@Gargron I think the key will be keeping it updated. It’s been on the same 10 people for the last 7 months. And I’m on social. Maybe I’m doing it wrong. Either way, let me know if I can help or fix things.

Looks like the rate at which mastodon.online users follow others has increased by 56% after the algorithm change (from 1.2K per day to 1.9K per day), so that's pretty good considering follow recommendations are kind of buried in the interface.

@Gargron I feel like “algorithms” has become a word that people get scared by without understanding what it means, just like “chemicals”.

@Gargron Late as usual, but Mastodon has been an amazing safe haven for all the Twitter refugees, and hopefully you can take some small comfort in that.

I think what you have done is enough for now if you need time to rest and regroup. It is stable and very, very usable.

@Gargron I wish I could help somehow. I want tech to be a group effort. I hoped all developers and mods workings on mastodon would feel supported and have a bunch of new ppl entering the work to build what we love...

@Gargron basically lmk how I can support you. I'm here and you are one of my heroes. I have a LOT of free time. put me to work let me give you a break if I possibly can

@Gargron @mosseri How do you plan to properly protect users and combat dangerous hate groups like LibsOfTikTok? Groups which Meta are either unable or unwilling to keep off of the platform.

And short of defederating how are smaller instances meant to keep up with the increased moderation workload that this will require?

@Gargron @mosseri One-way? I.e. you can read, but not interact?

Many commercial platforms that had access to open protocols were one-way and stayed one-way. The idea is to suck people in who use the open protocol, and not give back.

I remember the times where all important chat platforms from Google Talk to QQ were XMPP, and you could use essentially any XMPP client to talk to them, BUT they never did the interconnection with other XMPP servers.

@Gargron I think this will not end well at all. Didn't both Google & Facebook kill XMPP this way?

@Gargron Of course! Little sweetheart 😍

@Gargron lol mine, too!

@Gargron Lovely!

@Gargron Good idea, thanks for reminding me I have that album in my collection.

@Gargron Excellent choice! Coincidentally had a similar thought about an hour ago when I put on The Tide, the Thief & River's End 😃

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I just realised those hashtags lol

@Gargron nice!

@Gargron looks fantastic

@Gargron But it's still standing. Where's the obligatory cat-of-doom?

@Gargron @yogscast Their fighting fantasy stream is my fav. Time to go make dinner ready for poker!

@Gargron @yogscast has been a quick game this year! They are only halfway through the time blocked off.

@Gargron Okay. What do you recommend we call it?

@Gargron how our brain works it is also statistics in a way, but yes biological beings are still at the order of magnitude more complex than some 2023 super computer. FYI we wrote a little blog that reviews the key conceptions and the key misconceptions: https://medium.com/mlearning-ai/ai-technology-what-it-is-and-what-its-not-and-how-it-can-potentially-help-us-solve-the-climate-9b2f428eff0

@Gargron word. It's not AI. It's software written to steal your *everything*

@Gargron where is this :3

@Gargron That tree in the foreground! Wonderful. Thanks for posting

@Gargron What a great photo. Especially that kraggly tree!

@Gargron

So cute 😂

@Gargron I thought I joined mastodon to find tech and news content. I was wrong.

I am here exclusively for #catsofmastodon

@Gargron I never realized until now that Festivus is a contraction.

@Gargron Good to see this, and not entirely surprising to see so many of the responses here are asking questions already answered in the toot.

@Gargron It’s like art without a soul.

@Gargron while I think the current AI wave is >95% BS, I can imagine use of AI in art. Along the lines of Duchamp's ready mades, surrealism's approaches to art by using odd processes, and Bill Burrough's cut up method.

Those are all ways of using tools to pervert automation and create mind bending art.

To do it well would require true genius.

What a curious mug!! Ah this makes me so happy. Go @hatfilms!

#JingleJam #JingleJam2023

@Gargron Since the Pentax 6x7 offers exposure times of up to 1/1000s, hand-held shots should be quite possible - provided it is bright enough. Films with ISO 400 are recommended - which can also be used at 800 ISO with push development. I prefer to use slide films with my Zenza Bronica S2a 6x6 camera, despite the fact that they are more critical when exposing. And you?

@Gargron anything lower than 1/60 I cannot do my hand. That’s my rule for me.

@Gargron

Hi, unrelated thought. Not sure who to suggest this to. It is really hard to distinguish when you boost something. The grey to purple change is really subtle so I end up boosting and unboosting to make sure that I boosted. I think it is especially hard for those with some vision degradation. Just a suggestion to whoever. Thx!

@Gargron Can highly recommend white “silk” flowers. Looks fantastic with white lights and a few ornaments.

@Gargron Speaking as the mum of two young cats, who has to gather the (plastic) ornaments from the floor every morning while the tree is up, that is the correct choice! even if you didn’t care about the ornaments per se, broken ornaments are v dangerous for cat beans. Merry Christmas from our house to yours! #CatMas

@Gargron that's probably a good idea for the moment....

@Gargron @yogscast University Challenge last year was great. Looking forward to this years.

@Gargron They are adorable, your wife is talented.

@Gargron @podfeet Absolutely adorable and wonderful!

@Gargron hey, those look great!

@Gargron #ProgTuesday ? I’m compelled to post my favourite song of all time https://youtu.be/RT8dNkD-Byc?si=4fZIS1n06cJ-ozkb

@Gargron this is such an excellent record.

@Gargron 🪿‼️

@Gargron Poor thing

@Gargron Untitled Noose Game 🥲

@Gargron I'll have to watch it back later. Busy all day again! :ablobcatcry: