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> The EDPS pilot project of EU Voice and EU Video has proved that public bodies, like EUIs, can offer social media platforms that respect individuals’ fundamental rights
> Unfortunately, despite our efforts to find a new home for EU Voice and EU Video in other EUIs, we have been unable to secure new ownership to maintain the servers and sustain operations at the high standards that EUIs and our users deserve
> The EDPS pilot project of EU Voice and EU Video has proved that public bodies, like EUIs, can offer social media platforms that respect individuals’ fundamental rights
@rysiek I think we should start a petition. I tried but I can't get through the preliminary questions. Looks like I need to find 1 million people first or something? Its confusing, @EU_Commission
@rysiek Surely there has to be some internal body that runs PR for the EU that can take over running the servers day to day and the same contractors that did operations for the pilot can carry on as normal.
My impression was that it was basically treated as a one way operation anyway and the rest of us were just a comments section so the EUI could just set it and forget it
@rysiek it's entirely within their raison d'etre to offer privacy preserving access to services they don't have themselves. Think of this as a VPN for AI access. I've used other search engines that did this for images and maps, at least as an alternative. If they do it then it avoids you being tempted to access them without privacy protections.
Despite the grim title, it's a wonderful, thoughtful, hopeful piece by @noracodes on what fedi was and what it has become. And what the future can hold.
Highly recommended. Especially for those of us who are, like me, struggling with what "The Fediverse" is supposed to mean these days.
Thanks for this. It's a good rendering of the situation. I think the truth is that some people don't want to communicate. They just want to pontificate. And if you don't fall in line with their expectations, you're to be demonized. Also, there's the self-appointed police who report rather than block. The last point is reading comprehension. A lot of people can read, but they lack the requisite comprehension skills to understand what they are reading.
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> Problem z e-głosowaniem nie jest technologiczny, a społeczny: podstawową funkcją wyborów jest nie tylko wskazanie nowej władzy czy podziału mandatów, ale też zapewnienie, że wszyscy się co do ich wyniku zgadzamy. Nawet jeśli „nasza” opcja przegrała.
> System głosowania w wyborach powszechnych musi spełniać dwa trudne do pogodzenia warunki: głosowanie musi być poufne, a jednocześnie w pełni godne zaufania.
> Problem z e-głosowaniem nie jest technologiczny, a społeczny: podstawową funkcją wyborów jest nie tylko wskazanie nowej władzy czy podziału mandatów, ale też zapewnienie, że wszyscy się co do ich wyniku zgadzamy. Nawet jeśli „nasza” opcja przegrała.
If you are a citizen of any EU Member State, I implore you to consider signing the Tax-the-Rich citizens' initiative: https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
The idea is to tax the super rich and then use the money for climate transition. :blobcathappypaws:
This is an official EU citizens' initiative, meaning that if it reaches certain thresholds, it *will have to be* considered by the EU institutions. That's a really powerful tool, if actually used.
If you are a citizen of any EU Member State, I implore you to consider signing the Tax-the-Rich citizens' initiative: https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
The idea is to tax the super rich and then use the money for climate transition. :blobcathappypaws:
This is an official EU citizens' initiative, meaning that if it reaches certain thresholds, it *will have to be* considered by the EU institutions. That's a really powerful tool, if actually used.
Nie kumam. Ból stawów jest z Niemiec? Czy może ten ból dotyka stawów, które są z Niemiec? W jak sposób jakieś tam jeziorka miałyby w ogóle odczuwać ból? I czemu w takim razie skupiamy się tylko na bólu lub jeziorkach zza zachodniej granicy?
@rysiek rynek używanych stawów sprowadzanych z Niemiec kwitnie, bo co dziesiąty Polak ma rozwalone kolana od chodzenia po bułki bez prawidłowego przygotowania.
When setting up a Proxmox VE node on a Debian machine, be kind to yourself and remember to reboot it after installing all the Proxmox packages. :blobcatcoffee:
Instead of scratching your head for half an hour and trying to figure out why VMs can't into network. 🤦♀️
There's a lot of shit flying in the #Fediverse lately and a lot of times perspective seems to get lost. Yes, there are things we need to talk about, and yes there are things we will not agree on. And that's okay.
But leave the pitchforks and torches out of this.
Fedi admins put in the hours and effort and emotion into making fedi happen. Sometimes they make decisions we might not agree with. We should criticize, but we should not pile-on.
@rysiek The pile-on that has been going on is ugly and thank you for saying something. Admns put in a lot of time, money, and energy. I’ve only been here since October and I really think those who recently joined should think twice before making accusations about people they know nothing about. Hope people cool down.
