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BigFoxBoss

@drq @mittorn @mo
Well, duh, so how is it supposed to avoid/prevent further dramas?

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Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss By linking to a collective memory of people who already had this conversation.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
You expect people to always be rational and/or run out of things to say? :blobfoxthonking:

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss In places where moderation is alive, yes, I expect some decency of people.

Where it isn't, well... They can do pretty much whatever.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
You expect to moderate each topic ever discussed so you won't need to talk/discuss/repeat about points/topics again?
If the most basic FAQ section doesn't save tech (or any other) support from silly questions, then I highly doubt the "collective memory" would prevent any dramas

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss No, I expect the moderation to fend off spammers and trolls who would abuse a feature (any feature).

@mittorn @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo we do not have such amount of moderation. Why add potentially harmful features? Or you want use some AI for moderation like big corps?

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn Uh... We're already doing this. I mean, moderate abusers.

@BigFoxBoss @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Where is the distinction between a person talking about a topic previously discussed (regardless of how controversial it is) and an abuser?

Bringing up a previously discussed topic or getting someone to reiterate a point previously stated is abuse or what?

Spammers and feature abusers are an entirely different beast.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss

> Bringing up a previously discussed topic or getting someone to reiterate a point previously stated is abuse or what?

No, why?

I'm talking about cases as described in: masturbated.one/@mittorn/11252

> Spammers and feature abusers are an entirely different beast.

No they aren't. Spammers abuse technology to send spam.

@mittorn @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo this might be useful with premoderation, but not with postmoderation

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo

> I'm talking about cases as described in

And what does this have to do with "collective memory"?

> No they aren't. Spammers abuse technology to send spam.

Different not from each other, but different from people who may talk about a topic previously discussed or have a point being reiterated by someone.
How do you expect to moderate what people discuss or ever discussed to a point you won't need to reiterate anymore?

Stack overflow comes to mind, where you come ask a question and they claim it's a dupe and link you to something either surface level or straight up unrelated :blobfoxgoogly:

@drq @mittorn @mo

> I'm talking about cases as described in

And what does this have to do with "collective memory"?

> No they aren't. Spammers abuse technology to send spam.

Different not from each other, but different from people who may talk about a topic previously discussed or have a point being reiterated by someone.
How do you expect to moderate what people discuss or ever discussed to a point you won't need to reiterate anymore?

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss
> And what does this have to do with "collective memory"?

Uhhh... those are separate topics, so... nothing?

> Different not from each other, but different from people who may talk about a topic previously discussed or have a point being reiterated by someone

Yes, and that's a very clear distinction, the latter are just talking, and the former use automated tools to send as much as possible, what's the question, again?

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
The question is still the same: how is this proposed feature going to avoid/prevent further dramas? :blobfoxthinksmirk:

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss I already told you: by allowing reference. The number of "platinum threads" will be reduced, at least.

Yes, threads will be bigger, they will be more long-lived, but there will be fewer of them.

@mittorn @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo so you just need reference tool, not multi-reply

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn Allowing reference as reply, gosh darn it.

Do I have to reiterate everything in every post?

@BigFoxBoss @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo you asked for multiple entities in replyTo, not references and said that you do not want references (i do not want to search this post in so big thread now)

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo but it is not just a reference, but graph connection. And you asked to use not just single-root directional tree, so you wanted to change main graph

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn How is it "not just a reference"?

It points to a previous point in conversation, semantically linking it with the current one. Which is almost textbook definition of a reference.

@BigFoxBoss @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo it is not just a reference, it is point by which user finds the thread and gets notifications and replies

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn That's what all references are for: finding stuff.

@BigFoxBoss @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo but we use this references to build the thread. So changing it's semantic will change thread structure with all issues we discussed above

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn I don't really want to change its *semantic*. Reply is a reply.

But I do want to change it to be handled more naturally, more akin to how actual people converse. We generally don't reply to each person separately, if we're in group conversation (that would be a pain), and the Fedverse is one huge worldwide gangbang of group conversation, and that's what I like about it, and it's also why I am frustrated with the current tree model as it is.

Also, what we're doing here is basically writing organizing notes. So there's a possiblilty for "the Obsidian effect", where you build a graph of every note you have and then find a point or a place on a graph every note converges to, and that's where you start getting new ideas. I want this, but on the global and collective scale.

Of course, I know that this is wild speculation. Do you think I don't know that it will be a demanding change, technically? Come on. Give me *some* fucking credit.

@BigFoxBoss @mo

@mittorn I don't really want to change its *semantic*. Reply is a reply.

But I do want to change it to be handled more naturally, more akin to how actual people converse. We generally don't reply to each person separately, if we're in group conversation (that would be a pain), and the Fedverse is one huge worldwide gangbang of group conversation, and that's what I like about it, and it's also why I am frustrated with the current tree model as it is.

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
> handled more naturally, more akin to how actual people converse

So, you want something which is more like a basic group chat or offtopic forum? AP is not a chat platform by design :blobfoxthinkgoogly:

> what we're doing here is basically writing organizing notes [...] that's where you start getting new ideas. I want this, but on the global and collective scale

Obsidian was made specifically for that purpose. Fedi was not. Fedi is a social network, not a notekeeping protocol. I don't know why you would want to use a literal "gangbang of group conversation" as a note keeping platform. It's like throwing all your notes on the floor claiming they are organized, all while you would need to reread them all the time you'd need to find anything useful.

