts from specific instances that felt unfair to them. But if both sides have such receipts, isn't the platform equally unfair to everyone and as a result, fair?
    In conversation Monday, 25-Apr-2022 15:17:55 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  11. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 13:44:36 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    I cheated today's Redactle (#19) in 188 guesses with an accuracy of 43.09%. Played at www.redactle.com/

    Not proud of myself but it was an oddly specific term that definitely couldn't be easily guessed, no matter how much context these was.
    In conversation Monday, 25-Apr-2022 13:44:36 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  12. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 13:30:05 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    In light of the Musk/Twitter news, I've enjoyed this thread about the challenges of running a large social media platform from someone who doesn't dislike Musk. TL;DR: Moderation is necessary and largely bias-free, the tone is more damning than the ideas.

    ♲ @yishan@twitter.com: I've now been asked multiple times for my take on Elon's offer for Twitter.

    So fine, this is what I think about that. I will assume the takeover succeeds, and he takes Twitter private. (I have little knowledge/insight into how actual takeover battles work or play out)

    (long 🧵)

    In conversation Monday, 25-Apr-2022 13:30:05 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  13. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 23:44:50 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    Please tell me I'm not the only one whose cat consciously licks their armpit because I'm starting to be a little too much self-conscious about my own body hygiene.
    In conversation Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 23:44:50 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  14. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 11:09:56 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    Unfortunately, where you accurately see delusion, some see a challenge. Doubly unfortunately, they end up setting the pace for everyone else more often than not.
    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 11:09:56 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  15. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 10:55:04 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan

    ♲ @AngieMcKeown@twitter.com: 'Forever' is not the definition of success. I love this.


    pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ4_cIHWQA…
    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 10:55:04 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  16. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 09:31:08 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brian Ó
    Ah, I see. BrickLink is an American website, that was bought by LEGO recently, and they allow anyone worldwide to open a storefront to sell LEGO. We just happen to both have registered to sell stuff, me in Brooklyn, them in Germany.

    It's the second time someone uses my BrickLink email address to send me spam, and while the first was from a US seller who got my email address from a legitimate order I placed with them, I don't know where this German seller got my email address.
    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 09:31:08 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  17. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 09:20:41 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Brian Ó
    I'm not entirely sure about the meaning of your question, I can tell you I'm registered on BrickLink, a global LEGO marketplace where we both have a storefront.
    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 09:20:41 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  18. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 07:34:57 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    • Hypolite Petovan
    • Beko Pharm
    Danke schön!
    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 07:34:57 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
  19. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 07:20:06 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    The US only knows how to build highways and prisons while everything else crumbles. And cruelty is the point.

    ♲ @sashaplot_@twitter.com: I wrote about LA's tiny home villages and their role in the criminalization of homelessness.
    failedarchitecture.com/a-cage-by-anot… https://failedarchitecture.com/a-cage-by-another-name/

    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 07:20:06 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink

    Attachments

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      A Cage by Another Name
      By Sasha Plotnikova from Failed Architecture
      Under the guise of housing, LA’s tiny home villages serve to contain and banish unhoused people.
  20. Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 07:08:53 EDT Hypolite Petovan Hypolite Petovan
    A question for my German friends: I know Germany is more sensitive to privacy than other countries and yet I just received an unsolicited marketing email (related to LEGO, but still!).

    Is there a German institution I can report the privacy breach to?
    In conversation Friday, 22-Apr-2022 07:08:53 EDT from friendica.mrpetovan.com permalink
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