Some fedi admins make fedi happen, others break fedi. Not all of them are good, and not all of them are bad. If you want to choose your community and who can talk to you then you don't need someone else to do this work. There is no need for fedi admins if you use a single-user instance.
If so many admins put so much effort into making decisions for other people then let's decentralize this case too. Let's get rid of admins at all. And let everyone decide.
@rysiek If #FediAdmins are officially accepting hugs then I am sending one to @thomas coz he's the admin of metalhead.club and he works so hard and he rocks 😊 Also to @stux coz he doesn't know it but he helped me with really useful info on Mastodon with his posts when I needed it and I never got round to saying thank you. Thank you both 🤩
Funny how when #BlueSky got the first few thousand accounts all of tech media immediately started tripping one over another covering it and getting a collective aneurysm. :blobcatroll:
Meanwhile, #Threadiverse gets ~70k accounts over 2 weeks, and (with the fine exception of #Techdirt) not a peep. :blobcatgiggle:
@rysiek Without pseudo-exclusive scarce invites, there is no reason to feel smug and elitist about being there. Might have been an important driving factor.
Looks like #Lemmy and #Kbin keep being mentioned together, which to me suggests we might have averted "mastodonization" of the #threadiverse — i.e. a situation where the whole network gets identified with a single piece of software. 🎉
@rysiek@mstdn.social#Lemmy was what led me to join the #fediverse! I heard of Mastodon before, but didn't felt the need to join as I'm not accustomed to microblogging. I hope the recent spike encourages more users to diversify their social media.
Looks like #Lemmy / #KBin corners of the #Fediverse are going to get some real-life testing of their moderation tools and procedures, and of their general community resilience. :blobcateyes:
For anyone running or moderating a Lemmy or KBin instance: - brace for impact - make sure people, esp. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled folks, are listened to when they flag problems - remember: it's okay to close down registrations!
Looks like #Lemmy / #KBin corners of the #Fediverse are going to get some real-life testing of their moderation tools and procedures, and of their general community resilience. :blobcateyes:
It's going to be cray-cray over then next few days. Manage your spoons well.
The wave of sign-ups will come and go, but burn-out or some bad moderation decisions will affect a community for a long, long time.
It's better to slowly but reliably build a small, resilient, safe space than to try to go hockey-stick on sign-ups only to have people get burnt, abandon their accounts, and tell their friends about it.
@rysiek these people have made graphics cards profoundly expensive, have shown no interest in increasing accessibility and disability services, privately celebrated the Dobbs decision, do nothing to ensure equity at their workplaces, and now they're slowly organizing into a religious movement.
This isn't about social reform. This is about power. And this utopia that these people are trying to create would be the most unequal society ever.
> Much has been said about the toxicity and wanton disregard for safety displayed by the major social media and other corporate-run platforms.
> Community-run platforms exist, some becoming household names and gaining immense popularity, but upon closer inspection they, too, struggle with creating safe, equitable spaces. Can we do better?
@chinmayisk Founder of The Bachchao Project, a community effort to support technical frameworks promoting equal rights for women and LGBTQIA communities.
@tomasino One of the operators of the Tildeverse, a collective of like-minded "tilde" servers in the style of Paul Ford's tilde club, and acts as an administrator for that group's fediverse instance, https://tilde.zone.
Philip Kopetzky Steering Committee member of the newly formed regional Wikimedia structure "CEE Hub".
Joining me:
@chinmayisk Founder of The Bachchao Project, a community effort to support technical frameworks promoting equal rights for women and LGBTQIA communities.
@tomasino One of the operators of the Tildeverse, a collective of like-minded "tilde" servers in the style of Paul Ford's tilde club, and acts as an administrator for that group's fediverse instance, https://tilde.zone.
For those with accounts on Mastodon instances (or instances running #Mastodon forks), this might be a good time to enable this in Preferences → Notifications:
☑️ Block direct messages from people you don't follow
Spammers seem to be (ab)using the DM functionality. Making it impossible to reach you if you do not follow a person makes that much less effective. And in general is just a good idea, IMVHO.
Tried to figure out how to do the same on #Calckey, but could not find the setting. Hjalp?
@rysiek does this mean the social.network.europa.eu instance is being shut down? @EU_Commission
@rysiek I think we should start a petition. I tried but I can't get through the preliminary questions. Looks like I need to find 1 million people first or something? Its confusing, @EU_Commission
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/petitions/en/petition/readit
@rysiek Surely there has to be some internal body that runs PR for the EU that can take over running the servers day to day and the same contractors that did operations for the pilot can carry on as normal.
My impression was that it was basically treated as a one way operation anyway and the rest of us were just a comments section so the EUI could just set it and forget it