@drq @mittorn @mo
> handled more naturally, more akin to how actual people converse

So, you want something which is more like a basic group chat or offtopic forum? AP is not a chat platform by design :blobfoxthinkgoogly:

> what we're doing here is basically writing organizing notes [...] that's where you start getting new ideas. I want this, but on the global and collective scale

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss Every social network deals with note keeping, and note sharing. And they *are* organized, somehow. Could as well be organized differently.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Social network deals with social networking and exchanges (useless or not), not keeping something safe or acsessible. Social networks are disposable by design.
Try to scroll through someone's garbage meme page to find something useful they said ages ago.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss

> Social networks are disposable by design.

I disagree

> Try to scroll through someone's garbage meme page to find something useful they said ages ago.

That's archive organization issue, not the social network paradigm issue.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Your personal archive is your own thing to organize and keep track of. Why should social network do that for you?
In fact, you have bookmarks to choose posts you like for later.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss Because a blog is a type of personal archive - a journal, a diary.

We discussed it the other day in the cryptography museum, it was a nice talk.

@mittorn @mo

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn Microblog is a type of blog. And Fediverse is not only microblogs, it accomodates all media.

(and yes, I'm toying with an idea of making a book based on the entirety of my or whoever else's posts around here)

@BigFoxBoss @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Blogs and microblogs are fundamentally different.
Blogs are focused on longer articles, focusing on the substance of the post.
Microblogs are focused on what's in the moment (insert joke about someone constantly sharing when they pooped last time).
Therefore, UI/UX is completely different on those.
Blogs accentuate an article, comments are at the bottom.
Microblogs put original post and replies on equal ground and visual weight.
Navigating a blog full of substance and focused discussion of the post is much easier than scrolling through a million of tiny ass posts and through copious amounts of random memes on someone else's page.

@drq @mittorn @mo
Blogs and microblogs are fundamentally different.
Blogs are focused on longer articles, focusing on the substance of the post.
Microblogs are focused on what's in the moment (insert joke about someone constantly sharing when they pooped last time).
Therefore, UI/UX is completely different on those.

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo but really, fedi is not notekeeping. Even messenger is, but not fedi.
This is because i can search messenger history as linear timeline, but searching fedi timeline is almost impossible. And very sparse federation makes it even more difficult. No, fedi is just conversation now, not notekeeping. Instances dying, instances bans scrappers, fedi users often deletes account (or it's gets deleted somehow due to bug in implementation)
And some users do not want data left after account deleted. No, it is completely not about notekeeping...

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo but really, fedi is not notekeeping. Even messenger is, but not fedi.
This is because i can search messenger history as linear timeline, but searching fedi timeline is almost impossible. And very sparse federation makes it even more difficult. No, fedi is just conversation now, not notekeeping. Instances dying, instances bans scrappers, fedi users often deletes account (or it's gets deleted somehow due to bug in implementation)

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to mittorn

@mittorn By your metric, nothing is, because everything (literally everything) is impermanent, and prone to degradation as time goes on.

@BigFoxBoss @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo but microblogging is not really useful for notekeeping because of timelines with big amount of small posts and fedi is more not useful because it is much volatile (disappearing instances, removing users).
For notekeeping we need change p2p federation model to allow not only fetch posts from original instance, but search and fetch posts cache for other instances, allowing distributed storage of dead instances data. And even add searching support to federation (maybe like dc++ search), not only searching original posts. But this is not fedi users to want. I think, most instances will be against such search. Fedi is not global db. It's just place for discussions and memes.

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo but microblogging is not really useful for notekeeping because of timelines with big amount of small posts and fedi is more not useful because it is much volatile (disappearing instances, removing users).
For notekeeping we need change p2p federation model to allow not only fetch posts from original instance, but search and fetch posts cache for other instances, allowing distributed storage of dead instances data. And even add...

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss

> Obsidian was made specifically for that purpose. Fedi was not

At this point, I'm not interested in "what it was made for" but "what else can it do" or "what else we can do with it". And I see very curious things if you change things up a lil bit.

@mittorn @mo

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo nobody will read big threads. Maybe, 2-3 doomscrollers, but anyway it is very few

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Again, you expect people to always be rational and go reference?

I also told you if basic FAQ doesn't alleviate support centers from silly questions and squabble, then this feature is unlikely to prevent further dramas.
That feature might actually exacerbate them, by referencing a previous heated discusson and people wiill get even more riled up reading them.

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss Well, if someone is being irrational to the point of being annoying, that's what's moderation for.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
So, if someone annoys you just because they ask something someone else asked n-th time before them, or if they express what they think many times (and by extension annoy you by it), you'd ban them?

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss I would ban anybody being sufficiently annoying and abusive, no matter how they do it.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Even if it's as innocent as you ending up having to reiterate something mentioned and/or discussed before?

"This user made me reiterate, 'cuz they "didn;'t read the platinum thread"/"asked me many times making me repeat", therefore they are annoying to me -> ban!"

Since when ending up reiterating a point is considered abuse? :ablobfoxhyperowo:

Dr. Quadragon ❌ replied to BigFoxBoss

@BigFoxBoss Uhhh... You are not making sense and are putting words in my mouth at this point.

@mittorn @mo

BigFoxBoss replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @mittorn @mo
Neither does bringing in moderation here make any sense.

How can you expect to moderate what people ever discussed or doing to discuss, just to avoid repeating oneself and/or "avoid drama"?

mittorn replied to Dr. Quadragon ❌

@drq @BigFoxBoss @mo you want to introduce tooling that allows flood in almost semi-automate way

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