"Just asking questions" is a weapon. We know full-well that some people exploit it to feign innocence when deliberately throwing noise into discussions. And it works in large part because it encourages otherwise earnest discussions which then contribute to the noise.
It is utterly exhausting to look at my notifications every morning (which is a difficult slog as it is with this many followers) and see response after response saying "just mute/block those folks" again and again.
I'm gonna make this as clear as I can:
On Twitter,
this. was. not. a. thing. I. had. to. do.
I can probably count on one hand the number of times I had to block people because, get this, Twitter had a quality filter which caught most insufferable people
@TechConnectify I'm surprised no one has yet suggested that you code your own client with a custom bayesian filter… Please nerds have a bit of self respect and suggest more automated solutions!
@TechConnectify quality filter is algorithm. Legit replies got caught up in the twitter Read More all the time. That is NOT a solution, couldn’t stand that “feature” on twitter and thankfully tweetdeck+tweetbot always showed all replies. Keep it the heck away from masto (algorithms). I feel bad for the issue you’re experiencing though. Maybe there are other solutions. Some people go the defederation route but I think that’s typically too heavy handed. Fedi is still tackling this.
@TechConnectify I imagine such a feature would be easily implementable in a frontend modification, I am not an expert on how the internals of ActivityHub (mastodon's inner protocol) work, but I cannot imagine it would cause a lot of issues. Maybe that's something worth looking into. I know it's not within the reach of everyone (it is not within mine, I don't know webdev at all), but I thought it would be interesting to mention as a passing thought
To explain, this is my car's vehicle-to-load function in action.
A simple adapter signals the car to backfeed AC voltage from an inverter to the charge port (This is a generic adapter, btw, teardowns of the official unit reveal it's basically just a resistor across the control pins).
This adapter turns the car into a generator capable of running basic necessities for days. You have the full 15A of any outlet at your disposal.
@TechConnectify it's been a bit since any technology Thing has made me audibly gasp but those closeups of digital film audio did the trick. fantastic video
Gregory's Server
@TechConnectify any plan for content on dehumidifiers? I'd love that!
@TechConnectify this guy is as shocked as I am
@TechConnectify I think I hate you now, at least the next 37 seconds.