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Ian Coldwater ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

I donโ€™t know who needs to see this, but here is a baby lamb
31 October at 19:54 | Open on hachyderm.io
Ian Coldwater ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

Donโ€™t use CSAM as the acronym for Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Just trust me on this one

1 October at 12:41 | Open on hachyderm.io
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Bugspriet

@ian Ooooh just looked it up. Good warning.

And as any time here in addition: do not use any "couple of letters" shorts If you want to raise awareness outside your bubble.

1 October at 12:44 | Open on social.tchncs.de
dwm

@ian I am reminded of being offered CSAM materials by a Microsoft account rep recently at the start of a meeting.

I.. no.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/serv

1 October at 13:00 | Open on mastodon.social
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Ian Coldwater ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

It has come to my attention that there are younger folks who havenโ€™t heard of Five Geek Social Fallacies.

It was written in 2003 and the social dynamics stay real. Once you read it, youโ€™ll see them everywhere.

plausiblydeniable.com/five-gee

3 September at 22:39 | Open on hachyderm.io
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Christoph Vigano

@ian
Oooh, haven't read that in a long time. Thanks for reminding me! ๐Ÿ˜Š

5 September at 17:11 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Matt Decuir

@ian I had never seen this before and it is fascinating! Thanks for sharing, Ian

7 September at 13:19 | Open on hachyderm.io
Mx Amber Alex

@ian GSF2 is RAMPANT on AO3. The comment culture there (unlike FFN, where comments are called "reviews") is such that any criticism, no matter how polite or constructive, is considered taboo, rude, and offensive unless the author explicitly invites it.

Anything less favourable than "omg i love this story this is the best thing ever omg" is met with (ironically, considering GSF1 is also quite prevalent there for the most part) uninhibited vitriol telling the critic to go fuck themselves and die and stop being so negative and they're probably an "anti" anyway.

And despite this violent form of GSF2, GSF1 dominates the site as well, because any attempt to discuss trolls, rampant racism and misogyny, etc. on the site is also met with accusations of being an "anti", wanting "censorship", and whatnot.

@ian GSF2 is RAMPANT on AO3. The comment culture there (unlike FFN, where comments are called "reviews") is such that any criticism, no matter how polite or constructive, is considered taboo, rude, and offensive unless the author explicitly invites it.

Anything less favourable than "omg i love this story this is the best thing ever omg" is met with (ironically, considering GSF1 is also quite prevalent there for the most part) uninhibited vitriol telling the critic to go fuck themselves and die and...

7 September at 15:02 | Open on eldritch.cafe
Ian Coldwater ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

If the problem is cultural, the solution will not be technological.

11 June at 17:54 | Open on hachyderm.io
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@ian Furthermore, the problem is almost never not cultural.

13 June at 0:25 | Open on mastodon.online
katzenberger

@ian

It depends on who you ask, whom the problem hurts the most, and whether an *effective* non-technical "solution" has any chance of being found and *implemented*.

E.g., multiple harassment problems here have been solved for me by using the mute and block features of Mastodon. Requiring me to consider this "not a solution" until the Fediverse, society or whoever has *effectively* dealt with it would have persisted the problem indefinitely, for me.

@gazebo_c

13 June at 6:19 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Kevin Karhan :verified:
Ian Coldwater ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

I'D JUST LIKE TO INTERJECT FOR A MOMENT. WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AS LINUX IS IN FACT GNU/LINUX, OR AS I'VE RECENTLY TAKEN TO CALLING IT, GNU + LINUX. LINUX IS NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM UNTO ITSELF, BUT RATHER ANOTHER FREE COMPONENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING GNU SYSTEM
12 February at 3:03 | Open on hachyderm.io
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Mike Torr

@ian Haha! Now do "IT'S PRONOUNCED 'VEE AYE', NOT 'VI'!" ๐Ÿ˜‚

12 February at 7:44 | Open on mastodon.art
Dr Adrian Simmons

@ian

@dangillmor classic stereotype. But I've yet to come across anyone like this in the wild.

Do I just live a very sheltered #Linux life?

12 February at 9:43 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
Ian Coldwater ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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Francis ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Gulotta

@ian In this house itโ€™s git responsibility not git blame because it only really matters if you wrote it

1 Sep 2023 at 19:51 | Open on toot.cafe
David Gerard
Mauricio Teixeira ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

@ian
It's Friday. Just don't push. ๐Ÿคฃ

1 Sep 2023 at 20:14 | Open on hachyderm.io
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